, 1876-03-26

| EXPLOSION.
| Nsu York Sum- Hareh ~
Throe men vero killed and tyo ee-fon.h
wounded, about clock yesterday afternoon
bg the explosion Of over 400 pounds Of Jupiter
rowder" in mill in Washingtonvi]le, q suburb
Of Mount Vernon, Westchestor County. Tbs
place is small collection Of buildings shout
half way bet~esn the depots OF tho New Haven
Railroad At Woodlawu and Mount Vernon, and
short distance from the junction Of tho Harlem
Railroad About -four years ago large two
| story frame building was erected On the banks Of
chs Bronx River, close b5 the Harlem Railroad
tracks, and was called Bunsss Park, = summer
garden and concert hnl}. It was not SUCCESS.
and about eighteen months ago 1t was lessod to
3lr. A Hubes, OF Morrssan.a, who made Of 1t a
MIL for the manufacture Of ''Juplter POWDER"
| combination OF uisro-elycerlne, and Possessing
| the power Of exploding under water, and used il
Blasting. Tho large building WAS used for stof.
| age aud for boarding rooms for the uorKmen.
small frame building, IN which The ingsedi-
| ents were mixed. ~ns put up about 210 feet did,
tan:, and small packlog-houss Wis built about
SO feet away. near the E1ver.
The mill has been running short handed Of
late, and yesterday only air men we're at work
large mass Of the liquid ingredients had asen
ing mixed With charconl. bone black, and ee-
mont, to give it 4 safe consistency for banding.
Mr. David Huber, brother Of the propn9:or
! and tue manager IN his absence. was aeated ca
bench On which loaded cartridges wera placed
before being packed, Jacob 6ch1eiuer 4 wvrk-
man, wa oaas him mixing the explosive. Will
ie:n De1Ai, Charles Fentheirn and William West-
fall were packing tho cartridges On tbs CkhaE
sid" of the room nsar the ssoyo- The roonn. but
20 feet square, wa blocked with packagos-
About ten minutes past o'clock Dehl. aged
IS, palled out pipe. Lit the tobacco, and threw
the hslf-buzued match On the beach where Huber
was sitting. 4 little pile OF the powder that had
been split caught fire. 4lr. Huber, whose back
was turned. SAW the fash, and. u It burst up
ward into his face, he uttered = cry OF alarm Aad
sprang for tbs window near him. Within thres
minutes slight explosion Wa hoard. thea III
other, another, and then oue that ahook thu
buildings in ths ne1ghborhood 10 thar found&-
tons.
Charles Wetter had Just finished Washing =
boiler outside when ho saw the Light Of tho ire.
He was scared into lesha1gJ, but tho dret small
explosion startled hiu and - he ran toward tho
railroad track the heavy explosion occurred.
Tnrning his head, he saH the air filed with
flying dmbers, czns. d1rs, and water. Hrs
large storing g-house, saw the Ere. She seized
her child and ran out Of the building. She had
left it but two minutes before it WIS s1moss
blown from lt1 foundation. Tha roof was shAt-
tered and piecos cf piank wsre thrown through
both wall and into The river. The corner Of the
building that shs had just quit wa thrown to
the ground, and not = window EAma wss laft n
the building.
The detonation startled the man in thu vicin.
itJ. and they ran to the spot They nat Wlil-
Sc had nothing on but scraps Of clothing. His
body WAS i mass Of scorched flesh. He lad
jumped through tho window and into the wafer
luat before the heaGy explosion 1ass behind
him Was DAVID Hunter, ruuuing homewaEd ~ith
ons leg burned aud bare. Els head and hands
Mani rnnfa and hfa naAffY
burned out jacob Schreiner raa found lying
helpless near the main building. They spoke TO
him, and he answered, "GiVs me drunk Of
rater." It was giFau 70 hiu. Hs then SAID.
house near oy. and physician wa csl1ad
He died at o'clock last night.
4 search WAS made for tie boy Deihl In the
rear Of the main building black. burned haad
stuck ont Of the water. Tho men took hold al
it, aud drew ashore tho body Of young Delhi
He must have been thrown 90 fest into tho
air. and nearly 70 from the place rbere he was
At work. His father saw The body brought
ashore. One more workman, Charles Venthein,
was to be accounted for, aud the party searched
the deep hole in the ground where the packing
house had stood On the track Of tha Nov Ha-
ven Railroad, over 800 feet from the building.
they found the skull. and in other places small
pieces OF bono aud burnt flash. Vanthein must
have been standing close BY the packages Il ths
time OF the explosion, n Mr. Huber saH him
when he jumped out Of the window.
The men SAY that they know the naturs Of tsie
dangerous compound in which they worked, but
gre" careless ~ they became accustomed 70 It.
They have been in thu habit at smok1ng pipes
while 1t work.
4 house half milo from the sceue at tna tt
plosion had nineteen paues sf glass broken By
the shock. The conclusion VA fs&s ~ tar e&at
~ Now Rochella, and south - fAe ~ Re8
Chsata1.
CAUGHT IN A BELT.