, 1881-06-02

| Thu tnch were Just ,bout quilting work
when tho explosion tnok plnce. Many were
| kiIurkaal tlOw,i by flying debris.
| There we're tilrT boilers II, thu establish.
l1ent. all surrounded by t,,ant.itibin wt,ul-
wnrk. 'fl,a 1,trn[iig GOALS fru1n tbs furnace
| scattered ih every direction. and tho piace
Immediately took 'rn. Thu tiasncs extended u
n rt,w of frasno houses adjoining tho works.
t'rcttorick Descher, ThUmna co4ly. and Mrs,
Hannah 1n'o1c9 wcfe m tho stcps nj tho nousa
dlfG.tly npp0stt. Dnscher waA lnAthntty ktlltN1,
and tho oshor two inIurud. Frxnk finrl,teon. m
empoyG, was tRkot. out Ut Tho rulns ,Icntl, nnh
Robert 1asihtoy. n lah Of I ycars, wa killed iy
Tying ddbrls. Tho others htjtlred we're ta,uts
i.chr. jonn tfurbIsau. Albert s;suvc.,Ao John
Morrison, 9n1 Nntlio aud Michael DnEy, chill.
ls,,u.
Tho dyr-wnrks took lire afterwards. nnd wcru
destroyed. tt'2t:si1er with thu stouk. INVOLVING
loss Of about SshuN, fully ,ftsstrc1i. Thy dGhr$
was scut III ,1t lIrcrttuts striking tho front+ nf
hnnses, hrshkrg w.sdt,~s. au1 crGNtlt.2 the
Ernascyt cOnsterrat1ur. Tho tb!ler was blOwn
fnt;y 90 yards. tnrony tA wuy through Il tAek
brick wnlt, thrnugh twn f"nGns, knpcklng duwi,
tho iA,stA, and nudhg In tho rnllrpad slcrrt yMr'l
in froht Ut tho wt.rkA. 1'huro wns no engineer
on tho premises. a'pl onty fireman wns eth.
ployeJ. lio has a scalp woil1ld anI Ii ta'tly
scalded. lIe waA draxxcl out frutn unltUr tho
tahk. lI's nnne ID i)ot.nla Gully. liz WIS
rover In Charge Ut III engine. but hui b cen
,; previously ahpioyaA rs treinau in athor dye.
Wnrks. rl1se werc thseu pla!a oyilhstor type
h,'.ara thirty feet loax auI sarsr~s!x inches
in ,IIntnetnr on tho psetnscs. Two worc cun.
ntctut., mud tho third which oxpIutott. wns set
It ~as tno @ tron. hss1 tSat @ sasa ~ way. Ths
wn.or was shut oif iron. thu other bol,ors. w,io
wstcr Sota turaed % On. s,s"winx that sao u It,.
1eutor Was working " tho uEpoot tho uxplosion.
THE TRENTON BuTC1lEnf.
TRENTON. n. j., Juno 1.-The Coroner he.
gan an Inquiry today Into the cause Of the
fatal accident OIL "Wednesday OIL the Tcnn-
sylyus,in Railroad at Dear Swamp. The con-
tuctor testified that the train was running at
tho usual rate. about forty-seyeh ,alles ar
hour. acorgs W. Waite, nsslstnnt tratli.
master, was on tho truth NJ tlio time Of tho
accident. liz examined the switch, atL
found It was set fur the fourth track, Of
siding, and was In perfect order, a1su 10 was
the estgnal. "iexamine|l theIn pessunal!y,at,d
found that both worked properly. The rcd
signal WIS shown, and tho switch could not
be Jared out Ut lts place. Tile train run On
tho f0nrtl truck, or siding, and ull not
leave tho ra!l until tho whole train hul passed
tue switch. 1lley had passed OIL the siding
ahat furty feet befnre the llecidslit occurred.
Thu trnln could pass over tic swltel, .satsly
train wI!e,. p!!ssinv tl,is point WINS making
about asty miles a., M pour: There Il + Z goo;l
tleal of curve nt tl,ls place. ri; Antl' signals
showed red ;eatnE .i9'!ger: niie tu!rEr9pt'
receive reports Of trnlls a!u ntten.l tn tlla
SWITCHES, lie l!as 10 oats!,lc telegraph1ng;,"
1afs EXqr nu 9sGiG WSn sWg'ssr ps sas "a uMn io
sSo%ed @ w!te. Tlns bfock.sIs,,aWi W was stI sreor!.
| saw 1t bofora l .gOt tn the block. 1t