Evening journal., 1891-12-03
DEATH CAME QUICKLY.
Five Men Blown to Atoms by
Dynamite.
THE SHOCK FELT TWENTY MILES

Clinton Dynamite company's Works al
Haverstraw, n. H., Destroyed by Ter.
ride Exploslon--Two Bgen Killed In a
Ceatrsl wreck at New York City.
NrAck, N. ", Dec. 3.-An explosion oc
curred at the dynamite factory in Haver
straw last evening, and the shock was felt
for many miles. Five men were blown e
atoms. Their names follow John Wads
worth, engineer Of the works, Peter Car
lossa, an Italian; Joseph Williams and
Joseph @. Addley, an worimen at the dy
Mantle works, and Perry Lounsberry, Of
Sing Sing, who was in a boat near the
shore A man who was in the boat with
Ionnsberry at the time escaped uninjured
The building which was blown up was
frame oae SO by l50 feet The building WA
set on fire by the explosion and burned foi
several hours.
Felt Twenty Miles Away.
The shock Of the explosion was felt TWEEN
ty mikes away A number Of other build
ings containing dynamite, about $50 feet
from the scene Of the explosion, were not
injured. The property belongs 70 the clin.
ton Dynamite company of which William
p Foss Of Haverstraw, Is the manager,
Foreman Nash's Close Call.
Elmer Nash, the foreman Of the works
was on the dock short distance away and
escaped unhurt Glass was broken by the
shock ia Congers City Rockland lake, Nyach
and other nearby places. The cause OF the
explosion u not known at present Theirs
were four distinct explosions coming on,
after the other. Three boys who were EN-
ployed in the upper story Of the mill had 1
miraculous escape from death. On the frs
conclusion the floor upon which they work
ed seemed TO rise up. They leaped and rar
for life Three buildings were destroyed to
gether with their contents.
Horrible Momentoes Found.
After the explosion wives and children oI
the dead came, and, weeping, joined in tn,
dreadful search. Two legs, a right and 3
left, which belonged 10 either Wadsworth
Carlossa or Bergorzi, were found more thar
a hundred yards apart With the exception
of an arm, which was identified by mutt
lated finger az belonging 70 Wadsworth, thi
was all that was found of the three men Il
Is almost impossible to tell 20 whom the leg
belonged
Wadsworth's arm was found hundreds O
yards from the place whore the factory has
stood. Probably Williams was killed b.
sheer concussion His body was only slight!
disfgured He had a cut on the face ans
4 one Of his ears had been cut from his bead
1 Life was not extinct when he was found
\ but he died almost Immediately Fisher
man Lounsberry was killed by falling stones
| A huge boulder struck his boat and sInashe
il in two. A smaller stone struck him o
the forehead, laying his head open and XII
ing him instantly.
GarlOgsa had Just gone 70 work in the IN
tory for the first time yesterday morning
His wife is said To have tried TO peTsuad
him not TO 60 there, but he laughed at he
fears Of an explosion.
Remarkable Escape Of the Boys.
The three boys in the shell room cannC
tell now how they escaped. The first thin
they knew the room seemed TO collapse an
fail upon them. John Farrell was blow
against the ceiling, yet landed unhui
amid quantity OF paper shells. He had
vague idea that the engine had somehol
come az him and struck him.
He remembers nothing more except this
some time afterward he found himself o
the hillside with his ears ringing Dondef
was thrown across the room and under
pile Of paper shells. he jumped throug
the door and ran up the hill Mott wa
thrown thirty feet out Of the building
the force Of the explosion. He picked hin
self mp and fed. For wonder the go case
Of giant powder on the wharf did not e,
plode. II they had half the houses in Croto
Point would have been blown down.