The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-12
MADE 4 RAIN OF IRON.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION OF A ElG GIN
LOADED WITH DYNAMITE.


The Fragments Sent Sky ui.~i, and sc,,
ter"" Over Many MiIeS--Nobody was In
jurc'l~ but Scores Were Scared Nearly tn
Death.
!, SYRACUSE. Aug. 3O.--Dr. Joel G.. JUS
, Tin, the dynamite experiment. cr of this
city, made Il third test of his dynamite
oombShcll ut Pcrryvillc last TUESDAY.
The result was that the IG-tnn run
winch he recently ohtIinrG rom Eo:-
ton was blown into Il thousand rr,~-
", tthe -pr2 ,..,
'"n'red spectators. Nobody was. In
LUZ ea.-out The p.GceS Of the cannon are
scattered all over Il circle wi: n n rIdins
ol Two miles. \ Number OF pieces
parciy missed the heads OF some nf the
spectators. Their c|"ape is considered
'ln'"SI m'racuiouS. The cannon was
paced Tor the cNnrrincn, ~ = doom
| gorge about Il IA: IT, wrSl from tnc VI
'aSc OF Prrryvillc. bu' .wo rinrcs yyrr,
seen lying over the village, and ON,
came down in Il tree ton br.wcpu ,h,
railway station aNl the ho.",. The in
ha"ltahtS ar" very much excited. ana
IL is donD''n! il they wil, allow the ry-
pertinent TO he made again IN ,bis
vicinity, although ;hc protect ion afford
cd Nv the rocky r.iElnc would Sncm io
be almost perfect
what Dr. Justin was trying to do
was TO prove that he had invented =,
bOmhSh"l "Ii"L ......"s irir--l WIN
lhe strongest Kind of dynamite 90 pcr
cent. nitro glyccrinc.) and So thorough
~ protected that .t could be projected
from an ordinary cannon by the force
OF Gunpowder without exploding the
dynamite until it comr in contact with
some substance outside. DR.. Justin's
plan IS to project The shell anv distance
the cannon viii throw il. and Thus
rcVoIutionizc heavy warfare. The cali
non used to-'lay was Il twelve foot
riilrd barrel with ninc-iach bore. IT.
weighed twelve tons and had been test
Ell iii the Eoston yards with forty-live
pounds OF cannon powder behind n
Shei. Weighing "75 pounds. The shells
to't"y, when loaded with dynamite.
Wel%hrI 30 pounds each. and were pro-
Jectcd (,nSH.5aa' .nnunds o. ordnance
poWuer.E tnes2nveptors s-vrr,,r,-.
IL se 20 the expeSmcn,s 4 slight
liminsa ais sut the bore }Sext a sH.: M%i
siieIs Vas fsfslffs fres n Tas 81 fne Iitts,
Sed N.Y. Eand and sawdusL to make nm
ms.. M ssS1weighG OF dynamite to be used.
IN kDunus OF powder were put be-
then A"rc no structural features ofthe
shellSwithout dynamite) to explode the
cannon. No i'll effects were produced,
and then the same kind Of Il shell. con-
tanning fourteen and Il quarter pounds
of dynamite, WAS put IN the cannon
with the same amount uhirty pounds)
of powder behind to project it.
The shell left the gun us handsomely
as the first had done. and was banged
with its load of dynamite up against IL
limestone cliff, 12G Feet high and Il third
of Il mile away, which was used for Il
| target. About two seconds after the
Discharge Of the cannon the explosion
| of the shell WAS heard nearly as loud as
! the noise of the gun had been. The
| flash was distinctly seen as il struck
| the rocks and then the :lr was filled
with sand and dirt and dying rocks
IRON the "yham''c explosion me
test had h"'h 4 lh" ."''%h success, 'i,S
lar, ana chrerS iih% "uC ltnin ll'e Hnt-
spectators had assembled.
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