Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-08-15

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fssa sis15ar liatass sf sir. Garescha'f paw-
stefs osa.. Elm Park. IN siis vicinity of this
81 S was blown Up shortly before O'clock
THIS morning
II csataitsed .,boas ane and s-haif tons of
fowdfr- Tie explosion wastreinendous AMI
broke large quantity OF glass in the iweli-
ings 10 Tie lower part Of the city. The dry
ing house had been in operation for forty
years wiihens accident and was considered to
be the safest house, embraced in the works.
All the workmen connected with its opera-
tons were killed at once. They were blown
to thousand fragments, as their remains
were found at various distances from 500 to
200 yards.
There were three Frenchmen engaged in
the driving house, named Eugene Perene, Jo-
.eph Du peane and Francois FISHER, and .
boz named John Pueh.
The house was entirely blown away, not a
ves.iee remaining. The explosion of the
dryinghonss caused mill, situated about
300 yards distant, to explode.
In this mill there were four persons, none
Of whom were killed. hut two were danger
ouslv hurt, and two others badly wounded.
Peter McGinly was thrown about 30 feet, and
it is feared he will not recover. Hereceived
a severe confusion on the right side of the
head. his scalp is badly cut, and he is other
wise burned and bruised.
Patrick Bushe was running from the mill,
and was about 30 yards distant when light
ning-rod descended and struck him on the
head, fracturing his skull in such manner
as to render his recovery doubtful.
Thomas Mullen had got short distance
from the mill when his collar bone was bro
ken by the decent of piece of timber.
Another man, whose name could notbe as
certained was running along side of Patrick
Bushe when the latter was knocked down.
He stopped to pick up his fellow workman
and escaped injury.
The engineer, William Mitchell, was seat
ed at his post reading newspaper when the
explosion took place. He saw barrel of
pc der explode and started to secure his
safety behind the chimney stacks when a sec
ond exploded which blew down brick wall
over his head. His hand was caught by some
portion of the wall and bruised, and he al
SO received some light scratches on his cheek
Patrick Guthrie and Michael Guthrie. who
were on the outside of the mill, escaped with
slight injuries.
This mill was also torn to pieces. It con
tains about 400 pounds of powder, which is
1csS lbSu lhS v quantity uSuaiIN etoTtu. ~
The engineer says there were three sepa-
rate explosions in the mill. To those at q
distance it seemed like q single prolonged
explosion.
The trees around the drying house were
blown up BY the roots, and the fields were
literally covered with fragments Of wood,
cinders, and the remains Of the victims
One or Two horses were killed.
Another man is said to have been killed,
but this seems doubtful.
Drs. Ashew, Bush, White, Wilson and
Draper, from Wilmington, were at the scene
soon after the occurrence, rendering all the
professional aid in their power.
Mr.. Garesche says the explosion must have
been caused by one of the Frenchmen who
worked in the packing room being addicted
to smoking pipe. Mr.. G. had cautioned
him two weeks previous, and told him to
G. supposed he had abandoned tie prac-
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