The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-11-30
NITR0-GLYCERINE .
THE FEARFUL. EXPLOSION AT YOSEERS-
FOUR BOYS WHO WENT \ HUNTING,
AND WHAT THEY FOUND.


AND WHAT THEY FOUND.
Below is 4 brief account Of the terrific
explosion of nitro Glycerine on the line of
he New York ard Boston Railroad, near
the town of Yoakcrs, by which two boys
were blown to atoms, ard two others scr-
ousIy injured, on Monday, 9th inst
Four boys, employed in Il hatter's eStab,
lishnent at GonEnrS, concluded to make 4
little excursion TO the country. They came
to tho Boston and New York Railroad, row
in the process Of construction, and followed
it about three miles till they came to a
hole near deep cut, which is now being
their attention. They looked in and saw
lin can placed between two rocks. One
of them had the curiosity to go down into
the hole, and take the lid from the can,
and after he had seen that it contained
nitro-g lycerine ne replaced the top, but
against the renonstrance Of his compan-
ions concluded to throw II stone ut it.
y reporter Of the New York San visited
the locality Of the frightIul accident on
Tuesday. and below we give his account OF
the melancholy affair:
4 VISIT TO THE GLOOMY WOOD.
As already stated. it is about three miles
from Yontiers on Fhe Saw Mill river road.
The unfinished Boston and New York
Railroad runs across the bottom of it.
Driving past the snow covered cemetery,
and along Il heavy road. with the soft flakes
falling thick and fast, the reporter stopped
at NJ. FU!t0n'S farm. Ir. Fulton kindly
accompanied the SIM man to the scene of
the explosion. Over q high fence: up q
steep hui; over a stone wall, green and slip
perry: through Il swamp, concealed by
treacherous snow; and then along the white
and sluShy track; white, except here and
there where the blood that lay beneath
showed its deep crimson through the thin
and spotieSS covering:up the track for four
hundred yards or so, and then pause
g Here is the hole" said Mr.. Fulton.
WHAT CLEANED THROUGH TIE SNOW.
The death trap was about ten feet long,
six wide, and perhaps four deep. Testcr-
day there was water i'll it: at the time of
the explosion there was none. The earth
stood in mounds around it. 1t looked as
4I't'i tNt!i l'lbS iIjtlt
hurry. Al the frrthercud oftho hole were
two big rocks each Il load for a railroad
truck, driven there by the explosion. Be
tween these rocks was hole, said to have
produced by the same cause. 1t con
tanned water. Down to the left were two
small rocks. Around and upon them there
was blood, which the snow failed to con
zeal. Where HIS remains We're found
the earth WAS crimson. Up in a tree a
fragment of the poor youths clothing still
Iiuttered III the wintry blast. The bark
was torn from the trunks of the surround
ing trees. The shrubs around were rag
ged and bruised. Fractured branches lay
scattered about The stiffness Of death
rested on the desn!ate landscape. And
here, there. everywhere around the awful
spot hlernishcs Of blood CLEANED through
the snow.
As NJ. Fulton and the reporter quilted
the wood, the former pointed up the track.
About a hundred and fifty yards distant
stood a four gallon tin can.
"That,' said Mr.. Fulton. {" is all that
remains of the giycerue--an empty can,
with the sides and bottom battered and
fractured.'