The Ottawa Herald, Ottawa, KS, Monday, December 13, 1920, Page: 1.
"Pittsburg Shaken By Powder Blast --- A Thousand Kegs Exploded 3 Miles South --- Dozen or More May Have Been Killed and Plate Glass Worth Thousands Was Shattered By Force.
"Pittsburg, Dec. 13. --- About 1,000 kegs of powder blew up at the Atlas Powder company's plant, 3 miles south of here, shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. Henry [sic, William] Alliet [sic, Alliett], an employee, was killed outright, and Charles Lance, another workman, was probably fatally burned.
"The detonation rocked Pittsburg and surrounding towns. Thousands of dollars worth of plate glass were shattered by the explosion.
"First reports indicated that a dozen or more men had been killed, the explosion having destroyed telephone communication between Pittsburg and the powder plant. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene. Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stalled in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night."
The Sun, Pittsburg, KS, Wednesday, December 15, 1920, Page: 3.
"Announce Funerals of Explosion Victims --- Funeral services for William Alliett and Charles Lance, the two young men who lost their lives in the explosion at the Atlas Powder plant, three miles south of Pittsburg yesterday morning, will be held today.
"The services for Alliett will be held at the Catholic church this morning at 10:30 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. J. A. Pompeney. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery.
"Funeral services for Lance will be held at the family residence one mile south of Kirkwood this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. H. O. Smith will conduct the services and interment will be made in Highland Park cemetery."
~*~
Above biography by: VJS #47379740.
*~*
William James Alliett
(April 05, 1898 ~ December 13, 1920)
5 April 1898 – 13 December 1920
***
EXPLOSION KILLS ONE, ROCKS PITTSBURG
_____
PLANT OF
POWDER CO.
BLOWS UP
_____
Heavy Blast Breaks
Windows in All
Parts of City, Causing Loss of Thousands—One Man
Badly Burned.
_____
PITTSBURG, KAN., Dec. 13. —One man was killed and another probably fatally burned in an explosion at the Atlas Powder Company plant, three miles south of Pittsburg, at 9:15 o'clock this morning. The cause of the explosion, in which about one thousand kegs of powder blew up is unknown.
Henry [William] Alliet [Alliett] was the man killed outright. Charles Lance was the other victim whose death is expected at any time.
Alliet [Alliett] and Lance were in one of the packing plants. Suddenly the plant blew up in a terrific explosion which shook the city of Pittsburg, breaking thousands of dollars worth of plate glass and windows in residences all over the city.
Doctors Rushed to Scene.
First reports to Pittsburg indicated that a dozen or more workmen had met death in the explosion. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene.
Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stuck in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night.
Alliet [Alliett] was about 23 years old. He had been married only a few months. Lance is 22 years old.
The plant of the powder company was not damaged beyond the destruction of the packing house in which the explosion occurred and another small structure. The company officials have not placed an estimate on the property damage. One thousand kegs of black powder were destroyed.
Insurance agencies are gathering reports on the destruction of plate glass in the business section of the city. The damage was extensive. Throughout the residence districts windows were broken but no estimate of the total damage to glass can be made from the scattered returns.
Joplin News Herald,
[ALLIETT, William James; #107362585]
[LANCE, Charles L.; #49760817]
Monday, 13 December 1920,
Page: 1 of 8; Column: 8 of 8.
Joplin, Missouri.
~*~
*~*
1 KILLED, 1 HURT
IN BIG BLAST AT
PITTSBURG PLANT
_____
Cause of Explosion of 1,000
Kegs of Powder Unknown
— Damage Estimated at
Nearly $20,000.
_____
Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 13. — One man was killed and another probably fatally burned in an explosion at the Atlas Powder Company plant, three miles south of Pittsburg at 9:15 o'clock this morning. The cause of the explosion, in which about 1,000 kegs of powder blew up, is unknown.
Henry [William] Alliet [Alliett] was killed outright. Charles Lance was the other victim whose death is expected at any time.
Alliet [Alliett] was about 23 years old. He had been married only a few months. Lance is 22 years old.
First Reports Exaggerated.
First reports to Pittsburg indicated that a dozen or more workmen had met death in the explosion. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene. Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stuck in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night.
Damage at the plant amounted to about $9,000, officials of the company said.
