Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-17
.!iTH MTELLIEaE<.;


| I.RRIRIg ESrLc9IoS-RsTwEES FugTY .Hn
FIFTY FEMALES KILLED AND WorNDEp.--Gn YES
te:cay f3re'oun, ta,wcen eleven an. twelve O'Clock
M explosion orcnrre! in Department No. i o: IL
C1r!sdcr 20 statrs Laboratory irYplvinc A frci..l
loss "f EiH Hnd limb to forty or fifty pos.o4s
h!os' MI ci wt1r were females Tic ca,aT,:ucrt i.
lotaed On Biowns Island, oIpcs!.. tie fo,; 4 1ir
sho-s, and IN It oil hre%l.loaiing AMI Lis,3I n,n
iauniiion :s peia'cl. The geses, care ss hitherto
haen observed in kNp!ng the stock Of Ammunition
safely copined, but, through some - far ig.,rlIh
.'fSumst'h'", !h' powder used ~ s7,a. 6. ~,
| operatives IL thn department !sr::.; alo,.; 40
time aSorc niica'ed, aud exploded wiz. ,c.,ii. r.,
| TS;r 'e.tirS Gown h,lf the huhl.ug and k.,irr
wonnding and throwing in the air or upon the .,rT
tho operatives who were engaged in their la,org.-
There wero in The building some eighty o: Il hgnsr,l
hands CT lily rn!sIis Of dTaelt ages, from tw,,.a
10 sixty ye.rs, IT,. fccre. 70 terrible, 80 sick.i-r
w3 :2ti-2 { r-sey 9. depict 10 cur cs,.c,s - ,-.-
FaiYes OF thu emile Laboratory s-rc a: cree thrown
INTO colmoo' >, aud together with the People cc liz
nelShoor e"d' preAmed NJ, towards III. stfao Of ~,
c''as'e'. lA' alarm OF lrs was given and tie ?oyt
Spn"d '!''uS!' iha city with rHrIiy, and wi,hn m
i'' IN "i"' o' Tho liver Opposite t:e i,'ant Woo
tehHiy 'h'chSed with c'iIzcus. 7ha p7ce-,:c .I,-.
the b'iiSc leading 10 the island became 80 gr,.
m eXts guard vas s.s:i1rci thGro 20 ,,ir;.-, ;'-
passage ot 81" who were no engaged 4. ;ta.e-irc .-
sistarce {" th' wonnd,l caring fJv itc Gsa! Vrv
-onn, u1d'r the dir=.:i,c or Otic1Is Q: TIC I,a.,
rs, spring wagons AMI csr:iassr we, r-u-'.-
to tha sr't. an IL, work OF rcr,9yi... a..
~"Hud"d 10 iho;r bones and elsewhere 80, co.,,
ncpc,o IL ~, ,,,o,.,,,, .,,,,
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"'' ''N; vi P"n'A'ni" au5 energy. ~. rCtg.i
the wounded ware rcIo,cl un.i. tarfr cor,f,. r.l
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"'''" '"S"''' ''s '"''"'AS was .b"H! o5r h"4Gr~t
y '"'"'J VIZ" " f',c'' "1 -'hl5 zen ''"h an
wa" - "P'"' '"' irce" Ct whla "'.a
Al "y ~" S"fH H t'ki"c care tn sUG"-,Is we.
On. lcr urc killed ty he cx plr~ion ,i ,hc linn, L
u, Occurrence. ouJ ,,h,r. sr, r.,,r,.;. -
j., :, - .,. .1" nav r''.
=" 80 ''' INV - ~ ''' -. ''c1 'O', h'I' "'
| moved 10 tlrir homes
gL, f,,r,,i,c al sr,.,,o,. ...
=" '"'''.' w. '''r''-
H. '''ne'a ""7IS' NO : c'heE 'i Cry All .tI
str:es George iarp2,l Sarah Iluncy ii-rnai Fl
u'"f'' r'i' "'htsti' mary 'enhin2h 'n |uih Bsri.-
man, 'n' on "'h"' r'als-uL@"'e I" g'r" 'r name.
''"hh 7" 'HF 'ir;@kSS or E!cHHoNr-
!'r7 IL" Ii r. * - yrac:I,n%,o, o. TIE r.-q
~ t.e eApio.'a 'on Ysai, riny ct ,lr ,u.t.,.--..
f1,s LnboG";,r oI Ilh sitert an: for IL, Re!ci 4:
the parents ard families Of those who pc'c ti'rI
l. bal Ia - 10
association u r!a nc in RAISING funds TO- ,;,. 49,
pose nnd co.ii tcntly appeal to the lrrryaIrn ,Co
pie OF thi. city promptly TO respond 10 ,hIs cI,,.
JOSEPH 3iYp. M1-n..
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| T
WV N''"N' ''N'|"H'"E'-''n ~ - Hi'n'fhj
afternoon, III" explosion Mt t!o c ; l'"hors'r ~
Friday; hal resulted fl.alyjo SO Of the susa.nrr