The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-11-10

ing eight or ten pounds, which was
picked up on on the opposite side Of
the river, fully one thousand feet
from the magazines.
It would seem as If the remaining
portions Of the bodies must have
been instantly burned up and utterly
destOyed in that fiercefiame. or else
they were blown into such minute
fragments that they mingled with
the sand and Debris and could not be
found. Il is supposed that many frag-
ments fell in the river, which is pro-
baby the case. Scarcely vestige Of
clothing worn by the men could be
be found. 4 few half burned sbreds
and crfsped remnants Of boots We're
picked up, but nothing - large, even
as q mans hand.
The elder Malone had been in the
employ ofthe company but few days.
His son. Nelson Malone, leaves n wife
and six children in very destitute cir
cumstances. ScribneT had recently
returned from the West, where his
wife died, and leaves four orphan
children. Duncan was a young man,
recently married. AL the families
live in FairpOrt, and there i sad wall
ing over the dead.
EFFECTS OF THE EXPLOSION.
The effect upon the magazines was
wonderful. or the frame structures
only q handful OF splinters were any
where to be seen. It seems as If the
wood must have been consumed, OF
the pieces blown so far that no one
has vet found them. The force Of the
explosion penetrated deep into the
earth, heaying out immense quanti-
ties Of sand, and. below this, huge
masses Of blue clay. The holes, which
must have been blown out 10 the
depth of fifty OF sixty feet, soon filled
with water up TO the level of the
lake. They are forty or fifty feet in
diameter at the top, and seem like
the craters of extinct volcanoes Two
or three sycamore trees which stood
near the magazines were scathed and
rent, limbs were wrenched of, and
all covered with sand and blaekened,
as If swept by fiery tornado.
EFFECT UPON THE TOWN.
There is not a building in FairpOTt
which does not bear many marks of
the explosion. Almost every window
in the place was utterly demolished,
even the sash in many cases being
broken and shattered. Doors were
blown of their hinges, chimneys
were thrown down, and houses were
shaken as if by the hand Of a giant.
Several roofs were crushed and tum-
bled in, plastering dropped from
walls and ceilings, and articles of
crockery were hurled from shelves
and crushed upon the floors.
THEEFFECTS ELSEWHERE.
The effects of the explosion extend
ed very great distance, although
singular to relate, almost exclusively
in sOutherly and easterly directions.
1t was not noticed at Cleveland,
though a perceptible shock was eX-
/ perienced at Buffalo, one hundred and
sixty miles distant. 1t was supposed
there to be an earthquake, and six or
eight minutes after the explosion a
I telegram was received at Painesville
/ from Buffalo asking if the shock was
/ felt in this vicinity. At Erie, Con-
neaut, GiTArd, and, indeed, fall places
| in that direction, the shock was felt,
and attributed to an earthquake.
Whether the shock of the explosion
did extend so far, or whether they
had a genuine "quake" down there,
it is, of course, impossible to decide,
but there is certainly strong reason
for the belief that nitro-glycerine
was responsible for the whole.
The Erie Dispatch says:
"There was another touch of ground
swell here yesterday afternoon at
about five minutes before five o'clock.
A rumbling noise was followed by
tremor which shook many of the
larger buildings so palpably that the
denizens ran out into the street. The
Noble block sustained quite a severe
shock. Doors Jared, window sashes
ratified, and tall smOkestacks wrig-
gled. No damage was done that we
heard off; and, so far as this section
is concerned, the earthquake may be
set down as 'nO- great shakes after
ALL"
The Buffalo Courier says:
"AbOut six minutes after five
O'Clock, yesterday afternoon, shock
of earthquake was felt i'm all parts of
the city. Buildings were shaken,
window blinds and shutters annOunc-
ed the shock, and in portions Of the
city widely apart people thought that
violent explosion had taken place.
The tremolO lasted two or three sec
onds, and in some places caused con-
siderable fright.
"The clerks seated on the. high
stools in the New York & Erie freight
house felt the entire building in mo-
ton; at the Revere House it was
thought that q locomotive had eX-
ploded in the Niagara Falls Railroad
depot, opposite, and from various
parts of the city we learn that the
earthquake was distinctly felt This
agitation of the earth may become
serious"
AT LESS REMOTE POINTS,
such as Geneva, Madison, Leroy, etc,
buildings were shaken, in some cases
windows broken, and the peace of
mind of the people generally greatly
disturbed.