Daily Republican., 1884-03-31

Through q pipe 10 the first tank In tn,
additio down stairs, where 1t wa
washed with sodswater, and theI
drawn into another tank In the sam
room.
The capacity ri the nitro 81 ycerin,
kettle was from three to nine charges {
day, a charge beiag 5000 pounds Of tn,
acid and glyc' ripe, and the average
production was about $4,000 pounds q
lday, hut on several OccasiOns ~ many
IA al, 600 pounds have been made be-
Tween o'clock In the morning and 6 a
night. This IL the first explosion thai
ha ever taken place a. these works
aud IL Is probable that the employee,
became no familiar with danger tina,
they grew sOmsw bat careless.
The Company employees shout 100 men,
and v hen 1t is taken into cOpsit Grafton
that not less than 1000 pounds Of the
deadly compound exploded, having ak.
tseR hundred times the force Of gun
20 WIDER. It seems almost miracle that
only six we're killed
The people of Gibbstown thought at
first that 1t was an Earthquake, and
nearly every house In the place had the
windows broken. The shock was also
felt severely in Oh ster, and In the low.
or part Of that city houses rocked TO
and fro, and many persons rushed ter
ror stricken into the streets.
The report was heard In this city, but
a. pson's Point, where the explo-
sion took place, Is fully twenty miles
distant, its force was spent.
One Of the remarkable features of
the accident was the aptness 9th
which the employees grasped the stu.
alton With superintendent and fore
man dead, their subordinates acted
promptly, summoning physicians from
Philadelphia, Chester and the neighbor-
hood. The tug belonging to the estab.
lishment was despa,chsd At once for
the doctors, and another employee went
TO Paulsboro for Constable Frank Green,
who acts az coroner. Two hours after
the accident occurred, twelve men, all
employees Of the works, had been EN-.
paneled al jury, and q brief hearing
Of testimony resulted In o verdict of
"death from explosion Of nitro glycerine
from causes unknown"
So far as could be ASCERTAIN ed no Of
dent TO its primary cause. Certainly
no effort was spared to prevent Inquiry
into 1t by persons not officials. Every
road leading from Gibbstown to tho
works was picketed by employees, who
carried sticks and st@rnly forbade In.
trusion. They guarded railways across
the road, and were a. truculent a.
though clothed with official power.
Lammot DUPONT WAS the eldest son
Of Alfred DUPONT, and grandson Of
Irene DUPONT, one OF the founders of
the works on the Brandy wine. He was
married in 1865 TO daughter OF Henry
Belin, ofthis city. When the works
were established AT Tbompson's Point
he took charge of them as President of
the Company.
He resided at Thirty fifth and lPowe-
ton avenue, West Philadelphia, and az
soon AZ word of the accident reached
this city several of his relatives left
for Chester, from which place they
proceeded on the tug kepauno to the
works, and last evening took his boiy,
and that Of A. G. Ackersou, to his late
residence in Philadelphia.
Lammot DUPONT Is tho second mem
Der of the family that has met a violent
death, his uncle, Alexis DUPONT, having
been killed about &c years ago by anex-
plosion at the Hagley yard.
Mr.. Dupont's remains will be brought
TO this city for interment, en- the ll.45
u. IN. train Tomorrow.