The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-12

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twisting, together with lis varegated color.
| ing OF jet black and light, presented d strange
and awful yet beautiful appearance from
distance. II was seen by persons near Trim
ity College and on other elevations here
abouts.
The cause Of the explosion Is not known.
In the press NH four men were employed
and all were killed outright. The process
Of pressing powder y crushing It il machin-
cry from Jumps, and j. comparatively safe
work, provided the powder Is kept damp !;
if it is permitted TO become dry particles "A
sand and other substances which may pos
sbly become mixed with il arc lispsie to oc-
casion friction, and, if all moisture has been
pressed out, an explosion ~ inevitable
That there was some difficulty or neglect OF
this kind may be true, though clrelessness
in other directions, which would produce
the same result, IL not improbable. The
I question is one Of conjecture entirely.
The names Of the men killed were En-
mnnd Parker, aged 40 John Kccsehan,
aged 80 William Agnew, aged 10 and
Patrick Bailey, a young man, who arrived
last month from the Ola country The three
former were married and have large families.
Agnew was for many years fireman for the
Hartford Carpet Company, and was known
as steady and industrious nan Bailey
vas quiet and modest, and bu. httle Il
known Of him; the other two, SO we are in
| formed at TnOmpsonville, ware given Al
times TO the indulgence Of intoxicating
drinks, and, as last Saturday was pay dav,
there are some people who think thar they
may have been under tho influence oF Ha2GF
which led them 70 be careless. Their con-
duct on previous occasions after pay dav ~
the reason for this suspicion
In the press mill were I'd tons w powder
and IN the building adjoining which also
exploded, two tons The iire communfcat-
ed to piece of woods near By. and about
two acres were burned over. The flames
spread in the direction Of two other build
Ings, III which a considerable quantity III
powder was stored and their explosion Was
considered to be inevitable. But strong cf
forts were made y stay the progress " tile
| fire, and Just at the time when further resIs-
lance seemed useless, one man, whose name
we did not learn, remained at his post IA
advance Of the barring timber, while Others
] had judiciously reTeated, aud by his bold
ness 80 encouraged the rest thai MI return
ed. and their united efforts once more prov
ed successful the buildings being saved.
That Is running more risk than several peo-
pie We know Off EoId ruu fur a rich pow
der company. Human life Az tine scale
against dollars aud cents VI corporation,
Is giving too many Odds.
After the first swo ke hal cleared away. the
large crowd Of people who bad collected iran
the surrounding country viewed 4 scene H1t
only Of desoiation, ban Of thr most horn h.e
\ description. The four uutollu.ate human
beings who had been ushgieI into eternity
were now TO be thought D, and search
soon revealed a terrible slEh, Their h0i w
had been literally blown 20 atoms l1r
several rods around the ground ID
places was covered with pieces Of G,si
ana bon, J. Not q single p0r ion ol oitheT
body was preserved in shape, Or sufficient
large to tell that the remains were those IVY
men. Tufts OF hair were discovered here
and blackened Jumps VI lesh there the
largest thing found being a piece Of bone
not more than 10 Or ~ inches long.