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A Gunpowder Horror
Pwo Magazines Blown op in Kowell,
Mass.?Fifty Houses Destroyed?21
Persons Killed
and 15 Injured ? Explosion
Heard for
More than Fifty
Miles.
I.nwcll .1 n I ? on ?'I'm"
sumll gunpowder magazines, sit
uated in the very midst of the
humble residences of 50 mill operatives,
exploded today with a
frightful concussion and the resultant
wave of death cut off the
lives of more than a ecore of huiiian
beings and injured nearly 50
>theis. Haifa dozon men who
weic loading kegs of powder from
>nc of the magazines were blown
to pieces; four boys liOO yards
iway were killed by the force of
the explosion, and 14 frame
houses within a radius of 400
yards wero blown down as if they
had been built of cards. Seven
of these houses immediately
caught lire, probably from the
kitchen stoves, and wero completo
ly consumed. At least tlireo persons
were caught in the ruins and
burned to death, while seven or
fiirrlit fiflmi-a mlin
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Jied subsequently of their injuries.
It is estimated that 70 separate
pieces of property, including those
Already mentioned, were destroyed,
while the force of the explosion
wrecked windows for five or
six miles around, and its thunder
could bo heard distinctly more
than 50 miles away.
The magazines were the property
of tho United States Car
tridge company of this city, but
fortunately were situated more
than a mile away from the factory
itself. They were constructed
some .30 years ago, in what was
llmti u limo.l 1 ?
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banks of the Concord river. During
the last decade small wooden
lwollings have gradually sprung
up in the vicinity, crowding near?r
with fancied securitj to the
two innocent-looking little buildings
until they were almost coinpletely
surrounded by Mhem, except
on the river side, the nearest
louse being scarcely 50 feet away.
Both magazines ordinarily conainod
two or three tons of gonlowder
in tin kegs. The com
pany has for some time been de
iirous of strengthening the floor
pf the magazine nearest the street
ind thi* morning eight men, three
)f them employes of the company,
,bree expressmen anvl two carpenters,
were sent thero with
:hree large express teams to take
put the powder and mend the
loor. Two of the teams had been
muled and tho other was almost
!ull when, at six minutes past 9
p'clock, the explosion occurred.
It was a long time befoie the
ictua! causo of the explosion could
30 ascertained.
It was thought at first that
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j wl.u niimu it ruuius of a
liindred feet of the magazines had
jeen killed, but later it was found
hut Clarendon Goodwin, the forenan
of the men who were loading
lie powder on the teams, had
survived, together with one of his
issistants, Arwadee Boulanger,
ind this afternoon the latter was
soen in the hospital. Ho saul
hat the men went down to the
nAgazine nearest to fix the door
ind after the teams had been loadid
with the powder that was in
ho magazine it was discovered
that a can of nitro glycerine,
which was stored in the magazine,
was leaking. ' Mr. Goodwin pick- i
ed up what le thought was a jug! '
of water and began to pour it cn !
the nitro glycerine with the idea
of diluting it and was washing it
up. As soon as tho fluid from
the jug struck the Hour, ho found
that it was nitric acid. Tho floor *
at once began to smoke, and when '
the men saw it they rushed from (
tho building, but had not gone 10 *
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feet when the explosion occurred.
This magaxiue was, therefore, 1
the first to go up, followed immediately
l?y the gunpowder in the 11
three teams and several seconds 8
later I?y the second magazine. ^
To those who heard the crash, ^
it seemed as if there were two dis- 11
tinct explosions, with a coutiu- %
nous roar between them. There ''
are, however, live holes in the
ground, which clearly indicate u
five explosions. 1
The entire catastrophe, howo- 11
ver, occupied the space of scarce- I1
ly five seconds, but in that tune 11
the snriminding property was
swept as if a small ^volcano had *
broken forth in its midst. Every 1
huuse within 200 yards collapsed.
Trees were blown down, the *
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grass within a hundred yards
mowed as :f by a lawn mower, 4i
while bricks-from the two maga- *
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zincs were hurled far across the (
river and all over the neighbor- 1
hnnd ^
For several minutes afterwards ^
tho air was completely filled with N
smoke and dust, illuminated by *
the glare from tho ulready burn- '
ing houses. 1
The work of rescue began at N
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once, but in many cases the ilumes
had already gained full sway over
the crumplc.i ruins and severul ^
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persons were burned to death be k
fore the debris which covered (
them could be removed.
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Birmingham, Ala, July 29.?
Felix Hull, a negro, who was sen- H
tenced to be hanged here to mor- '
row, has had his life saved, and 1
probably will regain his liberty. '
He was identified by T. M. Mor- '
rissey, of Vicksbtirg, yesterday as 1
Henry Jackson, and Mr. Morris- f
soy says the negro was in Louis* r
iana at the time of the killing of 1
Norwood Clark, of whoso death he
was convicted. Hall has claimed I
all along that his name was Henry 1
Jaekson. Ho said ho could not es- c
tablish the alibi at the trial be* 0
cause ho could not get his witness- v
es in time. Governor Jclks has ('
telegraphed reprieve and Hall
probably will be set at liberty as
soon as necessary legal forms can e
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be complied with.
