The daily gazette., 1882-02-20
CRESTE
ANerMER DEAD sODV FOUND.
WHAT HAS DEEM DEVELOPED BY TIE
INQuEsr--nuRtAL or TWO or
TEE VICTIMS, tftt

| II years, who was employed ln the hard. |
ware store Of E. ID. Sparks Il Co.
At the COroner's inquest, Saturday, !
the first witness was Ar. Y IS. Walter, |
who produced . carlridgs-such ~ ID
used Id Henry rdes-which had bee,.
found with Q dez9n others In yard |
cfose by. ThOa. Lytle saw threa ex-
plosions In the building. WIN. Ewing,
.Assia,ant Engineer Of the Fire Depart
msnt and an employee At the freight!
wharf, testified that the company for |
which he worked received powder for
jackson. The last lot was delivered on |
Wednesday Avening. A barrel Weighing
about 100 pounds, The contents OF which |
the witness did not knew, was delivered |
at the same time. o. @. Mcclure, q /,
fireman, said rockets nnd roman candles |
were shooting Ia ALL directions. 5. Q.
Hall, agent OF the Chester Steam Packet |
Company, said on Wednesday Jackson |
received enc barrel OF strontia, two
boxes Of drugs, two kegs Of potash AID
three kegs Of powder. DIR. J. r. "A.
Forwood had attend several OF those
wounded BY the explosion. Among the
eases was \ compound fracture Of the
arm Of q man named Gibbs. Besides
the fraetare there was . small hole in
the arm, very similar 70 one made by
bullet. The hole Ii the clothing cores
pond very closely TO one made by ball.
Jonathan J. GibUs (cOlored) was struck
by q ballet In the arm. Other witnesses
said Van H0Tn,au smplOyee had assured
the 1rsmen thai there was NO danger.
Van Horn was brought inLu the room on
the arms oftWo policemen, being so
eIippled and weak from Il jlries rec, ived
that he was not able to walk. H. said
be first heard slight explosion and on
going upstairs found the rooms filled
with smoke. Thinking there WAS no
further danger aftsr the explosion he
began removing the e. ats from the 5rst
fOor aud was 81 engaged when the fire.
men arrived. He 10 d them there Was
no powder in the place. Two or three
men volunteered to help him, and while
they we're tAkir 8 out the cutting maching
the fatal explosion occurred. He ives
thrown to the d or ard rendered insen-
sibl.. He told the ChIet Engineer that
there we're no explosives 10 the place, as
he had removed everything. No nitro
slycrrine tad been about The plac', ner
had any cartridges been made there dur
ing the few years he had been employed
by jackson.
One Of the Witnesses, VIM. Pennell,
then questioned Van Horn a. follows /;
MIR. Pennell-Did you not tell me
it Was safe to 20 back aud helI you
out with the machine l passed
through the building that was blown
up, aud it was your sta.ement that in-
duced me to go back. asked you
whether there WAS anything that
would explode, and you said it had all
gone of In the second explosion.
Witness-Did say there was noth-
ing more to explode IN the bnIldingi I
! Mr.. Pennill--I asked you whethsr
there was anything explosive in the
building, and you said it all went of
after the second explosion.
WitnOss-I said there was nothing
more down stairs. When asked the
men to come in and help me get the
machinery out should have gone into
. that room myself and taken the stars
/ ont; was so fearless OF them.
Mr.. Pennell-Why did Mr.. Dolton
!. 90 TO you after the second explosion
, fer second time?
t WiLness-He came TO me and SAID :
"Dldn't you say there was nothing
/ more explosive in the building" and
/ | said, "No, sir; said there WAi
nothing more explosive down stairs.
There was nothing else in the building
TO explode but the stars, aud TaI
not afraid of them.
U With the discovery of the last body
+ the death list numbers fifteen, William
! B. Franklin, William CoWau and
r James OAkes being sLill aliYe, instead
/ OF dead, ms reported late ON FRIDAY
b night, but their condition il such thai
Lb their r oovery is said to DO extremely
doubtful. There are at least hall
. dozen others among the Injured, whose
& wounds, it is thought, will prove IA.
tai.
The scene of the ruins was visited
= By hundreds of people on Saturday
i and yesterday, and persons who welt
: present and witnessed the explosion
= !ere soon surrounded by interested
! throngs, and pressed to relate thu
pRrtionlals. The damage done tC
y some Of the houses was repaired, anC
y the pools Of blood "ashed from tn,
Z sidewalks and steps. II was com
mon thing to meet persons on th
= street with bandaged heads or arms D
y cut or bruised faces Additional sub
y scriptiOns have been received, an,
p every arrangement possible has bsc
made by the Relief Committees to as
IN aist those 10 need. The Chief of Pc
% lice stated that there was MT a sIngl
AT property owner among the killed an
wounded, aud that the majority G
St' them were in needy circumstances.
FUNERALS OF TWO VICTIMS.
Thomas DonAldson, one Of the vi,
Tins, was buried, yaSterday morning
'u- from the residenGs Sf his unt le, GU Ks
lin street, bttween Front al SsoonI
ut Rev. Mr. FrAim, of THRIFTY NJ. e. chnrol
,rs conducted the Aeryices In an imprsssi v
manner. The iDterment took plaoa
~ Chester Rural Cemafery and a. largt
~ !, attended, al! the city hrs oump Ani'
70 t1rnIoR ou..
WIN. Wood,, anotner victim and
"a member OF the FrAnkl. n FlIe Coup n!
~ was burIe ! 10 tns afts rnOOD, from b
IaLe residence, on Fnlton ste ct, nel
ui- SECOND. The local hre Ompani
YES turned out. ami the attendance W ~ N
nj use. About thirty msmbers of II
al Water Witch UempaRY, of Ihis city, =
II, tended this fluaraI, and tuned o.
- wlt1 thA Haul y Hoe.
~ The other victims will be buried th
~ aftevnoen.
oil The suD ,cripiions for the relief of Il
sutie ers aud their ia niles amounted