The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-29
RAINED IRON ALL ROUND.
no JUSrIN'S DYNAMITE SHE'LL
BURsTS A 12-rON GUN.


,,,s of the Metal Found a Mile or
To Away-A Previous Experiment
c,,ccessn1l-Dr. Justin Hopeful in
site of AIishaps, and He Will Try It
Again.
From the Netc York Sun.
c,-p.c1rsE. Aug. 26-Dr. Joel G. Justin,
49, drnar,ite experimenter of this city,
- a third tess of his dynamite bomb
I'LL at Perryville this afternoon. The
-as,,lt was that the twelve-ton gun which
10 raceutlv obtained from Boston was blown
- thousand fragments in the presence
s. ~ lalst 200 SPECTATORS. Nobody was in
- INIT the pieces of cannon are scattered
III oya- a circle with a radius Of two
-,i,os A number of pieces barely
-.;.s,1 the heads of some of the specta-
81, Their escape is considered almost
...;roonlous. The cannon was placed for the
a--rsriuent in deep gorge about mile
- from the village OF Perryvllle, but two
,iecas we're seen flying over the village, and
~ came down in a tree top between the
onT station and the hotel. The inhabit-
- are very much excited, and it is doubt
si.I If thew will allow the experiment to
- made again i'll this vicinity, although
tue rrorect!on afforded by the rocky ravine
,tonld seem to be almost perfect.
JTket DR.. Justin was trying to do was to
80 that he had invented a bombshell
Il,-bich could be filled with the strongest kind
Of Ivnamite Is per cent nitro-glycerine,,
ord 20 thoroughly protected that it could be
y,r,iected from an ordinary cannon by the
f,rca nj gunpowdar without exploding the
I'll in wi IN
30 substance outside. DR.. Justin's
5Iar is 10 project the shell any dis
80 The cannon will throw it, and thus
80 Ir+lonize heavy warfare The cannon
nod to-day was twelve-foot rifle barrel
In njpe-inch bore. II weighed twelve
tons and had been tested in the Boston
Yards with forty-fve pounds of cannon
117yydar behinl a she'll weighing 375 pounds.
The shells to-day, when loaded with dyne-
mite. weighed 29j pounds each, and were
projected by thirty pounds of ordnance
powder.
tho inventors efforts. Preliminary to the
governments a slight charge of powder with
wadding was tired to clear out the bore
Next a Shell exactly of the weight and style
of the dynamite shells was fired. 1t was
filed with sand and sawdust to make up
for the weight of dynamite to be used.
Thirty pounds of powder were put behind
il and il was fired to prove that there were
no structural features Of the she'll without
dvIamiteD TO explode the cannon. No i'll
effects were produced. and then the same
kind Of a shell, containing fourteen and
quarter pounds of dynamite, was put in the
cannon with the same amount (thirty
rounds of powder behind to project it.
The saell lef5 the gun as handsomely as
the first had done, and was banged with its
load Of dynamite up against a limestone
cliT, 10 fee5 high and a third of a mile
away, which was used for q target. About
two seconds after the discharge of the
cannon the explos on of the shell was heard
nearly as loud is the noise Of the gun had
been. TIE ha,h was distinctly seen as it
struci; the rock, aud then the air was filled
with sand and dirt aud flying rocks from
the dynamite explosion. the test had been
thorough success thus far, and cheers
rig "a. from the surrounding hill tops,
whore most Of The spec atorS had assembled.
Dr. Justin was warmly congratulated by
} is friends " O had gathered around him.
AID lrepaI atoms were speedily completed
FIR shooting a second shell Of dynamite, &c
PUT success beyond a doubt. The people
lgIn fell ack to give the machine a wide
berlh and fuse was applied. The dyna-
mite shell never left the cannon at all, but
TRY, and took the cannon with it in thou
sand pieces in as many dire tions. The
earthworks which had been built went III
II a cloud Of dust, t. king the hopes of DR.
Justin with them. A number OF the spec
IA oTs narrowly escaped. If the second Shot
had been as successful as the first it was tc
have closed the experiments of the day, aud
general invita- lions would have been issued
t. government authorities and others to sec
hGe oilar shells fired which have alread y
been prepared.
his psns for the future. but he has not
given Up his scheme
How do you account for tina accident?'
asked reporter
IL very clear to my mind" he replied.
producing piece Of the steel wall OF his
dynamite shell. The shell ha slipped
easily INTO the barrel of the cannon. but the
piece which he produced tore distinct marks
Il inc rtiing Of the gun, showing that the
Seel had been pressed violently against it
from within
You see" he continued, "the inner
Wass magazine holding the dynamite is
enclosed within a shell of steel havino, an
ar space between them. The breach of
sae outer she'll was of three inch forged
s'7e-' ont the SIDES were OF cast steel only
n'Ne-SAIe enths OF an inch thick. Cast steel
u"ayS mas more or less flaws or air spaces.
-. .Hu 'Aere must have been one or more in
ea'a smell, So thin that the high pressure of
pogueI gas forced an entrance to the casing
nau S"elIed 1t out into the riding of the can
nuI so lightly that 1t could not move. The
sunpowder Immediately exploded the can
b 5ou' together with the dynamite. 1t will
sSo iIeCeeSsary to make the body of the outer
tba u tle same material that we used in
sd lieut. Davidson of the regular army,
tSo+ .l at Oswego, was present. He said
mi,o 'f f explosion must have been of dyna-
teriv' d ION tne TACT that the gun was 80 ut.
5Ily demolished. DR.. Justin's bacLarS saw
t lucy VIII get new cannon and continus
S rV 9Ap99nments with shells properly con