The daily gazette., 1883-07-14
~ es:==.t'. NlNTED FROM YEs1s.,
TERRIFIC EXPIoe,
Twenty-llve nnnar.. -.


y-nve ,r.. Hundred Pound, a, =
The scene of the explosion Allled
powder mills this morn,uo. ,'u at the DuPI
Early ! edition Of the GAzGTTrs rsu',onel wl ID
= reporter who gained the toIl ii, Sas visited
ZION Slon rom Henry DUPONT T'SSSns shial
CURED about 6.45 O'Clock ,na Is tSSplcsla
honr after the men had popc !, aoeut
Ihe building In which II n, oo " work
press room situated ahn,, ,g M,grurred Is
the office in the upper yara ''' yards
At the time of the acc,,.
Aatlnas Pearl and Patrick I', uai Two
wofk 10 The room ,maraging tia i"a,ey ve
OF power in the presses, abon, ''g !, 'wo ", cha
in all. aoout 800 Dol
., How the accident occurred i mi,
the oniy TWO men who might -. - ulSn0E
were blown to atoms, and or, ,p.o'SllDIy /
OF the men remain over wh; lev
inquest. "nleh tob0
The building was, like all o,b.-,.,
Ine Klnu, one story high and LrV Uall4
tne walls OF which are badly ~u, n. q q
the top stones and roof with ibo elacSe!
tne room are torn into Fragment 'Ou'tn
Mr.. DUPONT stated thar sns' ,tuV
ing everything, would amount 'Do' u II 10
S,OOo and 5000, nd that !, %oI,4 W. oes
about six weeks to repair the d.mId molId
The shock was very severe ,bg ualpage
breaking glasses and shakinp dn,,, ins ,ueu
almost all the houses in the ycjn,u pliSI N
windows were open no damsga
put number of doors on honses wa "s
hundred feet away from the nil. II ol,y
locks and bolts broken off by s',I A. uAa|
shock. " Tue
Thomas Pearl, one of the man
ABOUT 40 years OF age, has been Wv. wo..i
the yards since August 8, 1863 hav'n sya
to this country on the Sth ~ I"na I
year, from Away county Ira.ns lo y
was married and lived wi bi' 'a,u
wife and three children, in a .mai, ,1 'a,l S
short distance from the mill that oy,,I WI
and OF which he was foreman Ha " "
to work about 5.15 a. IN. and tbat !. NJ
his wife saw OF him. Wa W
member OF St. Joseph's Beneficial n
and also Of st. Joseph's Church q GfPl
assistant Patrick Haley, but little conl
learned, other than he was mm,r5sI
about 80 years of age and BOARDED !.
family on the opposite side Of tbs 1
His connection with the works 4 of !
date. =, . . "
Immediately after the explosion val
were put at work cleaning IN tbp
and removing the plaster and broken
from around the buildings and by Il d
nothing remained to show what l,,
accident had occurred but the v,r
the building W ich was wrecked
shattered wood and other debris \
been all cleared away.
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Alexander Billingsly, carter :,
yards, was within 25 yards of the bd
when the explosion occurred, with A
and cart, and was violently thrown \
ground and sustained several severe b
about the legs but otherwise ESCAPED
jured. The horse was turned conn
around but was not hurt and walked
as If nothing had happened. billngsl
removed to his home near the Barlry
where lr. Greenleaf is attending 10 b
juries, which, the Doctor says, will u
fine him to the house for more than az
of days. Several other narrow d
occurred among the workmen and four
layers who were engaged in taking %
scatfold they had used in erecting
chimney, narrowly escaped being d
from their perch, by the shock, the ch
bein only about 100 yards from tie
room.
The explosion to. day was The heata
has occurred for number Of yrar al
CURED just one day over year fDl
time the refinery went up, in Rht
chemist, W. s. Chadwick, was
burned.