The New York herald., 1867-11-27
THE nlTRo-eLYcERINE EXPLOSION.

Additional Particulars OF the Terrible Dtsns-
Ter at sonIh DergeB-The Knied and
Wounded--rhe sceue Yesrerday y-Prepara-
tions for the Coroner's Investtsatiou.
Although the terrible nsro-gly cerine explosion az
Claremoat, South Bergen, NJ j. occurred at hour
monday afternoon the facts Published In the HERAD
Of yesterday were 30 complete that but few additional
scene Of the disaster.
The whole neghbsYAood adjacent 10 the site OF the
backsni,hs shop whsre the explosion took place,
sents az ASPECT ruin and desolatou OF the building
wherein tho explosion occurred only Sufficient to re-
coapzs its location remains, dsep trench OF epti-
cal shape about -four feet In dsph twelve feet 10 Ion
gtudna diameter and eight feet in width marking the
spo, where the can Of nitro giycerins stood. The
Of boards scsnlnngs and other portions Of the
wrecked building. while every bouss within radius
OF hundred yards shows signs OF the concusson;
those nearer being almost demolished. Indeed, sons
idea OF It's may be gathered from the circumstances
OF M smith, residing about mile distant bong
xakened from his seep bv It's shock. or the wha
Immediate OF the dsaster nothing remains
but ire gments He was literally and without figure "
durina ,he moru,ng Of Yesterday IN coectng porons
Of his BODY, which distributed all over the
country Bits Of flesh not larger than lamb chop were
thus collected and added 10 tho mass of composite
blood and charred remains which, collected in q tin
pail, represented all that mortal OF Thomas Burns
ing jealous guard over 4 biaskensd piece Of meat
which might or might not DO portion OF the unfor
tunate msn TO an unproiessionai observer is was
deep growl from the an NAL II approached too closely
and sckening sensation at the thought of lis possible
quality forbade any critical examination.
Tho killed and wounded were stated correctly, 10 our
report of yesterday, with tbese additions Two boys
named Foster were involved In me catastrophe Robert
though severely injured IN the leg and Beside the
foreman Burns who was annihilated another
man Of tho same name was slightly injured by some
OF tho dy ing spliners named ScAnlan who
house adjscent severely injured In the legs BY
men. "' psmsd res resuecs,y.v William b simmonds and
John HouIaghan who were in the shed at the time Of
the explosion, escaped with comparatively slight in
jures Snnmonds was hurt in the head by falling tim.
bss, and is since stonc DEAF while Houaghan had hls
thigh and SIDE iaceated and may have sustained In
tsrna injuries From the latter get the follow ing
STATEMENT THE sURvIv0Ra sMts
Between four and fye o'clock IN the afternoon OF
Monday went into the blacks shop for bolt for
the mon there giving him directions TO the descrp-
tion Of bolt wanted telling him TO mako hass with IL
Si a % esa q
between bis legs and red hot poker or iron
bar IN hts hand. Smmonds said 70 me, .Oh,
sure you're always In hurry" and catching
by tho shoulder showed me towards the door, about
three yards from it. l then took step towards the
let i hearing simmonds say e me, sOh john, am
Killed. answered him saying "What did you strike
me for" thought he had struck me- We were both
up against an embankment. While was In the shed .
man named Kelly was fire and the helper at the
bellows The boy Foster standing alongside After
started to reach my house was knocked down twice,
suppose by falling timber
number Of the residents Of South Bergen and others
visited the Of the disaster yesterday and not
spang Of their denunciat0n OF what they termed the
capabe negligence exhibited in the storage Of this
riby destructive agent IN tho immediate neighborhood
In shed by the door OF which b said was un
ocked and side Of which only partially boarded
stored sixteen or twenty cans Of uro-giyce
ne each containing fifty pounds sufficient almost
blow entire OF New Jersey into out Of the
Union AS this material equally liable plosion from
compression well Is under heat ign
lon IDEA or the danger may be inferred from its
exposure thus stray missiles or the bunderng inter-
orence Of people ignorant OF is nature.
INQUEST
the bodies Of the dead will not be held until Friday,
though yesterday Coroner Warren empanslled jury
md visited <he scene Of the explosion The several
odos likewise viewed officially, that their inter-
nens might not be delayed.