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    1. Explosion in Sturgeon Jan. 17, 1903 McDonald PA Outlook
    2. Victoria Hospodar Valentine
    3. Spark Causes Explosion In a powder explosion at Sturgeon, three miles from here, Wednesday morning at 6:30 o'clock John MULGREW, aged 45 and his wife aged 38,were fatally injured, and their home burned to the ground. The explosion was the result of a spark from the kitchen stove falling onto a keg of powder. MULGREW was in the act of pouring some of the powder into a can to take with him to the _____ when the explosion occurred. He was hurled through a window and landed ** feet away. His wife was thrown some distance and her clothing ignited. She was rendered unconscious, and by the time neighbors arrived she was almost nude. Dr. DOUGLASS was summoned and relieved the sufferings of the injured until the arrival of a train for Pittsburg, when they were taken to the Mercy hospital. Every window in the neighborhood was shattered by the force of the explosion. MULGREW died Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock, and his body was taken to the morgue. The hospital physicians hold little hope for the woman's recovery.

    07/27/2003 11:46:47