Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-03-12
The Great BLOW Up.

The Great Blow Up.
A representative Of the REPUBLICAN,
| walking along with Mr.. John b. Muir.
phey on Tuesday at FourteeDth and
Oraugo streets, WAS informed that there
was the place where three wagons be
longing TO the Messrs. Du Points, loaded
with powder, blew up either ~ or 90
years ago, Mr.. Murphey could not re.
member which, but he knew II was In
the month Of May when the leaves
were beginning 70 unfold themselves.
You see" said Mr.. Murphey,
there were three wagons right close
behiud each other, that 10, - close as
six mules or horses to . wagon would
permit them TO be.
little to the east Of Orange street; the
second right here, where We are stand.
ing, and the third right back there, the
two last fairly in front Of Bishop Lees
house. You see it IL supposed . keg Of
powder sprang leak in one Of the wa
gOns and scattered along the street and
that IL ignited from hois,'s shoe strik-
ing fire from Q stone. The result can
easily be Imagined. 1t was reported al
so that one Of the drivers was smoking
= pipe, bat this was not definitely known.
Did you hear the reports ?"
Indeed did, and / was soon on
the ground, and oh, what sight saw.
The smoke of the powder had not clear.
ed away, but there was the debris OF
three wagons, and IL horses blown ell
to pieces.
all TO pieces. You see how gnarled and
ugly they are yet. Well, that blow up
l.h In.
ford's lot We found the thigh OF
. man as II It had been cut off with q
G .eaver. Pieces Of mules, horses and
drivers were found hanging to the
limbs Of trees in the neighborhood.
II" Right over there at that corner,"
said Mr.. Murphy. "a stable stood at
that time. 1t was almost entirely de-
molished. A colored ostler WAS killed,
and man named 5ilcox ,boeing in the
sArdsn back of ths stable, was killed.
1.-THE front ofBishop Lee's house over
there was completely riddled. but the
Bishop WA ATT, nding an Episcopal
convention in 81 Andrews church At
the time. That little house mp tn re In
the lot, where the Reynolds family re-.
ts'ded, WAS almost demolished, and
Mrs. Reynolds WAS no badly crippled
; that the Messrs. uPonts pensioned her
for life. Mrs. Reynolds died here few
days ago. All the houses within two
or three squares were more or less
damaged, but the DuPonts repaired
them, making many OF them better
than thoy were before and paid all the
bills. They also looked after the fami
, lies left by those who were killed, and
made liberal provisions TO keep then
from want. There was one horse out OF
eighteen that WAS not instantly killed
but was no badly injured that 1t VA
killed TO put 1t out of misery.
Were there three explosions, Mr.
: Murphey and how far apart wer'
I they 2"
0 eyes, there were three Of them, ant
! they suoceeded each other as fast AZ yos
could clap your hands three times"
why, were the wagons 30 CLOSE to
getber p"
The drivers were never permittet
y TO no within forty yards OF each Cthe
t according to the rules. but when the
a got away they did not pay very stric
e attention to orders. Poor fellows, nc
} one of them was left TO toll the cause G
II the accident"
I'll Prank Lesiie's Su aday Magazine
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IL "Love's Harvest" which promises I
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re Mrs. Alexandsr's "Sisterhood OF Spi
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