Evening star., 1886-09-30
And the Country Shak en- for Miles as by
an Earth0U make.

BARLOW, N. Y, Sept 30.-A terrific EXPLOSION
occurred at the Ditmar powder works, at Bay
Chester. on the Harlem river branch OF the New
York and New Haven railroad about 10 O'Clock
this morning. resulting i'm the instantaneous
death OF four men emplowed IN the factory.
Ihe explosion occurred in the packIn house, a
- one story frame building. % by 80 feet, in the
rom the main factory, u large building near
the water. where the bulk of the giant powder
ana al,. ,ni;,roglycerine used In the new aqaeduct
works Is manufactured. The men were hard at
WORK putting up and packing cartridges when
suddenly the explosion occurred, shattering
to fragments. The exploding powder. of which
tnere was large quantity, shot up i'm the air
70 height Of fifty feet, and splinters OF the
building were
BLOWN MILE AWAY.
The names of the victims were Ernest Dralen.
John Rusch, Max Sbafbolt and - Reinhart.
Nothing was LEFT OF them except fragments.
hanos. feet, legs, arms, pieces of skulls, back
IN every direction from $40 to 900 feet from
The packing house. Max Cruger the foreman
Oh the works, says the explosion was caused by
Two men shooting into the building. He was
In the packing house, and on going out saw the
two men, VINO said they were shooting at
SQUIRRELS He says he threatened them with
arrest ana they became impudeut As the
explosion occurred the men were seen hurry
Ing away. X. II. Stansfield, superintendent OF The
t tnoliee foWoer company, near by, picked up q
FRAGMENTS OF DEAD MEN.
number OF others assisted in the work. and
the remains were all put I'm a heap 10 await the
action Oh the coroner. One man had q family
I'm Germany and the others were said TO be
single. Their clothing was burned TO shreds.
lhe main factory OF the Ditmar works was
nearly wrecked, one end of the building being
Diow TO pieces exposing the interior. Alter
the explosion the lower timbers OF the building
TOOK nre and burned fiercely. A large Tree
near oy was torn up by the roots and humber
OF other trees were blown away The
ground for halt q mile was strewn
with fragments OF the dead, splinters,
packing paper, etc. The violence OF
the explosion shook houses In Barlow, across
the creek from Bay Chester. Many windows
In John Elliott's Bay View hotel, at Pelham
bridge, over mile away, were shattered. Thos.
Dlhwoodies' BLACKSMITH shop at West Chester
was shaken Violently, and windows I'm many
houses In the same village were broken. This
Is the second explosion that has occurred In
these works this year.
THOUGHT IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE.
NYACK, n. Y, Sept 3O.-Just before ten
o O'Clock this morning heavy shock, resembling
an earthquake, startled the people here. The
colored population were frantic. One colored
family named West ran from their house
was an earthquake from Charleston, when the
bead OF the family cried out "Wi-ginsr The
shock Is supposed TO have been caused by q
neaNy explosion of dy naInite somewhere.
FELT FAR OVER IN CoNNEcTIcUr,
NEW HAVEN, CONN, Sept 3O-At 1910
this morning the telegraph operators at Bran
iord and bridgeport reported tnat slight shocks
hau just been ielt at those places, Al the
Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine works in
Bridgeport the shock was distinctly iell. the
wlnuows OF the shops being severely ratlled.