, 1866-07-22

Explosion OF -Four hl1aua IknEers- oaa
lIhst assAAsstIy ktat.d-tSaiIeF~ Eau&vn
ThfOuttl " igrIrk Wall IN II DistRucu
pf AEX Nandyca Ftst-ltnnAe1tAu 1recS

Explosion OF -Four hl1aua Iknuers-oaa
lIhst INSTANTLY ktat.d-tkaiIeF~ &sau&vn
ThtOuctl v isrick Wall IN n Di,taucu
If Akx Elundyca Feet-lmniettAc1 1recs
llsNAsM k4iAu fp~txA,
lFrum ,iss New furk rrhart. July ".
D..itnc 4Ae urcyalenee OF the lhuut+f-stnr1n
yeetcsduY. stEe ular Yvt at the sam" time
iut II acrEdrut occurred In Nllllnnis shssfs. Dn
Bu:lwirk ayctpe, between McRf1ten arriIue
md lA,efuln street, ID located tle rope fac
t.ry II Henry I.s* rcuts & snns, firm doing
blsiurks In thi, city. The taet"EF eon.isie'l
building, In which weet four boiiess Ind en-.
rlpe. At cne md ay thfS h4nlcr rr,p1n ma
lsrce chimney. Is OF ~ feet tn hight. THIS
chimney x ~ tic canse of aiI the mischief
The lightning struck the ehtluney. eoMpletc1y
dcuolkhln* II. and Then ran down The tnlc.
rI4r Of IL INTO The rnElnt- ronm. striking In tts
ccnrsc The SUPPLY pipes, \ hich n oHcr caused
thc hollera to c1rfnd. With fearful crsih:
At lepst thse Is thr theory. hut the precise
facts will reye1 he lno~u.. - the engineer,
anJ. li:ht uIH'o tte matter, was inssantane-
oGtty kilicd. 1t the t1b!nent @. explosion
there wus loud End itrrnendnu. irsl Of
tbnndcE--In1.el, 50 appalling IA the crash
tia, lasny pctstsus living IL the Immediate
Vicinity of thr disaster we're not aware thu. \
bu1ler tTpineinu had taken pfaee TIL so;ne
tlue atterW&td.
Two Of sAc boilers were driven with fright
ful velocity through tsicE wall, 10 ,lss-
1ance of t1J fets, suapttcy III their cnurs.:
large aud ktaIwatt trees like 10 mauy tNiaa,
Thn etkcr TIVE boiieFs touk Gu up3Nos1te dlrec.
tian, l+sue hurled scFuss tac st5ret. snd
through brlrk kiahlt. which they eouiplesr-
y destroyed, finally 5urying themselves III
the rnpe1 ak oi Mrzrs. Wall & sons.
To add 10 tie ttTvof NJ tho *canr, the
hsi;dinss eapgat on Ese, hn! owing to The
prt n.p: aFrirai or hoee carriage No. =. The
rx!te. #yrt tc!ck!y suf,1rc1 Wtthtul doing
an. further amount OF damage.
t'.r.. suttr. cf the fortyeslxth TEec:a.t,
with srp-a ~ urn was quickly E.<.c the
ground. and ao l4''nd Engineer VIA. tt'yfc
lying Mputi the >ileH stA. cntslde tas bull l.
ing, .Are duwnwbrd, With hears pfats Ag
iron tr..tnE upuu Ills back; bt1ore rn!.tu. him
lie was ltand 1uste dead. His 1tft leg hsd
b-en snt tt. ltstt heio~ the s4ss,., aul 's,ti,
sr1hs were sLa.'tled, hsag.pg to ILLS ts1ty ~
mete ahs.tts uf skin.
Diseased was about frrty yesFs vt arr.
aud jra vrs wife and trnr ehtldstD- The
"Idt+t nsl more tiHn ten years uf a9t, to
nuuuyu lite nutl..ely death. The grief ii tBese
tt.ile ,.rta AMI tuck lustiser VIA hcartrendfAg
n ,eI.nlh. naI II WAS q relief wifen st17nt,
atv disposed sstit hbur led them iron, Tie
scene.
Ills Glat,s. ----tsr1nsrt that no iAprt
ss.'.l'a.a M ,,rsnr,t,'. % 10. -'."tnr, prnisE,
t1serr we're n*rs lhset hundred I,e.k.,.
lat,yea, gil pi wiVn escaped rlthuut th.,
Cotonsr smith hclj an Inquest during the
Rtief1ioun, and hHri -: tasttll4,Et elltllel II
war aims tiIs: the d.-.thse1. W1ln4t, fsnsi..
Wis rot kiftedt by the splslnu If lie i,,,t-rs.
l'u. hy Iiaf'tr'hs, sud tert'ct t" shai s'1srt
'The ,ie,ttfr ,une tot'i'- Iu,,alug sad ts,e.r
In thr Itlmf tista tlelnttl u e-tlMslu'i Il,
nkDua &1n,last.