Daily Republican., 1882-02-18
FIFTH EDITION.
TH Z INQVEsT.


AAAir-Anotheg body ieuad IL
the hsi9s-The condition Of ths
|, WOuudtd The OpiniOn Of she
People I1 Rsx srd - shs Affair.
A representative Of the RErrBLfcAN
again visited the scene of destruction
this morning aud found ths ruins In q
, diiapidatei condition. A line OF hose
WAS run from an adjacent fire plug into
the cellar Of the building, for III, pur'
pose Of flooding the same, 10 order to re
move al explosive material that might
srIii OB IN tho ru, ~. III. place is strict.
u ~ guarded by polio, cffieers, who for
hid all persons from going near the
doomed building, 1t Wa, stated 10 the
reporter that live kegs OF powder were
sIil III the magazine, which IL situated
in one part VI the building
1t Is not known posEve,y whether or
not there Is any nitro glycerine in the
building but tho utmost caution Is now
observed, In order that ii there should
be any, anu another explosion Occur,
there Will be no more loss OF life. lum-
an gore Is streEn promiscnou sly around
the vicinity Of the fire, and marks VI
bloo' were se-n On shutter Of u house,
near by, wher.a mans brains had be 81
nur'ed, the sight OF Which was sick.
-ning IL tne extreme. The dead body
OF Joseph Jones, II lad about Il years
old, was taken irop the ruin, this morn
inS. His body WAS badly burnt. He
resides At Tenth and Parker streets
Photographers were engaged this
morning. pho;ographiug tho luins.
! I"i, SAD All ar has cast a gloom over
The eutire cnnuunlty, and sadness Is
depicted on every hand. The coroner
la vlesei fourteen deal bcdies, when
the III 'covery of Jono, VAS reporied.
1t had been siasel that William
CoSan vas one Of the men killed. but
up 10 a late hOIr last night ho was still
alive
James Cakes, reported by SON. OF
the morning papers a. dead, was still
alive u; ten o'Cllrk this morning, but
1t was said he oannot recover. as his
entire chin /, tori OIL and he is other
wise Injured about the body.
CoRoSER's INVESTIGATION.
AT 1879 o'clock Coroner Qninby
cat!ed TIE jury to ORDER AMI Ewood !
Wilson, Esq, Of Media, condu"Uei the
examination. Mr. y. 5. Walters, being
duly sworn, testified AS follows:
When the fire bell was raging, | |
went down TO Sscoud and Welsh and |
cautioned tie rIelnan 10 g. away, rs
there was danger and that they had II"
business there They would not heed |
my warming, but kept on and made
tao attachments - TIDE lire plly. just |
AZ N, time the tire broke . II in large
taIn and mat gave lhrm couhtencc
AMI excited thr'u, wAerrupou they
hrose and ran 10 The barlding. He
went home to get his breakfast and at
Ter the explosion his grand children
picked up several cartridges in the
meeting house yard.A cartridge -Xhibi.
Ted 10 the jury. IL vas found in good |
order, ana was OF tn class used in a
Henry Rifle and contained II minnie
bal. ms chur'h yard Immediately
adIpirH the Delaware county bank, on
Make >.reet sq,tare, and about four or
tive squares troin the ire
Thought that the detona'ing stars
could not be made without ch crate of
potash and portion Of powder, thought,
pufaSh wa< more explosive than powder
Prot. Jack On arrived AT thl, Juuctnrr
ana rNllhIted "A can which ,ntatned
IL" Ntt 5. | va, III a terribly shattered
cpnlltIun.
Mrs. Macy" Brown, who 1--WE. in the
house, teoiIii'H that Sh" Acari noise
ana saw smoke; picked up her child
and ran on; saw the fro ait r wards
rooms were Used for thr manufacture
of fire work. sp.pul n AR trnut n,,l |
back rNuns; "fre making railroad sig
na!s four persons employed IN the
building.
frol' Jackson recalled and explained
the nature Of IAe lDt-o- OF raj road zig.
nals and what they were coup, ,c'! II.
Mrs. Brown STA Ell thai she vas EN-.
e"s'" III P""''E we e"p"S III tne cape;
on hand A. any one iim,; sta 81. thar A
small quantity Of frames used m maxi
ing lire. works were stored IN the attic,
Thomas Lytlc, Ca'ln,. and testified
that he Iivel on Second street 80 wards
from the factory; heard III. explosion
the frag 'u"nts blew in every direction q
and killed aev'al who were near me
did not know whether IL, fir. caused
the eN plo1iou in the small builljup .
or not, nut Judged it did; the nr.t tx,
ploaion WAS at 10, the second about a
nalf nour Afterwards: thathild about II
minutes following t
William Ewing called and testified.
worked AT the store hnu...' y han ,L,. .;ra 4
alarm wAs auunted; the first Jaw wns s
fire works shUuriug from the windows. a
assistant engineer Of th. fir. a..
partmput; saw bowler taken thnra
{ r. the rast two wears abont ,w,n. -
month. Two tutArc, k.,q r. ,ntgir ,h.,,, =
- or 20 pounds, last Wrdu,,l,yri,h, b
received a consignment wL,rh c,n.7.,. II
eli Of about rhrce kegs Of po.G.r and d
large keg: he did not KNOW The r,n, " $
oft. '''''''' /
n,rvr,xe o,.ru, ,u,,o :.
VI ~ '''''' VI INV PEOPLE !,
From the testimony oG the witn4sses g
an III III" ol iuinu ol several persons Ii
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