The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-06-02
LATEST MAIL NEWS.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
MELANCHOLY Loss OF LlFE-GREar DE.
STRrCTION or PROPERTY-STx HOUSES
DESTROYED AND SEVENTY-FIvE DAM.
AGED, &c.
WILMINGTON. nRL, May 3I.-Abort Quarter 70
Il O'Clock this morning, three wagons loaded with
five tors of powder belonging to Messrs Dupont &
Co., exploded at the corner of l4ih and Orange
.,eess killing John Reese, Thomas Talley and
chambers, the drivear. young n'an IN The employ
at Taos. Hughes, colored waiter in the house OF
James J. Price and colored servant woman at
Bishop Lees, Fifteen horses were also killed John
Mel agstia's child Is missing. Thomas Hughes
~. ami child is seriously injured and VIM Nc.
& W and Mrs. Richard Reynolds were badly hurt
T.r residences Of Bishop Lee, JAS r.. Price, and
.ys --hrrs with six stables were completely de
..rayci, and seventy FIVE other houses badly dam
a-eI Many persons were slightly cut and hurt
IA. loss il estimated at 100000,
SECOND DISPATCH
The scene where the explosion occurred exceeds
DESCRIPTION. The neighburhood LOOKS a. though an
.sf-guake had taken place There were three
.s~.e .eaps each containing $50 kegs, estimated at
.- tons on their way IT ON the Mills 10 be shipped
81: the wharf The explosion took place opposite
..saop Lees elegant residence, the last wagon DC
..- opposite Orange street and the head one about
. .ect in advance. Il Is not known which exploded
-st The Bishops house was terribly shattered,
,. roof being liiGci of sa6 broken into fragments,
r ,au, wall driven cur, ard the tlaurs broken up,
Ivory window and door jor4 from their places aud
.'.- beautiful carier destroyed i servant woman
-.E iii were IN the house, the latter o! whom
" sU-Wly mad The .orweg badly co'. Bishop Lee
... rmdv were absent attending the Convention
g.. .r Diocese a ST. Andrews Church. a few
squares 81.
Three houses on Orange below Ii'h street
5er.e completely destroyed OF one Of them. a
Egg" structure, not portion was lett, young
'..rNaD, boarding with John Mclaughlin. was
ally injured and died soon afterwards Mr.. Nc.
ID" him was badly cut, his clothes being torn Oft Of
i'm, and his wife very seriously hurt. His caild
d INTO the cellar and was taAea oaL Of tde ruins
sju.urcd.
Iae families Of VIM. Mccoy and Ricb'd Reynolds
..fg IL the Utgcr houses wore all more or less in
co. tn wife otthe alter quite badly.
the resi- iCnce of JAS Candy, at tie corner Of liar
s- and lin streets YVES terribly shattered and will
torn down. The inmates were badly cut wi 4
rs aud ai,iRs Paleg HI. 9'icls s,asles and barn
s-.oyci.
j. a@.e was 80 mue Injured that il viii have to be
On the south side, re barns and stables of Jno. E.
PRICE Ira Price and :. r. Price were Eli complete
- a s,royei. In the RttGr coored man named
Henry was Killed. Tat trees along the street and in
TIC gardens were sLIi ped Q! their leaves, aud in
ma OF t4'em, toTnup y the roots. The fragments
.uc wagons and hoI e. and drivers were blown
il various directions. "A human arm was found at
ne distance Of 800 fee, one OF the drivers was
Town over the trees, d the fragments lodged on
tae shore Of the Brandy sine, behind Bishop Lees
J1g-c.
All the wells and other objects in the buildings in
ned, were driven jo|Br the Place of exp 3sOn.-
The appearance OF the no ses is though the great
,acUum caused oY the cNp slon had caused She air IN
lie houses 10 burst them " Mr.. Prices honse, the
letvy folding doors which sere closed at The time
were forced violently from cir hinges the end OF
re Toou The windO auL ioOTs in every case were
driven outward.
The Ike Of one Of the Ors weighing 100 lbs,
Mas thrown u distance Of so feet, and the Ire e
ms OF another tire, 1 lutle broad, driven
aeafiy through the trunE o. siarse tree. Though
lr:;us bat small pieces can found Of the wagons,
'Ie places where each stood marked in the bed OF
she read which has been sunk caIly two feet.
Nearly all The houses along tange street far as
loh have their glass broken 4nd the plaster shat
tired
On Market street. I'D Joining the residence James
Z Price the elegant dwellings Of J. r. Plates J. H.
Price and Jos. T. Price, have been greatly injured
md The furniture &c, broken
Seven dwellings on 18th street, called Brghps row,
were much damaged IN the windows and wall. The
explosion caused terrible sensation the CITY, and
fne people rushed ont from their dwellings gem
t-euau riding horseback at distance, felt the
ground Temble and lifted from his horse and
5re the wnoo1gs falling into the street, thought an
earthquake had occurred. Many persons think that
passing the time killed aud no traces
Of them eft So far those before mentioned are the
uEr one, -upHa to have been killed, upon whose boz
dic5 inquest las been he'd
The explosion felt al a brick meeting house, s.
miles south Of W. uington.
The to,s loss is estimated at not less than 75 Coo
including the powder and teams valued at s., COO
hiessrs Dupont the ground doing ali they can
10 alleviate the distress of the sufferers and OK.
press Their determination to pay for ali damages to
property