Damage to property in Pittsburg, mainly plate glass, will reach $8,000 probably, it was estimated today. In hundreds of homes windows were broken and in some parts of the city chimneys were destroyed.
_____
Blast felt at Lamar.
Lamar, Mo., Dec. 13.— The powder explosion at Pittsburg, Kan., thirty miles southeast of here caused great excitement here. Buildings were shaken and residents rushed into the streets fearful that an earthquake had occured [occurred]. No property damage was reported.
Joplin Globe,
[ALLIETT, William James; #107362585]
[LANCE, Charles L.; #49760817]
Tuesday, 14 December 1920,
Page: 1 of 12; Column: 5 of 8.
Joplin, Missouri.
~*~
*~*
PHOTO ARTICLE.
______________
Relatives Rushed to Scene.
Relatives of the employes [employees] also rushed to the plant at once. Mrs. Henry Alliet [Alliett], mother of the first victim, did not arrive until after her son had died Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Lance, parents of Charles Lance, were among the first of the relatives to arrive.
Alliet [Alliett]; is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bedelia Alliet; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alliet; three brothers, Joseph, Henry, and Charles; and two sisters, Leona and Catherine. He was a member of the Catholic church and of the Security Benefit Association and the Yeomen lodge.
______
The Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas.
14 December 1920, Tuesday, Page: 2.
Added by: Margaret Pickett on 11 October 2022.
~mjp~
~*~
*~*
NOTES:
I do have a newspaper clipping of the marriage license issued to William J. Alleit [Alliett] and Bedelia Hamilton in July 1920. Their daughter Rose was born after his December 13, 1920 death on February 17, 1921.
Susan R (#48293227)
~*~
*~*
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
William J. Alleit, aged 22, Pitts-
burg, and Bedelia Hamilton, aged 18,
Pittsburg.
The Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas.
11 July 1920, Sunday, Page: 5.
Thanks to Margaret Pickett.
~mjp~.
~*~
*~*
William Alliett (1898 - 1920) – Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery – Suggested By: ~mjp~, 11 October 2022.
Birth Location: Missouri, USA; Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Mother: Empty; Hortense Alliett (1877-1943)
~*~
Orlena #46627566.
*~*
"Pittsburg Shaken By Powder Blast --- A Thousand Kegs Exploded 3 Miles South --- Dozen or More May Have Been Killed and Plate Glass Worth Thousands Was Shattered By Force.
"Pittsburg, Dec. 13. --- About 1,000 kegs of powder blew up at the Atlas Powder company's plant, 3 miles south of here, shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. Henry [sic, William] Alliet [sic, Alliett], an employee, was killed outright, and Charles Lance, another workman, was probably fatally burned.
"The detonation rocked Pittsburg and surrounding towns. Thousands of dollars worth of plate glass were shattered by the explosion.
"First reports indicated that a dozen or more men had been killed, the explosion having destroyed telephone communication between Pittsburg and the powder plant. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene. Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stalled in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night."
The Sun, Pittsburg, KS, Wednesday, December 15, 1920, Page: 3.
"Announce Funerals of Explosion Victims --- Funeral services for William Alliett and Charles Lance, the two young men who lost their lives in the explosion at the Atlas Powder plant, three miles south of Pittsburg yesterday morning, will be held today.
"The services for Alliett will be held at the Catholic church this morning at 10:30 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. J. A. Pompeney. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery.
"Funeral services for Lance will be held at the family residence one mile south of Kirkwood this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. H. O. Smith will conduct the services and interment will be made in Highland Park cemetery."
~*~
Above biography by: VJS #47379740.
*~*
William James Alliett
(April 05, 1898 ~ December 13, 1920)
5 April 1898 – 13 December 1920
***
EXPLOSION KILLS ONE, ROCKS PITTSBURG
_____
PLANT OF
POWDER CO.
BLOWS UP
_____
Heavy Blast Breaks
Windows in All
Parts of City, Causing Loss of Thousands—One Man
Badly Burned.
_____
PITTSBURG, KAN., Dec. 13. —One man was killed and another probably fatally burned in an explosion at the Atlas Powder Company plant, three miles south of Pittsburg, at 9:15 o'clock this morning. The cause of the explosion, in which about one thousand kegs of powder blew up is unknown.
Henry [William] Alliet [Alliett] was the man killed outright. Charles Lance was the other victim whose death is expected at any time.
