Morning journal and courier., 1892-04-19
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH, From All Quarters. SEVEN BLOWN TO ATOMS. Terrible Explosion in a
 Powder Mill. DR. HALE'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED. Prisoners Set Fire to a
 Workshop. \ PANIC AM0hs ExCURSI0NISTS. The Modus Vivendi,Agree-
 ment Signed. -- z: -,.,j sa1.-.--
4 PANIC AMONi ExcURsIOnIsTs.
., ss' IF
 HEARD THREE MILES AWAY.

| HEARD THREE MILES AWAY. ! of the American Forcite Powder Seriously Injured-Huge Pieces of Timber Hurled Hundreds of Feet Through the Air--The Cause of the Explosion VIII Never be Known. MOUNT ARLINGTON, N. J., April 1S,-The | works of the American Forcite Powder company on the shore of Lake Hopatcong
 blew up this afternoon and seven men were blown to atoms. The names of five men are: J. D. Smith, superintendent of the works, married and leaves a widow and one child; Jacob Carlson, married and ried and leaves a widow and children; James vagh, unmarried; A. Johnson, unmarried. Another body has been
 recognized as that of Swede, whose
 name is unknown. Two men were
 injured. Benjamin Cassimir is terribly
 burned and mangled and will probably die.
 The explosion occurred at a few minutes
 after 3 o'clock and five buildings were
 shattered. What caused the explosion
 will never be known. The buildings were
 small and scattered. Most of them were
 used in tho mixing process and only one
 man was employed in each. The nitro glycerine building was the first to blow up and explosions in four buildings speedily followed. The main building of the
 works was torn asunder. Huge pieces of timber were hurled hundreds of feet through the air. The works have
 been frequently the scenes of explo- 1,S f0 oh
 tent as to-day. The explosion occurred while the men were at work and created @ panic. The men in buildings distant from those blown up first heard roar and the buildings in which they were working shook and trembled for fully minute; then came an explosion which sounded far louder than the simultaneous explosion of half a dozen of the largest cannon. The startled men rushed out and saw a cloud of dust and smoke flying through the air near the lower part of the company's grounds. Fearing that the concussion might set off the explosives in the other buildings the men ran for the mountain side. After few moments, when they saw there was no fur ther danger, they advanced to the scene of the explosion. The wrecksge was burn ing fiercely. The men went to work to overhaul the wreckage and found two men
 badly injured. These were removed to the company's office and doctor sent for.
 Meanwhile the company's fire apparatus was run out and water from the lake was
 used to fight the fire. When the flames
 were under control the roll of employees
 was called and it was found that seven
 were missing. A search for the bodies
 was then begun. The searchers found fragments of flesh and bones scattered over several acres. They secured 150
 pounds of flesh and bone, which is
 all that remains of the bodies of the
 victims. The fragments were gathered up
 in boxes. The explosion shattered all the
 windows within two miles of the scene of the explosions. - The glasses in the bar room of Schaffer's hotel were broken and the guests were greatly startled.
 r. At Landing the railroad depot was shaken until the beams cracked and every pane of glass in the building, as well as those in the houses around, were blown out.
 The Atlantic Giant Powder company is at Kenville, three miles away, and the United States storage depot is at Dover. The explosion was plainly felt at both the above places and created alarm. At Mount Hope the men in the mines thought an earthquake had occurred and left the