Daily Republican., 1882-02-17
FIFTH RD1PIlI
A rEHEIsLE CALI.av.

Immediately FOLLOWING
ton Of the Military Acsd .as dses
last night, Chester was sssI Es
BY one OF the most tsr,,H Htala WY
that acity has ever known D'' "a. .a,aaa,
rles sorrow and anguish ~ winch y
households. The particuls,. .a'
fair ~ learned by a RErro,%1,',s.'t
porter are about as follow. ""''hs|
About 30 o'clock thi, mo,.
Town Hall pealed forth The .nia'e
fire, to which the fremen a a.Aia
worked nobly ali night, n,o "ao
sponded. The DIRE was cmYalNs
in the old Porter Mansion, ', a, q,
and welsh streets, a par, Of vbi w
occupied by q colored famiIv " s'I
by Prof jackson fo- hi. ,, aaas
works. A portion of the , H'1NS
removed and 1t was though, Al 4
boon taken out, and the frs,r., OIL
NO informed worked away urcD,.'
OF their danger. In short ,ima.
the breaking out Of the fire. ,b .u't
slight explosion, UNATTENDED vii
serious results, which was ml",1@
u Few minutes by a terrific e,r'' III
which resulted n The killing nd Ir -' q
ing Of more than ti'ty peop4
Tho scene WAS one of horror nj. Vi
gar description. Houses w,,. a. III
INTO hospitals, and even the p.v.-. 81
were used for this purpose, and ~,
citemenf was intense. Ali tbs ~.
In the cit I were hastily sunpo,g
drug stores were filled with vTa
victims, and the undertak, n Tss \
busy; Everything that could b
by the citizens, was proupry n
every one lending q helping HAIL
The scene II an | arouai Ii,
Hall, where the bodies vera tai,
soon as found, could not be js,.
by human beings. Wive. and an
ran In all directions, frantic win
asking for their husbands and l,,f
The mort heart-rendlng rtr.
witnessed in the City Hall AmEH
brought IN terribly maugsl NJ x Is
moi her came in, having heard |. L
her boy, " sce II it was really TN
was only TOO true and she isll
floor, uttertng terrible sHrieh d
guish. Immediately tollovn,
came the father, who, upon recor
his boy, his grief knew no boussI
he grabbed up his boy, and saM
toor with him in his arms kyll
At every step. To ses them i.
make the blood curdle in yorrl
This Is only one case ont otdry
others being almost as excilin.
The houses In the vicinity Of 4,
rlosion were terribly shaken, nlr
hem being injured beyond M
Window lights were broken oa
he shock was felt a mile iisr
)ne man stated to the repOrp,aG
vas over in South Chester, at Ii. 4
md he thought it WAS an earthila
The building is a total wtek
TRANCE rs 1t may seem, sOu, (
most explosive materials were tn
liter the fire, which were not IilsS
Prof jackson was Telegraph
nd came down from PhlIadeya
Don as the telegram was rad
pom being interviewed BY II Il
.I,AS reporter he stated that b. i u,
My form an idea as 10 the 1L I,
be fire.
He stated that he had not bg i =
featuring fire. works for Seven szs::
asst in this place, but was eIE
making fuses, and that there VIZ 49,
forks stored in the buildItl
lated that he was talking With.
'anhorn, his Superintendent v ssss +
, the building when the fre b. :
iho told him that he weu' ioHb
fix the fire, after which be / !
part of the building al
is superstition that thr WIG ~ 4
own the chimney, forc.Gs TIE I
DOR open and blowing the HiI@ l
as out into the room, wblcl !. !
10 inhammable materials la n
his is the only caute thai 4 =
nagined for the fatal expos! "
neither 1t il a true one or 1A
ever be known n
The articles which expoda
Colored fires" which Nj JH
ated were perfectly harm" 3
70 would have TO reach then
icy would explode.
Mr.. jackson estim ites bl' Nv
1000 To $4,000, with no il'Ih
The only persons empoN
'orks at any time were MI 'h'
n, another young man and W
ell.
KILLED.
Anthony Barber, an exp
,rry Williams, colorod, sever!
, and died in an hour after w
mt; Peter VesCovla, an lam
lily manRled; George ld'Tr,
block, Thoms DonaIdSyLrI'
rson, VIM. Mcneil, John L'-
lillian Woods, IA meDT,
'anklin Fire Company, BrA'~
ed II years; Jas. keStnrr' &
Edward Diess, a boy oH'' .
| W as terribly bruised ald 1@
Ort time. OChers are not cay kk!ss
,over, and AZ fast as they ~'
brought TO the coroner
INJURED. .,r.s.99
George Noblet, severely wa"
William DAItoa, &s
Igineer of the File Depa'IIy
&c President of the Volume si
parlment association OF 'D' n:
.tes, badly injured; WlII, nl.,
!, Henry Woods, JOIN IN ~. pE" I.
I'm Deb avcn, Isaac Show MA
lis, slightly mi lred; VIM ., u"
police officer badly nun
aham, a young lad l' 'o A
n off; VIM. Ford, grocer n n~
Frank Hunter, badly buzz
It, / 10 recover. sad
90 Garre,, a boy, hurt ISc
ylor, William Howell a.
d, a lad; Adam Grehonc ars
IN sor . colored woman na al, \,
re Roy, badly injured ia aud
q ne ,essary, won't Il, ,e. col
Jred woman whose nam n,r
learned had leg and S s'm
u. Ward aud Oliver fO'
' as' Ba TS"na Jr', Mayo, T., Of
called q meeting Of . to-
II at his office this al'riTi, h
citing of the citizens win
table e's Action in regard TO- .I ~
lilies who are thus depli''s,"
' sn pport an! ere ,n in r%Ir '
ices. Most of the il'Jn
poorer classes, and n''
+ be- coroner will empnne.'
rnoon and hold inqn .r'I H ps
!. 10 ""' ,. I of sever