Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-17
SHAKEN BY DYNAmITE.

Johnsrown Thrown Into Excitement by the Use of Too Heavy Charges of Dynanite-Wtn6ows are Broken and Buildings Damaged-sSeneral Mana ger Fulton PrOtests-Six Bodies Re- covered Yesteraay-The Debris on Fire.
 JoHNsrowN, June 16.-Major Phillips dy- nervous terror all day and this evening Gen- eral Manager John Fulton of the Cambria Iron company dictated forcible protest to Governor Beaver stating that the mills and offices of the company were being ruined by the blasts; that Adjutant General Hastings had paid no attention to two requests fer it's discontinuance and that the State would be held responsible for any further damage done. The message was filed in the telegraph office with instructions that it be put upon the wire as soon as another blast was fired. In the meantime Adjt. Gen. Hastings had gained communication with Maj. Phillips and an order to discontinue the blasting went into effect. The message did not go to the Governor, but General Manager Fulton showed 1t to the Associated Press represent ative and said: "I do not hold General Hast ings responsible for this dynamiting. It Is
 
 heavy blasts so near valuable buildings. My superintendent reports that the damp walls of the mills are giving away under the shocks and here in my own office the ceiling has opened quarter of an inch within the past three hours. Buildings in Johnstown are in too delicate a condition to be trifed with by dynaniters."
 Major Phillips has been engaged since Wednesday in blowing out the wreckage in the channel of the Conemaugh above the Pennsylvania railroad stone bridge. He was anxious to have passage for the water by this evening and to that end put in 500- pound blast of dynamite at noon. The blast was placed under two buildings one of which was lying upon the other and both of them covered with logs. The explosion was terrific, and one log, large enough for main mast, was hurled three hundred feet in the air. The next blast not being so deep was 400-pounder. This one did all the damage. The report was awful, and the strongest houses in the city trembied like leaves. All the glass was blown out of the windows of Odd Fellows Hall, which seems to have stood over a strata of unusual dis turbanoe. In the same neighborhood the rear wall of the half wrecked Catholic church fell upon the Baltimore and Ohio tracks blockading them. Chimneys rattled down all about, and dishes were broken in houses in Kernville, half mile away.
 When asked about the matter Major Phil- lips said: 'We have used only ,000 pounds of dynamite to-day; I have ordered several tons of it. The charges will not be so heavy hereafter. had no idea we were doing any damage. So far es know, no persons were injured" Soon after the last blast, which opened the channel of the river, the logs formed in the gorge. A gang of lumbermen were put to work with cant hooks to clear the stream.
 Six bodies were recovered to-day and were buried without identification. Tonight 15O barrels of oil were emptied on the drift and ignited. The wreckage is buring fiercely for goo yards and the whole valley is illuminat- ed. The debris was searched previous to be- ing fired, but no bodies were found.