Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-09-04
AWFUL CALAMITY.

IN this city. accompanied by conclusions,
such as have been before experienced after
the blowing up of powder mills. The APP
pearance ofan immense volume of smoke in
the direction OF The Bellona powder works.
left little or no doubt OF what had taken
place. and excited much anxiety for the fate
OF the men employed in the works. To the
politeness of several gentlemen who re-
paired to the place Immediately after the ex-
plosion was heard, we are indebted for the
following details -
The house which first was blown up was
the stamping mill. One of the workmen
states, that he was not conscious OF the e1.
plosion until be found himself lying in the
mill-race bard by; neither did he know his
thigh was broken until he attempted TO walk.
IN this mill there were two others, one OF
whom is MORALLY wounded; the other esca-
ped unhurt.
About fifty yards from the mill stood the
drying room, in which six men were at work.
The FIRE of the frs, explosion was violently
forced into III, windows Of this house, con-
tanning about So kegs of powder. The work
men had only time to precipitate themselves
into the mill-race, near the door, when this
house was also destroyed, with most awful
explosion.
Adjoining this house stood The grainery,
containing also large quantity of powders
in this there were three meb at work, two oil
whom were killed, having been thrown 10
the distance OF so yards. Their bodies were
sheckingly mangled and burnt. No traces
of the third workman were discovered when
our informants left there. The roof OF the
packing house was removed, but the powder
stored init fortunately did net take fire. AS
tar as the injury extends the premises exhi-
Dit a scene of awful and utter desolation.
This is the fourth time since their first erec-
ton, that the Belloaa powder mills have
approximations destructive calamity.
A coroner's inquest was held by lanes B.
SALISBURY, Esq. on the bodies of Joseph
Kelly and Owen O'Neaie, two of the work
men, killed by the explosion.
Thomas FaIlin is MORALLY wounded.
Edward Guineaman has leg fractured
William Logue is missing.
Since the above was written II is said that
the two wounded men have expired, and
tina, coroner's Inquest was held over the
body o, W illia,n Logue. the person stared
above to be missing, by Lambert Thou as,
ESQ. The verdict of the jury was, that he
came to his death by the blowing up OF the
DOW der mill, he being blown near four hun
dred yards therefrom, with the loss OF his
head, both legs, and one arm, &c.-about 60
years of age. finer: eGn.
IMPORTANCE OF A PERSEvERING PHYSICIAN.
philadelphia, .August SO.
On Saturday evening last young phYs-
clan in tins city was called in to see a wo.
man in low circumstances, who had a large
family of children, her husband being also
sick. In a fiji ofinsanity or despair she had
swallowed large quantity OF laudanum,
Uhen the doctor arrived, he attempted to adj
minister an emetic, but she Iesolutely clench-
ed her teeth and refused all assistance lie
then procured all iron spoon, and, with much
exertion, forced open her mouth, OCCASION
Ing her the loss of two upper and two lower
teeth, owing to her extraordinary resistance.
The emetic was then poured down, aud was
Immediately spurted back into the doctors
lace Death and the doctor" were now
fairly at issue; but the ODDS were on the
side OF death, who was SO stoutly backed by
the patient. But our young Esculapius was
not 10 be thus deprived OF his yiclory. Has
lilly wiping his face, he posted off with all
speed to the nearest druggist, where he pro-
cured long elastic tube and a syringe.
Thus armed he quickly returned, having in
his retinue the druggist and two stout black
men. whom he engaged for the approaching
conflict. Madam was Immediately LAID on
her back on the, floor, sans ceremonie. her
head amid limbs being veil secured; and
refusing to let the tube be passed Though
her mouth, our courageous doctor inserted 1t
into her nose, and passed it through the orr
fee in the rooTof the mouth, quite into the,
stomach, aud with his syringe quickly pump
ed ont the Contents of her stomach. The