Alliet [Alliett] and Lance were in one of the packing plants. Suddenly the plant blew up in a terrific explosion which shook the city of Pittsburg, breaking thousands of dollars worth of plate glass and windows in residences all over the city.
Doctors Rushed to Scene.
First reports to Pittsburg indicated that a dozen or more workmen had met death in the explosion. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene.
Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stuck in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night.
Alliet [Alliett] was about 23 years old. He had been married only a few months. Lance is 22 years old.
The plant of the powder company was not damaged beyond the destruction of the packing house in which the explosion occurred and another small structure. The company officials have not placed an estimate on the property damage. One thousand kegs of black powder were destroyed.
Insurance agencies are gathering reports on the destruction of plate glass in the business section of the city. The damage was extensive. Throughout the residence districts windows were broken but no estimate of the total damage to glass can be made from the scattered returns.
Joplin News Herald,
[ALLIETT, William James; #107362585]
[LANCE, Charles L.; #49760817]
Monday, 13 December 1920,
Page: 1 of 8; Column: 8 of 8.
Joplin, Missouri.
~*~
*~*
1 KILLED, 1 HURT
IN BIG BLAST AT
PITTSBURG PLANT
_____
Cause of Explosion of 1,000
Kegs of Powder Unknown
— Damage Estimated at
Nearly $20,000.
_____
Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 13. — One man was killed and another probably fatally burned in an explosion at the Atlas Powder Company plant, three miles south of Pittsburg at 9:15 o'clock this morning. The cause of the explosion, in which about 1,000 kegs of powder blew up, is unknown.
Henry [William] Alliet [Alliett] was killed outright. Charles Lance was the other victim whose death is expected at any time.
Alliet [Alliett] was about 23 years old. He had been married only a few months. Lance is 22 years old.
First Reports Exaggerated.
First reports to Pittsburg indicated that a dozen or more workmen had met death in the explosion. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene. Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stuck in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night.
Damage at the plant amounted to about $9,000, officials of the company said.
Damage to property in Pittsburg, mainly plate glass, will reach $8,000 probably, it was estimated today. In hundreds of homes windows were broken and in some parts of the city chimneys were destroyed.
_____
Blast felt at Lamar.
Lamar, Mo., Dec. 13.— The powder explosion at Pittsburg, Kan., thirty miles southeast of here caused great excitement here. Buildings were shaken and residents rushed into the streets fearful that an earthquake had occured [occurred]. No property damage was reported.
Joplin Globe,
[ALLIETT, William James; #107362585]
[LANCE, Charles L.; #49760817]
Tuesday, 14 December 1920,
Page: 1 of 12; Column: 5 of 8.
Joplin, Missouri.
~*~
*~*
PHOTO ARTICLE.
______________
Relatives Rushed to Scene.
Relatives of the employes [employees] also rushed to the plant at once. Mrs. Henry Alliet [Alliett], mother of the first victim, did not arrive until after her son had died Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Lance, parents of Charles Lance, were among the first of the relatives to arrive.
Alliet [Alliett]; is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bedelia Alliet; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alliet; three brothers, Joseph, Henry, and Charles; and two sisters, Leona and Catherine. He was a member of the Catholic church and of the Security Benefit Association and the Yeomen lodge.
______
The Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas.
14 December 1920, Tuesday, Page: 2.
Added by: Margaret Pickett on 11 October 2022.
~mjp~
~*~
*~*
NOTES:
I do have a newspaper clipping of the marriage license issued to William J. Alleit [Alliett] and Bedelia Hamilton in July 1920. Their daughter Rose was born after his December 13, 1920 death on February 17, 1921.
Susan R (#48293227)
~*~
*~*
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
William J. Alleit, aged 22, Pitts-
burg, and Bedelia Hamilton, aged 18,
Pittsburg.
The Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas.
11 July 1920, Sunday, Page: 5.
Thanks to Margaret Pickett.
~mjp~.
~*~
*~*
William Alliett (1898 - 1920) – Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery – Suggested By: ~mjp~, 11 October 2022.
Birth Location: Missouri, USA; Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Mother: Empty; Hortense Alliett (1877-1943)
~*~
Orlena #46627566.
*~*
The Ottawa Herald, Ottawa, KS, Monday, December 13, 1920, Page: 1.
