, 1881-11-10
CASUALTIES.
Explosion in Cincinnati OF the
Mysterious Contents OF
a cigar.Box.
A Workman Blown Almost to
Pieces by tile Terrible
C0nCtlssfon.
The Nature Of the Explosive Material En-
. tirely Unknown-A Days Record
Of Accidents,
and Terrible Explosion In
Cincinnati Of tho Contents Of a Cigar

AyStcfaoua ana Ieffle30 E+TrloSIOn In
Cincinnati Of tho Contents Of Cigar
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srteaat Dfspa.eh to Tst Chicago 1rr,ans,
CINCINNATI. o., Nov. IA most singular
accIle1t Incurred this afternoon III tia east
ersi part OF tho city III the vicinity known NJ
Bucktowi. 4 workman named john Nfur-
ray, accompanied by MI assistant IN tue
alltlpc Of II si1nll negro boy, had climbed tn
Aoltsetnp for tic purpose OF repairing the
roof. Noticing n cear-box near onu OF the
caves. Murray walked down to where It was
lying, nfa, picking 1t lip, raised the lid. The
colorcd boy followed him, md, standing
behind him. pecrcd under his nr.u
Mt the box. It WIS fourd 10 cou-
tain Strengthening powder. In
which several small balls trle larger than
marbles lay half buried. While holding the
box with his left hand Murray picked out
one Of the balls with his right luml and
rolled 1t between Ills fingers. An instant
later there was terrific explosion, which
was 'cartl nll over tfiat part Of the city, nrpl
was supposed to i,nya been boiler explo-
sion. III thu Immediate Vicinity glnss was
broken and l1otises s'.nken. An lnkstand
wns upset upom desk four squares
away. Murray lay upon the roof,
the worst Mang[ed man the ply
sEcians Mt tile t;ooh Samaritan Hospital,
to which he was tnKell. Ind ever seen. Both
nrins ulitl unG lex were bluwn otf, the flesh of
MS faco atltl part or the skull bone were
gone, Mt!i lNrge pieccs Of tlcs!l ind been torsl
from different parts Of Ills budy. Pieces Of
flesh were picket UP Oh the streets half u
s!,slarc distant. Ills clothing was torn to
Rlliuus. Although i.lanKtetl almost beyond
rtcDEi.ltioil. nlltl suffering fntpiecnbe HEonr,
i!e lived NeHrly two hours after the arcl-
dent, hllt was not ab!e ~ give my
explanation rs t0 how 1t occurred
Tile story Or. tile cIg.lr.box is tolu
by The c0nred boy. who, standing behi.lu
Murray, WIS shielded from tho rxplnsiun
and escaped. One leg nf his trousers was
forehead. hut 3le WAS mt seriously yhnrt. Ila
stnry Is Afl the explanation Ut the explosion
Obtalnab!e. There wis no other Witness, a,ld
lintlltlsg remains Of the cigar.box ur IFS con-
tcnts' Naturally there WAS talk Ut nn In
feriiat machine, but why Should It hive been
pnctu upon tlle rDof Of An obscure dwelling
to Kill poor WUrknlan! Such thing
might p0ssibly haze been placed there for
safety niiu roflcentnent, but that thuury Ia
not generally Ncceptc1. Onn other remains.
''Fhe family wlIo formerly lived In the house
Ind boy who worked at Dieh1's pyFotecti-
Mic factory. The Ind sometimes carried
llnms with him explosive substances taken
from the factory. nnd lie ,l,ay have >titet the
ciear-boX with tho powerful material wllicll
1t contained, md pitt IL nut IN tho root III
order tu lliue 1t. The proprietor DF the works
snyS that his pyrUteelinic powder Wn,td ex-
pi'ttu II rlbled OH the .ingerS And w0tlltl eX-
p[ode III NIL directions. as this seems tU have
done, n!ltl nat upward like common ppw,ler.
The boy denies NIL knowledge uf tAh box, but
tlIls he hlny tU through fright nnly.