New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-13
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
Great Loss Of Property.

About half. past eleven on Monday night, an ex pio-
ou occurred IN the magazine attached to Mes Sheridan
Co.., Catrds. Factory the foot Of seyen,yeshh street.
r. A g. Drake .emsu say' they had about a'Oo lbs Of
powder 10 their magazine.
tn. explosion wa. awful and terrific waxing and alarming
tho whos comm tyshins sIss. rom the windows and
plsssrips the as and swinging doors open In every
erection No one killed seriously injured ave In
propry Nj T. Ksyss foot OF Seventy siIh street. aud
BIZ, hoaeieeper injured slightly BY the falling Of doors
and the displacement Of furniture. Mr. KS os 10 estimated
.t 1900 Mr. Samuel Lawrence sesentyhfh street. T. H..
his house totally destroyed by the force Of the explosion
-loss 600 Mr. White florist sustained les. Of $4,000.
BY asmsse done to his house and furniture. Mr..
Husted, the foot Of seven.yfourih street, East
River Loaf property valued a $4,000.
The aide Of the billiard saloon In Mr.. sommers Jones
Wood Hotel stove In snd the windows and doors
smashed loss shout 600.
Andrew Mathews John C.dy, Eunice Rtsr, M. Under
hill Vincent Geses and macy Other. sustained damsse from
100 TO 81 goo.
The worshouse LgnAe Asylum and Alm'houso on Black
we'll. Island had their windows snd doos stove 10 and con-
sidsrsbly dsmssed G.s lights were eItinsushed AZ fG
Fy seventh street and Third avenue both in streets
and dwspg. Hundred Of people thrown out Of the
beds by the shock while hundreds Of others frightened
their resting places BY the terrible report For an in-
stsut which sssmsd 10 reveal to minds the dons OF
generation Il did really II heaven and earth had co
ped hold brief carnival the fears Of psrayzsd hui
usnity Anxious 10 ind what all meant. yet fearful to
open door window, bu. few persons ven.uIed ou' to
,si.y their curiosity qus their fears All sorts Of adec
tive. were brought into to describe tho effect Of the
thing AFTER day light Perhaps the most consummate effort
Of this hind that Of pure minded man from SIXTY
fourth street, who said il enough to Tighten the Com
Council into pious confederation for the future"
Capt HutchinEs Of the Twenty Precinct, informed
reporter the house Of Firth Rabensn at the foot
/ A. a.
BY the explosion OF the msEsrne aud tina, the houses
Of Mira Curtl, and p. g. Rogers foot Of Eighty third
East River badly damaged. The Commissioners Of
Charities aud Corrections received reports from the various
Institutions the Island, where, will be seen ia the fol
lowing report serious dsmass done to the buildings
der their Dr. Rsmey Of the NewYort City Lunatic
Asylum, reports "thst every person in tho Asylum wa
aroused By terrible clash and conclusion which shooh the
building, to their foundations accompanied BY the
failing Of the plaster In all parts the breaking Of the glass In
every window the ssshss in beos broken to
pieces the dos dashed In Notwithstanding bolts and locks
The buildings present sad OF ruin in the interior
patients received cuts and bruises by the falling plaster
TIE cost Of the repairs thought will amount 10 ssvera
thousand dsllu The Warden Of the Aims ouss reports
breaking of ses. many psnss Of glass; and In some 10
whole sshss have been torn nom their places and
dashed in nnumersbls pieces The Doctors Office received
the rsstes amount Of damage The Superintendent Of the
the glass and shss Of wndows and knocking down most
OF the ceiling all the Of the middle house. aud taking
of quantity oaats the roof The inmates In
state OF alarm and took time to pscify them.
The Superintendent thinks the damage done very great"
In the lower part Of the city tho shock no. felt OF all
Persons who the streets walking up town. distinctly
the which lighted tho whole Of the hssv
ems sensible Of any shock loud report yet
the effect ofthe terrific conclusion felt at NewHavsn
Bridgeport Stamford Conn also at Esw-Rochsls and avs
ss south Of HempstesA Long Island shook the houses
ia William sburgh to their foundations The Nsv- Hass~
Journal and Courier had the following description Of the o.
feet Of tho explosion In that citys
At la3o last evening the occupants Of Office heard Pc
eua Iumblins noise which ratified the Window and seemed
communicate emulous motion to the whole building
lad been sIrsmely sr stirTingend immediatey
W.. heard by in hs street and By those who were
within doors In various parts Of the city We shall undoubt
eddy hear more off, ait was either the shock Of an earth
quake else the ooicusson caused by tremendous
bundeicap great way oof BY tho explosion Of msgs
rine Of powder somewhere or other party Of broadway
ssnsmsn CHANGED to DO downtown the sound
might have been owing to heavy eaoaonad1g In the d
lance"
r. g. Aner the severe coneuson last night there was
reported that tho Satpe,er WORKS had blown
and were bsIeins On goins down there. ho.sver y.
works said that they had been startled by the noise and that
the buildings shook throughout. We obliged to 20 70
sci loaded with powder have blown the Sounds
know Of any place In this vicinity whore enough
powder 10 kept 10 produce such violent shock.
There arc VARIOUS the cause Of the explosion.
10 charged the work Of incsndsry but such
the case that rcendisy have souS his account FOR
there 10 Of any such unhappy wretch II ' also said
to have been caused BY person persons who
stealing powder from tho msssxue, but, Of such per-
sons must have collapsed With hs magazine p'n9ns who