Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-01-07
The IRrennerhaNen ExnIosiOn.

a German paper gives the following par
liculars Of the terrible dynamite explosion
on the wharf at Bremerhaven, by which
more than one hundred lives were lost: 1t
app pears that just before The Mosel was
about 10 set sail cart, containing four
cases and barrel, was being unloaded for
shipment. Suddenly a terrible explosion
occurred. The effect WAS horrible. The
quay was then thronged with people-part-
ly belonging 10 the steamer, partly specta-
tors, and partly passengers who had re-
mained there 10 take last farewell of their
fri ends. An eyewitness who stood under
the gangway Of the Mosel, on hearing the
terrific report, saw number Of black
Jumps flying about in the air, while very
few of the people on land remained visible.
Apprehending boiler explosion he threw
himself fiat on the deck, where he received
a volley OF sand, broken glass, fragments
OF flesh, bones, etc. The devastation on
board the Mosel was terrific. No skylight
was lef; the cabins, aft, s;arboard and
port, were either crushed in or bulged out
by the pressure, or altogether smashed
the side plates of the ship were burst; the
ports, with their glasses and rivets, forced
upward and the whole ship was besmear-
ed with blood and stuck over with pieces
OF 1esh and other human debris. In the
hold and all parts Of the ship were found
arms, legs and other portions of the human
frame; thus the lower hold received some
limbs through the open hatchways. The
sides of the batchways were burst by the
pressure, and The font OF the navigation
cabin on deck stove in. The whole ship
was Uttered with glass shreds, which even
filed the dishes from the steam kitchen as
they were being served 10 the tween deck
Storage passengers. The tug got off conf
paratively unhurt, being SO much more
below the quay line than the Mosel; still
the W hole of its deck was destroyed. The
crew came off with mere fright, only the
engineers and siokers having been slightly
hurt. On land, where the package had
been unloaded, hole had been produced
from six TO seven feet deep. The whole
place was sirewn with limbs, shreds OF
dress, &c. Among the most horrible de-
tails Of this calamity is the fate of the Et-
mer family, who were seeing OFF one of
their sons 10 California. The father, moth
er, son and son-in-law were killed; the
daughter-in-law had her arm, and her child
its hand, blown off. The cart which brought
the case which exploded was shattered into
thousands of splintels, and the poor horse
had his four feet blown off near the hoofs.
According TO all that is known, or can he
known, of this horrible affair, the explo-
sion of the dynamite was premature, it
having been planned to have ii explode by
clockwork when the Mosel, which was to
carry it, was in mid ocean, thus destroying
the vessel and all on board for the sake Of
fictitious insurance on goods claimed to
have been shipped, together with the dam
ages from the steamship company, which
it was hoped TO obtain. knowledge of the
plot, however, is entirely confined to the
confession Of the man Thomas or Thomp-
son, who was fatally Aurt by the explosion,
and the particular of which have heretofore
been given in our columns.