Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1818-03-31

piece OF III cOulu De founu SIX IncneS long.
One of the horses was killed by a stone,
the other four and the waggoner were un-
hurt. The FIRST explosion caused such an
alarm in Wilmington that the mass of the
population rushed out of their houses and
pressed over the bridge al the south end of
the borough into the marsh. The damage
sustained in tina, borough is not so great as
was apprchended The fire from the grin
ding house was soon communicated to the
other buildings and three explosions. the
distance between the FIRST and last about 10
minutes, terminated this shocking calami
~.
Marshal Grouchy, Nj. Dupont and anoth
er gentleman gathered close round large
tree,the heavy branches of which preserved
them from the many pieces of timber and
fragments of rock which fell round them.
The windows, floors, and roof of Mr..
Duponts house were blown off His daugh.
ter, Madame Biddermann. was sitting in
chair when the floor on which it rested and
that above it were blown up, the chair was
blown 10 atoms, fortunately Nj. Bidder
mann, was very little hurt.
In the magazine it is said there was 25,
+, 600 W.T. of gun powder this, together
with the sulpher, saltpetre, buildings, &c.
has caused loss of property 10 the enter
prising and intelligent owners of more than
$50 900. The field near the house of Mr.
| Dupont was nearly covered with stones
One very large stone passed through the
| trunk OF a largechesnut tree in the Winkllng
OF an eye. Many trees were torn up by The
roots, many were Frustrated and many had
oil their limbs cut off All the buildings in
the vicinity were more or less in ured
We look, with confidence, for particulars
to the editor of the Wilmington Watch
man.
1t was most Affecting and heart rending
TO see .he blackened and mangled corpses
of the dead and dying. Twenty six persons
were found dead and Others are yet miss
ing. The hardest heart would have been
softened. the sternest eye would have wept
over the distress and human misery which
was created in few hours We have
nett her ability nor inclination to call forth
the feelings which the most artless narrative
of an eye witness would excite in every
heart not steeled against humanity he re
was wretched mother distrac,edly carry
ing and dragging her orphan children while
| she was searching for the shattered corpse
of their father There sat anotheI weeping |;
ore who having found the blackened re-
mains Off man was gazing upon il with
wild anxiety TO ascertain whether indeed 1t
vas the beloved being who but few hours
before had pillowcd his head upon her now
sching bosom. 4 little further with clasp
ed hands and streaming eyes was seen
Young woma3 who bad just found the body
Of her father and with loud cries was la
mentine his untimely death. These were
scenes which were calculated to make man
feel for man and make him in agony of soul
exclaim =" TO what better, 10 what nobler
use can gold be applied than to bind up the
broken heart. be father TO the fa,herless
and friend to him who had none TO help
him.
We Just learn that The only article unhurt
in the house of NJ Duponts, was pof,fa3t
of apoleon Bonapare.
The editor of the American Centinel,
says: we have conversed with gentleman
direct from Wilmington, who visited the
scene of destruction. from whom we have
obtained the following corrections and adj
diiional particulars. The workmen's hou
ses, amounting TO or 9, are rendered en-
.irely unfit to be inhabited. The machine
ry completely desh Dyed. The bodies of
90 persons have been found. Mrs. Du-
pont and her sister were slightly bar, Mr..
Delmas had bis shoulder dislocatcd
In work lately published in England, and
which we understand, will shortly appear in
this country, entitled e The history Of all re-
Isgions," by the Rev. Robert Adams, the au-
thor makes the following interesting calcula-
tons
Of the whole number Of inhabitants in the
world. he supposestLere are
Christians, i75,5oo,OO0
Jews. 100000
Paeans 482,000,000
Mabomedans, 100000
Total. 800 100000
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