Evening journal., 1890-10-18
peAIn WIS AccIpsNTAL.
Ths coroner's Jury In the Powder MIN
Explosion Cfae Reaches a yerdics.

Tha Coroner's Jury In the Powder Min
Explosion Cfse Reaches Yerdict.
the coroner's jury, which has been in
vestigating the cause OF death of the
victims Of the Dupont explosion, met
yesterday at o'clock to hear further
testimony. Samuel j. Buchanan testi--
fed that he worked for the e. /. Dupont
Company for twelve years. He worked
In the upper yard on the day OF the ex-
plosion He knew Green and helped him
once when he soldered the boxes Green
worked at the door, and kept hts furnace
about 10 feet from the door. The solder
furnished by the company was exhausted
on that day. There was hard solder to
be had but Green would not use It,
William Mcdowell, an employe, testR-v
fed that he worked in the upper yard r
the day Of the explosion. de bs'
Green on several occasions to soy 'Pso
boxes, but never saw him " -sr ene
iron. He never heard Or g req nos
the job was peculiarly 8, asa sm Gay 'nAs
Edward Grant, an . nnloSe gas tast,esd !.
worked in the py sss-room whera sIosrss4 the 10
pIlsiaa were pr ssed. He could ten moth
ne about " explosion.
/ Shinss q Mnckin. an empleye. testified
tnel - worked in the Haeley yard and
~ worked with Green when q boy. He
! knew nothing Of the explosion The
pressure was Q 800 pounds to the square
inch 1n the prisms.
J.,hu QDougherty testified that he
worked ~ "a g upper yard on the dav OF
the explosion. When be heard the first
report he rGr for b..s life and could not
tell anything shout 1t. He knew Green
and worked with him A.hout a dozen
times. The solder used was soft and the
iron did not require TO be hot enough to
explode powder. He frequently saw
Green test his iron before using it AID
was always very careful He could give
no idea Of the amount Of powder manu-
featured there per day nor the amount
carried in the mills.
Webster Blekely, an employe, testified
that be knew Green, but never saw him
work. He had no idea of the amount of
powder carried in the yard. Andrew
Godfrey testified that he had been an
employe Of the E. / Dupont Company
for twenty-four years. He was team
ster knew nothing about the matter
Timothy Toomey was called to ask IL
the houses of the upper yard were to be
rebuilt, He said they were being tenn
porarily erected until chance should be-
had Of erecting others further of. The
mills were not to be built on the same
site but were to be erected at greater
distance from the residences.
This finished the testimony, and the
jury deliherated for some time. Some
were of the opinion that so much powder
should not be stored so near to houses.
others that such large quantities should
not be kept too near the city. Finally il
was
Resolved. That William R. Green.
William McGarvey, Martin Dolan, Patrick
Dougherty, John Harrigan, John Hur-
lehe, Michael Hurlehe, John Newell
James Dolan, Rose O'Dougherty, Thomas
Dougherty and Daniel Harkins came 10
their death by being killed by an acci-
dental explosion of powder at the Du-
Pont powder mill on October 7, 1890.
Resolved, That this jury recommend
to the proper authorities to pass such
laws as will prevent the storage of pow
der In dangerous quantities too near the
limits of the city in the future"
Coroner Gamble stated that Francis
G. Dupont had told him the demolished
houses would be repaired only temper
arily, and that as soon SIS time would
permit permanent residences would be
built further away from the yard.
The jury then adjourned.
1t was stated yesterday that Mrs
Henry Dupont had removed from her
dwelling house near the yard to former
residence of William Dupont, about
mile distant