The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1873-02-12
Horrible Nitro GIycerine Explosion
at Tidioute-- Man and his wife
Killed--His Child Dangerously In
iured.

Shortly after Z o'clock Yesterday
morning frightful torpedo explosion
occurred on Dennis Run, about half
a mile below Tidioute, whereby fell
low mortal was instantly hurried into
eternity, his wife fatally injured and
his only child dangerously hurt. The
shock is described by people residing
in the vicinity as terrific in its vic,
lenCe, and its effects were distinctly
perceptable at a considerable distance.
Rushing to the spot q fearful sight
met the gaze of the Mortified specta-
torn, whose worst fears of a terrible
catastrophe we're but too quickly real
lied. The scene of the disaster was
a frame house tenanted by Andrew
DalrymplO and his family, consisting
ef his wife and one child, the latter
bright little girl of tive years. The
building stood a short distance up one
of the steep declivities extending aleng
Dennis Run.
The house was utterly demolished,
not one beard remaining in its origi-
nal position. Splinters and peices of
wood we're strewn around for many
yards, the roof was rent into minute
fragments, the foer torn up and scat
tered in all directions, the furniture
blewn to atoms, remnants of clothing
aud domestic utensils were strewn far
and wide, and everything about the
premises were totally wrecked. In
deed it would be difficult to imagine a
more complete ruin, so thorough was
the overthrow of what had So recently
been a happy home.
The first persons on the spot were
attracted by the cry of the child pro.
ceeding from under mass of rubbish,
which was speedily removed by will
ing hands and the little creature ex-
tricated from its perilous situation.
The mother was lying near her dar-
ling in state of insensibility, having
sustained dreadful wounds on the tenn
Piles and back part of the head, from
the effects of which she died in couple
of hours. The brain protruded
through n CHASTITY cut, ,and she never re-
covered consciousness. Kind neigh
bors promptly conveyed her to com
Portable shelter, where she received the
best medical attention until death clos
ell the scene. But the most appalling
spectacle was the mangled corpse of
the husband and father, which pre-
sented shocking appearance, as it lay
beside the engine house. The lower
part of the body was entirely wanting,
the shattered trunk, with the head
and arm attached, alone remaining.
This rart of the body had been hurled
diagonally against the roof of the en-
gine house, spattering it with blood
and quivering flesh and tumbling ipte
the snow, about thirty feet from the
ruined dwelling. The greater portion
of one leg was picked up from the
waters of the creek, while mutiIated
fragments Of flesh and bone were found
more than fifty yards from the fata
spot. A quilt was thrown over thu
lacerated remains, and q message dis
pached to the Coroner. However. NJ
inquest has been held, as no doub
exists as to the manner in which th
deceased met his untimely fate, anC
arrangements for the funeral wer
made last evening.
From the most trustworthy infor
nation that can be procured, it ap
pears Dalrymple had for some tim
been engaged in manufacturing tcrpe
docs and useing them in defiance O
the Roberts Company. 1t is suppose,
he was filling one Of these danserou
articles in one corner of his hous
when it exploded, carrying death an,
destruction in its track. Packages Q
dualin powder were found among tn
debris, and asmall can of nitro -glyce
rine behind stump a short distanc
further up the hill. From the position
in which they were discovered, it l
conjcctured that the wife and the chill,
were sitting beside the cooking stove
unsuspicous of impending doom; bu
exactly how or why the accident oc
Cured will never be known till tn
great day when all secrets shall b
fully revealed.
Andrew Dalrymple came to thi
section about two years since iron
Laona, Chautauqua county, Ne,
York, and was universally respecte
By his acquaintance and friends as
steady and industrious workman. Fl
bore an excellent character in tn
community as an upright and peacea
Bile citizen, and was about twenty-si
years old when thus suddenly ushere
into the presence Of his maker. H
was an esteemed member of EIDE
Lodge of Odd-Fellows, in which h
took the last degree at the meeting o
Saturday night. Having saved ia
per centage of his hard earnings tt
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