The National Register.
London, England, 1816-04-29 00:00:00

DREADFUL EXPLOSION.

Tour.oust:, Apn IS.—This city has jiist suffered a fright-
ful calamity. Tuesday, the Intl' of April, the powder mills
and magazines situated in the Isle d'Angouteine, exploded at
five minutes past four with a dreadful noise. Tierce explosions
succeeded with the rapidity of lightning, and threw the city
into alarm and contusion. Frightened by the violence of the
explosion, the shaking of the buildings, the fidling of the in-
termit partitions, the tall of stones and pantiles, and the break-
ing of Klass which fell in the streets, the inhabitants at first
thought that this disaster was produced by an earthquake or a
meteor.—lt was soon known that the pow•dt•r•milla had ex-
ploded and tha the tirst explosion was that of the graining.
house ; the serond of the grand magazine ; and the third of the
little magazine. Soon afterwards an immense number of cloth-
' lug and of human bodies were found scattered in various pat to
of the town. The body of a lady, and that of the son of the
Director of the establishment, were found. This lady' case
was very unfortm.ate ; she had long wished to gratify her cu-
riosity with a sight of the Isle d'.Atignitleine, and was accom-
panied by a br autiful girl, her daughter, and a young man who
vi as. betrothed to her: all these perished! Several mutilated
bodies have peen found so for off as the opposite banks of the
Garonne. All yesterday workmen were employed in digging,
but very few whole bodies were disci:re red ; some were found,
however, which had neiraer mark of wound nor contusion. Of
fourteen workmen employed in the manufactory only three
were saved. About sixteen persons in all are supposed to-
have been killed, and about founare dreadfully wounded. All
the buildings► on the spot where -The accident happened are
completely destroyed. The site of the powder magazine pre-
sents ins t!itCllliiVe excavation of. about avert), ti el (I, ep and-
-2011 broad.. The trees aloag the hanks of the riser were t.ir::
up by the roots and thrown into tior stream. EnormorctillU,sl.3
Of St; 7•C were carried !ma considerable dist:awe, and Serertil
house..in the city were damaged by stones falling on th.• roar,
The anlls blow 11 i. 4.1 01)huineil about lava iptintelsolponder.

The distress caused in the neighbourhood of rdarienbcre,
,by a 'Mc bursting of the dikes, is stated to be gil:;r1 ter than
-the severest evils of war.. ()he breach was 21, the other To
40.1,‘ broad. In the darkness of the.nilit it tore impois:ble rev
the iobahitnnts to dowere Won save themselves, by- retreating
to the upper part of tluir houses. At break of day it most
dreadful scene appeared. A iliitriet of seventeen German
square miles (12 i English square miles) of the lutist ferries land
was order water. livery where wens seen white sheets alai
shirts home out as signals or dolmas; ;nit)• front.evcry roof till
cric*of the setierers were beard. Up to the 293 coin.•
wets drowimilin Xiilnitz alone. The continued cold make.:
the distress infinite. Daily ac set dames arise in the midst
the %retry waste, because the people, benumbed with cult), try
to w:trin them-wives by making tires-in the lofts of their lionsc;..
Mariciaburg has (100 C ail that \vv.. 4 61)04SibiC to alleviate this•
Meat misfortune;—(•llatztbnrgit Cir-Osepoisdeat, April 17.)
At,the Warwiek Assil.e.s, a man named O:am was cant Ictesl
of Wilfully sc.tting lire to seve"al stacks of' corn, and rectivt
sentence of beach. When tittippri .out r heard his sente..ce,
ite broke out into R r:ttO\lSm, of rage, grossly abased the
judse, Joryi% and witwesses; ,e,14 " I dual wat.t:
y our ats re; !"

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