The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-08


lar" 10 use an expressive remark OF James
saucr. Tho residence OF ex-cap,an OF Police
Robinson 10 fully 1000 feet distant from
the scene OF tho explosion, yet stone weighing twenty
pounds fell into few feet In front Of his resi-
dence Had Il struck the root" he remarked ne
would have gone slsaa through" Eight houses the
south side Of waversy street. westward from the
ner or Palisade avenue less shattered
Tho windows broken tho doors wrenched and tho
ceiling displaced. Freebooter John Feiler whose
house Is situated At than tho distance Of
any OF the houses mentioned, sustains loss OF $40
from the breaking Of glass and tho d,slodgement Of
plaster.
OTHER HOUSES suArrxaED.
The mansion OF Mr.. G. =. Staples. which Is an i'm
posing structure of brick and brown sonc with stables
and conservatory close by. presented yesterday a
strange appearance. Every window from top TO bot
tom seemed only gaping orince without single pane.
and all about house. In the yard large piles OF
glass aud heaps Of mortar and broken corniccs which
had been shaken down. Every light Of glass In tho
conservatory, too, WAS shattered
The dwelling OF August schuler suffered bad as
any. From cellar to garrett tho inner and outer walls
separated by gaping seam and In places the wood
outside has buiged out and damaged almost
beyond repairing. The ceiling cracked and the roof
OF tho house is broken by several crcvices Here as
elsewhere an almost miraculous escape occurred.
young man had just vacated seat window when
u shower Of stones came through tho opening.
John T. PcttIgrew's house, to which reference was
made before was almost riddled BY tho flying debris
His vile aud child narrowly escaped death IRON mass
OF stones and glass which covered the bed they
lying on. Pettigrew injured, but not severely.
mass Of fell upon HIM whilo in bed, cutting his
head aud momentarily stunning him.
All along the streets on the Heights many blocks
from the scene Of the explosion, windows without
pancs and ooscned shutters attest the violence Of the
shock cottage on Oakland avenue, one Of eight
similar structures, had oil its windows smashed In, but
the rest OF tho houses were unnJurcd
St Bridgot's church, in Eighth street, Jersey CITY,
had all the windows broken and quantity Of plaster
from the ceilings and walls knocked Of
St. Francis Hospital and tho Tobacco Inspection
Warehouse suffered in similar manner, not pane OF
glass being left whole.
good joke went tho rounds at the expense Of Cap
tain Glenny, Of tho Third precinct station. Hc was
sitting in the substation when tho building was
rocked with such violence that tho door became CON-
pletcy wcdgcd into ts frame. Ho was, consequently
unable to get out to instruct his In the emergency
and considerable time elapsed before assistance
arrived BY the aid Of three OF his men
he was s'hcwed OUT" as tho jokcrs sa,d
humorous incident also occurred at
Pohlman's Park. A hop was in progress
In the upper hall, and whom tho explosion
took place tho ghts in the hall ncontmonty cx
tinguishcd IL was playing game Of billiards at tho
time" observed William Taussig, 'and I'm mighty
glad wasn't homo at tho time. II had been I'd
probably havc load OF that glass from my windows
In my head" In tho house OF Mr.. Hamlin,
on Reservoir avenue. bolt wrenchcd from tho
hall door was found tho sidewalk
several foot distant, whilc the doors re-
manned so hst that they were only opened
by tho application Of great force. William Thompson,
proprietor or tho crock Tavern" assured HERALD
reporter with evident seriousness that his house did
stand yesterday where IL stood the previous day.
The assures in the walls without and within, tho
broken doors and shutters and the heaps Of plaster
the pointed strong proof Of his assertion
Contractor McAndrcw boards in the second story of
this house. and he 10 suffering from injuries sustained
by shock but they not Of character.
Two halr bricks entered through tho window
OF tho room In which Mr.. McAndrew was
sleeping, passed through tho door opposite and
foil on tho ki.chens ,apor The plaster from
the ceiling also tell and caused slight
wounds on Mr. McAndrcw's head The broken glass
from the windows also cut him about tho head and
limbs The landlady, Mrs Thompson, severely
about the neck with tho flying glass nom the win
dows also bruised hurt by tho falling
OF tho cciling in her room. Her husband escaped
with = few cuts tho face. Tho stock Of
liquors IN tho cellar was completely destroyed.
$50 bottles OF wine broken, four barrels OF whs
key were lost by tho rendng Of the barrels, as also
kegs OF lager beer The loss stock aione
in this building IL set down ut 500. Tho
building suffered 70 the extent OF about $500.
II may hero be mentioned that about hali-past
ten O'Clock ON Saturday night party Of strikers with
hv tha
Tavern though going to the mouth Of tho tunnel
Ten minutes later the explosion occurred, and they
would have pass by tho loot OF the hill which the
powder house was situated, and which but come
sixty feet above them, this fact Is somewhat sgnih-
cant Then again tho circumstance that McAndrcw was
living ut the Rock Tavern, which s but short
distance from tho place where the powder stored,
Is Also another be taken into consideration for
many think that II with a view to do bodily
INJURY to McAndrew that tho explosion planned.
The calculations undoubtedly that Of tho
scattering fragments OF the dying debris would reach
him and perhaps XIII him.
WHAT surgRIxTESDExr OAKLEY SAYS
HERALD reporter called Mr.. Oakley, Superin-
tcndent OF the tunnel at his residence in waverlcy
street. Hc stated carly in tho afternoon OF satur
day he gave key OF tho magazine 70 the tmekccpcr
tacynolds) and sent him to draw tho last supply Of
srcpdrocg, for the week. '.You sec, - hc remarked
sthat our gang relieved Saturday nights
other nights Of tho week, and our men gather w
tools and clean things up about ten O'Clock They
we're on the point OF leaving tho end OF the tunnel
directly under the magazine when the explosion
red Such narrow escapes seldom recorded. We
had only nity at work, IN consequence OF the
strike 1 cannot comprehend how the explosion could
occur by accident though is terrible TO think tina,
any man could 10 wicked 10 undertake such
Of yilaDy. had the key in my possession from the
time Reynolds from the magazine on Saturday
afternoon but OF the lock could be picked. We
will DO able get along with df,y hencciorth as
the tunnel is nearly Completed"
Jams STANTON, NIGHT warcmxAv,
employed by Mr.. McAndrew to tako OF the
property lef. IN tho tunnel, stated IN answer to
inquiries made OF him yesterday that his duties
iu no way required him TO look after the powder