The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-09-11
MADE A RAIN OF IRON.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF A BIG GUN
LOADED WITH DYNAMITE.

The Fragments Sent Sky High and Seat
tered over Many MiIes-Nobody was In
jurcd, but Scores We're Scared NearIvto
Death.
SYRACUSE, Aug. 3O.-Dr. Joel G.. JUS
Clh, the dynamite cxperimenter of this
city, made third test Of his dynamite
bombshell at Perryville last Tuesday.
The result was that the 12-ton gun
which he recently obtained from Bos-
ton was blown into Il thousand frap-
ments IN the presence Of at least two
hundred spectators. Nobody was in
Jured, but the pieces of the cannon are
scattered all over circle with radius
OF Two miles. a number Of pieces
barely missed the heads of some of the
spectators. Their escape fs-oonsidered
almost miraculous. The cannon was
placed for the experiment in n deep
gorge about mile west from the vii
lage OF Pcrryville, but two pieces were
seen lying over the village, and one
came down in Il tree top between the
bohit,nt,, ,,,, WV ''''o'' i ,,o III
- ;o Is..,.r 49, ,I'! 'i'"r'' eAci'eo' anu
rs doubtful if they will allow the ex-
pertinent to he made again in this
vicinity, although protection afford
Ell by the rocky ravine would seem to
be almost perfect.
What DR.. Justin was tryinr to do
was to prove that no had invo,to,
ho,,,,,,oi, ,,.,;o,, ,.,, o,'
-, "'ion 'o.'l" w hlieo with
Vic strongest klnd OF dynamite (lo per
cent. nitro glyccrinc) and so thorourh-
ly protected that II cn,,,d ho rrniooT,,,
from, 49,, ,r,,;.,,'.,. ,0iN w p'"'S''eo
"'' v" ''"''i'u! ''iii'oIl ny the lorco
OF EnnpoWder without exploding the
dynamite until il came in contact with
some suhst,nc, ,u,si1n IT, T,at.r,l
,,,r i. =, ,>;,, '"''A'i
,,'''' -, ~ ~ r'''e'r ''ie smell any dlStance
'hc cannon VIII throw 1t, and thus
rcNOlutiOniZc heavy warfare The cam
non USED to-dov vos , two,vo root
rinod h,ru,I ,,.;,y ''oo
'''o' ""'' Will hilc-illch pore. IL
"elgheu twelve tons and had been test
ell in the Boston wards with fortv-live
pounds of connnn nowd.r ho,,;,,,1 -
sbou ,,.,,i,.,,,. ,-- r"'' nv iiti" '
s,n tm "'iShinS SS 1'' p2ulus; Ihe smells
.ooGaHi, Wdieh Hn1 loanea with dynamite,
;ooteI s1'' I -'t loui'uS etcl,, aliu were pro-
nn,vdor y~vvLn oS 'n'''S POUNDS or ordnance
''t" " sa,,,1 -. c.
crnv,,nI o,''t' tno az n'nI hS II success nad
Enn;nnr, NV 'uh'oL rllofC. IRE
luLn,,d"'S u.nmi.S ~ inc eNperliheutS a Slight
Gr"lS @ ~ ~ poM.Ti WIN Walulng was
nrontIT ~ ~ !Ttti th wv ' ;,ln polt; NeNI Shcil
1vMnn,it -. 'sw T"ta, w ,tn'' S'Ete ol Enc
cd With sa,L AMI sn1nSt ~, 'IroT ~ i Wi's 'iii-
for thn wn;mbt ~ W ",'lAe up
Thirtv ,'n,Inh1, W nf "S S,,.',ii.r ~ NC uSeo.
hind If ,nI i u.5s rVm rrnl w WY put oc-
thnrc wrrn no ,J 3 ~, r't =" prove tIC
shrn (rifhnnt I,,mn,,';tti 20 ~ t,lo
cannnn NJ, ~ ~ 'rt',t' w Va pioue VIC
and thnn thn a.,,,,' WY pinuiuced,
toininr fo,Irtonr MI ~ :. ',,,cil' wi
of iv6,n,itn w,c s'i,', n',t - T""lter POUNDS
with tLn .n,'o ,'t nno pnt ~ 80 Uiio cdllioll
of nnwdcr hnhinI 'r. ~ rronat AInt'Iy ~ Po"ios)
The shnll Inft thn w. ,rin =, '!S'T ~. Ln,,,, ~
nc tho iirst hnI I,lH Inn' 8 "., '1 ,atiloSoillcly
with its IOoJ Of I,,n.,,,'it ru,a "'o nttiiSeu
limnetNno niiT 1St rnut 'ito i'; W "SaiiisI
of n mia ,war ,yhicI, cI' as ny % anu enirI
t,rynt Ahnnt' tun " n'o, 'n, was "aGu loi
dischHrrn or thn ",nnnn ncI'tto tho i n..J[ me
of thr sGnlI ,vne hnnrI noorI, % S ~, ,,iU'ioii t'h m
the noise nf tho Tun h,d iann A'''nr rr;' "e
flash ,v,s distinctIv soon ,c - .+n'o ny
thn rorits ,nJ thon tho noea' n;, 10 ~ SIimck n,
with snnd and dirt and ~ t,vimos M'es naI. .liaGu
from Tho Gvno,nito 'ar,, nwnInSSiS iinS ioGhs INNS
test had hcrn = thorough sunnoe: +h,e mo
far. and cheers ronn oft fron, tbo "' n,,n
roun1inr hin tong whorn n,ost SI'o Of S>l, ~
sDcctators had ossrmh,nG '''o'o VI 'i'o
| DR. Justin was wnrmlv vconnr,tu,o+od
bv his Trirnds who had G,tbnT3ni b3 t.rIvnT orn,nI
him, and preparations vera snnodiiv
comnlctnd for shontinT "Snc CnconG ni'eT,iH shniH,
of dvnamitc tn mt sncrnSs hnVond ,li'!, -
doubt. The people again fell lack to
give the machine 4 vida brrth and tho
fuse was applied. Tho dynamitc sheIl
never left Tie cannon at all. but seat
tered itself over several miles of terri
tory, and took the cannon with il in
| thousand pieces in as many directions.
The carthworks which had been built
| went up in Il cloud of dust, taking the
hopes Of DR.. Justin with them. A num-
Der Of the spectators narrowly cscaped.
| If the second shot had been as success
full as the first il was to have closed the