The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-10-09
TEN PERSONS KILLED AND
TWENTY INJURED.
One Hundred Dwellings Either De-
mOlishod or Damaged,
THE DEVASTATION COMPLETE IN.
SIDE THE DWELLINGS,
Women and Children, Wives and Sons and
Daughters Frantic,

Visit the Scene Of Dlsaster-A Little
Village Almost Wiped Out-Empty
Cellars and a Few Foundation stones
All That il Left-rortlona Of nodiea
Collected, u Limb or an Arm Here
and There and the Trunk In Another
riaoe-Aiany Marrow Escapes,
WILMINGTON, DEL, oct, e,-A terrific
explosion, resulting Ia the loss Of sew
eral liyea, the iniuring Of many people
and the destruction OF much property,
occurred yesterday afternoon At 8i95
o'clock IN tho upper yard Of the exten-
Giyo powder works OF u, /, Dupont Do
NemOura a. Co., ON Brandywine creek,
three miles north Of this city The
shock was keenly felt here and caused
intense excitement, Buildings trembled
and windows were demolished, In
nantly everybody almost rushed 10 the
doors 10 ascertain the cause Of tho dis.
turbanco, There were six reports 70.
eombling the booming Of cannon and
about u second apart. The first thought
was that there had been an explosion NJ
the powder works, but the reports seem.
ing no near and not being characterized
by the usual rumbling aud there being
no smoke visible IN the direction Of tho
mills, u was imagined that the explosion
had occurred IN the CITY, The hazy
atmosphere hid tho smoke and caused
tho reports 20 sound differently from
those Of preceding explosions, Phyh-
clans, who had been summoned by tolo-
phone, and who were soon hurrying
towards the powder manufactory, was
Tho First Indication tho Public Had
Of the exact location Of the catastrophe.
Immediately thereafter throngs Of peo-
plo went 10 the scene Of the disaster
When the Mount Salem Methodist
Episcopal church, mile from the city,
was reached broken frames IN the church
windows told tho tale More than one
half OF the window sashea Of the largo
building were out and those that re-
manned the glass was broken. Soon
thereafter n cloud Of blush smoke was
seon and the smell OF burning powder
was observed, Following u curve In
tho road an appalling spectacle was be.
held, Womon and children, wives and
sons and daughters Of men employed IN
the powder manuf0otury were madly
rushing hero and there seeking informa-
tion about the safety Of their loved ones.
The yard In which the mills stood was
Uttered with debris Of fallen buildings,
and at some places where buildings had
bOen the only trace left was empty eel.
lars and few foundation stones, Tho
little village Of Duponts Banks, immedi-
ately outside the powder yard,
Presented Most Pltlablo Appearance.
A hundred dwellings were either do
molished or badly damaged, Buildings |
were unroofed fronts Of houses were
blown out and wrecked Inside the |
dwellings the devastation was complete. |
The rooms ON the ground floor were |
strewn with broken orockery, crushed |
stoves and remnants Of tables. Tho |
soda mills, large stone building about |
200 yards from the magazines, is |
wrecked, the roof of the charcoal mills |
foil away and the buildings themselves
took fire from the furnaces Effective |
use Of the fire apparatus Nt the works ,
soon extinguished the fires, Where the
corning and packing house stood there
are holes In The ground ten feet deep
The large storage magazine, containing |
several tons Of powder and built Of cor
rugated iron, is situated about quarter
of mile from The wrecked mills. IL
with u smaller one escaped, also the
glazing room and press room. -Four Of
the Duponts md
Several Clerks We're In the Onloo
when the explosion took place, Every
window was blown In and much OF the
foil from the walls, but be-
yond scratches, cuts and bruises no one
was hurt Two hors being driven
through the yard were killed, while
their driver escaped. William II. Green
was working In the magazine that blew
up first, He was packing powder for
the government II is supposed that
his soldering iron became too hot and
ignited the power, Ten men have been
killed; the bodies Of but two have been
found. While daylight lasted portions
Of the other bodies were being collected,
u limb or an arm here and there, q piece
Of the trunk in another place.
Tho List OF Dead So Far Reported.
William r. Green, asoldorer aged 40, leaves
n widow and four children. His body wnB
found whole, but 30 badly blackonod as 10 DO
barely recognizable.
William MedarvcN labOrer, aged 20, single,
head blown Oft.
Martin polan, aged %, employed In tho
grAlnlng mill, leaves family
Jim UOlan, n lnhoror, aged 10, single.
John II. Harrgan, la9orer, married, agod80,
Michael Harrlgan, laboror, D,ln. t..
Patrick Doughcrty aged 10, single,
John Newell, laborer, aged ", loayes .
family
John Herohe, aboror.
Michael lIcrlohe, lRborer
Mrs. Rosie DouRhorty, aged 10, found
crushed by the roof OF her house
All the names given above were men
in and about the mills that ex-
ploded, and, with tho exception Of
Green and McGarvey, their bodies have
not been found.
The List of injured.
Daniel Harkns, aged 70, fatally.
Patrick Gilpin, badly hurt, He was stand
Ink In the door Of his house, NO yards from
the mlllH.
Thomes Dougberty, agcd months, serl-
Oualy injured by having u stove fall on him.
William Iiogue, head cut
Mrs. Llgzo r. Anderson, arm broken and
internally injured.
Hugh FERRY, ribs crushed
James Ward. legs lacerated.
Winfield rhatcrs, eye torn out
In the excitement and confusion IL
was impossible to obtain n complete list
Of the wounded. II Is known that scores
were cut by flying glass and bruised by
falling beams and timbers II ia esti-
mated that between seven and ten tons