OBIT: John CHUPA, John MADIS, M. FELERICK, 1903, Windber, Somerset County, PA

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A FATAL EXPLOSION

  An explosion of four kegs of powder in a Slavish boarding house in 
Windber on Friday night horribly burned John Chupa, Stacco Chupa, Meek 
Soutemba, Frank Fresack, John Madis and M. Felerick, all Slavs.
  The men were seated in one room, and it is reported that one of them 
was attempting to dry a quantity of powder at the stove when four kegs 
of the stuff let go.  The side of the building was blown out and the 
six victims were found unconscious on the floor. They were placed in 
neighboring houses and attended by a quartette of Windber physicians 
and later removed to Memorial hospital where John Chupa, John Madis and 
M. Felerick have since died as a result of their injuries.
 There is said to be but little hope for the recovery of the others.

Cambria Freeman, Ebensburg, Pa., Friday, January 23, 1903