Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-09

was obliged to escape through II regis.
ter and sustained serious injuries.
Andrew Godfrey, lGcerated arm and
hip y the falling of his house.
! Jamcs Dennisol, found in engine
| room bltied in debris, internally hurt
Frank HALLS scalp badly torn.
Thomas Dougherty, monts cid, sor
Of George Dou4herty. will die.
William Logu, head cut.
John Mcdowell, right hand aud arm
hurt.
ia nes GcClafferty, head cut.
Charles Godfrey arm cut.
Joseph Scho4eld injured about the
head
James Hunter. driver, wounds on
/ head and face caused BY flying debris
A D. Lecarpentitr, hands badly cut
Patrick Oil Ell, laborer. confused and
incisel wound5 Of the head and face.
henry Blidden. l&5orer, general con-
| tusions of the body,
Henry Hollis laborer, serious injuries
! of the head and body.
Annie IIN.Kins, iIGised wounds Of the
| face. head. hands ald upper part of the
body due to her home falling Oh her.
Robert Hunter, workman, superficial
| WOUNDS OF JlS DOuy.
Mrs Moses Moore, left side confused
and incised wounds of the head and
legs
Kate Ward, years old. badly cut
and bruised and possibly internally in-
jured
Minnie Ward, years old, head and
face badly cut, intoinal injuries an |
shock. The physicians have but little
hope of saving her life.
James Bank, workman leg broken
and head crushed; condition critical.
William Casey, aborer, incised
wounds Of the entire body.
William Mckinley, laborer, left side
OF the face cut and leg fractured.
Baby Mcdowell, crushed by falling
walls; in dying condition.
History of the. Dupont Powder Works.
The Dupont powder works were es-
tahlishe in 1872 BY lElenthere Irene Du-
pont De Nclnours, distinguished
prenChman, WlO came TO this country
in liSJ to escape Jacobin persecution
Thomas Jetfe son was anxious that the
works shouli be located i'll Virginia. but
the FreEchman finally selected the scene
of Tuesdays eSplt sion. De Nemour5
continued to conduct the works until
his death, il 1884, when his sons, Alfred
Victor and Gen. Henry Dupont, sue
Ceeled him. the latter becoming the
chief director of the business in 1859
4 he woras furnished the sole supply
of powder for the American army in the
war OF l8 2, having tn n capacity of
1000 pounds day. At the pre- ,ent
time the capacity is over $4,000 pounds
day. In addition to the three sets of
mills, which are running night and day,
on the Brandywine, nine smaller mills
have been started in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey within the last forty years.
The gunpowder produced at the Brandy.
wine mills has been an important factor
in every American war since the revolu-
ton, and also III several European con-
1licts. The Dupont Powder company
owns about :, 1000 acres OF land ;s5out its
works, and the estate of the late
Gen. Henry DUPONT comprises as much
more.
In 1851 three wagon loads of powder,
belonging to the D1ponts, which was be-
ing conveyed through the streets of
Wilmington, exploded, blowing the
drivers and horses to atoms and killing
several passers-by.
On Aug. %, 1857. an explosion oc-
CURED at the Brandywine works, by
which several workmen were killed,
Alexis Dupont, member Of the firm,
mounted tho roof of building filled
with powder and was sweeping burning
brands from it when the powder be-
came ignited, and Alexis was blown up
with the bull ing, not trace Of his
body being found.
The manufacture of smokeless pow
der had but recently been begun at the
Brandywine works.
He, ,rd AMI Felt for Miles.
The explosion of the powder works
was both heard and felt in many towns
throughout New Jersey and dispatche'
have been received from many points
stat, thai earthquake shocks had
been plainly felt by the inhabitanta
1T Classborough, the people were panic
stricken and rushed from their houses
in alarm The earth trembled and in
several places glassware was thrown
from shelves. At Pleasantville, Ham
monitor, Mount Holly and even as far
Trenton, the shock was distinctly felt
and caused great alarm among the peo-
pie. AT Mount Holly the court house
was crowded, and when the muffied
sound was heard, followed by tremb-
ling Of the building, the crowd rushed
out into the open air i'll terror. 1t WAS
some time before business could be re-
Bamed.