The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-05-15
Terrible Gunpovd.r Explosion in Few
Yelk Ctr.
From Tie New York Time.

RIVER. The report was Lesyd "a ever.
part OF the country for tie di.issce Of
my miles. The damage 10 the Jvoysrtv
IS very great, AID the wonder is, th.,no
lives were Loaf By the cats.t,opte. The
particulars Of the occurrence sr. .. fol-
lows: fol about eiShteeu monk. t..-,
has been a cartridge nsnufactotv and
| powder magazine !ocsted at the tost Of
Seventy eighth street East River. Tho
prop'etors, Ne.sr. Johnston 1 Dew.
have had contacts with t.. United States
! government for the mssUf.cture sad de-
livery Of cartridges. Duvin. the last y.ar
aud half they have had on an sverige
5oO0 person, in their employ. There
wers two buildings devoted to the bushes.
one Of them between S.yenty-e;cL,h
and Seventy ninth streets. ana the sther
short distance below tae foot Of ses.ntv-.
eighth street, East River. NJ accident
0! any kind had occurred duiius sll this
year and q half, until aha, on Moudsv
night. Mr.. Drake, the fogemsn for John
sion & Dow Informed orr re!o,tsr tha.
he striutest watch bad teeo KEEP, upon
the premises, ana tia. the utmost cara
had been taken TO lreveat 40 eXp'cs,en,
or to AVOID accidents Of shy Kind Hs
further stated thst At about Ii / . O'Clock
on Monday night, lie w.s aloussd rem
his slumbers by the explosion.
The magazine where the powder wa
stored, ana where The explosion took see
wss situated between Seventy eighth and
Seventh seventh stfeots, ard close % the
river, Immediately opposite ksndail's
Island. 1t was low bIick structure,
about sixteen fee! square, snd about eight
feet shove Tie surface. Mr Drake, he
foreman, state. that they usually kept
about ten barrels Of gnnpo~der in this
magazine, sad liza. no other coIby..ibie
material was, or had tson 5, sn- .ihs
atoted thers. lie further states tbst they
had three months psst employed sbSut
three hundred persons in the Two bull
dings, in the uauutaetuTe Of cartridges,
etc
The effect Of the explosion was terrific
and shook the house Of persons living ff>
teen miles away from Ike scene Of the dis
aster. At Flushing, SIX miles distant
windows were broken, srh many persons
were aroused from their sumbers BY the
motion Of tie furniture IL their rcous.-
Tue same effect is reported by Persons re-
siding IN Manhsa.e., Long ls,snd, dis
taucs Of twelve miles farther A. New
town the doors Of mary q tie inlab;t.nts
were thrown open by tlo force Of Tie ex-
plcs IN. and the iainstcs started from their
bed, in alarm, under Tie belief that an
sartheuska had visited them. Tho public
buildings On lie Island, (sss than half
mile from the scene Of tie explosion,
and directly opposite, were much 6amss-
ed Window lass ani gss fixtures ~us
demolished, aud furniture broken by tbe
force OF TIE coucu.sio- Ia the imusdi'
ats vicinity, on the New York siII, the
damage WAS s,ao cons d.r.ble kr. Seth
c. Reese, residing at tho 100. Of Seventy-
sixth street was thrown from Lis bed
agane. IT, side Of lhe wall, aad verv
much bruised. lljs housesecper vas al.
so severely injured Iu ;be Same naLne-
The Windows and doors Of Lis residence
~e;e All stove in, Tie Ceilings shattered.
and his furniture became almost 4 wreck.
lie estimates bis GEslare ri .hou. s. ,0eO.
Mir. samncl Laurence, residing in SEVENTH
fifth street. hh.i lis house completely d.
molished h lie fare. Of ,hc explosion
his loss IS about $4,000 Mr. white,
florist in the vjnen'y, suffered severely.
His house WAS a'no-, rsu, to fragments,
and his !iua ge,d5H, inc 'u!.Hg sre.rhonses
hot beds, g., Ma much damaged. More
thsn one half IT the glass in Ms gsrden
was broken. II c-ilua'es his dsnsce as
$1,000 Mr. licstey, a, lie foot of Seven
II fourth street, lost about g. 600 worth
Of property. Nj. >omers. proprietor Of
Jones aad Woods IIy'e, had he whole
Of one side of his 5;,iatd ssleon STAYED
in, and bis windows aud Gonrs broken. -
lis loss viii amount TO about 81 600
TIE following named persons also sustain
ed heavy losses: Frederick Rob-rs,on,
Bellevue Garden; Nr Under'ill, Vincen,
Geseer. Andrew Mathews, Mrs Eunice
IKE and John Caty.
Grammar School No ), situated on the
corner Of Third avenue and Seventy piutb
.lree,, about ten block from he scene Of
lie explosion, wn, 30 mpch damaged as
to render it unfit 20 10 occupied .or school
purpoaes Until fersired. Our reporter
was informed that ayhitd which ~. slsep.
/ inr in its cradle Ia house ~ Third ave-
uue, near Eighty lhiri >trest, -. hro~n
! bv the force Of the explosion against the
calling. and SO much irjgrsd .hss its life
! is despaired o.. Fer mliss and ni.ss in
every direction we hear r.ports Of the ef-
fsc's Of this terrible upl"-ion. In New
Haven the inhsii;sr;e believed it 10 Ls
an earthquake; lie ~inao~s of many OF
the houses Of Tia, city were shaken, And
avery perceptiO.s trs,nor sas esli through
out the town.
The Police report tha. there -e'c Only
1900 pounds Of gunpo~der stored IL tIe
rnagazine at tie time q the exp|seioa.-
Tie foreman Of Tie s-'slii.l Yent alec
states shat uo'hisc tnt gnrfo~d"r 10 bar
rs!., (ony ten a shi.a were ,LSa or
.,ore) ~aa allowed 10 l.. ~. Aefs. Hi
ides i. ihst he magazine xs- e,sd b.
some m ahcious rar.es.
Fire Department,