Daily Republican., 1884-03-31
|ERRIFIC EXPLOSION
[..or,.NpIouNDs or NJ
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nrsIRGCJION.

a "a o'cIcck last sa'urda
, lV ;, sr,tic '' .srlosiop, occu n Re
|E s ,a "'', CD, mical Company
k' I y for The manufacture {
" a.riue 10 and situated at Th ",, !
y y'e'' n. j nearly opposite, o .nt,
'"'n n,r 40 were killed ana . s''
* x. p founded by the flying lIat
ard The shock was ''''"'''
I've miles distant nam, NH
,at;n. Of two Of tn men WIN
I lTI' u we're 81 forced two feet ace
, ,"u and the others lay wner
II"s r had left them !, sc G .dIs
ID although there was haId'y;
' AIR. bodies thai was not pu'
20, IN belonged 10 the firm OF =
|'u, de- Nrmon.s & Co., OF ,u ID,
u Ia amorg,te killed was Lam ammo
a member OF the third genera
,L a ''r family. He wa. 63 year
!, H I'oye. a family consisting Of I
ID five childr n. ~ u;u
u ,,"' rnt Of the works; Georg'
farnan Henry l.. Norcross
hO,s, Louis Ley, laborer' an'
s y Of St. Louis, travelling
If Inc Com pany, who had no
he work. un hour when I'M
II happened. ,o.;,,, /,
avn, but is supposed TO hav'
rr the ingredients heating ant
fire while being mixed, bu
theory is that they were trying
,u,r tie explosive without Thu
re Of sulphuric acid, or at leas
decreased amount. This acid 70
be hea', and its removal may
,ducfd combustion.
nrrylous TO the explosion w. ii.
an employee Of the. Company
,alairg at tone distance from
r.gIyaIinc house, when he raw
Norton rush out Of the building
n tova,ds the hnisnrts ONCE. ne
m Superintendent Hill and PIesi
porr enter another house just
Nn finding his superiors at the
norton turned back and ran
st,td 10 the nitrO.glycerint
going in on a raised tramway,
int before Inn DUPONT, Hill,
or ro4s entered from the other
they had trtn that something
h ug In u moment, while Norton
! !. in the doorway, a terrific ex-
took place, throwing the heavy
II high inIO the air. AckersOn,
ht o! the company, was about
'ut trom tie structure, hut Was
y killed.
typ mrI inside were torn In a
uanHcr and covered with deb
Is norton sT.d by On his way
my called ont to lin to know
as the matter. Norton looked
j, shoulder with n cOmiCa! grin
.ed back that the place wac on
tatnurt Jackson heard the noise
krtrd iron Li- own building, but,
Ding to UNDERSTAND what was up,
pack, Hardly had he shut his
|A,n the explosion occurred. A
bl .a'er Tie air was filed with
irg fragments and the seemingly
tupdariuDs Of the "N. & " house
rl .ravlIg only II heap of bricks
Fd. u der which were the IT.
u' the owner, superintendent,
and salesman. Ley was the
PaN within 100 feet Of the build
y was MOI Instantly killed and he
" my man who're skin was
There were two gashes in his
lean Gu, as though done with a
km't. II IL supposed that the
gas maGr lbe lncisions.
hlD a minute the workmen from
riDihg hGIldInps, accust med to
petr, had reached the wrecked
Pg Physicians were summoned
Pierre an! arrived Ley was dead.
|oEhMtn iound the bodies of Mr..
|llt AID Superintendent Hill bur.
nc'l '"o 'tet under the sand
''ad formed the foundation Of the
ng
Nry says that the burning of the
RI'"rIne through TOO high tenn
'' N W no means UNCOMMON but
'E U"ioFr resulted in explosion at
"oFha, He thinks that after the
"iIr" the two men tried to OK
)" It lunning to an ice house
! 10 gel ice whercwilh TO cool III.
nee Then they ran for help,
t'lIlIl 4 with il, rendered fool
! ) the constant ,rr4.uc. Of dan
I'LL tldpavul,d To aver, ,hmr
IN " inomtn, after five of them
'Id and the sixth wns diving,
Erpanno Chemical t,on'r,,v
boat six hundred ,rre. I'd lana
npsol $ Point. on which ,h.r.. !.
aay nothinp but ,leir hu,idino. 80
IIeSt railway Satan ~ Gihhs'
:, j., on ,i,c nelawa,. p,,n.
at and anou, Two nilrs ,ro,, ,ha
TIE great, plumber nt ,ha .,,
: reside IN I,,urnrrny. ,,n,,
4 special train uy,rth4 De,a,pa,n
E"Iroad carries ,L.m tn ,h.,r
WY morning Al I o,rl,rl, pnL
'hGn tack AZ + o'rlock :, Nh.
~, WV
m.ting in which the ex,los;o,
= was about 20 icol SQUARE. with
r'pu in tn. rear ahnmt ia,,n
rs of the first story were hniI,
q stone, sunk two feat h.in,v
'IoI the ground, and RISING siv
%e it. There was a snacs ho
he walls which was fI,.1 ~,
sry backed send, Tba s.cora
! the house was constrnct.d
Of Wood, and ON arrnmn,,f;,,|
,umlation Of sion. and ' % ,,s
trcm all vibration anu SA'"'
ice to the upper rnn,, vh.,o;,
we'd tho .xpIo.iou ,,,,k ,,',, ~
ned by IA ti,pl, uf ,,,sn. a. ,'" ~,
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