Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-19

Yesterday at noon 00pounds Of nitro
glycerjnc exploded near the line of the
New York d Boston Railroad, in Yon-
kers, killing Geo, Hill, aged twenty one,
and Michael Gallagher, aged sixteen; NOR
tally wounding John Donnolly, aged
nineteen, aud seriously injuring VIM.
Terry, aged twentyonc. The New York
and Boston Railroad is to pass about
three miles east of the city of Yonkcrs,
and one mile west Of Bonneville. Blast
ing has been going on in that vicinity OF
late, and as a great amount sof his work
is necessary, niuo-glycerine has been de-
posted at different points for use when
wanted Yesterday, Hill, Gallagher,
D0nnOllyand Terry, while out cunning,
found i've cans, containing one hundred
pounds each. 4 pit about four feet deep
had been dug, and the cans placed in the
excavation. 4 strong fence had been
built around it, and on all sides were
pInCards bearing the words Danger"
beware, . 'Nilro,Glycerine"
The boys Wa kcd around the fence com
mentng upon the improbablity of dan
ger from such harmless looking cans, and
Hin proposed that as it was Evacuation
Day they should create some fun by
consented, and all four clambered 10 the
TO the top @! = large rock, about fifty feet
above the glycgrine, and rolling q stone
weighing about fifty pounds to the edge
uf the rock, IIiN ald Gallagher proposed
To tumble it into the pit. Terry said the
darncl Thug might strike fire and blow
the stuff up. Hill, laaghiugly, said, Let
her blow; Wen have some fun anyway"
Terry seized DonnolIy by the arm, and
running away about Two hundred feet,
they hid behind a large tree, ut tie same
time jccred by lIill and Gallagher. Hill
then rolled the stone down. Itsiruck the
cans, and the explosion which followed
was heard and felt tot ten miles around.
Trees, stones, and great chunks Of earth
were hurled in every direction. The
rock where Hill and Gallagher stood,
weighing hundreds Of tons was blown
into fragments. The ground was torn up
hundreds Of feet around. 4 drst-class
earthquake could not have created great
or havoc. Every pane of glass in houses
tor miles around WIS shattered, and the
inmates were terrified. The explosion
was heard in White Plains, Tarryt1wn,
, fremont, Washington Heights, and even
over in New Jersey.
N"INAlGA nom .hG iA'iIohu AuETiGu W
the scene, well knowing what had hap.
pened, Ihey found Terry and Donnolly
VIM her elo,Mng stripped from their
bodies, lying about two hundred feet from
the scene Of the explosion, grooming IN
agony. D2nnoily' body was badly LAGER
attd, his legs and one arm were broken,
ms BODY was black and blue, and one eye
vas gone, lie was mortally wounded,
! II. q, J
Jerry was Inc leasl hutt ana VIII Pro0a-
o.y recover re y inc only one ie4t 10
give wa account 81 the @ilaIr'
When the smoke had cleared away
search was made tor Hill and Gallagher
ihiIs body was blown to atoms. His en-
trails We're suspended from the limbs Of
3 tree 800 feet away. Other parts OF the
| bodies were scattered for Hundreds Of feet
around, Only small part of his remains,
however, had been found last night,
Gal)agAcr's body was not blown into so
. many PARTICLES rs Hills. His legs We're
found severed from his body, which was
stripped perfectly nude. Even his boots
had been torn to atoms and scattered
among the &sjrls. The body, minus the
arms and head, lay about fifty feet from
the legs. Yha scalp and face, without the