The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-26

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| DYNAMITE CARTRIDGE AND SECTION OF SAME.
high explosives in New York. and the exchange
| will be conducted without any reference to the
| customers particular needs. II 10 all the same
whether he wants II to blast out q cellar. turn
the Stock Exchange into an abattolr or create
sdissension in his family. 80 long as he keeps
his mouth shut and pays for the goods.
Dynamite IL not sold in New York In less than
case lots. II cannot be bought from retail Ter
chants because the large manufacturers sup
ply the city trade. 1t cannot oven BIO found
here except In the upper end OF the city. where
IL used By contractors. who. Il is said are
always accommodating enough to sell q car
fridge or two II wanted for q single explosion
Out in the villages and hamlets II IS sold A
freely as duck powder. and the sale is not gov
erned By laws
As any chemist knows this dread In spring
stun IL soft. moist powder that looks like
sswdust but is really itro-glycerine mixed
with soda -four or some other substance that
Will give shape to the fluid. It 10 the highest
OF all practical explosives. but is by no means
so dangerous as the average citizen thinks.
The popular view Is that dynamite Is SO deadly
In Its results and SO sensitive to the touch that
even an expert cannot handle It without tre-
mendous risk OF death.
That idea IL all wrong. IL the manufacturers
are to be believed. A cartridge. which ia n
hollow shell OF paraHned paper closed at one
end and tapering into a roll Ci loose paper at
the other. could be filled with dyna-
mite and dropped from Trinity Church
steeple into Broadway without causing
moro damage than q falling brick. Il
VIII rot explode except under certain
conditions which require much preparation.
1t will make no end OF trouble when exploded
by Illuminating cap or when heated to high
degree. and all loose dynamite scattered about
will be exploded By the concussion., The An
srchist: who 10 as eowardly as the majority Of
his brethren. has q fancy for dynamite because
he can toucn of the fuse and leave the bomb
explosion; The Anarchist who has some prido
10 his undertaking and wishes to get his name
IN me paP.Is as bomb thrower will use an
~ "A G...tsr;" said an agent. will buy
pounds OF chlorste Of potash and a small
bottle OF sulphuIic acid. The bottle should be
Q, tn,n GIn LAS Ihe potash should be wrapped
made bomb Is thrown into the pit Of the Stock
Exchange fi..h i with enough force to break the
would be terrific. and great loss Of ii lie Would
, sssy an, Usnsr niGS Spiosives are made as
This egen. was on the Coroners jury in tho
Russell saEe's office. and he insists that The
explosive, ,S was not dynamite. but something
bomb explosions at Barcelona and the Chamber
Of Deputies at Paris. He says that the explo.
Esy SsM poMdsr stsly or as more
explodes with y shock.
Hitr0:sIyceTins Is a. easily made. as any. I.
TRANSPORT Il because 81 the danger and Il Ti /.
death and destruction at the slightest Jar,
extent tass are toll o. fa ssP . esed to ANY
when the greatest precautions wero exercised. |
the agent was near oil CITY fSs. more t 1a,a
Twenty tS Ss years agni That was before was in
reduced into a powder which could i. tr Desn
which several men were Killed great care wa as
Wagons with ru5beT TRES and 70 lined Ine W wi,S
rubber cushions and cotton packing we're
a parlor iiooE Guards wers sent ao0t ahes al
20 Dick M all stones that had fallen In
influences. The drivers Of the nitso
wagons. as these vehicles were called. wsr.
has taught Ifehs e% S sss1 ms past
patton was ,, most DANGEROUS. The horses. too.
for this service. The harness was SO arranged
that by loosening single hook the team could
The wagons were provided with the heaviest
brakes. and strict orders were given Tor the
faster than walk The same eV care arS VS. MS tenn
loading and unloading tho stun. and In drop.
handled with more nicely than is shown ives
New York woman In lifting her train over a
remember an Incident that caused great
s s2,cH ,Is ana was the most serious BOYS
"a ploslon on tho road leading to Oil City. We |
new that u was an outside eS plosion OF nitro
Syeerlne because tho sound was not nuliied !
a. Ia well. and We guessed that il m cant the
iestruetlon OF q load that We were expsctinG
Did. experienced. and Trustworthy driver. Ne
tould see nothing. because there Was a high
Johnny Armstrong. a well borer saying; 0''
- An augsr hole will bury all that Is left of
After We had travelled i've miles We met .
Ionni laImer,on horseeack. who added 20 the
grim sumos o. Johnny remark by saying:
need any collins
He hal witnessed the scene from his farm.
been driving along quietly and was Passing a
lnoll several hundred Yards away when three
'ssas way that nitro isiy kns" w ID
explode BY eoneussion. and they were
old f hSa sras 81 s s.SnS Jsr5S
, 10, the team and try TO talk or threaten the
attention TO him. but threw the stones over
ne wagon ana under u untl the horses.
s w were trained to steady going, seemed to
. g the animals were walking away. when one
y me Ihs 99ys on the knoll threw stone which
hat shook the ground and broke the erocEegy
n the larmhogsei the wagon and horses
vent up In the air, and when the cloud
couldn't h1ye known that a team had passed
hat waJ. When Ne got there the place was
lsA1sd qp Ike a dog cleans platter, We
here were bits Of horsshesh not larger than |
our hand. AID all that Ne ever actually found
4 jerry MAS q pass book 10 a shred al hiS |
oat Their Vas hole In the road. and one
lds OF the knoll on which the boys were stAad-
tsrs we're BADLY Injured. but TseoVsTsd' AID
lane we're published.