"Pittsburg Shaken By Powder Blast --- A Thousand Kegs Exploded 3 Miles South --- Dozen or More May Have Been Killed and Plate Glass Worth Thousands Was Shattered By Force.
"Pittsburg, Dec. 13. --- About 1,000 kegs of powder blew up at the Atlas Powder company's plant, 3 miles south of here, shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. Henry [sic, William] Alliet [sic, Alliett], an employee, was killed outright, and Charles Lance, another workman, was probably fatally burned.
"The detonation rocked Pittsburg and surrounding towns. Thousands of dollars worth of plate glass were shattered by the explosion.
"First reports indicated that a dozen or more men had been killed, the explosion having destroyed telephone communication between Pittsburg and the powder plant. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene. Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stalled in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night."
The Sun, Pittsburg, KS, Wednesday, December 15, 1920, Page: 3.
"Announce Funerals of Explosion Victims --- Funeral services for William Alliett and Charles Lance, the two young men who lost their lives in the explosion at the Atlas Powder plant, three miles south of Pittsburg yesterday morning, will be held today.
"The services for Alliett will be held at the Catholic church this morning at 10:30 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. J. A. Pompeney. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery.
"Funeral services for Lance will be held at the family residence one mile south of Kirkwood this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. H. O. Smith will conduct the services and interment will be made in Highland Park cemetery."
~*~
Above biography by: VJS #47379740.
*~*
William James Alliett
(April 05, 1898 ~ December 13, 1920)
5 April 1898 – 13 December 1920
***
EXPLOSION KILLS ONE, ROCKS PITTSBURG
_____
PLANT OF
POWDER CO.
BLOWS UP
_____
Heavy Blast Breaks
Windows in All
Parts of City, Causing Loss of Thousands—One Man
Badly Burned.
_____
PITTSBURG, KAN., Dec. 13. —One man was killed and another probably fatally burned in an explosion at the Atlas Powder Company plant, three miles south of Pittsburg, at 9:15 o'clock this morning. The cause of the explosion, in which about one thousand kegs of powder blew up is unknown.
Henry [William] Alliet [Alliett] was the man killed outright. Charles Lance was the other victim whose death is expected at any time.
Alliet [Alliett] and Lance were in one of the packing plants. Suddenly the plant blew up in a terrific explosion which shook the city of Pittsburg, breaking thousands of dollars worth of plate glass and windows in residences all over the city.
Doctors Rushed to Scene.
First reports to Pittsburg indicated that a dozen or more workmen had met death in the explosion. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene.
Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stuck in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night.
Alliet [Alliett] was about 23 years old. He had been married only a few months. Lance is 22 years old.
The plant of the powder company was not damaged beyond the destruction of the packing house in which the explosion occurred and another small structure. The company officials have not placed an estimate on the property damage. One thousand kegs of black powder were destroyed.
Insurance agencies are gathering reports on the destruction of plate glass in the business section of the city. The damage was extensive. Throughout the residence districts windows were broken but no estimate of the total damage to glass can be made from the scattered returns.
Joplin News Herald,
[ALLIETT, William James; #107362585]
[LANCE, Charles L.; #49760817]
Monday, 13 December 1920,
Page: 1 of 8; Column: 8 of 8.
Joplin, Missouri.
~*~
*~*
1 KILLED, 1 HURT
IN BIG BLAST AT
PITTSBURG PLANT
_____
Cause of Explosion of 1,000
Kegs of Powder Unknown
— Damage Estimated at
Nearly $20,000.
_____
Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 13. — One man was killed and another probably fatally burned in an explosion at the Atlas Powder Company plant, three miles south of Pittsburg at 9:15 o'clock this morning. The cause of the explosion, in which about 1,000 kegs of powder blew up, is unknown.
Henry [William] Alliet [Alliett] was killed outright. Charles Lance was the other victim whose death is expected at any time.
Alliet [Alliett] was about 23 years old. He had been married only a few months. Lance is 22 years old.
First Reports Exaggerated.
First reports to Pittsburg indicated that a dozen or more workmen had met death in the explosion. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene. Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stuck in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night.
Damage at the plant amounted to about $9,000, officials of the company said.
Damage to property in Pittsburg, mainly plate glass, will reach $8,000 probably, it was estimated today. In hundreds of homes windows were broken and in some parts of the city chimneys were destroyed.
