Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-13
Terrible Explosion.

A FuImfnaee mixing Establishment In East Bridgeport Flown to AtOms-A Young Man Killed and Others Hurt. Early yesterday morning an explosion oc- cured in a small structure used by the Union Metallic cartridge factory, of Bridge port, for mixing illuminate. The building is located in East Bridgeport, near the shore of the Pembroke lake, and the shock of the ex- plosion was felt for long distance. The only person in the building at the time was
 William Hutchinson, jr., young man who
 with his father had charge of mixing the
 illuminate. Mir. Hutchinson, ST., stepped out of the building few minutes before the
 explosion occurred and was absent at the
 time of the casualty. Among the splintered
 debris of the building were found the mu-
 tilated remains of the young man. The
 right arm and leg and part of the side were
 blown away. It is supposed that he was
 carrying the materials for the illuminate in
 box, and either dropped the box or set il
 down too forcibly. Had not the building
 been surrounded to the roof on three sides
 by the earth embankment, the damage to ad- jacent property would doubtless have been
 considerable. Several men in the vicinity |
 Speculation is rife in Bridgeport as 10 the
 cause of the accident. Those who do not
 favor the theory that he dropped the dry full
 minate too suddenly think that perhaps he
 might have stepped upon dry particle on
 the floor, which exploded and ignited the
 remainder. In the building where he was
 the material is kept dampened, and is of the
 consistency of putty; that is the only safe
 way in which it can be worked and placed in
 the caps. He carried into the place pound of dry fulmniate, but apparently with the usu
 al precautions. The man who was standing
 upon the platform of earth, l5
 which was wrecked, was James Loveley.
 He was rRking grass. He says that he saw smoke coming from the house, and it was i'm mediately succeeded by the report. It | seemed as if he were lifted about four feet in | the air, and that the pressure upon his ears | would split open his head, he afterward de- l clared. He came down upon his feet, and was struck in the stomach by small stick, l which did not injure him, however. The
 female employees left the works after the &C.,
 cident, and the factory was closed. This is | only the second man killed at the factory in
 seventeen years, which speaks well for the
 precautions taken, considering the dangerous nature of the work.
 1 As soon as the explosion occurred one of the employees ran to the factory and pulled 1 the alarm. The department responded prompt | ly, but their services were not needed as the
 damage were confined to the bnilding above l mentioned, and no fire resulted from the accident. The remains of the unfortunate
 man was removed to small building adjoin- | ing and Undertaken Ford sent for, who took
 them in charge. Medical Examiner Downs
 visited the scene and after investigating the ! case allowed the remains to be transferred to | the late home of the deceased what is I Enn aa SAA0nrJG inf l MT. Hutchinson was aHout nineteen years l old, and had been working for the company | 8 year and half. Four years ago his father ] came here from England to act as chemist | for the company and lately had charge of 1 the Illuminating room. Mir. Hutchinson, ST.,
 has been in the employ of the English gov I ernment in the same business and brought
 his son up in the avocation. He was an unas | suming young man and highly esteemed. Entertainm ents.
 JOSEPH MURPHY.
 Joseph Murphy will appear at Carll's Ope- | ra House Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday afternoon in Kerry Cow" and ''Shaun Rhue," the plays that have made him famous.
 ORTHODOXY.
 Robert G. Ingerson will deliver his new 1 lecture on Orthodoxy at Peck's Grand Opera House this evening. A large audience will probably be present, attracted by MT. Inger- | soils eloquence and the fame of his new Iec- ture.
 IRISH ARIsTo oRAoY.
 Barry and Fay, the funny Irish comedians, will appear in their new musical comedy, Irish Aristocracy, at Peck's Grand Opera | House, Wednesday evening, supported ry 8 fr1l fine vocalists and the trick donkey Danger. l Reserved seats may be obtained at Silver ! thau's.
 TONY PASTOR.
 Tony Pastor and "his own elegant con- pany" appeared at the Grand Opera House last evening and gave 8 very satisfactory performance. The company is 8 strong one. The performance of Silvo, "the celebrated English equilibrist," was something novel. Other excellent features were the singing of the Martens family, Til's marionettes and the Garnellas. Tony himself was as lively as ever, and his songs were much appreciated.
 BUNCH OF JAYS.
 An unusually spicy entertainment was given at the American Theater last evening, when combination of excellent speciality artists appeared. The Camdens opened with pleasing sketch entitled "On the Mash,' and were followed by some very fine acrobatic maneuvres by the Lamonts. Little Dot, clever little singer, scored 8 hit. The Novelty Four were excellent, both in their specially and in their afterpiece, "A Bunch of Jays" in which the versatile and clever Billy Williams plays comedy part in his own inimitable way. The same billRill be given throughout the week.
 THE QUEENS LACE HANDKERoHIEF.
 It did not take the small audience present at Carll's Opera House last evening long to recognize that the company presenting the opera of the above title was 8 live one and thoroughly up in their business; hit from the start and in reality the most ably render ed piece of opera bouffe that has been given in this city for long season. The charac- teristics of Johann Strauss enchanting music lent additional enjoyment, many of the airs being unusually sweet and pretty. The solos were for the most part admirably sung and the choruses were rendered with fine effect. The excellence of the company showed to sdvan- tage in comparison with the orchestra, which, l however, did excellent work for the first l evening. The plot, light as it is, at this late l hour we have not time to study | or give in detail, but like the usual French l opera it deals with love and nonsense. There ! is just enough raciness to give zest to it and | enough nonsense to bore as we'll as make one l ache with laughter. The cast was good I throughout, the comedians, MT. Greensfelder | and MT. Adolphi, doing some very clever as well as very funny business. Miss Fannie \ Bedding appeared with ease and grace in the garb of young king, and her solo in the last part of the performance was decidedly the gem of the evening. Miss Louise sManfred and; Miss Louise Searle, who has often appeared here, made their parts attractive and pretty and l their special vocal efforts were showered with applause The cast was good, the music was pretty, the costumes handsome and the whole performance carried on with vigor and pre- cision which made it pleasure to all pres ent. The company will appear in the Queens Lace Handkerchief three times more, inelud- ing Wednesday matinee. Each perform ance will doubtless be largely attended.
 MnsOnry Fifty Years Ago.
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