The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-08

asked the reporter. THAT'S telling" answered
one. where were you all when 1t occufredY"
some OF You did IL = to get even even with the con-
tractor" suggested tho reporter. Very likely
IL may have hsppened in some l such h,, way; wns
In the cabins Of the railway employees and
auarrymen there was a sentiment Of sstisiao-
advance OF the strikers wages had been de-
stroyed.
Al least one hundred persons told the report
ers that they had protested agan.t the storage
of,o larse a quantity OF the explosive In the
The magazine stood on the crest Of Bergen
Hill, few yards south Of the tunnel cut. and
about three quarters Of mile from the ferry at
height, and six feet square.
Broken glass ratified under the horses feet In
Grove street. a mile IRON the explosion.
On the line Of the horse railroad from Ho-
boken scarcely n house was to be seen that had
and millinery store to- near tse Erie track ssS
their windows entirely torn out. Windows
were patched with old boxes and boards.
At tho Hoboken depot OF the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad. most OF the
windows were broken, and 1t tho house OF MIR.
Bartlett. the watchman. Just above the depot,
two window sashes were blown out. Hts store
fell down, and nearly all hts crockery was
broken. Mr.. bartlett said that McAndrews, tho
contractor, was at his own house after.ths ex-
| plosion. leaning out OF his window, but he hid
| away soon aiterward.
Tho damage done ts variOusly estimated at
from tlOO.OOO to f2OO,OO0
| Among the churches that suffered are tho
| Roman Catholic, Jersey CITY. and st. Mary's Ro-
man Catholic Church and Hospital. Hoooken.
The two 800 memorial windows In st. MichaeFs
Church were shattered, and the windows OF
Other churches were damaged.
| Mr.. Alfred Kicks, attorney for the Giant Pow
der Company of San Francisco, said yesterday
that none OF their powder has been sold east Of
| the Rocky Mountains except by the company
| contractors OF the Bergen tunnel They used
| the Vulcan and the Rend Rock powder. which,
Mr.. Kicks says. are limitations OF tho true Giant
| powder. The San Francisco company has suits
| against the Vulcan snd the Rend Rock Powder
Companies for infrinsements on tho Giant pow
The sufferers are over one hundred in num-
her. They are To meet In Otto Cottage Garden,
this evening, to take joint action preparatory to
In Ridsewood. N. j., twenty-one miles away,
| houses trembled. family watching with a
| sick relative supposed there had been an earth
quake. Pictures swsyed on the walls, an a
In several house sides may he seen holes m ade
| by nyiug bricks, as clearly defined as though
| made by cannon ball nred at point blank
range. fnis Ia curious. In view of the fact that
the magazine was situated so far down the hill
part fifteen feet high for the dwelling houses,
| What sort of curve the flying bricks descri bed
In reaching those houses is problem
| At 5S Grove street, two miles from the ex-
| plosion, Lawrence Mckensy "a cigar dealer was
| blown from behiad the counter into an sdjoin-
the street.
The missing men have all been found, and 1t Is
| conceded that no one was killed
rbe telegraph operator at sandy Hook heard
the explosion, and telegraphed to this city for
| details.
In the square In West street, bounded b,
| Canal aud Watts streets, there Is only one bui,d.
Ing whose windows were not shattered BY the
| explosion. The force Of the explosion seems to
| have travelled In rddiating lines. fer, In West
| street, below Canal, buildings, whose easements
| look as though they mad been targets for yo.leys
| OF grape, are side ty side with stores and dwell
| lings whose windows are uuinjurcd.
In Howes & Cushing's circus, at Thirty -nfth
street and broadway, the spectators. hurried
out In alright. The same scene occurred aI
Murrays circus. at Eighth avenue aud Forty
ninth street, and In other places Of public resort
| While the Jersey City ferry boat Brunswick
was crossing tae river several Of her lights were
| extinguished. On another boat In her slip sew
| eral passengers were lifted from their seats bJ
the sudden lafch made by the explosion.
Upper windows In the new Post ONCE were
broken.