The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-24

out, one corner wrecked and the chin.
ney blown of. His little girl was badly
used up.
About COO yards northwest ofthe com.
missary is the farm house OF William
Markle, which did not suffer quite as bad
as Millhorn's. This is also on the. west
side Of the creek.
The explosion, rs above stated, occur
red about | 80 o'clock, tearing up the
ground under the magazine to depth of
ten feet, twenty-five feet wide and thirty.
tivelong, twisting, wrencbing and tearing
large trees like pipe stems and filling the
air with debris Of every description, and
not only killing one OF the laborers and
hurting many others seriously, II not
fatally, but creating a panic among the
remainder Of the employees and intense
excitement in the neighborhood.
a BOY KILLED.
Charles Gleck, who was blown to
atoms, was 10 years old and came from
Charleston, W. Va, some months ago.
His body was literally blown to atoms,
and no piece Of his body found weighed
over an ounce, in fact, none OF it could
be found with the exception of portions
OF his fingers, He wore Il pair Of buck
skin gloves, small piece OF which was
found, but no other pieces of his wear
ing apparel.
THE INJURED.
One lrishman, aged 40 years, name
not known, had gash three inches long
cutin the forehead, upper lip cut almost
entirely of, and was otherwise injured.
1t is thought he was mi lured internally,
Another lrishman had his shoulder dis.
located. Another man, unknown. had
two ribs broken and was terribly cut
about the face and body.
One colored man whose name is not
known was injured internally and car
ried to Waddle's house, unconscious.
Four Others were cut about the head,
face and body, and others sustained
smaller injuries.
Miss Munker, McNIanus' house-keep.
er, received terrible blow'on the head,
cutting good sized cash.
John Parrish, colored, had his foot
crushed.
BLOWN THIRTY FEET.
McCann, one OF the contractors, was
blown over into the creek, distance Of
about thirty feet, and strange to say,
escaped with slight injuries.
Drs. Osborn, McGlenn and Findley, Of
Mt. Pleasant, cared for the injured rs
well as possible.
The shock broke many windows in
and around Mt. Pleasant and Emerson,
and knocked off considerable plasteriug,
Hundreds of persons living in Mt,
Pleasant, Portland, Emerson and else.
where drove or walked to the scene OF
The terrible explosion aud will never for
get the sights.
RECKLEssNEss DID 1T.
The explosion was no doubt caused
Dy Gleck's own carelessness. Shortly
before it occurred he was seen breaking
.he lock on the magazine door and enter
with lighted pipe in his mouth. Two
loys, who were with him, say he was
.aking them in to see how the dynamite
worked, but on noticing him smoking
,uey Tilh away anu MeIe NV uNVl nun
lred yards distant, when the ever mem- {
,rable explosion occurred.
A colored man who occupied cot in
.he cOlored mems house was asleep
when the explosion occurred and the |
was demolished, and slept for
over an hour, with his cheek cut. He
was drunk.
Until last evening no one in this vi 2
,inity knewthe exact location OF the eX-
Ilosion, and all sorts OF rumors were
float concerning it. The EXTRLhioEScER
representative, on hearing for certain
y that it had occurred at Long Run,
Sas driven to Mt. Pleasant, arriving at Il
ate hour, where the particulars were
obtained, the vehicle breaking down
When the river was reached.