The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-10
r,r.,cu,nrx Of arc Explosion % nv
u,,mi Powder Mti's' ~,

A sDccial dispatch iron. - g. ~ tho evnlo.
gives The following pirt'c'''a's, ~ t>,,rtc,,
Gan III the aiiani io""s, 'i'ts' ia.t D
miles below that city, on -"'''''' ''''''
says: r. th;s te~r;,,le and heart
i Az na,amltv arc rs follows: One of tn
, ,,.iaei mills exploded and the four other
t,rin,ycd in rapid succession. The chcct
th,. ,xplnsion at Xenia and Yellow SPRING
was very disastrous. Vt Antioch coiicSe
yellow Springs, all the glass was broken
aud nearly all the chiuncvs ana orhaii,rht''
work ON the buildings were blown ao"H
gao ,,,ass fronts OF the finest bhi'di,iSs ~
tb,: city f,rni,icd outward with crash. L.
mi. city The buildings were shaken IS y! q"
earth,c,akc. One lady going down '.'. H,oi
of The oncr-, house was thrown ~, 20 Wv Do'
fan, , distance Of twenty feet. The pas%ii'
cor ,r,;n on the Little Miami railroad mar
r,,,l,. c.c,nc,I an accident by beng ic"
minutes behind time. Had it been on uuic
Il would have been blown to fragments.
Tic mills were owned 10y complh! Oh
castor, capitalsts, who purchased them ol
,hn Cnm,r owners few weeks since. they
>,,r.. located on the west bank OF the Liltlt
Mann; river, near Goes station, on TIC
>nr;n~;ic,d and Ncnia railroad. The WORKS
consisted of some eight or ten buildings
mas, OF them cheap wooden structures, st't
Toned from fifty TO two hundred yards ar!ri,
and strung out II distance of perhaps iilii
mile. Along the hills back OF Tue WorAs "'
several residences, occupied ny ola scttteTS
who have become used to tXpo>ionS, aio
don't dread them rs much as o-hcr people
On the other side of the river, ana ABOUT
Quarter of mile distant, Willds the faiilo''
track, over which six or clgiIt lialliS pas
dlily. Near the station stand three or lo"i
cr,Iy frame houses, whose shattered frames
Slow tie marks Of many former explosion,
;l,nuyh none so disastrous as the one that
happened to-day. ;,,,
had is origin. was Stlh>'a!ll'ti hfi'h S''.'-
tu,r. WITH seemingly every possible dcric"
.r,r rro;cction from IN accident. Here the
ia.-r,,iicnis, charcoal, Sulphur, and nitro,
were piaccd in 4 huge cylindrical basin OF vat,
while within itthcrc rcvo!yed, day and night,
two immense iron wheels, whose service was
To crush and ut the same time mix up IN"
cnu,poucnt parts of the dangerous substance.
This building was usually visited but tWlcea
div, at {; in the morning and i'll the evening.
the liect being to remove that which had
been ground and TO supply fresh material ior
y twelve hours .rist. n" one was allowed
II enter this building except on special
n"r.nii Of the company. and the duty oi at
finding to it usually devolrcd upon the ST.
p.rintendcnt and his assistant.
liir only explanation of the accident i
that spark, originating from some friction
in the machinery, or may lie from pebble
TINT Ind somehow got into the basin, com
m,,ucated with the powder and caused III"
fearful calamity. The communication with
the other mills can be accounted for only by
conjecture. The charge in the mill may
have been larger than usual, the burning
fragments from its roof may have been car
rird in that direction, or any Of dozen
other hypothesis may have been the cause.
We only know that it was rs different from
their ordinary explosions rs it WAS CHASTITY i'll
its results.
These mills, although managed apparently
vii the utmost care, have been the scene OF
frequent explosions during the last few
years, though, happily, there has been but
little loss of life attending them. About four
years ago two hands were killed by i similar
accident. but, though there have been two or
three explosions each year since, we believe
there has not been life lost in any OF them.
The loss in money will probably be i'll the
lborhood of 1000, though tie damage
rols- delay consequent upon the entire
rom iti, the works will swell ii to a
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