Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-03-29

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ruad. resulting in the death OF Eve
persons, tho injury " another. and the
destruction Of i've buildings and ten
thousand pounds Of dynamite. The
monetary loss is about ST.. OOa.
THE DEAD
Charles Robbins. aged 20, Of AIlc-
ghsny City.
Nellie Remal1y, aged %
Sadie RemalIy, aged 3 o
William Arthur. aged =.
Belle Arthur, aged 10, wife OF Will
liam Arthur.
The three women were sisters
The person injured was James Moo
ney, superintendent OF the works His
right thigh was struck with a living
splinter.
The location of the works was about
n mile from Hutton. in a ravine The
first explosion occurred in the pack
i~Hg-houss about 7-t5 a m. shortly AZ
ter work had heen commenced. The
only e-vewitnesses of il are Supt Moo
uey and Simeon Bradley. one Of the
workbench They were at the gFvcerine
house, almost 200 feet above the pack
ing house, arranging go make nitro
Elycertne, which was their first duty
IN the morning Bradley had his ewes
IN the direction Of the packng-houSe
when he saw 4 fash Of fire come ont
OF the door In n terrified shout to
Mooney said. What's that"
Mooney shouted in return
IRIS FTRE RrS FOR YorR Lfrrr
Then they fed Up the run n fas; rs
their legs would take them. but in a
few seconds the awful explosion deaf
ened them and hurled them 10 the
ground Mooney was struck in the
r.Ea- ss
was uniniurri. but his hat was blown
on and hE >psctacles torn from hrs
face.
The packing house was located about
TOO yards from the Allegheny VALLEY
railroad tracks AMI was a tvvn-st.prv
wooden structure. ~ by = feet
rHs VICTIMS oF rHE E~xrLo<Iuv.
At the time of the explosion Mr..
Arthur. hrs wife. sadie RemalIv and
Robbins were ia the building and we're
blown 10 fragments Nellie was in
the bpariiug hoaSs. which was ~Ioea,ri
about TOO feet below the pscking-huu~e
This building was a tvo-starv frame
structure about 90 by 80 fevt II wa
leveled to the gruund and Nellie was
crushed BY the falling timheE she
was rescued and brought - thia city
on the i=t train. the inteutinn heine
tn take her ~ the Wess Penn hospital
beat she expired Just A. thsv we're TAX
ing her of the train. She iHH not ~
gain consciousness after the explosion
"a cox ExFLosgaN
occurred at the mixinx-house az s5A
m This was caused bv a spark from
the ruins OF the bparfinghoase The
sHnoke had hec secn IN time 10 warn
all in the vicinity 10 get out of the
way before the second explosion to-lk
place. 50 NJ damage was done IN life
then In this explosion I.e09 pounds OF
dynamite in process OF Incorporation
let ~. blowing the mixing house with
all its machinery u atoms
~ PICTURE
After the s-cun4 explosion a terrible
ptcture Of damage and destruction met
the eve. the smoking ruins Of the
clearinghouse with >plintered tim
ber. furniture ant torn bedding and
clothes lying about. the house being
razed - completely that in no place
did the ruins lie above the ground
more than a foot One hundred feet
further on. where the paexing-house
had been. there was a great hole in
the ground. probably ten feet deep.
For 500 feet about the ground is liter
ally covered with splintered wood.
The hillside To the right was used in
making dynamite shells Large trees
on the hillside vere torn up BY the
roots. others broken in the middle and
others stripped Of their branches
A little further on to the left. look
ing up the valley where til. mixing
house stood. nothing of il remained
save sPlinterS Where the dynamite
exploited the ground about i light
gray Is though sprinkled with oiate
dust The side 81 the engine house
toward the packing house was blown
in A little s~torehouse right along bv
the railroad tracks was - shattered
that light was let IN on every side. but
il remained standing The heavy iron
machinery Of the packing aud mixing
houses was blown - piece~
sLeNS To TON
The bodies II N. unfortunate VIC
tins we're blown 70 tons The Larry
est parts found were portions Of two
trunks supposed 60 be % the women
on o % the proximity Of pieces
Of scalp with long hair on them A
foot was found small pieces Of cloth
ing were found here and there. but
none was found On the flesh picked up
The PORTIONS Of bodies found we're
blackeued and burned somewhat The
mos, Of the remains were scattered
about within a radius Of 100 yards bu.
pieces Of bloody aeSh and debris were
found 4 mile and a half away
TEX EFFTCT % TIE EXPLOSION At
orHER Places
The explosion created the widest
kind Of excitement in the Allegheny
valley above and below Blacks Run.
and vas felt at >harpsburg, nearly
ten miles distant
At AemetOnia- directly over the
river from Blacks Run. nearly every
window in the town was shattered.
while houses rocked II and fro for
perhaps two minutes. Almost similar
seenes were enacted IN Hutton Oak
mont Verona. Johnston, Parnassus
k~snsingtor. Tarentum and other
towns within \ radius of four or dive
miles