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Unopened For Thirty Years,
V Package Left atCharlotto With
Family Which Holds Honor
Higher Than Curiosity.
(From the Atlanta Journal.)
Charlotte, N. C., July 25.?
)no family in this county certainy
holds honor higher than curi
isity, and has not the least desire (
o open a sealed package thi\t has ,
?een in its possession for over (
hirty years.
In 1S09 a man who gave his ,
lame as Madison M. Tyler, and (
aid he was from Brooklyn, N. (
r., came to tho home of Mr. and ,
ilr.%. Hugh McAuloy, who live ,
iear Huntersviilo ami leased a ,
acant store room that was on tho j
remises. I
There was an air of mystery
bout tho man. lie never, or ,
urely over, spoke of his past life, j
nd ho conducted all his corres |
londenco through the postoilice
t Harrisburg, which was some
istance away, lie mauaged his
tore successfully and seemed to ,
e making money. ,
In the second year of his life at (
luntorsville Tyler hoi rowed #300 |
rom Mrs.iMcAuley. Six months
ater sho saw him making some ,
iroparations that indicated his
[eparturc. Before she lind time
o get uneasy about tho discharge
if the debt Tyler walked into the
iouso and paid her tho money
vith interest. Then ho gave her
ho scaled package, asking her to
iccp it for him. lie said the
mrced was valuable and that he
vould certainlv return for it. Thi?
inppencd in 1S71.
Tyler left, and has never neon
teard from since his departure,
iomo years ago Mrs. McAuloy
lied,~but lieforo sho died sho gave
he package to her sister, Miss
ilartha Black, asked her to keep
t until Tyler returned for it oronf'
for it.
The parcel is now in the posession
of Miss Black. She still
lolds it for the owner. Not even
he paper that covers the box has
>een touched harshly Jhy curious
lands. The package is eighteen
nches long, three inches thick and
piite heavy; that much Miss Black
ind her relatives know, and no
uore.
The future of the mysterious
>arcel? Why, the reputation of
he McAuleys and Blacks were
stablisbed long ago. lTnless the
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iwner comes or sends that box
vill bo held intact through the
nnl 11 rmu
,vu'
"Ed" Glaus, wanted in Geor;ia
for a criminal assault, baa
ieen captured. Glaus was suplosed
to be dead, a negro having
I ready been lynched for the
rime. This is another example
f the beauties of lynching. The
aso is unusual, however, because
enerally when the wrong negro
i lynched the right one is never
ursued auy further and is left to
rey on other victims. Lie is
mboldened by his successes.?
'he Slate.
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The Second Trial
Of Jett And White.
Alleged Assassins of Attorney
Mnrcum Face the Jury?Capt.
Ewen Again On The
Stand
Cynthiana, Ky., July 29.?
riio court for tho second trial of
Curtis Jett and Thomas White for
the murder of James 11 Mo""'"1
? iUUttdlil
it Jackson, Ky., opened today's
session at S.30 a. in. Fifty-one
witnesses for the commonwealth
answered to their names. Prosecuting
Attorney A. T. Byrd,
who conducted the commonwealth's
side of the case at the
trial at Jackson, made the open*
ing statement for tho prosecution.
While tho dofeuse has subpoenaed
over a hundred witnesses to
itupeuch those who are testifying
for the commonwealth and prove
ilibis for Jett and white in the
Marcum murder case, the prosecution
is also securing many valuable
witnesses that could not bo
secured dining tho first tiial. Officers
arrived today from Breathitt
county with Samuel Little,
who is considered a stronger wit*
ncss than either B. J. Ewen or
John L. Patnck. It ?s stated
that Samuel Little not only saw
Jett and White just before Marcum
fell, and again after tho
shooting, but also that ho wit
nessed the shooting in the court
house. Little was arrested last
night by the soldiers while in hiding
and brought hero today by a
deputy. Little is related to Curtis
Jett. John Freeman, another
important witness for tho commonwealth,
who is said to have
tied to tho mountains during the
trial at Jackson last month, was
also brought in by a deputy today.
Both will 1)0 hold until they
are called by Commonwealth Attorney
Byrd.
Capt. B. J. Ewen, tho principal
witness for the prosecution,
was the first witness called by the
commonwealth. Capt. Ewen left
the stand after he had been subjected
to a rigorous cross examination
by the attorneys for tho defense.
After his testimony Judge
Osborne asked him if he desired
guards to take hiui across the ri
ver to the camp. Ho taid that
ho did, and he wa9 temporarily
placed in one of the jury rooms
until tho military was called for
and thoy took him to Camp Licking.
On tho witness stand it developed
that ho had made different
statements to Judge Hargis
and others immediately after tho
killing of Marcum in Breathitt
county. He gave as his reason
that ho was afraid of Hargis and
Callahan. He said that Hargis,
uaiiaban and Combs bad called
him into consultation after ' the
killing and told Mm what to say
and that he had agreed to do so,
as ho was afraid of being killed
then, and there. This created
sonio stir in the court room and
immediately after he left the
stand some applause was starlod
which Judge Osborne promptly
suppressed.
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