The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-10-07
gxPLOsION IN A POwDER FACTORY.
Fragments OF Human Bodies Picked Up Half n
III. rEs Mile from the Scene. 49,.

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Fragments of Human Bodies Picked Up IIaIf a
II u <&r Mile from the Scene. -.
:, BARLOW, N. ", September 30--A ter
rifle explosion occurred at the Ditmar
Powder Works at Baychester, on the Har-
lem river branch of the New York and
New Haven railroad, about 10 o'clock this
morning. resulting in the instant death of
four men employed in the factory. The
explosion occurred in the packing house, a
one-story frame building 20X30 feet, in the
center of the grounds and about two hun
dred yards from the main factory, u large
building near the water, where the bulk of
the giant powder and nitro-glycerine used
| III the aCqueduCt works is manufactured
The men were hard at work putting up
and packing cartridges, when suddenly an
explosion occurred, shattering the building
to splintcrs and blowing four men to frag,
men'S The exploding powder, Of which
| Cncre was largo quantity, shot up in the
air to hcigl.t of fifty feet, and the splinters
OF the building were blown a mile away.
| The names of the victims were Ernest
Dral2n, John fusch, Max Shafbolt and
Kcnhart. Nothing was left of them eX-
cept fragments of their bodies. Hands.
1cet, legs, arms, pieces Of skulls, backbones
| ana charred bits of flesh were scattered in
every direction from 500 to 600 feet from
the packing house
Max Cragcr, foreman Of the works, says
!hc explosion was caused by two Incn shoot
ing into the building. lie was in the pack
ing house, and on going out saw two men
who said they were shooting at squirrels
tie says he threatened them with arrest
and they became impudcnt AS the cxplo
, sion occurred the men were seen hurrying
, away.
, r. Ii. Stansicld, Superintendent of the
lhcorltc Powder Company near by, picked
y up box full of fragments OF the dead
: men. y number of Others assisted in the
~ work, and the remains were all put in a
! heap to await the action of the Coroner
g g One man had family in Germany, and
. the others were said to he single Their
clothing was burned to ShrcdS
The main factory of the Ditmar works
=" was nearly wrecked, one of the buildings
being blown to pieces, exposing the intc-
rlur. After the explosion the lower tim
hcrs OF the building took fire and burned
licrccly. a large tree near by was torn up
by the roots, and a number of other trees
were blown away The ground for half a
mile was strcwn with fragments Of the
dead, splintcrs, packing paper, &c.
| Inc violence OF the explosion shook
houses In Barlow, across the creek from
aychester Many windows in John Ell
hot Bay View Hotel at Pelham bridge
over mile away, were shattered. Thos
|
ter was shaken violently, and windows il
many houses in the same village wcr,
broken. This IS the second explosion tina
has occurred in these works this year.
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T. following list Of entries for the mule rae
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