The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-26
"SUDDENLr FHPLODED.O
II TIE ESpreasisp u Ever Ju.uaabis, ~ -
in Conurction with Dynamite.

| Rom III. D,fou ne, Br,,
| Twas winding In and ont among the hills Of
| PENNSYLVANIA on a rniroa train when seized
| with desire to smoke Tho smoking car was
| an ordinary one and about half filled with
| men In blouse and oyeralls smoking clay
| pipes. When selected n scat found leather
| bag on the noor and gently kicked 1t out OF the
way 1t moved In grudsing way. and sat
down and put my feet on It, | had smoked
my cigar about half up when ono OF the miners.
| having finished his Pipe. knoll cd the ashes
| OUT, lounget oyer TO- mo. and said
| - Nvuidn boar down too hard, mister"
| =. Oh, tho bag
Yes wouldn't Kick too heavy on IT,"
| Got some tools in there you are AFRAID may
| got LrUkcn. Cht'
We cal it dynamite sir"
| Yes. IT, dynumite.' no quietly observed, -
hc sat down beside me and reached Tor the
! cartridges before now You know how we use
| ,,em believe they estimate that each OF hoes
Don't take them out5' yelled. shrinking
as tar away from him as possible.
| alarm I've been handling dynamite in all
shapes and forms Tor tho last fifteen years and
| sion TO explode one ~ these sir. and who's go-
ing to tnp tbs. ono with a hammer. or IRE u
,, But be careful not to dtop, It on the floor
| lgh is there any more Of the stun in this
quito tidy hit Of It. afr. There's twelve
| men ol us. ani EurEs we could scare up about
| 100 cartridges like these IL you wanted to see
NO. No! I'll DO thankful enough II I get
| clear OF your ten without being blown through
| the roof How much rock. for instance would
| noof these cartridges bring down Z"
cordirg TO the lay Of things. IL il was a ciiff
with goodly ovethang to it. and this cartridge
was placed Just rlght. tho downfall would he
enough To- build line. arge warehouse. with
lcw car loads ~ small pieces left over for
down elm without any seams or croyices, and
the stone was hard and tough. a few pieces
weighing 200 pounds or SO would he all you
could reasonably expect. It's beautiful stuff
sir beautiful, and tho man who invented ~
.,"But You arc digging your own heels into
that rag! | shouted, as he moved his hob
nailed boots around without the slightest care.
80 was. sir. tut as long as there was no
explosion no harm Las been done. It's agin
the law TO ihroW dynamite cartridges from .
car Wlndmw. or ~ give you an exhibition worth
seeing; Tho good old days seem to nave passed
What do you moan by tho good old days7"
Why. the time when ono could Hing one as
these things out Of tho window and make q
hole in q lodge large enough for the den OF q
bear. What brought out IA law aRin it was the
mistake made by near-sighted man. He
was all OF thirty feet away while it wasn't ac-
t9elly, over eight. The result was that piece
h"ieyea man and bis wife were killed. They
cGssed Ills eyes instead Of feeling sorry that
they had deceived him.. That's why they
be called the land Of liberty"
You've seen people killed by the stun. I
SUPPOSE" ! said. as he played with a car
fridge as il it were eaIl;, 80, $1,000
pounds scraped my cap of as 1t flew along to
strike my partner in the breast; but didn's
yes GhS sI 5raman M sad aid that poor Ned had
been struck by the Pittsburgh City Hail he
shape to gather up. As to about dozen 9TH
ers. I've seen EN- standing on particular
sSssion. and rcached my, feet az ain to fln nd
hole in tho ground broad enough and deep
DsE had vanished can't rf say Whohsf tSey
went W or down. though we sometimes did
iind evidences n the treetops to show they
How horrible to hee, wiped of the face OF the
well. It's better than being smothered in .
coal mine or run over by Il train OF cars Did
you eycr, see the big hole IN the ground over at
"TEat's place worth seeing. sir. There
Were fourteen miners i'll the party. believe.
Thcy were rarryinga lot OF dynamite and sat
down to rest and smoke. one Of them built .
u stick % dynamit" came in contact with It,"
because there was none Of the fourteen lstt
to explain matters you see one instant there
were thirteen men cnJoylnG their pipes about
showing chcstnuts into the fire. In the next
thorc was II boom-banG earthquake which
pie reachel tho pot to lind hole in the ground
twenty one feet long. sixteen feet deep. and
The grave Of all 20
Well hardly. There was no need OF a grave.
believe they found some fragments half q
mil away III treotop. but not enough worth
And have you no fear OF such destroyerr.
Not ia" slightest. It's beautiful stuff as
said bcioIc-much nicer and cleaner to handle
than any other explosive. was taken with
gun-cotton Tor q while. hut this beats IL out OF
sight. Fond Of witnessing explosions. sirf"
No. indeed, I'm not, and won't breathe till
You mon are OIL the train II ought to be
against the law TO carry dynamite around in
~ hat, Mole laws ag'n i'll When tn. day
comes That u poor. honest baster must go on
foot lccuuso h" i obl god to carry about a few
dynamite cartridges shall want to leave the
country some Of us get of at this next sta
lion. while the others so "a littic further down
the road
Well he careful" said as left the smok-
last seat in that.
At the next station tho train slde-tracked to
let the express pass, Four Of the miners got
OF and started M the mountain road in the
direction Of a quarry. The man | had talked
with looked along tho train until he saw my
face at the window, when he held up a car
air When lao started on again his three COM
panions were many rods in advance. A
into trot 10 overtaks them Ho wasn't 100
feet from the train when he stumbled and fell
there was pun q flame and smoke-ths
car windows shvered into atOms-A deAfeninR
crash, and the man in the seat ahead Of me
called out:
That's dynamite sure %
was n hole in the ground deep enough to take
In u hogshead, a lot OF twisted roots from the
nearest trees chips and splinters OF stone, and
fragments Of flesh. cloth. and leather Noth-
Inc more-the miner had vanished OIL the face
Of the earth.
AN OLD MUSKEE