Daily Republican., 1882-02-21
STER'S GLOOM.
Victims OF THE Ex-
DURIED YEsTnRDAY.
"a ay-CurOner's Inquest
W nnod- Experts e1amin-
Il l1periments msdo In
- r u 81 . = Ofths
'sf a. j aFy.

~ added another gloomy day
rSS1 ttricken city of Chester.
generally suspended,
ms OF the terrible disas-
on Friday last, were con.
tolnb.
~ trber. who was SO terribly
4 D buried yesterday morn
" Han,ey Hose House, of
my he was a member. He
I'M Der of the Italian Relief
J4ffersOnian Democratic
lay makers Social Club,
delegations from each or
bresent. The Fame Hose
Wilmington, and the en-
kertnent of Chester also at
yhneral. The interment was
lural Cemetery.
# mplugh, David Dicess
oner, Alexander Phillips,
derso on and John Pollock
aried Yesterday afternoon.
& on the bodies of the vic
btinued by Coroner Quimby
orning, the first witnesses
\ Ketts and Captain B. f.
officers at the Pcnnsylvan-
Academy. They were ex.
h the cartridges which were
the Porter mansion and in
Its OF the city, and testified
lOvernment furnished the
ith a large lot of brass car
~ which were at the Acad-
time of the fire, but were
$now. They identified the
Ghi blted as part of the lot,
>Ee OF the opinion that they |
lgS1FOlen by boys and thrown
they discovered their na
~ OF witnesses were ex
: SAncertain he number of kegs
Ft4ktn from the burning build
w TO the explosion, but no
i oore brought out.
rIurner testified that he as
milling out of the building in
y GxplOsiun occurred seven or
Sof powder.
lrtrkel testified that he re.
Tho building after the last or |
3oei0n, and then saw Samuel
w who told him to keep |
there might be another explo.
number of other witnesses
mined, but their testimony |
no new facts.
Iry then visited tho house of
ginoer Dalton To take his evil
It his condition was SO preca-
/, 6y order of his physicians,
were forbidden to question
0@oss William Blizzard tes.
Nan Horn Told him there
Ikrl61ly es in the place.
u Jockson was recalled, and
~ enxious to explain every
u nd he had about three
poUn0o of stars in shells and
behk - place. In the aunex |
pttMeAty- tive pounds of stars.
1Atitn Of these stars will not
ara The barrels which eX.
iths huilding were three in
-On6 containing ten or twelve
{ taltpetre, one barrel of sui
one flled with fuses,
or Jackson then gave before
"a 4 practical demonstration
ctiOn OF the composition of
70 blue and violet stars are |
10 prepared the material
he'd out the quantity necessary |
s-18 grains-and ignitec it
lAtch. 1t burned ten seconds
- Explosion He then took
md struck it with IA hammer,
d being placed on al anvil, |
60oated with a sharp report,
Bolaimed, proved what he had
as 10 its action.
NJ. GrisCOm, u chemist, said |
1.-The stars were brought up !
toe ignition point it required
N slight conclusion to cause
Mode. He said that the ex-
ing downwards was caused
ICED air. The detonation
41AneOus. Powder could not
iced such results.
II Hill, a chemisf in the EN-
n Repanno Chemical Works,
et the explosion was not a
and was not cause1 by dyn-
rttrC -glycerine. The cause of
pm, III his judgement, was
pr, or ordinary powder. He
Was difficult to account for
Pm, as The materials used by
eckson, according to his tes-
nld not have resulted SO dis.
There may have been some
building uuacCounted for.
at this point adjourned un-
Ieday morning.