_____
Blast felt at Lamar.
Lamar, Mo., Dec. 13.— The powder explosion at Pittsburg, Kan., thirty miles southeast of here caused great excitement here. Buildings were shaken and residents rushed into the streets fearful that an earthquake had occured [occurred]. No property damage was reported.
Joplin Globe,
[ALLIETT, William James; #107362585]
[LANCE, Charles L.; #49760817]
Tuesday, 14 December 1920,
Page: 1 of 12; Column: 5 of 8.
Joplin, Missouri.
~*~
*~*
PHOTO ARTICLE.
______________
Relatives Rushed to Scene.
Relatives of the employes [employees] also rushed to the plant at once. Mrs. Henry Alliet [Alliett], mother of the first victim, did not arrive until after her son had died Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Lance, parents of Charles Lance, were among the first of the relatives to arrive.
Alliet [Alliett]; is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bedelia Alliet; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alliet; three brothers, Joseph, Henry, and Charles; and two sisters, Leona and Catherine. He was a member of the Catholic church and of the Security Benefit Association and the Yeomen lodge.
______
The Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas.
14 December 1920, Tuesday, Page: 2.
Added by: Margaret Pickett on 11 October 2022.
~mjp~
~*~
*~*
NOTES:
I do have a newspaper clipping of the marriage license issued to William J. Alleit [Alliett] and Bedelia Hamilton in July 1920. Their daughter Rose was born after his December 13, 1920 death on February 17, 1921.
Susan R (#48293227)
~*~
*~*
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
William J. Alleit, aged 22, Pitts-
burg, and Bedelia Hamilton, aged 18,
Pittsburg.
The Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas.
11 July 1920, Sunday, Page: 5.
Thanks to Margaret Pickett.
~mjp~.
~*~
*~*
William Alliett (1898 - 1920) – Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery – Suggested By: ~mjp~, 11 October 2022.
Birth Location: Missouri, USA; Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Mother: Empty; Hortense Alliett (1877-1943)
~*~
Orlena #46627566.
*~*
"Pittsburg Shaken By Powder Blast --- A Thousand Kegs Exploded 3 Miles South --- Dozen or More May Have Been Killed and Plate Glass Worth Thousands Was Shattered By Force.
"Pittsburg, Dec. 13. --- About 1,000 kegs of powder blew up at the Atlas Powder company's plant, 3 miles south of here, shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. Henry [sic, William] Alliet [sic, Alliett], an employee, was killed outright, and Charles Lance, another workman, was probably fatally burned.
"The detonation rocked Pittsburg and surrounding towns. Thousands of dollars worth of plate glass were shattered by the explosion.
"First reports indicated that a dozen or more men had been killed, the explosion having destroyed telephone communication between Pittsburg and the powder plant. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene. Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stalled in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night."
The Sun, Pittsburg, KS, Wednesday, December 15, 1920, Page: 3.
"Announce Funerals of Explosion Victims --- Funeral services for William Alliett and Charles Lance, the two young men who lost their lives in the explosion at the Atlas Powder plant, three miles south of Pittsburg yesterday morning, will be held today.
"The services for Alliett will be held at the Catholic church this morning at 10:30 o'clock and will be conducted by Rev. J. A. Pompeney. Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery.
"Funeral services for Lance will be held at the family residence one mile south of Kirkwood this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. J. H. O. Smith will conduct the services and interment will be made in Highland Park cemetery."
~*~
Above biography by: VJS #47379740.
*~*
William James Alliett
(April 05, 1898 ~ December 13, 1920)
5 April 1898 – 13 December 1920
***
EXPLOSION KILLS ONE, ROCKS PITTSBURG
_____
PLANT OF
POWDER CO.
BLOWS UP
_____
Heavy Blast Breaks
Windows in All
Parts of City, Causing Loss of Thousands—One Man
Badly Burned.
_____
PITTSBURG, KAN., Dec. 13. —One man was killed and another probably fatally burned in an explosion at the Atlas Powder Company plant, three miles south of Pittsburg, at 9:15 o'clock this morning. The cause of the explosion, in which about one thousand kegs of powder blew up is unknown.
Henry [William] Alliet [Alliett] was the man killed outright. Charles Lance was the other victim whose death is expected at any time.
