Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-01
CnN NEW Oa
A Terrible and Fatal Powder ET-
ploSiGl Oh. New York Sound.
FRAGMENTS OF INITIATED BODIES
FOUND HALF A MILE AWAY.
The Methods Resorted to BY a Wife in
Order to Become a Widow.
A LABOR CANDIDATE GUARAN-
TEED GOOD SUPPORT.
Earthquakes in Long Island
and Connecticut.
DEATH OF ANEcRo 1873 YEARS
OLD.
DEATH OF NEcRo 1873 YEARS
OLD.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
L Terrible and Fatal Ex plOsiOn

BARTON, ON THE SOUND IF New YORK,
Sept. 30.--A terrific explosion occurred at
the Ditmer powder works, Bay Chester, on
the Harlem River branch of the New
York and New Haven railroad at 10 O'Clock
this morning, resulting in the instanta-
neous death of four men employed in the
factory. The explosion occurred in the
packing-house, q one-story frame building
20x30 feet, in the center Of the grounds,
and about 200 yards from the main fac
tory, a large building near the water
where the bulk OF giant powder and nitro.
glycerine used for the new aqueduct works
is manufactured. The men we're hard at
work, putting up and packing cartridges,
when suddenly, and without warning, the
explosion occurred, shattering the build
lug to splinters and blowing four men to
fragments. The exploding powder, Of
which there was q large quantity, shot up
into the air as high as 50 feet, and splinters
Of the building were blown over a mile
distant. The names of the killed are
Ernest Dralen, John Rusch, Max Shafbolt
and Mr.. Reinhart. Nothing was left OF
them except fragments OF their bodies.
Their hands, legs, feet, arms and pieces OF
their skulls, backbones and chRrred bits
of flesh were scattered in every direction
from 500 10000 feet from the packing
houses. Max Cruger, the fireman OF the
works, says the explosion was caused by
two men shooting into the building. He
was in the p~acking-house at the time, and
coming out he found two men who said
they were shooting squirrels. He says he
threatened them with arrest when they
became impudent, and the explosion
occurred. The men were seen bur
rying away. r. a.. Stansfeld, Super
intendent of the Thorite Powder Com
pany, near by, picked up a box full of the
fragments of the dead men, and others as
sisted in the work, and the remainder
were all put in a heap to await the Coro-
ner's arrival. One of the dead men leaves
a family in Germany. The others were
single men. Their clothing were burned
to shreds. The main factory Of the
Ditmer works was nearly wrecked. After
the explosion the lower timbers Of the
building took fire and burned fiercely. A
large tree near by was torn up by the roots,
and branches of other trees were blown
away. The ground for half a mile around
was strewn with fragments Of the dead
splinters of packing paper, etc. The VIC
lence of the explosion shook houses in
Barlow, across the creek from Bay Ches'
ter. Many windows in the hotel at Pei
ham Bridge, over a mile away, were
shattered. At Westchester windows III
many houses were broken. This 10 the
second explosion that has occurred in this
factory this year. The one last Winter
blew q man into fragments. Many per
sons living q mile away drove hurriedly
to the scene, and some of them helped tc
gather together fragments OF the deao
men. The windows, sashes and doors ii
the railroad station standing at Bag
Chester, not far from the powder works
were blown to fragments, and the windows
in other houses were damaged, but no one
outside of the factory was hurt.s
An Alleged MurderOus Wife.
RALEIGH, N. O., Sept. 30.-On Thursday
night the store Of A. d. Owens at Cress
we'll, Martin county, was entered by bur
glars. Ovens dwelling adjoined his store,
He heard a noise and stepped to the door,
As he did 80 he saw TWO burglars. One
fred and killed Owens. Since that time
the authorities have been on the track Of
the burglars and the murderers. On
Monday night the Sheriff arrived al
Plymouth with the wife OF the murdered
man and two negroes. One of the negroes,
James Davenport, alias James Ambrose,
was shot and killed. The other negro
made a confession as follows: That Mrs.
Owens had hired them to kill her husband;
that she wished them to drown him, and
prepared water in a barrel for that pur-
pose; that she gave him medicine to put
him into a sound sleep, and three negroes
actually stood by his bedside ready to
commit the crime. Their courage failed
them. Finally Ambrose. some nights
afterwards, catered the store, and when
Owens appeared he shot him. Ambrose
was pursued, and On making a desperate
attempt to kill the members of the
Sherif's posse he was shot through the
heart. Mrs. Owens and the other two
negroes are now in Jail at Plymouth await.
ing trial.
Shocks I'm the Northeast.
PoRT JEFFERSON, L. l., Sept. 30.-Con-
tinuous rumblings were felt here at 9:58
O'Clock this morning.
B%RIDaEPoRT, Conn, Sept. 30.-A &C.
we're shock, supposed to have been an
earthquake, was felt here at 9:57 o'clock
this morning. Buildings were severely
shaken up in the western part Of the city,
and tenants were terribly frightened. In
one house a lamp was thrown from a man.
tel piece and broken. Many people
thought Wiggins' prediction for yesterday
had come to pass. As far as can be learned
no particular damage was done.
New HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 30.-At 1910
o'clock this morning the telegraph opera
tors at Bradford and Bridgeport report
that slight shocks had just been felt at
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sewing machine works in Bridgeport the
shock was distinctly felt, the windows OF
the shop being severely ratified. II is said
that shocks were felt in Westchester
county and portions Of Eastern Connect
cut this morning, due to al explosion Of
dynamite at Bay Chester, Westchester
county, New York.