The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-01
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Terrible Calamity.
EXPLOSION or GCNPOwDER-8REAT LOSS or LIFE
ANr DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.


ANr DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
wnMNoroS De-, N y 81 1854
About hslfpsst clock this morning three wagous
losded with Of guppowder belonging to Mcssz
Dupont Co.. exploited at the Of Fourteenth and
Orange streets, killing seven prisons and fifteen horss
The following is list of the Killed.
sobn Ksesc 1hones Talley, and Thomas Chambers, the
wagon drivers; young man la the employ Of ihomas
Hughes; csiored waiter named Henry, in the employ of
yamcr Price and a cooyed female servant of Bishop
lees A chiid Of John Mclaughlin is also missing
The list Of wounded Is as follows
Thomas Hughes wife and child, seriously hurt; WIN.
Mccoy ard Mrs. Richard Reynolds, badly hurt and nu
Others less injured.
The residences OF Bishop Iees and James T. Price, to.
esther with eve others, and six stables destroyed
About seyeuty five other houses we're badly damaged
The in the neighbcrhood Of the explosion this
FORENOON exec all description aad looks though
earthquake had taken place.
Tterewero three large teams each containing four
hup&ed and fifty kegs Of powder, from Dupcnt's mills,
the whole estimated about i've tons. The powder
being conveyed from the mills to tho wharf for ship
ment. The passing along Fourteenth street
at the lime the explosion took place. the last wagon being
opposite the elegant residence Of shoFfees The other
wagons a short distance ahead II Is not known
which rad first expssded-
The roof was ,sfted mp bodily aud broken
into f,asments TIVE front wall fell into the street.
The floors broken ana every WINDOW ana door
10 the ,~use torn away and broken TO pieces The
Bshops beautiful gasdcn entirely destroyed There
was, fortunately only one servant and child IN tho
house the Bishop his family being absent attending
convection OF the docess in st. Andrews church,
few Squares of Tho servant woman was very badly
injured, oux the child escaped almost unharmed.
Three houses on Orange street, fellow Fourteenth,
were completely destroyed One Of the houses was q
den structure, and utterly demolished, 70 itA
very foundation- A yonng Irshma0, boarder with
John Mclaughlin, fatally injured, and died shortly
Mclaughlin was very badly cut ana his clothes
torn Off Us wife waJ also very seriously injured Their
child fen into a cellar and taken up uuinjurrd.
Thefanes Of WIN slcCoy and Rich Reynolds living
in other houses all less injured-tho wifo
of tho latter quite badly.
Fourteenth streets terribly shattered, and the NJ
mates were badly cut with glass; &c His stables s.1
destroyed On the opposite side the elegant resdenee
Of James Price, much niured that II will have
on tie south side Of street. the barns and
stables Of Joseph Price, James " Price and John II
Price all completely destroyed In the AFTER tno
ooored, Henry was killed Many trees we're torn
The fragments Of the wagons horses and drivers wers
Ahsm on arm WAS found three hundred faet from the
place Of explosion and one Of the drivers was lodged On
the shore Of tho Lrandy wine.
The tire Of one wagon weighing one hundred pounds.
thrown distance of Two hundred feos ann frAg-
ent of anoher sirc driven nearly thrc agh the Lun
Nearly the houses along Orange strcot, far south
ae Tenth have GLASS broken nd plaster shattercd fron
tie walls On parket street adjoining tho residence OF
James L. Price, the dwellings of John r. Plates John
Prco and JosofhT T. Price, greatly injurod and fur
Iiiuie, glassware, &c, hro.en.
Seven dwellings, Thirteenth street, called Brgh1n
row, much damaged
The exploion caused aterrbic sensaiion through th
city people rushing from their houses in great terror
One gent ,icman riding on horseback, some distance
ahead OF the wagons felt the ground trembling and ae
the ent lifted from his horse, and seeing
the windows falling into the street. thought IN earth
quake hsd occurred.
Thus far only dvc persons are known 10 have boon
killed, asd the bodies or fragments OF four have been
found aGa inquest held on their remains.
The following are the nomes:-John Keys, Robert
ChGmrsrs Thomas falley, tho drivers OF the teams,
Prices cclotca maa, and another, name net known
Tho explosion felt at the brick Meeting House, 10
miles South Of Wilmington.
The total loss IA estimated ST not lcss than S75 000 In
| cln9ng the pomaer and toams, valued at about
| 81. 3O0.
| Sfessrs Dupept The ground, actively Engaged
In doing all thsy could 10 relieve the sufferers They ts
clare their intention q paying for all the damage done 70
property.