Alliet [Alliett] and Lance were in one of the packing plants. Suddenly the plant blew up in a terrific explosion which shook the city of Pittsburg, breaking thousands of dollars worth of plate glass and windows in residences all over the city.
Doctors Rushed to Scene.
First reports to Pittsburg indicated that a dozen or more workmen had met death in the explosion. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene.
Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stuck in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night.
Alliet [Alliett] was about 23 years old. He had been married only a few months. Lance is 22 years old.
The plant of the powder company was not damaged beyond the destruction of the packing house in which the explosion occurred and another small structure. The company officials have not placed an estimate on the property damage. One thousand kegs of black powder were destroyed.
Insurance agencies are gathering reports on the destruction of plate glass in the business section of the city. The damage was extensive. Throughout the residence districts windows were broken but no estimate of the total damage to glass can be made from the scattered returns.
Joplin News Herald,
[ALLIETT, William James; #107362585]
[LANCE, Charles L.; #49760817]
Monday, 13 December 1920,
Page: 1 of 8; Column: 8 of 8.
Joplin, Missouri.
~*~
*~*
1 KILLED, 1 HURT
IN BIG BLAST AT
PITTSBURG PLANT
_____
Cause of Explosion of 1,000
Kegs of Powder Unknown
— Damage Estimated at
Nearly $20,000.
_____
Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 13. — One man was killed and another probably fatally burned in an explosion at the Atlas Powder Company plant, three miles south of Pittsburg at 9:15 o'clock this morning. The cause of the explosion, in which about 1,000 kegs of powder blew up, is unknown.
Henry [William] Alliet [Alliett] was killed outright. Charles Lance was the other victim whose death is expected at any time.
Alliet [Alliett] was about 23 years old. He had been married only a few months. Lance is 22 years old.
First Reports Exaggerated.
First reports to Pittsburg indicated that a dozen or more workmen had met death in the explosion. Ambulances and doctors were rushed to the scene. Hundreds of motor cars also started to the powder works and scores of them were ditched and stuck in the mud, a heavy rain having fallen during the night.
Damage at the plant amounted to about $9,000, officials of the company said.
Damage to property in Pittsburg, mainly plate glass, will reach $8,000 probably, it was estimated today. In hundreds of homes windows were broken and in some parts of the city chimneys were destroyed.
_____
Blast felt at Lamar.
Lamar, Mo., Dec. 13.— The powder explosion at Pittsburg, Kan., thirty miles southeast of here caused great excitement here. Buildings were shaken and residents rushed into the streets fearful that an earthquake had occured [occurred]. No property damage was reported.
Joplin Globe,
[ALLIETT, William James; #107362585]
[LANCE, Charles L.; #49760817]
Tuesday, 14 December 1920,
Page: 1 of 12; Column: 5 of 8.
Joplin, Missouri.
~*~
*~*
PHOTO ARTICLE.
______________
Relatives Rushed to Scene.
Relatives of the employes [employees] also rushed to the plant at once. Mrs. Henry Alliet [Alliett], mother of the first victim, did not arrive until after her son had died Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Lance, parents of Charles Lance, were among the first of the relatives to arrive.
Alliet [Alliett]; is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bedelia Alliet; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alliet; three brothers, Joseph, Henry, and Charles; and two sisters, Leona and Catherine. He was a member of the Catholic church and of the Security Benefit Association and the Yeomen lodge.
______
The Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas.
14 December 1920, Tuesday, Page: 2.
Added by: Margaret Pickett on 11 October 2022.
~mjp~
~*~
*~*
NOTES:
I do have a newspaper clipping of the marriage license issued to William J. Alleit [Alliett] and Bedelia Hamilton in July 1920. Their daughter Rose was born after his December 13, 1920 death on February 17, 1921.
Susan R (#48293227)
~*~
*~*
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
William J. Alleit, aged 22, Pitts-
burg, and Bedelia Hamilton, aged 18,
Pittsburg.
The Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas.
11 July 1920, Sunday, Page: 5.
Thanks to Margaret Pickett.
~mjp~.
~*~
*~*
William Alliett (1898 - 1920) – Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery – Suggested By: ~mjp~, 11 October 2022.
Birth Location: Missouri, USA; Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Mother: Empty; Hortense Alliett (1877-1943)
~*~
Orlena #46627566.
*~*
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