Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1854-06-15

ged.
The total loss is estimated at about
$4,000
SECOND DISPATCH.
The scene in the neighborhood of the
explosion, this forenoon exceeds all
description, and looks as though an
earthquake had taken place.
| There were three large teams, each
containing four hundred and fifty kegs of
powder, from Dupont mills, the whole
estimated at about live tons. The pow
de. was being conveyed from The mills
TO the wharf for shipment. The team
was passing along Fourteenth street at
the time the explosion took place--,he
last wagon being opposite Orange street
and Immediately opposite the elegant
residence of Bishop Lee. The other
wagons were short distance ahead. Ii
Is not known which load first exploded.
The Bishops house was terribly shat.
tered; the roof was lifted up bodily and
broken into fragments. The front wall
fell into the street. The floors were
!
in the house was torn away and broken
to pieces. The Bishops beautiful gar.
den was entirely destroyed.
There was fortunately, only one SER
van, aud child in the house-the Dish
op and family being absent attending
convention of the Dincese in ST. An
drew's Church, few squares off. The
servant women was very badly injured,
bu, the child escaped nearly unframed.
Three houses on Orange street below
Fourteenth were entirely destroyed
One of the houses was wooden s,ruc.
ture, aud it was utterly demolished to us
very foundation. An Irishman, a board.
er with Mclaughlin, was fatally injured,
and died shortly after the occurrence.
Mclaughlin was very badly cut, aud
his apparel was torn off. HIS wife was
also severely injured. The families OF
Mccoy and Reynolds living in other
houses, were all more or less injured
tae wife of the later quite seri)usIy.
The residence Of James Cranky, cor.
ner OF Market and l4th streets were
terribly shattered and the inmates were
badly cut with glass, SC. His stables
and barn, together win carriages. ard
fine garden, were all destroyed. On the
opposite side The elegan, residence of
James Z. Price was SO much injured,
that it will have to DE rebuilt.
On the south side of Fourteenth
street, The barns and stables OF Joseph
Prices, James L. Price, and John IL.
Price were all completely destroyed.
In the latter the colored man Henry,
was killed. Many trees were torn up
by The roots.
The fragments of The wagons. horses,
and drivers were blown in all directions.
A human arm was found 800 feet from
the place of explosion, and one OF the
drivers was lodged on the shore OF the
Brandywine. The tire of ons wagon,
weighing one hundred pounds, was
thrown distance of two hundred feet,
and fragment OF ano her lire was driven
nearly through the trunk Of large tree.
| Nearly all the houses along Orange
street, as far south as Tenth. have glass
broken and plaster shattered from the
wall.
On Market street, adjoining the resi-
cence of James Z. Price, the dwellings
Of j. X. Plates. John Ii. Price, and
Joseph +. Price. were very much lniur-
ed, and furniture, glassware, &c., broken,
Seven dwellings on Thirteenth street,
called Brighss Row, were much dana.
ged.
The explosion caused terrible sensa-
ton in the city, people rushing FROM their
houses IN great terror.
One gentleman riding on horseback
some distance ahead of The wagons. felt
the ground trembling. and at the same
time was lifted from his horse. and zee.
ing the windows falling into the street,
thought an earthquake had occurred.
Thus far only five persons are known
to have been killed. and the bodies, or
fragments OF four, have been found and
All inquest held on the remains. The
following are their names: John KEYS
Robert Chambers, Thos. Talley, the
drivers OF the teams; Prices colored
man, and another, mans unknown.
The explosion was felt at brick
meeting. house, ,hirsy-live miles south Of
Wilmington.
The total loss is estimated at $4,000.
Including the powder and teams. valued
at $4,000. Messls. Dupont were on
she ground actively engaged in doing all
!, they could to relieve the sufferers
& They declared their intention Of paying
Tor all the damage done to property.