Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-25

wcrkmen az Powder NM N,ncd.
Mnny Have Narrow lsscnpes,


Farmlnkdaie. N. j.. Nov. as.-rwo
mon were Killed and one injured, per.
hape fatally. by an explosion at tic
proenIx powder mills NJ this place to-
day The explosion occurred about l
O'Clock The budding Ia which, mo
dead men wore WORKING was blown
Into thousands OF fragments. ana sew
orai other bulldinga We're seriously
damaged. Fortunately, however. Tho
conpusslop did not set on any OF tho
other bnildingg.
Tue men had juat returned 10 work
nlter the moan hour whom tho oNp Ion
occurred, GeorRc Di,hrow. Eawari
sharp and william siydcr were at
work In one OF the many small hulld-
mas which 80 10 make up tho mills
lllsbrow ana Sharp were INSIDE nj tho
time. snyder was about to enter. The
men In he other buildings were at
work suddenly there was rush OF
ilgme and u roar The next moment
The huilling IN wnion plabrow and
sharp were flew Into the air aud fell
Into pieces, Tho men In ne other
bMldln,.s Ned from thnm. fearing the
vibration might cause auothlr eNplo-
SION, None came, aud al hands set
10 work TO recover the bodies which
they know mast bs IN the wrcclSaVe.
The men know from experience what
was 10 be expected. aud when, az. n
few minutes, they found Snyder, they
were astonishcd. He was badly cut
aud bruised, ana the ilamc Ind burned
him somewhat, hut he waa siill alive
He explained why he had not b;cn
torn 10 fragments by saying TINT he
lind not yet entered the building. rha
fragments Of the others wore soon
found and carried 20 the office Of the
company, Both men were torn 10
ploeps ana their ilesh burned ana
hlackencd by thn flame,
The shock OF the explosion was felt
IN every part uf The Village. Window
panea In every direction were broken.
aud mantle ornnmenta ant dlshos
thrown down and hroken, The force
OF the explosion was uo great that n
was heard twenty and thirty milce
away and during the afternoon purtlea
from Aahury Park aud Long hranca
came here 10 Wow the wrcclcigp. Per-
aona coming from those places any tho
houscu shook and windows ratified
ono OF ni8broM'a arms was found nm
clrhth " mile from The spot whore
the explosion occurred. A leg BELONG
ing 10 Shnrp'a body was found even
further away, Smaller pieces OF tho
bodl6H were picked up Ia all directions
some wore on the ground, others on
tho roofs " the other buildings, Tho
ANAL pieces were gathered up In pnllH.
II was only possible 10 identify any OF
the parts through the pieces of charrcd
cloth which adhered 10 the Josh A
BIZ; crowd OF villagers ana fnrmera
from the surrounding country gathered.
but were kept ut distance until tho
search was completed. There was not
much 10 soc. na the explosion wrought
n complete ruin, and only a Few
blacltened ana bplntercd fragments Of
wood told where The building had teen
athndinH. what cnuacd the ceplonion
" not known, and never VIII be. George
piahrow wai unmarried, edward
gbnrp had wife and thfte children.
This afternoon the wife was nlmoat
frantic. phr came to the worlgu, ana
md 10 nn forchly detained or she
wonld have broken through the guard
and gone TO tlie Office where the rag
menta of her husband lay Her three
little children were with her aud added
their cries to those W the mother,
IhM rs the third fatal explosion o.
inc works, AZ the last one Grandln
Vannoio the Village postmaster. was
killed, The previnua explosion killed
four mon Although Snyder was the
only one rariouniy hurt, Who was not
Killed by the explosion, several othors
arc suffering from the onects, one
man, VINO WAS walking along the ran.
road, was knocked down and his hrhd
cut against rnil. The wound was
eiltebsd, and he was able 20 walk
about this afternoon. Several otiers
In The vicinity OF tho works were
KNOCKED down, a number of perAons
we're hlt by nying fragments, but me
esplosIon SO rent the umbefa that the
pieces wore too small TO Inlet serious
Il, i,t,sy