New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-10

Gre aud cindess entering ,nteec Of cone ,hres
second. II 10 rssa sais house also expic,ed TIE
press house (es 10 caleb placed further CT frora the
ksrnelh house than the last named toward tbs east ssi
this distance doubtless saved the powder In tro es
plodins though the boarding Is mostly forced isou 10
sides, and h Is in fsc; nearly ecmpe.s wreck
ofthe kernel house s may b aid Il Is SWEPT Aso.
ls,ely clean CT from Il, very foundation the water
lam trnbcrs ard all the machinery scattered to the
soar ouarters Of Heaven The meadow Ajoiaias Ass
he appearance Of being thieAy sown over with fsx
merits of boards ard pieces OF timber While large por.
tons OF the rcofs in On the top OF The rsags
of hills several large pieces OF timber were carried And
countless smaller bi,s The mixing house Is ~, 20 At.
,e,ly and entirely dispersed, but ia timber and
ehnery (or whs, is le of III hes heap o! smoking sai
blsckened ruins All the remains Of thcse are IS eosa
pletely bsckeued by the power Ono; shsrreD as
The process hsd been elected BY the brush IL come Ill
gent painter Words cannot convey faint uprcssioa
of the scene of this fearful tragedy In the wossmea
dwellings near the Mills the force Of the eonceon
very great The windsw slsss was broken. the farN
ture shaken and person. who were near thrown over
Some part Of chimney At the distance Of hall mile
wss thrown o. and IN fact several miles distance the
shock wss very perceptible.
The situation of these mills en- beautiful msstov
pine groves and the several houses not unpcturesqse
" grouped at the base and range of charming hilis
skirted with wooded copses and all in the miis, OF
mos, tranquil agreeable landscape. contrasts 80 forc
bly, with the purpose OF the buildings and the swtal
tragedies which occurred here that the place invest
ed with vast deal Of painful romance. Persons do
not nSer in the neighborhood of these mis, and on
asking q for some information as to the ssr'"~
houses who lived very he replied, 81 never went
through them bat once and this ives just after hev
were built aud was plainly lcsthe TO remember that
much
On this mournful occasion nothing could be dors
but to carry of the msnced corpees Of the victims,
and to extngush whs. little FIRE there might be about
the miserable ruins 40 great il the houghiessness OF
the spectators such thrilling tInes that many "sed
in and about the press house where the loose po~ues
was lying some inches deep on the hoor' ana wnefs
the friction of single boot heel might have caused tas
death OF many persons
This 4. the third frshtfa catastrophe connected with
these same powder mills. AT the last blow'up, come
,eo wears since four persons killed tho explosion
ORIGINATING In the same house That workmen can be
found ready to engage In so hazardous an operation
tina, families can come hither. men with their wives
and children and live directly within the possible
action of these casualties demonstrates that Society
does not afford good situations for all It's members And
that however dangerous the trade men, for the sake Of
possible livelihood, are willing perpetually to hazard
their chance living all The powder made at the.o
mills is considerable in amount and OF good quality,
and the wages paid to workmen are higher than the
usual day wages for other work Danger from explo-
sons may he greatly lessencd to the other houses ~
putting the several buildings greater distances from
each other II would be well to have law establish
Ing what should be the least distance between the seve
raj buildings of q powder factory Tos workman se
,nally In the exploding house instant death Is GER
tainty.