New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-05-20
BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE.
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one which carried the powder A. .DeRcvere was
the conductor In charge. The headlgns Oh one
locomotive drawing it was blown out, put no one
aboard was injured
Officer Smith, who was one of the iirst on TIE
scene after the explosion, had theory tnaI
hot box caused tie FIRE which set Oh te p he ta
there was coil of old. oily, frayed rope lying
uncovered on the which caught fire. a man
who saw the train pass him Just before the ex-
posion said that the rope was on fire and that
the brakeman was throwing water on it. Some
thing certainly was on fire and caused excitement
among those on board. which explains the Jump
Of the Italian whom the hagman. Deernan, saw
killed
A dynamite manufacturer of this city on hear
ing that all explosion had occurred Immediately
started for the scene personally to witness the
effect upon surrounding property. To Tribune
reporter he said:
Il know that an opinion prevails that dynamite
eXplodeS from conclusion alone. Now this Is an
err9r. NY theory regarding this explosion think
will be found correct. Ii is said there were twenty
four cases of dynamite on the fat car
assume that each case contained
we in the business call 1t. Now. each case con-
tains about 90 cartridges These cartridges are
l IA inches in diameter and Is inches in length
when the ends Of the paper wrapper are folded
over. / also assume that this dynamite was
being transported TO this place for immediate
use by the men who were on the car. In order
to it, they must have had Illuminating caps
or fuse. These caps are composed Of nitrate Of
mercury, and are highly explosive. IL must have
the powder was lgnited. How the fire reached the
cap is of course, the mystery, but the conoussion
caused by blast in proximity. as is alleged,
could not have caused the explosion of the dyna-
mite"
CARELESS HANDLING OF THE DYNAMITE.
People in Tarrytown blame The officials Of the
New-York Central for the accident. They say
that the manner Of handling the dynamite that
they have used in their blasting has been ex-
tremely careless. To leave oily rope uncovered
on an open car carrying powerful explosive and
Illuminating caps was certainly extreme careless less
catch in the same way. And yet it is always
carried in that manner. In this instance, the
ordinary precauton of throwing tarpaulin or some
lreproof covering over the cargo would have
averted q most terrible disaster.
Captain Charles T. Nossitter, chief Of the Tarry-
town Police Department, said he was sitting q, ct
his desk when he heard and felt the shock. He
thought that premature blast had gone off, and
rushed down to the station. He found the crowd
hurryng down the track to where the smoke and
dust could still be seen, and followed after When
he arrived on the scene people were already
there at work with the dead and wounded. Some
were laid out on the bank: Others were still
as they bad fallen In little heaps. Later he
went to the station, where the wounded who
were brought TO New-York, had been carried They
were lying around, one with his face bound up in a
red handkerchief another with his teeth knocked
out and bis finger split apart, while third had his
jaw split apart
Officials of the railroad who were in the neigh
borhood took charge of affairs and sent some of the
wounded down to the city. Notice had mean-
while been sent to Yonllers, and the Coroner and
physicians camc from there to aid. Il was origi-
nally intended to send some of the injured to the
hospitals in Ionkers but it was thought better to
have them taken on a special train right on to
w-York.
At the Grand Central Station last evening the
officers of the NewYorll Central had little TO say
IN regard 10 the explosion. The superintendent
said that there was not much Of a block on the
road and that ell the trains were running regu-
! larly. There were, he said, only few incoming
trains delayed. They were the Southwestern
limited, delayed two hours the Albany local,
three hours, and the Peeksldll local. hour.
OF the outgoing trains only two local trains were
detained. They were delayed only half an hour
The accident did not block the road fol- more than
three or four hours