WILKESBARRE, Pa., April 13 —The
Noosic powder mill near Scranton blew
up this morning. Several men are re
potted killed.
The report was heard foi miles around.
Barry and Givens, employes, were blown
to pieces. The damage to property is
heavy.
The mills were completely demolished
by the explosion. Shocks were felt over
a radius of forty miles. Seven men were
instantly killed and two fatally injured.
The dead are John Gibbons, Daniel Carry,
Arion Coolbaugh, Moses Tucker, Edward
J. Vanderberg, and Allan Amat Cardos.
Those fatally wounded are St. George
Allis and Daniel Diltings. Gibbons was
blown 1,500 feet in the air. Other bodies
were found from sixty to 200 feet distant
from the mill. 'The loss is about $20,000.
Destructive Floods.
Mobile, Ala., April 13. —The Tow
bridge river at Dem potes is rising at the
rate of six inches an hour. Great areas
of low lands planted in corn and cotton
are under water. The high water mark
of 1874 will probably be passed today.
Every railroad is washed out and nearly
all the wires are down. Every bridge in
the countiy is washed away and much
stock is lost. Westpoint. Miss., is sur
rounded by water and cut off from the
rest of the world.
Winnipeg, April 13. —The Red and
Assinaboine rivers are on a rampage and i
parts of the Northern Pacific transfer are
under water. Five big bridges are in im
minent danger.
Wires Prostrated Again.
Kansas City. Mo., April 13.—The
telegraph system west of the Missouri
river to the Rocky mountains is demoral
ized today. Rain, snow, sleet and winds
have played hovoc with the wires. Indi
cations this afternoon point to a cyclone
in Kansas.
Nicaragua Canal Convention.
Sacramento, Cal., April 12. —Gov.
