Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-11-13

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% suter, because II wtB RivUn to mini b l
have but one paradise, and foe HE psst. he |
Wa resolved not to have Il 10 this world" |
V 70 this day what Julian called !" thu Eve
Of ~ Ast." - il - i4yAe Nine q la
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40 Dama( be limelhs dausons ous
big pldRs, "a - d7Iicipue, aprieot Of
Portugal eaiied d4mseo dstnssk. Z ur
beautiful fabric Of cotton and silk. with
vines and flowers raised upon smooth.
bright ground; damask ress introduced IN
TO England in the time of Henry the VII;
the Damascus blade, 70 famous TIE worth
over for its keen edge and wonderful
elasticity, the secret Of the manufac
ture Of which was lost when TsmerlinS
carried of the artists into Persia and that
beautiful art of inlaying wood and steel
with silver and ls<Jd . kind Of Mosaic en:
craving and sculpture united called dam
askeening. with which boxes and bureaus.
aud, swords sud kdhs, ~ ofnamsnfed.
1t 10 still . city of noweru and brieht
waters; the streams from Lsbenon, the
"nvs,s Of Dsmsscua, y" the river of gold"
still murmur and sparkle in the wilderness
u "Lyriah CARBON"
Tsrrabls anA Mysserleas RxvIse,sn.<
The N. Y.7vSsss gives the fallcwipg
particulars Of the terrible explosion which
occurred in that city on Sunday, the 5th
inst, Of which mention has already been
made in our Geographic columns:
- eu HOW 1T HAPPENED.
On the 31st of August last, man giving
his name as Theodore Leers came to the
Wyoming Hotel as a boarder. He had
with him two trunks, valise, and n
1 wooden box about two feet long and IS
inches high, At the ends having two rope
handles. This box was placed in the store
room On the nth of October Lcers left,
taking away his trunks and valise, but
leaving the box. Leers having been
brought to the hotel by Mr. Schoon-
maker, clerk of Volk Brothers, No. LAT
Chambers st., who was slso q boarder at
the house. Mr. Stoddard asked him to
have the box removed. This be promised
to do, but failed to keep his word. Yes
terday morning the box was brought from
the storcroom in the office of the hotel
shortly after the clerk, Mr.. John Grove,
saw the box was on fire, and found it was
leaking. He called one Of the porters to
his. assistance, and, each taking hold of the
box, carried 1t mt OF the house and placed
il on the curb.
TIE EXPLOSION.
They returned to the house, and Mr.
Grove had hardly stepped behind the bar
when u terrific explosion took place.
The report sounded like the discharge
oftwo heavy pieces ofordinance, the frac-
ton of II second apart. Its effect was ter
riblc The office of the hotel, which is
also used as bar-room, was TILED with
persons all of whom were prostrated.-
Many were wounded by flying pieces Of
glass, while others were hurled across the
rooms and dashed with violence against
the walls, bar, stoves and furniture.
No one escaped without some injury,
while many were wounded seriously.
| TnEH HOTEL.
The hotel was seriously injured. Not a
pane of glass was left in the windows,
every door was burst open, some taken oil
their hinges, aud others split from top to
bottom The mirrors in the parior., CIV"
| VERY fine and costly ones, we're sLlvereu
to atoms The furniture in the parlOrs
and other apartments was broken and dis
placed. Beds were thrown across rooms !;
chairs, stands and tables not only thrown
down, but in many instances hurled against
the walls with force enough to break
them.
SCENE IN TIE NEIGlIBORHOoD.
The buildings on the block between
Duane and Jay SITS, on which the hotel is
situated, were also much injured. The
hotel is near the corner of Duane st. but
every house on the block was more or less
| injured. Every window was shattered,
the doors OF the stores and dwellings
broken open, and the chimneys thrown
down.
WONDERFUL DISAPPEARANCE
The box, it will be remembered, was
| placed on the sidewalk near the curb
| When it exploded it tore a hole in the
pavement about four feet square and two
and a half deep, sending the heavy rim Of
the curb across the street.
Singular to state, not a particle of the
box, its contents, or the flag stone on which
it stood, are to bc found. About one-half
of the stone, which was four feet square
and three inches thick, still remained, but
the remainder had disappeared. Not a
vestige of any sort could be found, though
crowd Of inquisitive ones commenced u
search and continued it until each ana
every one gave it up in disgust.
Seven persons were severely injured and
eleven slightly. Leers was arrested and
told the following story:
HIS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES INTERNAL MACHINE
A BOTTLE OF OIL.
His story, as told to Capt. Petty, is as
follows:
l am a German, born in Hanover, but re-
siding, until few months ago, in Ham
burg when | resolved to come to America;
mentioning my intention to Wilhelm Rec,
a large commission merchant of that CITY
and II brother Mason, he said he would
help me he gave me a small dcmijohn of
chemical oil, which, he said, could sell
In America to advantage; he did not ex-
plain to me'0ny NJ the properties Of the oil,
but sent 1t to me on board the ship Donau,
IN which l had taken passage to New
York; when received it, it was boxed
up and never opened the box or tried to
sell it; slept with it under my bunk on
board tho Donau; l arrived in this city on
the 26th of August, and went to the Wyo-
ming Hotel on the 31st; left there on the
18th of October and took room in West
Twenty-fifth st., next door to the Eutaw
House; am very intimate with Messrs
volk, and spend the most of my, time at
their house: they sent their clerk with me
to the Wyoming Hotel 4 am now engaged
as travelling agent, 10 solicit orders for
white shirts; am employed by August
Wormer, No. 80 Warren St; when ieA
the Wyoming Hotel fnrgot the box, but.
afterWArl told Mr. Schonnm.Enr Nyeccra
Voiks clerk, TO get it for me, which he
neglected to dos l am innocent of any
CRIME ; 4 did not know what was in the,
box. @s -, = 80. t.e'r -.