Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1888-03-06
o. H. Hampton's Magazine Of Dynamite
Near Williamsburg Explodes
This Morning.
David Hampton Instantly Blown TO
Atems-Not Shred Of His
Remains to be Found.
An Excavation Twenty Feet Deep Where
the Magazine Stood-Neighboring
Houses Injured.
Conflicting and Confusing Reports. and
General Inquiry From Every
Quarter.

A report WAS heard in this city abou,
10 o clock this morning, that shook the
houses to their foundations, caused the
windows to rattle, and created feeling
of alarm in every quarter, many per
sons rushing to the sidewalk to ascer-
tain il possible the cause of the sudden
and terrible shock. There were various
conjectures IS to the cause, the most
probable OF which was that there had
been . natural gas explosion at Hagers-
town. but it was soon learned that the
shock that was felt for a radius of many
miles was caused by the explosion OF q
large quantity of dynamite. The first
report was that David Hampton who,
with his brother Oliver, make bust
ness OF blowing up stumps and shoot
ing wells with dynamite, went to the
magazine, heated ! almost mile
south of Williamsburg land in which
is generally stored about six tons of dy
namite) to get some dynamite with
which to shoot . gas we'll at II Layers
town. He had . one-horse wagon, and
the presumption is that in loading the
dynami te q jar caused it to explode, and
the conclusion exploded the dynamite
In the magazine. OF course this is con-
lecture, for no one was present when
terrible accident occurred but Mr..
Hampton, and he was instantly killed.
and his remains were blown to such q
distance that they haye not yet been
found. Nothing was left of the wagon.
and the only portion Of the horse dis
covered was its head.
ANOTHER REPORT.
Another report has il that MIR. Hamp-
ton was engaged in throwing out some
frozen nitro glycerine when 1t
exploded. and the conclusion caused
the explosion of the dynamite
When the explosion occurred dense
volume of smoke arose that was seen for
miles distant.
The explosion did considerable dam
age in the immediate neigh borho d.
All the windows in the houses of
Messrs. Jones and Chamness, who re-
sided . halt mile distant, were broken.
and many windows were shattered in
Williamsburg Such was the shock
half . mile distant, said q gentleman
who WAS driving along the pike. that
his horse fell as if it had been shot and
he was SO badly stunned for few min
utes as to be helpless.
Still another report reaches US that
David Hampton went into the magazine
to get the dynamite, and the explosion
occurred while he was in there. Will
liamsburg is excited from center to cir
conference. and there are various YER
sions in regard to the affair.
THE LATEST.
Lloyd Pierce telephones the PALLA-
DUN that the magazine was blown up.
That there was no one with Hampton
1T this time. His remains have not
been found; there is not trace of the
wagon, and of the horse only the head
was found. The ground was terribly
torn up, an excavation being made
where the magazine stood of fifteen to
twenty feet in depth.
Considerable damage to property was
done in the immediate eighborhood.
The residence of Widow Chamness was
badly damaged as was that of Mr.. ones.
There Was considerable damage done in
the way OF broken window glass.
Everybody felt the shock and some
have not yet entirely recovered from
the effects of it,