The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-23
\ TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
THREE NEWS LTYES THE PEN1LTY
or RECKL ESSNESS
over Four Hundred Pounds Of n Nitro-t'iycer-
inc Prepa ration Exploded by u Careless
Smnlanr-A Nrfml Enrca OF thu Shnrk.


inc Prepn ration Exploded by u Careless
smokcr-AvfuI Force Of tho Shock.
-
Three men were Killed. and two SERIOUSLY
wourdcd ahout A o,clock vostsrd,v ouernoon
80 w a. -.
Db I re explosion OF over AOO POUNDS OF Junter
powder In nil in Wcshlngtonvilic, a
suhrrh Il, Nourt v,r,o, wcs,cbcs,or
suouro OF Nouht vernon "estcuestor
county. Ths place is small collection
OF buildings about half way between
tho ds.o,s of ,ho Now It,ycn p,,irood
Wv N''"'9 W NV N'" ''"''" '''i'i'''
ut WOODLAND and Mount Vernon, and short
dlstance from the tunctio,, Of the IIerlsn Rail
..,, ,,.'..,, ,,,,. ,,.,, a, i,r,,e ,,,,. Co.,
frame building was erected on the banks OF tho
nron~ riro. ,,os, hv ,t. tI,,iar, t,,t,ro,d
,,. ~, s,, 80 -, n'.,' ,'...'.
rauhs' ana was caneu ,uhseS rarh, u summer
garden and concert hall. IL was not success,
and ,hout ,i ,htcan ,or,ba .,,r 4, ,v,a 10 ased IN
49, ,,'', ~ 80. - - "
Mr \. huDer oi Morrisihla' WHO Wauo Oh u
mill for the manufacturing nf jupiter pow
dar ., nr,r,btr,,t,,, ,f ,,i,-.,,i,, and ma
'V'"'''' -'''' W nv " 80 O0'''' "''u
ssh1 tho power "i cNpi'llhs uhuet WAFER
and usch IN blasting. Tho large building was
used fOr storage and for boarding rooms for the
w0rlSmcn. a small frame bnilding. in which
the ingred ecnts were fnix 20, was put uD nnopt
20O feet distant. and a smell packing lsouse was
buit about - fret away, near the river
The mfI has been running sh ,rt- h., oded OF
late. and Yesterday only six men were as work.
taken t. the tnckine house, rreparntor, 60 be-
ing mixef wi.h chafcaal. bone black and GO.
mani 10 piyn II a snf, ron.istrnrv fnr hn-riiuy
Mr. David Uuiv.r "A brother OF the prnpl Setor
and the Iuat,n.cv IN hia aharuce was relte,i ,.r,
a lcacn on which loaded cartrldeel wc,c plu-cd
before / cling PACKED. Jacob rchreincr. "A work
m m. WAS near HIM mixing the explosive. VIII
liam Drihl, Charles Vcnthein. and WIN lam
WestfaIl were paatiny tho carirtdges on I'M,
other side uf the room near the stove. lire
room, but twenty feet square, wss blocked win,
unck,res
About ten ninutea past Jo'clock Deihl, aged
etrhtaen. pulled ont a nine ~ the tobacco, and
threw the hnlf-brrned mnt,-t on the bench
where Huber was sitting 4 little pils OF the
powder that had been srlit caught lire. Mt.
H,Ler yxhnse hncs wa Turned s,w thp II ,an
and ss IN hurst uu,vsrd tntn lie fnce he nj
Tor a a crv nj alarm nnd sprang Tor the win
dow nenr MIN WITHIN thrss minutes "A
sli,ht exnlnai1n Uas Lc,rI then rnuthor
nnothor and ,hen one t6nt sbook tho ruiid
~. A., M, n.t,ni,,rnn,n Ia the,r found,tinns
Cn.rlss N.tfnr InI i,,st GntsheI ,vasIiny F,
boiler outside when ne -aw the licht nf the are
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