New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-25
THE NITRO-GLYCERLNE EXPLOSION
AN ACCOUNT BY AN EYEWITNESS.

AN ACCOUNT BY AN EYEWITNESS.
A gentleman who was standing within dozen
the of the train i'll Worcester when the eX-
ploson occurred, Thursday, states that when the
train stopped the lost 10 view In tremen-
tons medatey succeeding there broke upon the ear
a sharp crash The air fun of debris pieces OF blaz-
incredible hight and slowly falling alighted all abaze,
rods away the open fields. Following the OF the
road and the surrounding, and when the cloud
cleared away the results were plainly visible The three
of the train blown 10 fragments and only
the fore truck of the third remained The tram stood at
the time upon grade or embanlnent hgh above NE
level of the street that only Onehrd perhaps OF the
buildings alongside were above the rails The other SIDE
open country. For several rods the buildings were
demolished. Laths and plaster blown 10 the winds
would knock the ashes from cigar; partitions were
blown out windows and sashes splinered 10 fragments
bed clothing torn from the beds and flung into all
OF places and ruin made of what were an instant before
Below the and the track itself the rails were
twisted from their places the ties annlhilaed and
the axes broken on and driven into the ground for nan
their lengths In all directions the shattered and broken
iron work told plain story Of the fearful force that had
been so suddenly developed tOr rods around me con-
tents Of the scattered the track pieces OF
cotton cloth sides and scraps OF leather shoes furniture
stationery uttered the road Inc telegraph poles tor
several hundred feet blown TO pieces and the wires
twisted into fantastic shapes dropped from such
manned standing The wheels OF the cars were blown 10
fragments and one Of the pals that play III the ratchet
OF the brake picked up half mile away. IL went
whizzng into the kitchen Of housewife ana struck
against the fireplace.
York Machine Works lifted clear OF its bed by the
conclusion Children white about the lips and men and
sick in bed WITH rheumatism, was blown out OF ped
into adjoining garden. soon made manifest that
remarkable passion for relics If not for plumber, that
characerzcs many persons. Things that could not
by any stretch Of imagination be useful were quickly
atched up and sccrctcd. Old pieces of leather scraps
OF writing paper envelopes sOeess slippers, shred Of
muslin foot two of wire, nothing small as 10
escape notce.-lWOrcester Gazette.
THE CORONERS INQUEST.
WORCESTER, Mass, June 24.-An inquest has
been in progress here to-day the body OF Cronan,
killed by the explosion yesterday. The Investigate
brought ont the fact that the in which the explosion
took place contained box OF 1000 cXpOders used in
blasting and cases, the contents Of which not
known, but supposed To have been aqualne an cX
plOsive c. parts OF which are nitro-glycerlne.
Several clerks in the Boston freight Office
ned as well the conductor Of the train, and those
near at the time Of the explosion. The inquest Will
probably last several days, it is determined that the
matter shall he thoroughly sfted The boxes mentioned
were directed 10 shanly Of North Adams, Of the
HOOsc Tunnel contractors who will also be examined
No deaths have occurred among the wounded.