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The seine where the explosions occurred exceeds dt
scriptiou The neighborilo0d looks tho earil4
%quqke had taken place There were hreelarge teani4
each containing $50 kegs, estimated at iye tons oa
Aheirve from the Mills to lie shipped al the wharf
The explosion took place opposite Bishop Ices ecE
CANT residenee the Last wagon Icing opposite Orange
street aud the head CHE about 60 feet IN advance II
is not known wiehexp first. The Bishops house
was terribly shattered, the roof being lifted Of and
hrokenin fragments thefroni lllriyehont tsel00r
broken ~, every wihdow and door torn from tbeit
s places and fhebeautlfn garden destroyed. 4 sGr1
want weniah and child were ia the house The latieF
OF whom was slightly and tee FORMER badly cat.-
Bishop Lee and family were absent attending It'd
Convention u fhe AioCesc II -. Andrew : Churr4
few SQUARES off,
Three houses On Orange below 18th street wcref
completely destroyed. 0foue ofthcn; frame stfurl
t turc, not portion was Iefb i young lrishmant
boarding. with John Mclaughlin was fatally ihuFedi
and died soon Afterwards Mr. Mclaughlin WAS bad-H
II cut lis c6lhesx being torn 81 OF him, ana hisl
wife very seriously burt. His child iel into thei
cellar and was taken out Of the ruins uninjared.
The families OF W ID. AeGoY and Richard Eey-l
nolds living ID eoiher houses Were al Taorc or lcs
injured, the wise a. the latter quite badly.
Tbs residence OF, Gaahy, at the corner Of Market
and l8h streets were terribly shattered aud viii
have 70 be torn down. The inmates we're badly
cut With glass aid falling plaster Ills brick stges
and barn, tpgetHt Win bis carriages and fnc saf-
aen were destroyed,
on the opposite side The eleeani residence ossIas.
n Prizes WAS - IaaeAiajaFe1 tl@t i al haye isBs
Iebuilt
On the south side. the barns and stables Of I.,sn
+ Price Ira l'Fice, ard Jamls +. Price, weresall
completely destroyed. IA the laser, d COlUfcK man
named Henry was killed. The trees al0nglhe streets
and in The garden mere stripped Of their leaves and
in some d them tore up by tie roots. Tie fragments
Of the wagons AMI horses and drivers were blown ID
various dlTee.ion1. AihEman arm WAS found at tie
distance Of 800 i9et One q the drivers were blown
over the trees au heterogeneous lodged on the serc
Of the Brandywile, behind Bishop Lees house.
All tic walls ahd ether objects in the buildings
injured were driyhn towards The place Of explosion
The appearance IL The houses is Is though the great
vacuum caused 81 theexplosion bad caused tie air
in the hOGse 10 burst them. in III. Prices house
tie heavy folding doors which were closed ct the
time were forced violently from their hinges 10 tie
end ofthe room. Tie windows and doors IN every
case were driven outward.
The tire OF enc Of The wagons weighing leo lbs
was thrown 70 distance Of 200 feet and the fraa-
ments 81 another tire i inches broad, was driven
nearly through tie trunk Of Large tree. Though
nothing lu small peicts be found ofthe wagon
the places where each stood are marked ia the bed
Of the road, which has been sunk nearly 2 feet
Nearly all the honscs slong Orange street as fir
10th have their glass broken and the plaster shat
tered.
on Market street adjoining the residence Of James
f. Price, the esegsnt dwellings of r. Plates j.
II. Prizes and Jos 7. Price have been greatly nur-
cd and fhr farniiare, BE- broken
Seven dwellings on l3th street called BTighl's-
row, were nteh damaged in thenindoUs and walls.
The explosion caused terrible sensation in the city
and the people rushed out from their dwellings 4
gentleman riding on horseback al some distance felt
the ground treuhe, and was lifted from his horze,
and seeing the windows falling into the street,
fhought an earthquake had occurred Many persons
tiink thai persons passing at the time killed
and no traces Of lhen Ielf. So far, those before
mentioned are the only ones known 10 have been
killed, upon Nhore bodies an inquest has been held