Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-17
TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
EXPLOSION ATTHs WASHINGTON
ARSENAL.
twenty-five Young Women Killed.
+ RTN INJU RE d

The com nudity were shocked to-day by one OF
those c1amlt cs that aPpal the miud by their aud
DEAN So ard terrible coaICQucncrs. Al ten miu-
u'Cspa twelve O'Clock, the quarter Of the city
adjacent to the In ted States ArfenAl, near the
foot OF FOur'fud n-half suCet, was startled By an
cXplOs on, followed Ivy column OF sm' H. rising
rom tie Arsenal grounds. Persons hurry ing TO
the tce.e found that the long building or Eh' d,
called the lsbD nt ry, where shells AIe charged,
was blown ~, and was on Gre. The Altrm was
given aud Hihernla StcRIn rngiEe and other ma
chlncI were quickly rsliicd and set to work to
qucnch ihc Il sn' 4. which were IO'sti < the bodiCs
OF the unfortunate victims OF the dlsNster.
At twenty minu &C past One the II was cxtIn-
guished, ard the bodies and fragments ol bOiteS
taken out Of the rulIs The teCnc wsS horrible
boy o d d scriptiun. Unier the IN tai roof OF the
builiing were the Seaihlng bodieS and limbp man
gl' d. GcOrchCt ard chAFtrd beyond the poTI Utility
OF Identification. Most of those who eBcAt ed
'boGt tao hut dr,d ard Hfry pc sons, mostly fe.
males, ATE employed In that bulldirg-hSd d
rh'iCEi away. Some finted, and were with
difficulty restored, ,aEd some had, after the h,st
shock, returned to shrek over the fate T their
companiOnFi willie an Agonized crowd OF relatives
rushed TO the spot 10 learn tdings uG thJr dAugh-
tiers or Bi tcrs who were klown to have been In
the f4tpd bliiding.
As sreAr "a we can learn, at this writing, nice
NtFn yOuls women were taken Out OF the snOklLg
ru'nI 10 the hO rible condition before related
While Tour m1r' G'dly jured were reEcuei OF
whom three are expected to die, AMI IL outy-nrc
or thirty were burned and bruised somewhat,
bu' not seriouslS.
There was q report that several more wero
missing but It is hoped that this would pIove un.
true.
The building injured was about 100 feet long,
on tie south aide OF the "a d, with wooden walls
q L. q
shClIr, etc To-day the hsnds were at W. RI pre-.
pairing signI 10 X Is We are unable at preaent
TIA ste the cause the sco Cnt. secretary Stan.
ton Is on the lot snheavCF Dg 10 BIft the matter.
The L. Jurtd p'riies were attended 10 by Lr. P r.
ter, who wAI RBsistcd BY Dr Charles All n, OF this
city, wi o hSppened 10 lie In the He ghborhoo'.
PaSmEHter StebhiHs was In the building at the
time Of 'he CXPl sio1 and had a narrow scape.
P.S-Snee writing the above, one /, { our re.
pnrterS h's came Ia with some AdIiionAl fSg,s
The explosion is nc oun ed for by the ignit on Of
| Ie stars u"d in tignSl r. ckcts A quantity of
these stArs were being dried Ia black pans outside
tho bu ldlng. spark was Ieen to fNl from
chiTney OF the cartridge laboratory by - sOJ Of
the sd Griute dent OF the Arsenal and II 10 sup-
posed that the stare were set Gre 10 this IN An
ner. Anorh'r theory Ia that these at ,rs becsme
hssted by the sun beyond the maximum point, sni
We, set on fire. The impCtUo fla ne r. III III se
! -
! p!O ion
| PARTIAL LIS" or TIE CAsUALTIEs
UptO o. lock sbuu' eighteen or niue een bodies
had been taken from the ruins. They were 50
| chirel Ms to defy idcntrA .Rtion. The number
c0ul not bs deHaitely 'scoItainrd, Hs the reader
may OV, whcn told that half doz3n the
bOdi 8 were put Into 81 * Rb NJ 1ye feet square.
! fhtee ladrE were tslSeG OF alive and pl ICED in
the hospital Their names sc s.l y MsElGrcsh,
Annie Bt he TOR RStsj, and r beeoA Hull.
MS B'tei is 30 S'rio"ly hu ned that he recov.
cry is doubthl, one lady, named Sarah Gunncll,
CscLp.d fr m the hui di, e and being terribly
frg tened ran towards her home which is on
Fou -and.shsfSreet I.IHnd, between Fifth and
sixth, hu' Evuon d way, and did iust'utIy, It 10
supposed frniu fright
The following ladies hro still missiOg, and are,
do 10 lcaI, Amoag tho dead ANA L1ccy, Mls
Du"n, Lizzie DrEceleF, Battle BrauntCan. Hel rssa
Adam, Julia McEwcr, and "aggi YonSon. The
three last named are Civ en- up by their friend rs
d ad Many who are not Rmcug the d nd are
mi sing, for they were 20 mlghteuel that hoy fed
in all dreGiouH. Ono took rel ge in a collar Snd
| rCln1i cd there iur an hour before she recovered
( from tho effects Of her extreme to TGr,
The rqu1re in fT Mt OF the Arsenal gate presents
m"st dtS'r,shnR spectacle. Br0therE. sister,
! hushand', and fathers are there ylrusY lrQuir-
| ing for GHtCTS WlVGB, and Daughters As the re.
p1ItCr Of the RrPUuLIr An cane out OF the gate he
! was greeted by ~ iCHd' tWCgty YO!cen at n tmo.
"Is Miss Nocke Nhvtr . d Mha L ,twlSgr, dc GlI
" ls Mics MIC,rthy hurtl' " 70 Rmnrg the inter
rogt'Orics One gentleman stttcLud his no ca to
see II anything lad btcn Ms Z tanned about his
slHer, The aux ETY. and sorrow tn, re exhibited 10
beyond all des ripIiOl.