The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-15

House and National Guard armories
together with a considerable number OF
warrants purporting to have been drawn
by those parties. ...4s.
Found Dead.
Sarah Nicholson was found dc n
her room, at 5S Ridge street, this 4.
ing. Her husband had left her all. it
| is supposed she died OF starvation. Her
husband is reported to be quite wealthy.
An inquest will be held to-day.
Accident.
At half past one o'clock this morning
as a truckman was loading a truck
with fireworks packed in boxes, in front
of the fireworks depot, No. l26, Beck.
man street, a sudden explosion occurred,
which blew the truck to pieces, killing
two men and seriously inJurlng mum.
Der OF Others. The dead were taken to
the station house, and the wounded
to the hospital.
Killed and Four Wounded.
About half past ! o'clock this after
noon a terrible explosion occurred at
l26 Beekman street, in a fireworks es-
tablishment occupied by kerban &
Goldscmidt, patentees and manurac-
turers of the Union torpedoes, which
has resulted in the death Of three per.
sons, and the serious injury OF several
others. The accident occurred while a
truck in front Of the store was being
unloaded Of fireworks packed in boxes.
The driver was lifting one of the boxes
from the truck to the sidewalk, when
he accidentally let it fall, and it i'm
mediately exploded. The unfortunate
man was blown into the air and carried
across the street. lie was terribly in
iured. Both his arms and legs were
fractured, and his body was one mass
of contusions and bruises. He was
insensible when he was taken to the
hospital, and expired shortly after his
admission. A lad named Henry Brown,
who was standing on the truck at the
time of the explosion was blown across
the street. He died soon after being
conveyed to the hospital. Another
man, by the name of Unkrawse, was
almost instantly killed. The names OF
the wounded at the hospital are Mary
Jane Bennington, suffering from con-
.uson of the back; Henry Renhardt,
aged l3, fracture OF the lett leg and right
arm and laceration ofthe face Michael
Goldschmidt, aged 81, one OF the pro.
prietors, compound fracture Of the leg,
and John Nolan, aged 7G, compound
fracture of the leg. The force of the
explosion was so great that the build
ings adjoining were almost completely
destroyed. The fragments Of torpedoes
flew in all directions, the conclusion
breaking the the windows on the oppo-
site side OF the street. The horses at
tached to the truck were fearfully
burned and will probably die or have TO
be killed. The scene of the accident
was visited by thousands, and it re.
quired the services of large squad OF
police to keep order and make a pas
sage for the removal OF the victims.
The whole front Of the building, No.
l26, was blown and shattered except
the iron columns. The pavement in
the vicinity is strewn with fragments OF
the truck and the whole neighborhood
bears evidence of the force Of the explo-
sion. The coroner will make a thor
ough investigation as TO the cause OF
the disaster. The manufacture OF the
Union torpedo is forbidden 10y law in
side of the city limits, but the manufac-
turers disregar ded the lazy.
Decision Rendered.
Surrogate IIutchings rendered a de
cision to-day, granting the motion Of
counsel for the contestants in the Louis
Bonard will case, for a commis. on to
axe evidence in France as to the exis-
tence there Of heirs to the testators es-
tate. Mr.. Bonard. who died iome
time since, left the bulk OF his property
to the American Society for, the Proven
ton of Cruelty to ANIMALS, and 1t is
alleged, on the part Of the contestants,
that Louis Bonard is identical with
Martin Charles Bonard, a French con-
vict, who has heirs still residing in his
native country.
The money Market.
Money continues to increase ina abund-
ance, large amount being offered at
two per cent.
The steamer Bremen las arrived
from Bremen.
The Boulevard laborers assembled al
the new Court House this morning and
were paid of.
Cornells claim for $50, 90, for work
on the Court House, had, by he decision
of Judge Sutherland, to bepaid by the
Commissioners.
Fire at Sea.
The steamship Columbia Of the An
chor Line, arrived here, Nineteen days
from GLASGOW, with 800 passengers, and
a quantity of Scotch wookns aboard,
When near Sandy Hook smoke was
discovered issuing from the hatchway,
and on investigation it was found tba,
goods in the hold were on tire' lhe
Excitement was intense, ard the boats
were lowered and the hose arranged to
play upon the fire. After an hours
hard work the fire was subdued and the
Colum bia brought safely to port. Dam
age $4,000 -,
address by Governor Hoffman.
Governor Hoffman delivered the ad-
dress before the westchester Agricul-
tural Associations fair, this afternoon