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THE EXPLOSION AT OPPAU. 011 tlic iiiornitig of Scptcttibcr 21 tlic syiitlictic-:ininionin f:ictory :it Oppiiii (cf. .J., 1921, 99 11) wns the scotlo of otto of the most dis:istroiis csplosioits irliicli Ii:is crcr occiirrctl iii clictiiiciil itidiistry. Tlic fiictorg, wliicli is workcd by tlic llndisclio Aiiilin-iuid Sodnfnbr-ik, 1t:is siitcc IJCCII iitttlcr tltc control of tlio I\iiitiiotii:ilc-\'crkc Jlcrscbitrfi-C)~i~~:iii, n br:inch of tlic Ititcrcssciiycinciiiscliiift ('' 1 .C; ."). 1\11 cycwitticss stntcs (2'lie Y ' i i i i c s , Scpt. 23) tlint lic snw :I high coluinti of 1I:inic slioot i i p , follo\rcd nliiiost. ittinicdi:itcIy by :i dctokitioii wIiicIi Iaiockcd Iiiiii tlowti; tlicre w i s :I short ititcrriil, cstitiiiitcd n t t a o or tlircc sccotitls, tlicti :I sccotid tiiiicli tiiorc riolctit report, niid :I grcnt fog of dust :i~td fiitiics sprc:id over tho works iiittl ri1l:igF. i\tiittiotii:i giis is also reported to 11:iro cse;~pctl 111 1:irgc qitiirititics, indie:ititig injury to tho syitlictic :iiiniioiii:i npp:ir:itus. l'ho grc:itcr riolctico of tlic sccontl c1ctoii:itioti IS iilso cotifiriiictl lly :1 scistiiogriipli record. All church ~loclrs in tlic ticigliboiirliootl stoppcd i i t 7.33 n.111. ! h e gcner:i1 iti:itcriii~ clrcct of tlic cs~ilosioii is tlcscrili~d ns inost scrioiis, :itid this if: cotilirtiictl 11y the pliotogr:iplis published iii tho Duilu ilftril. 0110 of the tlirco cliittiticys wis blowti c l o ~i , :itid tlic fr:uiic\rorlc of the hiiiltlittgs wltcro tltc csplosioii ucctirrcd lras Latlly twistctl. Lnrgo frngtncnts of iti:icltiiicry wcro blow~i i i l i ~i i t , rcncltitig :is fnr as tlic village. 111 tlic vi1l:igc itself, which Ii:is :L ~~o p i i ~a t i o t t of 6000, : ~b o i i t 75 Iior ccrit. of tlic Iioitscs is iti ruins or iitiiti1i:iliit:iblc. A crater 400 f t . iii tli:itiictcr and orcr 00 ft. clccp w i s foriricd 011 tlic site of tho csplosioti iititl is slowly filling with w:itcr. :itit1 JI:iiittIicitii. 1iiiport;itit tl:itiiiigc was doirc :it X:ititilicittt, which is foiir tiiilcs dist:iiit, wlicro tlirco Iicrsoiis. werc kiiletl :itid serciitcoti iiijurcd niid tliu
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Cqmted to IIUclist for oxldnlion to riitrlc acid. Tiio Lcnli:r works wns crcctcd sincc 1910 nnd hns n capacity of 400 tons of nninionin daily. 'l'ho coinbincd output of Oppnn nnd Lcunn, 210,000 tons of ninnionin per nnnuni, is cquivalcnt to over @00,000 toris of :iniinoniuni sulphiitu or 1,050,000 t
## THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. β’ Communicated by the Author to the Stated Meeting, held Wednesday, April zS, zgo 3. The Mine Explosion at Johnstown. BY M. G. MOORE, Miuing Engineer in charge of the Mining and Coking Department of the Cambria Steel Company. On the tenth day of July, 1902 , there was