The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-03-30
AWFUL EXPLOSIONS.
At the Acme Powder Works at
Blacks Run, Pa.
Five Persons Killed instantly and One se-
vereIy Injured-Three of the Dead
Persons Sisters--Terrible Eff
fects of the Explosions

at Lne acme FOWQer Co. s WORKS, at
Blacks Run, fourteen miles from this
city, on the Allegheny Valley rail-
road, resulting in the death of FIVE
persons. the injury of another, and the
destruction of five buildings and ten
thousand pounds of dynamite. The
monetary loss is about $4,000
THE DEAD.
Charles Robbins, aged 20, of Alle-
gheny City.
Nellie Remally, aged 25.
Sadie Remally, aged 80.
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 flying
splinter.
The location of the works was about
mile from Hutton, in ravine. The
first explosion occurred in the pack
ing-house about 7:15 a. M. shortly af-
ter work had been commenced. The
only eyewitnesses of it are Supt Moo
ney and Simeon Bradley, one of the
worlxmen. They were at the glycerine
house, almost 200 feet above the pack
ing house, arranging to make nitro
glycerine, which was their first duty
in the morning. Bradley had his ewes
in the direction of the paclking-h ouse
when he saw flash of fire come out
of the door. In terrified shout to
Mooney said: whats that?"
Mooney shouted in return:
IRIS FIRE; RUN FOR YOUR LIFEr' 50
Then they fed up the run as fast as
their legs would take them, but in a
| few seconds the awful explosion deaf
ened them and hurled them to the
ground. Mooney was struck in the
right thigh by splinter. Bradley
was uninjured, but his hat was blown
off and his spectacles torn from his
| face.
The packing house was located about
| 100 yards from the Allegheny Valley
railroad tracks, and was a two-story
wooden structure, 90 by IS feet
THE VICTIMS OF THE EXPLOSION.
At the time of the explosion Mr..
| Arthur, his wife, Sadie Rema1ly and
Robbins were in the building and were
blown to fragments. Nellie was in
the boarding house, which was located
| about loo feet below the packing house.
| This building was two-story frame
| structure about 80 by 40 feet. 1t was
leve1ed to the ground and Nellie was
crushed by the falling tim bers. She
was rescued and brought to this city
| on the first train, the intention being
A<.A L ke,1
but she expired just as they were TAX
| ing her off the train. She did not re-
gain consciousness after the explosion.
THE SECOND EXPLOSION.
occurred at the Westinghouse at s:25 a.
m This was caused by spark from
| the ruins of the clearinghouse. The
smoke had been seen in time to warn
| all in the vicinity to get out of the
way before the second explosion took
place, so no damage was done to life
then. In this explosion 1000 pounds of
dynamite in process of incorporation
| let go, blowing the mixing house with
| all it's machinery to atoms.
AN TERRIBLE PICTURE.
| After the second explosion a terrible
| picture of damage and destruction met
| the eve, the smoking ruins of the
| clearinghouse with splintered tim
| bers, furniture and torn bedding and
| clothes lying about, the house being
razed so completely that in no place
| did the ruins lie above the ground
more than foot. One hundred feet
| further on, where the packing-house
| had been, there was a great bole 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 were 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 tho mixing
house stood, nothing of it. remained
| save spIinters Where the dynamite
| exploded the ground about is light
gray as though sprinkleds with slate
| dust. The side of the engine house
| toward the packing-house was blown
in. A little storehouse right along by
the railroad tracks was so shattered
! that light was let in on every side, but
it remained standing. The heavy iron
machinery of the packing and mixing
houses was blown to pieces.
| BLOWN TO ATOMS.
| The bodies of the unfort nate vic
Tins were blown to atoms The larg-
est parts found were portions of two
| trunks supposed to be of the women
| on account of 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. were
| blackened and burned somewhat. The
] most Of the remains were scattered
about within radius of 100 yards, but
| pieces of bloody flesh and debris were
found a mile and a half away
| THE EFFECT OF THE EXPLOSION AT
OTHER PLACES, .
The explosion created the widest
kind of excitement in the Allegheny
| valley above and below Blacks Run.
and was felt at Sharpsburg, nearly
ten miles distant
/ At Acmetonia, directly over the
river from Hacks Run, nearly every
| window in the town was shattered.
| while houses rocked to and fro for
! perhaps two minutes. Almost similar
| scenes were enacted in Hutton, Oak
mont Verona, Johnston, Parnassus,
| Kensington, .Tarentum and other
towns within radius of four or five
miles