The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-25
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IFron the Milwaukee senllnel. August 81
A low, rubbing sound, aud sImulta.
neous qnakiog of the earth, caused great
northern extreme OF the East side about
O'Clock yesterday morning. For some time
no one could account for the strange, uuu.
sual experi fence, and 1t was q foregone conclu-
sion that Milwaukee had been visited
By an earthquake until 1t transpired that the
shock was S2occasioned BY q premedila.
ted explosion of the magazine Of the Inflated
duaine works on the land slide above the
section road, near Whitefsh bay, about three
miles from the city. The building, small
structure, about ten by fourteen feet, was all
that remained Of the works. which blew up
with great force on the evening OF Thanks
giving Day. November %, 1877, tore the
bodies Of the operators to fragments, and
scattered them far and wide. The victims,
John w. Cummings, Michael Sacreiter and
bis son, and Frank Bentley were the only
occupants at the time, and were, about to
suspend operations for the day when the &C.
cident occurred.
It was known that the remaining building
contained quantity OF the terrible explo-
sive, but as Cummings was dead, and none:
OF those who were interested In the estab.
lishment bad ever been In the building, the
place was summed as dangerous. Even the
residents on the bluff 10 the vicinity OF it's
location were fearful of the consequences of
an explosion of this small storehouse. The
dreaded preclnct;a shady slope, ending in
plateau near the shore Of the lake, had
grown valuable to the owners since the reVi-
val of the real estate business, and it was de.
sirabe that the INCUBUS be removed
TO make it available. Il was understood
that the owner or owners would reward any
one daring enough to blow up the building
or remove the stores, and on learning of the
wishes of the proprietor Mr.. Edward Simp.,
SOB, Of the revenue service, examined the
building on Tuesday afternoon, and formed
plan to explode the contents at an early hour
on the following morning. That the expert.
ment should not fail, he resolved to fire the
roof, 80 that by its fall the contents would
explode by conclusion, in case they would
not ignite BY fire, or required both IRE and
conclusion. The building was situated
under tho back OF the ridge Of
bluff, from which the roof could be
touched. Mr.. Simpson placed q guam
tity of shavings upon the top and laid
train of the same material, all thoroughly
saturated with kerosene, and then left the
place to return at an early hour yesterday
morning, before any one was astir in the
ueighborhood, and before the road above
was likely to be occupied by teams. At 4
O'Clock Mr.. Simpson and q son of MIR. Rod
way returned to the place, and Mr.. Simpson
lighted the train. The fire ran readily along
the line, and the gentlemen found retreat
from which they could witness the result of
their experiment. The expectations Of the
daring revenue officer were fully realized.
When the roof fell there followed an explo-
sion that sc4ttered the building in splinters
and shook the earth for miles about.