New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-20

woRKMEN AT \ POWDER MILL KILLED
THIRD DISASTROUS EXPLOSION Ar \ NEw-JERsEY
PLANr-Two MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES AND

THIRD DISASTROUS EXPLOSION At \ NEWJERsEY
rLANr-rwo MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES AND
MANY HAVE \ NARROW ESCAPE
FarmingIae. y. j. Nov. l9-Two men were
killed and one injured perhaps fatally. by an ok
plosion at the Phoenix Powder Mills at this place
to-day. The explosion occurred about o'clock.
The building in which the dead men were work
ing was blown into thousands of fragments. and
several other buildings were seriously damaged.
Fortunately however. the c)ncussion did not set
oT any Il the other buildings.
The men had jus, returned to work after the
noon hour when the explosion occurred George
pisbrow. Edward sharp and William Snyder
were at work In one of The many small buildings
which go T. make up the mills. Dlsbrow and
Snarp were inside at the time. snyder was about
- enter The men I'm the other buildings were
At work suddenly there was rush Of flame
and A roar The next moment. the building in
which Dsbrow and sharp We're few into the air
and fen into pieces The men in the other
buildings ncl from them. fearing the vibration
Nigh. caus. another explosion. Nonr came ana
all hand, set to- WORK t. recover the bodies which
they knew must De in ihr wrccklge. The men
knew from experience wha, was O. Boz expected.
ana when. after few minutes they found Sny-
and bruised and the flame had burned him some
what but he was still alive He explained why
he had not been torn 10 fragments by saying
that h. had not yet entered tn building The
fragments " the others were soon found and
carried 70 the Office II The company. Both men
were torn 20 pieces and their flesh burned and
blaokeucd by the fame.
The shock Il the explosion was folt IN every
part 4 the village. Window panes in every di-
r,riion were broken. ani mantle ornaments and
dishes thrown down and broken The force of
th. explosion was So great that II was heard
twenty and thirty miles away. and during the
afternoon parties from Ashury Park and Long
Branch came here to view the wreckagr Persons
coming from th,s. places say the houses shook
and windows ratified.
one ~ nisbrow's arms was found an eighth
# a mile from the spot where the explosion oc-
Cured \ leg belonging to Sharp's body. was
found even further away. Smaller pieces or the
bodies were picked mp ~ an ''VrNu',H.
Some were on the ground u'h'rS %" "'
roofs Of the other buildings. IN" Sli'd| pl",,S
were gathered up I'm pals. II was only possible
To- Identify any ~ the parts through the pieces
~ charred cloth which adhered To the hrSh. \
h,p crowd of villagers and farmers from the sur
rounding country gathered. bur We" kept az Il
distance until the search was completed IhoLr
was not much to see, as the 'NPl'sIon M'p',,,', ,
4 complete ruin and only a few hlac<cned ana
e,lint.reJ fragments Of wood told Wh'r' tll'
building had been standing. Nhat caused ,''
~,',''st, T.. NOT known and never Will be-.
Grnrrc Dsbrow was unmarried Edward Shatp
had a wife and three children. This afternoon
the wife was almost frantic. Snr ram1 ID i III"
'rl,s and had 10 bc forcibN detained or she
would have broken through tn" guard ana gone
T., thc office where the fragments 'i hrr huspth,
law Her three little children were WIN "'r AN"
"ii.d ,heir cries 10 those Of the mother
This is the third fatal explosion at me W"Ih4
A. tho last one Grandin Nannot". the village
postmaster. was killed the previous 'SP'"Sn'n
,nId ,,,ir mcr Although Snyder was IA" oniy
"u.. seriously hurt who was MT Killed 10y tn'
cxrlosion. several others ar" suffering rom % %.nc
s,.c.s ono man who was walking alNhk 'H'
nt,r,od vas knocked down and his head cut
l's. n rail Tho wound was stitched and ne
,yas able 10 walk about this afternoon. 0'Nri ~,
,trs +, tha vicinity of the works were knocked
|,., number If persons were hit by hying
fnrn,onts but the explosion - rent ne umh'Is
,haf the pieces were too small To int'i't serious
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