New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-30

THE AWFUL ACCIDENT IN ST. LOUIS w pub
lishea the substance of the following day or
two since in q short paragraph. The St. Louis
papers Of the 10Th have the following particu-
lars, Mr.. Gator was the same gentleman whose
pyrctechnic exhibitions have so often delighted
the people Of New Orleans. He leaves an aged
father and mother here.
a Yesterday morning, between two and three
o'clock, a fire was discovered IN an out-house on
the grounds known as the Carr Place, on Frank.
lin avenue. The circumstances connected with
it are of the most distressing character, result
ing in the death OF two men. We visited the
place yesterday morning and gathered the fol-
lowing particulars: Within the last few weeks,
Augustave Gator and Edward Lumen, the two
men who were killed, with two other assistants,
have been busily employed in preparing and
manufacturing the material for grand display
of fireworks, which 1t was intended should come
off sometime during the course Of the week The
building was small tWo-story brick, situated
q short distance from the main building on the
east side, and was formerly occupied as o car
-iags house. There were two rooms on the first
md tws on the second floor. The front room
on the first iaaor was whore the combustible ma
terial was placed, and in It was q considerable
quantity Of composition, embracing rockets,
bombs, etc., besides q quantity Of combustible
matter not yet appropriated. The bombs, we
are informed, some ten or twelve in number,
were Of the largest class, and sufficient in them
selves to destroy much larger building From
the best information we can gather from Dr.
Wood, and persons. residing in the immediate
Vicinity, we are led to believe that the FIRE was
accustomed by the building being struck by
lightning, which was conveyed to the room where
the combustible material was stored. A storm
prevailed about that hour, and persons who live
in the immediate vicinity, and who were up at
that time, on account Of their attendance upon
the sick, state most positively. that they saw the
fash and stroke short time before any explo-
moments after, the building was literally blown
| TO pieces. On the upper floor four men were
sleeping. and the force was so great that the
floor and roof came down on the main floor, while
the entire east wall was simultaneously blown
lout.
Two Of the men, named Beange and Auguste
fell among the rubbish, but succeeded with
much dlii,cnity N making their escape. One
Of them being caught fast by some timbsrs ana
other rubbish, was released by the other INT
not until he was onsiderably scorched Beanee,
we understand, Is member Of tie French nnssa
h troupe Of New Orleans, Their two associ ates
however, Gator and Lumen, met with an avn
i fate They fell in the room wAere the como
4 sition was placed and were literally burned t,
Il death. The screams of one OF them were hear,
some minutes after the explosion, but ali effort
Il TO relieve the unfortunate men were vain
s Their bodies we're taken out yesterday liter
ally charred by the action Of the fire, and pre-
D scented q frightful spectacle. Both we're youn
d men, and Gator was q skillfnl pyroteehnis
: Neither Of them were married, but both ha,
parents and other relatives residing in NewOi
leans. The Coroner held an inquest and too
charge Of the remains, y