Evening journal., 1890-10-09

down. When the second shock came the
| bowl also turned the same way and
strange as 1t may appear the two fitted
| into each other and still remain on the
side. board in this position, exactly as If
some one had carefully turned them over
aud balanced them upon the lid.
The RockIand Mills Damaged.
At the Rockland mills the explosion
did about 81, 600 damage. Some valu-
able machinery was disabled, all the
window glass was broken and the roof
was loosened. The latter Is supported
by large iron Orders, and had it not
been for this and the strong stone walls,
the mills would have been wrecked.
Coroner Gamble at Work
The following jury was summoned by
Coroner GAMBLE yesterday to hold an in
quest on the bodies: Peter A. Pagan
Harry T. Price of the Morning News, w.
r. Long Of the Daily Republican, ]. P.
Conway Of the EVENING JOURNAL, George
Ferguson, Samuel Durrey, ]. B. Price,
and James j. Toner. After viewing the
body of William r. Green at Undertaken
Mitchell's they went to the Upper Banks.
When the coroner called at the office, and
told the character of the visit the Messrs
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viewing the remains of those
who had been killed. The jury thought
otherwise and decided to view the
grounds as well as the remains Of the
killed. A. d. Carpenter acted as guide
and led the jurors through the place.
Scenes Of ruin and desolation were seen
by them on every side
Viewing the Bodies
The first body seen was that Of Mrs
Rose Dougherty, who was removed to the
house of her son at Charles Banks. This
woman at the first explosion was
dashed TO the floor and the
second shocks hurled her through the
window to pile of stones, where she
lay for sometime before being discovered.
She lived for short time
william MeGarvey's Body.
A walk OF a mile through thick woods
and up steep hill. brought the jury to
the house where lay the remains of poor
William MeGarvey, Green's assistant.
When the cloth was removed the sight
was so terrible that all the men had to
turn away their heads. McGarvey's
dwelling was at Rose Hill
Thence the jury went to Rockland to
view the body of little Thomas Dough
erty. This child was sitting In the win
dow when the shock came and he was
hurled forward and his head struck
stone. He died short while afterwards.
The jury then had long walk back
along the waters of the historic Brandy
wine. Everywhere was visible indica.
tions of the terrible havoc A little be.
yond Christ Church was the house
where the remains of Patrick Dougherty
lay. This was the last body viewed
when the jury adjourned to meet at the
call Of the coroner.
Estimate of the Loss.
The powder mills were built of the
strongest kind of masonary Three Of
the four being built of solid stone, and
from two to six feet thick. The only
thing that remains of them is some
scattered stones, and deep trenches mark
the spot where once they stood
The quantity Of powder in the
magazine is variously estimated
at from twenty to fifty tons. The for
mer is supposed to be nearly correct. No
reliable estimate can be made of the loss.
It is believed to be nearly $1,000, 600.
The powder stored in the building
where the fatal spark is supposed
to have been struck, was of the
highest grade, ard used for government
purposes, otherwise the sccIdent would
not have happened for powder for the
use of the Cover nment is sealed.
Ala From the DuPOn's.
While the families of the ruined ham.
let are bereft of their homes, they are
supplied with shelter. To the east OF
the upper yard and along the banks of
/ In Rran fxyuv inc 10 Of
little cottages. These belong to the
DUPONT Company but have for several
years been tenantless. The members Of
the company have placed the houses at
their disposal
Funerals of the Victims.
The funeral of Thomas Dougherty the
2-year old child who was killed on Tues.
day, will be held this afternoon from
Rockland. The funeral will be in charge
of Charles B. DoughertY of this city.
Interment will be made in St. Josesph' s
Cemetery. The funerals ofRose and Patrick
Dougherty will be held tomorrow morn
ing They will also be buried in St.
Josephs Cemetery.
The funeral of William R Green was
held at o'clock yesterday afternoon and
was largely attended Services were held In
Emmanuel Episcopal .Church, Highlands
interment was made in Mt Salem bury
ing grounds. Mr.. Green leaves two sons,
both of whom are employed in this city.
Incidents.
Thousands left this city yesterday foI
the scene of the explosion. The Whining,
ton City Railway had all their available
cars run out to the Rising Sun and these
were in every case thronged to their ut
most capacity with passengers. On the
hill above the ruined scene several
dozen carriages were hitched in the
woods, their owners were viewing the
scene of havoc.
The scene around the ruins yesterday
afternoon was a remarkable one. On
every road leading to the yard and
storage houses, vehicles of every descrip-
tion lined the fences. and dotted the
fields.
Hundreds Of spectators were vending
their way to and fro, making
every effort to gain an entrance to the
outer yard. Every opening to the yard
was carefully guarded and the only way
an entrance could be effected was by
climbing fence or slipping through q
gateway when the guard was mapping.
This was seldom found the case, as ali
the guards were alert and spoke to the
spectators in pleasant but firm tone of
voice.
They were the most obliging persons
that could be found, and stood there all
the morning answering questions and
explaining all about the accident to
crowds Of people. They repeated the
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