Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-16

tho puNJ VI afb. Itost ". ~ iuKnefty WI
viewed In house on the east side OF til
Brandywine, whepcs it had been IL
\ moved.
Wiliiam McGarvey's body was at til
70 }ldence of bis aged father, who cam
over from ireland year ago to live nea
bis aon. 1t WAS laid ont in handsom
cashet, covered with black cloth, but Wa
terribly mutilat4d.
The body OF ihs babe, Thomas Dough
erty, was at Rock.and, to which place tn
jury PROC aeded.
Patrick Dougherty's body was at Ere,
Fork near Christ Church. II was also see,
end WAS not mutilated.
RESISTING THE LAWS MrNroNs.
TIE jury then desired 70 visit the scent
OF the explosions aud view the ruins
Members Of tho firm objected strongly ia
this aud claimed that there was no neoes.
sity OF doing go. II WAS also sugzs sted
hat the coroner visit the ruins alone.
Mr., Gamble, however, insisted and per.
mission was then given. Tho coroner
and the jury entered the yard and went
over the ground whore the powder mills
had formerly htood. The jury expert.
snced considerable difficulty in getting to
the office of the Arm. Their carriage
was stopped near the new office, by one
OF the guards, who after aome persuasion
permitted them to pas.
The case 10 g difficult one ON the ma.
terial witnesses are dead. After reyisy-
Ing the ruina the jury adjourned to meet
OF the call OF the coroner.
BuRYISd THE DEAD.
William X. Green's fnnesal took place
yesterday week. Services were held
IN lumanusl Clurch on the Highlands
and lntermeut was made at the Mt. Salem
cemetery.
DISCHARGES GUN.
John and Amos Anderson, two men.
We're gunning in field across ths creek
when the explosion occurred The latter's
gun was at full cock, and the cor cussion
SACKED down the hammers, cischarging
the contents of both barrels.
HUMAN MISSILES FL1aHr.
a farmer living about two miles from
the scene Of the disaster was standing in
front of bis ho1se when the explosion &C.
Cured. Directly after the report and
shock an object WAS discovered sailing in
among the tree tops, ard striking limb
! fell with dull thud 10 the ground nc
he farraer's feat. be hastily took it up,
md was mortified beyond expression to
lnd It be human hand, disinte-
grated portion Of 0ne Of the unfortunate
nen in the exploded mills.
a COMPLETELY wREoK&D HOUSE,
One of the most completely wrecked OF
ne damaged build nRs is the residence OF
TlIatQIn EllAN 9fu 40 ~
overlooking the mills, about 200 yards dis
ant, TO the south. II 10 long two.story
trueture, hav ny originally comprised two
Weillngs, and is built of stone, the walls
Sing two feet thick. 1t was plastered out.
DE. BY the force of the explosion the
NICK walls We're cracked and shattered to
lch IN extent as to be useless. The roof,
xeept small section, was torn of ami |
Jumped into the back yard. A front porch |
nd three sheds In the rear Of the house |
ere reduced 10 piles OF lumber. Only one |
.lndow shutter remained intact on the front |
! rae house ano another hung by single
lnRe. The others were torn from their
.stenings and blown away. The window
iehes and both front doors have disap.
sared to the Inst vestige and one door
anne was also blown out. The floors were
ppeo up al over the house. A heavy ex.
nslon table was hurled ACROSS the room
pom lounge ind nearly every piece OF
.rnlturo, including a piano, was badly
oxen. One OF the beds bent beneath a
lge hea OF stones and debris. 10 fact the
ructure has bsen rendered worthless and
Ill nave to be entirely rebuilt.
MINOR NOTES.
A large stone was driven by the force
the explosion into the trunk of q tree,
feet from the ground.
A stone weighing 25 pounds was driven
rough the side of house and cut three
lists in partition in two.
Thousands of visitors fiocked towards
Points Banks on Sunday. From the
u back OF Rising Sun passenger railway
4tion continual professions were seen
canning IN black lines over the distant
liz and green fields, making the detour !
wards the location of the mills disaster.
lere were two main lines OF pilgrimage,
Q following the road through Rising
n village along the county road to a I
INT where short cut through meadows
d felds of winter wheat struck the I
Font road to Rocklands. But there
guards were met, and the pilgrims 2
d nothing to do but return. The other n
lte led by st. Joseph's Church, past 4
J reped.off entrance to the du Pont b
vate road, opposite Victor Sterling's ii
'cery store, then on along the pike to
ntchanin station. This vas not the b
pular route. But the knowing ones ~
< 1t, and succeeded by crossing the II
dge and thus gaming RookiRnd, the "
Pont guards were fanked. Although Il
irds were placed there and along the
Dds, the Gordon line was too long for ii
ctiye results, and numbers of visitors VI
he past and succeeded in gaining d
ess TO the banks of the Brandywina, lii
nediately opposite the site of the ex- Sc
sion. Here complete view was OBJ tv
able. pl
uring the whole day tho City Pas at
ger Railway Company ran the Rising th
cars in double sets. At the sdings II
lg tho route four cars laden to exoess pr
Id meet. At the middle depot until III
In the afternoon there was an ever II
tent crowd awaiting transport either be
!, to the bSnks or else on return. we
ce ottioers were stationed at the dspot ha
no disorder was reported. The COM ye
carried about 5000 passengers yes. bu
~. we
oout s p. m. rain which had threat ale
all the afternoon began falling. It the
Its immediate effect, and the pas an
er traffic was all one way, that is the
eward. the
addition to the numbar Of visitors GA
ported by tho railway company, mo-
ably 2 600 more were carried to the grs
OF its immediate vicinity by hacks sto
private conyeysnces. The number clio
led to be carried by the railroads lun
steamboats, from Philadelphia and alto
outside points has besn exaggerated col
night be counted almost by the hun
, instead of thousands.
tyices were held Sunday in Christ job
,opal Church, Free Park. Close, u
st under the shadow of the steeple,
10 cosy little cottage of Patrick r
herty, one OF the victims of the ~.
sion. The Rev. Hamilton Bartlett ~