The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-25
TREMENDOUS TORPEDOEs.

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The New Orleans Republican, OF November ts,
gives the following particulars OF singular accl-
Last evening about 6 O'Clock, two employees in
the candy store and mandatory OF O. H. Muller,
Nos 90 and 81 New Levee street, corner OF NatcneS
case Of torpedoes to upper story BY an unfortu-
nate circumstance the fastenngs were not secure,
and, while hosting 1t, the box, containing twenty
nve thousand "Young America torpedoes fell to the
basement resulting in the death OF two persons ana
the woundng of several others. George Gantz, VINO
was standing almost under the hatchway, must have
been killed so instantaneously that ne never HneW
what happened to him Inc oter a. ad the me oS
the disaster was standing near Gantz Ihe lorce oI
the explosion threw his body the distance Oh & nwemX
feet mangllng him horribly, so tnat IL was dlhcuII
August Heener, another Of the employees, who
was on the lower floor at the time, was badly
wounded but as he was Immediately sent 10 ms
home, corner of Jackson and Tchopitoulas streets,
we did not him. His limbs and arms are severely
Injured There we're O dozen persons in the store
and wareroom at the time, but sirguary enough,
none Others than those mentioned were harmed.
MIR Miller the proprietor was near the spot, and
was covered with dirt from the explosion.
store. on which was range OF shelving loaded with
goods, was torn and shattered considerably The
articles were thrown down and scattered in every
direction. The torpedoes are Of newly-invented
kind, such as children use during the holidays and
are composed of more than the ordinary amount OF
down. The shock was so great that the revefbera-
ton was heard as far Off as Lafayette Square, and
that boiler had burst.
Torpedo Explosion In Galveston.
We take from the Galveston Ne,os of the 10th inst
an account OF another explosion, which resulted dis
astrOusly to life. Taken in connection with the
recent disaster in New Orleans, this misfortune
merits attention. From the report, 1t would appear
that the boxes containing the torpedoes had dis
tinguishing mark upon them. Is not this reck-
less trihing with human life II children to be
furnished with these toys let the dangerous charac-
ter Of their contents be written plainly upon the
box containing them The failure to do this was
the cause Of the Galveston explosion. The NeiCs
account is as follows:-
Just as we were going to press yesterday, an eX-
plosion was heard in the direction OF the upper
wharve, which caused general rush for the scene
OF the accident. The explosion was found to have
occurred at Beams wharf, from the blowing up of
box of torpedOes such as boys are in the habit of
playing with. The case containing the torpedOes
| had been landed from the steamer Aradne and was
| lying on the wh9rf. They were consigned to Mr..
learn, the draymen were in the act OF loading them
| on their dTayS when the explosion occurred
One OF the draymen, Charles Wilson, was in
| stantly killed, and another by the name of Burns
was badly hurt. His left ankle was dlslOcaed, and
| there are numerous flesh wounds on different parts
of his body. 1t appears that there another
man besides those spoken OF severely hurt by the
explosion yesterday, but we could not learn his
name Burns, who has been sent to the hospital, is
very seriously injured. He will probably lose the use
OF his ankle joint II he escapes less serious disaster
A nail from the box was driven full length immedt
atey into the joint, and firmly planted that it
quired all the strength OF the attending physician to
| remove 1t.
The planking OF the wharf was broken in for a
length OF two planks; the material being shivered
| as if struck by lightning. The boxes and bags of
| freight in the neghborhood are sent and scattered
in every direction. 1t appears there mark on
the box to distinguish it from ordinary boxes of mer-
chandse nor did the officers OF the vessel have any
warning OF the dangerous character of the freight
| they were carrying.