Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-19
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..--. Ts.sCrdn 70 re hsJs-sr
eryrrNGroy, W. VA, January is
.-~ar desd, one dying In agony, two
-,.s.v injured, ten or dozen bruised
..e- fifteen buildings demolished and
..s-.wGer mill almost destroyed.
sch was the result of an explosion
-s. occurred az the works Of the
7-r-tN powder manufacturing Co., at
-.r-. four miles west Of Huntington,
.,.H- this morning.
T-a shock was definitely. felt here,
,-4 crowds 50 once tocSed down TO the
race OF the wreck. The first explosion
-..rr-sd in the glaze mill, where John
-.--rg and ChaS. Scott were AZ work.
0r.v small pieces OF either of them
ere found afterwards. In this mill
,s-s probably 500 kegs Of powder, and
,,f-ge building was totally demolished.
no w-ecsage was scattered over acres
\ ground, large pieces OF Shaitiug and
-..-as of machinery being carried TO all
-.-,s NJ the field surrounding the mill.
The c1ucusSiOn of the first explosion
...rF other buildings which contained
-.rIs~. and the force of the several eX-
rs.lus wrecked every building at the
r-ss except one, the press, which still
ends in a corner OF the field far away
fru sll the other buildings, with per-
hans twenty tons OF powder in it.
The buildings wrecked were as fol-
rrs. The glaze mill was completely
sr1nshed, nat q vestige Of IL remain
.--azcept the foundation. The pack
M. house, which stood only few hun
s-.t feet from the glaze mill and con-
u-s5 three or four tons Of powder,
vas demolished but the three men in 1t
.,.s-ed with slight bruises. The mag
srre where the powder was stored blew
.r and a car load of powder standing
mar f-. Two men were killed here. 10
/, no. known how much powder was IN
OBJ. magazine. The corning mill was
,.royed and one man was killed.
r-gr wheel houses, where the powder IS
ground. were destroyed. Several other
,rrEfngs were more or less damaged.
Archie Livingston the "black boss.
ss8 lad charge Of the manufacture OF
ali rhs uowder, was blown 70 atoms. A
4- and hand were about all OF him
nat could be recognized. lie lost
-l,her a short time ago by similar
z9I5siOn In Scotland.
Ed. Winton was killed, he was the
ar-.u .ueer who had put in all the machIn-
s-v and had charge Of it. He was a
-.ug man and his home was at Troy,
ny. His body was very little mutt
.-st and could be recognized.
T.f1 SchIosser. John Benton, and
Charles Scott, labOrerS, were blown TO
pieces.
Robert Cook was fatally burned, and
eight or ten Others were hurt by lying
glass and debris.
The explosion occurred within an
hour of the time of the explosion OF IaSt
August. At that time, also, it was the
,szs mill which blew up. This time
.ls eylosion of glaze mill was followed
by that of the packing house and maga-
Zine. making three distinct explosions.
Rasce Estey, who was badly burned
% the hands and face, had been work
.l- tu the glaze mill, but had become
fearful. and refused 70 work there thls
morning. He was on wagon LOAD OF
powder at the door Of the mill when IL
blew uD. The wagon he was on was
blown a hundred yards across the neluS'
tg. neither he nor either OF the horses
ls Injured seriously.
The most remarkable escape was tnat
O, the three men in the packing house.
This house was about a hundred yards
from the glaze mill, and Epp Hamlin
and Elmer Middlekof, Of Huntington,
a1d Davidson Writ, Of IrontOn, were at
work. They heard the first explosion
tl time 10 run out OF the building, which
blew up as soon as they were out
Fragments Of skulls and bones ana
pieces OF human flesh were picked up
q. over the field.
Ahuman liver was picked up In one
place, and several bucketfuls OF frag-
us1ts were found. Two Of the bodies
were headless, the heads being blown
'- 8- the shoulder.
About three hours after the explosion
Cooks watch was found far from where
ta had been and still running.