The Destruction Caused by War Material

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Mar 11, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 34, No. 11.

The Destruction Caused by War Material

The destruction of life in peace from war material totals tremendously. February 21, 10,000 pounds of dynamite exploded in Pinole, near Oakland, Cal., and twenty-eight lives were snuffed out in an instant. The effect of the explosion was felt twenty miles distant. Of course, no one knows how it was caused. How frequently we read of such accidents, as the above, of explosions on battle-ships, of sinking of battle-ships. Some of Russia's greatest losses were caused by accidents within her own lines. Sherman's characterization of war is often true in its preparation as well as its execution.