The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-02
TERRIBLE CALAMITY on THE HUDSON.

ExpIOsiOu Oi FOWOcT NedT orr uhOutHOmcry-
Three Men Instantly KiIIed-One Blown To
Atoms-OfIers Fatally and Slightly Injured
Coroncr's Inquest md Verdict Of the Jury
Funeral Of the Victims.
FORT MONTGOMERY, Dec. /, $685.
Within the last few days the King OF Terrors has
held high carnival along the Hudson river. Hardly
have the good people along this thorougnfare re-
covered from the awful shock given them by reading
the facts OF the Sing Sing calamity, I'm which
mother and two children were burned to death by
the explosion OF kerosene lamp, than they are
again called upon TO steady their feelings while
perusng the particulars of fully as terrible disaster
caused by the premature explosion OF can OF blast
ing powder. The horrible anair occurred
on the grounds OF the Dean Ore Mine
Company, five and q half miles west OF this
place. The mines are owned by firm In the city OF
Poughkeepse. The superintendent OF the mines IL
L. II. Dram. Altogether seventy-nve or one hundred
men are employed there, all OF them Cornish miners
with one or two exceptions. The population Of the
place Is about $50 all told. Soon after dinner on
Monday the men were congregated in different parts
OF the grounds and buildings lounging away the time
and smoking, awaiting the striking OF the one
O'Clock bell notifying them 10 resume their labors.
Thomas Hustled, miner, was In the candle room,
and just previous to O'Clock started to towards
the old engine house with seven pound can OF pow.
der IN bis hand labelled Patent Safety Compound
Powder" On his way he stopped by a group OF
miners, who were In a small building attached to
the candle room, one OF them smoking pipe, and
stood listening to their remarks, when the CONVEX
sation turned upon the subject OF blasting powder.
Hustled, In talking OF the powder contained In the
can poured some OF - INTO the palm Of MS hand,
also igniting and exploding with terrific force.
The noise at once alarmed oil the people Of the
where the scene which presented itself de0es all de.
scriptlon. Thomas Hustled, who held the can was
~ ee pe e me n Tam p see oSwn
which he was leaning when the explosion occurred,
presented sickenlng sight Smashed against It, rs
fesh, blood and bones OF tie poor man particles OF
the nesh being fairly ground into the stone. Three
and farther on other small pieces Of his body were
found, none OF them over inch and half long.
One OF his arms s still missing. All the pieces OF the
up and deposited In a box for burial. A short dis
lance or lay John Read terribly burned with pow
Der ana ms lngular vein cut, the blood Moving In
the body Of William TraviIlian with the
blood, bursting from hundred pores and trtckling
down into his mouth, fast suiIocatng him.
Both he and Read were conveyed TO the general
boarding house, where everything possible was done
Tor them; but both soon after died In great agony.
George Cocks, also miner, was found near the
from one arm and his thigh awfully burned. lie too
was conveyed TO the general boarding house, where
MS ifuHtulhte WANTS. were administered 10, Out ne
cannot live. Henry James, another miner, was also
severely injured, but II Is thought not fatally. His
legs were badly cut by particles Of the tin can which
held the powder. DIR. Marsh, OF Highland Falls, took
from his LETT leg many small pieces Of tin which
had been driven in almost to the bone
Mr.. James right arm was also very badly burned.
young miner named Kerrlgan was severely though
not fatally injured. Travilllan has family In Eng
land. Read was young man, AZ was also Hustled.
kcrrigan and Cocks were also both young men. The
father and mother OF the former reside at Fort Mont
golnery.
Last evening Coroner Cornelius Nelson, OF High
land Fails, held an inquest on the bodies, and after
an examination OF all the miners who were about
the scene the jury returned q verdict, death from
accidental explosion The funeral OF the victims
took place to-day from the Methodist church. Fort
Montgomery, and was attended by all the inhabl.
tants Of the place. operations at the works having
son was caused By spark from the pipe which
miner was smoking near by.