, 1876-01-15

horrible occurrence al EromorIuvon. when NO
many pcssons lost their lives tho impression has
become firmly fixed OIL tue public mind that
dynamite. or giant POWDER h8 It In also called,
Ia an exceedingly dangerous substance to handle,
It is not generally known that there Is an eatab-
llahment In this city fer tho storage and sale Of
dynamite. but 1t Ia 10; has hoan 30 for several
years, and this day, there is in Lowell magaaino
more thAn 10000 pounds oil tho nrticlo; enough,
II exploded, 10 level largo mart vi tho city
buildings TO tho ground. hut tint thoro is not
tho alightcst danger OF any premature explosion,
Mr.. rrod Jn'tan, tho agent Of tho Atlantic Giant
Powder Company, whosn ot1ico Is at No. % South
Maiu street, took special palms to demonatrato,
yesterday afternoon.
Ao invited, among others. representative Of
tho Giobc- Democrat 10 wlinoss aon,o oxpori-
monta ho proposed maLing and In tho early
part Of The afternoon his pair Of bays passed
over tho road to Lowell, sud brought tho ptoss
nun through the tremendous atinks OF tho Low
oil rendering works to litilo house that stood
In tho common, unprotected by fonco or iuclo-
auro Of any Lind. It was probably It feet
aGunrc, Of no1tae had no windows, and but ono
molas door, seyoral feet from the ground. Hitch
Ing tue tontn to fonco AZ Honc dlstuuco from
tlle houso, Mt. Julian uniockod tho Iron maga-
zine door md proceeded to ncrambic in with \
lighted cigar in his mouth. .-...
Ylls proceeding naH yIowed with no littlo NILS
gtvings by its Kugbs OF Tho Fabcr who was,
boWeyer, by no rneans raasaured by tho careless.
ncea With Hlicl he kuockeI Tho boxes Of tho nw-
ful Hut6suuco to mud frJ With thu most rscklegs
dlsfcssrl of common Impressions roHcc,pipg
dynamite. Finally. SOLICITING 4 25-pouud box,
no pitched It out Of tho door, down TO tile
ground d distance Of or feet, without tho
least ceromony. Viaous OF she Mosc nal caro-
ieBs handling of tic fatal nsight on tho
dreadful t1a7 Of hor dlsassor came before
tho eyes of tho Globe Democrat man as that boz
fell to tie FROZEN ground With shatp rattle,
snd rolled over two or trco tines, ~ II specially
10 provoke Providence, but nothing startling oo-
cursod. Tho box fof and that was all. Tho
Bceno Of the MoBol was not repeassd, and no re-
CIau6ering down. aud taking tho box aud au
nx, . procession was formed to tlo bank OF tbs
river closo by. whore high bank presented q
favorable spot for experiments. Tho theory
sI'at dynn1uto can be exploded by sudden tnr
md in proof Of his earnest belief in tho truth Of
bis Insertion that 1t would not explode under
y,,ch circumstances. ho took tho boz aud threw
It over tho bank OIL Hotne stonea At the bottom.
directions. WAS scassol el hero uud there over the
rocks, but no explosion took pl4ce.
II propose TO SHOW you that tho theory OF
dynamite becoming dangerous ty d'siateesstion,
In frooZ,ng is utterly absurd. / have given the
dynamite as soyeto jar As aas necessary to
have exploded 1t, had Il uo-n'possiolo to oxpiolo
1t In that way. When frozen, 1t Is Impossible to
explode It a. al. and ovon when thuwtd aud IN n
plao!e nssto, 1t can DO exploded only by tile uso
OF a s,lltA6!e percussi IN cap aud fuss"
Tho 1nan ct giant roYdet then dcsconded. and
gathered up aii tie dynamite that Ind nut fallen
into the liver and laying IL on one Of ths shat.
1lst tiino tho F.Ioa8 man gaxod on tho drouded
compound. It lookod harmless enough thcn.
bainE eort OF gra,ish yollow material i'll cylin.
dfical st,cEs, luetcH long, nnu r incl III dia-
nh EnrnuyauNI hv IN hn1HupAH nf Tttlnn
gaests began t. pick up pieces Of The poxdcr md
examiuo 1t.
'.What is It mado Of ?"
" Sitro-vIyoorlno aud iufIsorial GARTH"
"Jn What proportions ;"
'.Wc usually s,se abou. 75 per cent OF nitro
glycelilr. though occasionally II any ono wluta
morc, u per coat IL put in and the powder Hh!p-
ped to lim at once. Powder made with more
than Is per cont nt1o'glyceriue il neycr atored."
"Wheae do you got tue eartu :"
"lt comcs from Gcrmany. Occasionally vo
uso California oArth, nnd sometimes sawdust 10
manufacturing ihe secpnd quality,
" How many qualities are taeee?"
"Throo but tue only difference between tho
lrBt aud second ia In tho quantity Of other sub
stances. THO third grado III nada with nstro-
glyccr,no aud sawdAot"
" And there IL no danger Of th!s nilo o1plod-
Ing ns long AZ It is frozun ?"
"lt iy i:crlocsly impossible for II to explode
whlo It IL trozsl, aud after Il is sAawed 1t can 10
1rcd only with cap aud fuse"
"WiIl percussion e1plods IT."
"1'li alio" you.h
Tnkug tho ax, Mr. Julian proccodctl to strike
the ple Of dirty. looking cvllndets. calling thom
aud ecattcrto3 TIC scraps aud fragments III oyery
direction. w!e tue bystaudors looked Gu, but no
"Now II! burn : little. to show that It will not
explode from tllo."
Tho fragments wero gathered into little pile
several Nhose and broken oylntders wore laid on
Tor good measure apparently. and tho powder
mar cooly staopcd over the heap, containing
dynamite enough 70 lay iu ruins any house III a.
LoulB. and. stirling match, applied 1t 10 the
substance. Tho namo caught, Klosly at frat,
RAPIDLY aftor~asts, now On = little projection,
than Oh o souad surface, uutil the who pilo
burning with u tiorce pink hamo aul lnteuae
bslllanoy, nl,d such great heat that ono could
stand wlth'o e., dozen feet Of It,, For several
subsidized, leaving. rock-liko residue. which
gpoedtly hardenod to tho sflntIitude OF whte
quartz. Though tho liasinK was tremendous
Rnd tho light aud boat ovcrposotng. tl4ero sas
pot tho !ainscat explosion. Mr. Julian stated
that in The burning Of tho slosor o,00J pounds
OF dynamite burned without explosion, aud that
the Company ho represents lost 1000 pounda by
tho burning OF JorBev City warehouse the
other day, no explosion attending other cAla,n-
ity.
After showing that II could not be hammered
into e1p10aton, or pelBllaLaa to go or Ivy any
othor way thnn comparatively slow combustion,
Iii. Julian proceeded to demonstrate tlat wlea
frozen It could not bs exploded cvon witt. full
minato cap and fuse. A stick OF dynamite wns
suitably prepared by q listlo boring with pom
knife 70 receive tho cap and flso; ; ito 'at.os WAS
lighted, thu cap went on will. sharp report,
but the chunk Of explosive waa touui crhcked
and broken Nv Tue explosion OF tho cap, but oth-
erwso unchanged.
III order. finally to prove that tbs material could
be exploded the dynamite mau took portiou
OF IN untEozen cartilage, which hs carried Ia biz
pocket. aud tho lo2koF'uu could not tail to 10
lnpEesSed with tho small slze Of tho piece, and