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The Daily Dispatch: June 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Powder Mill blown up. (search)
Powder Mill blown up. --A melancholy disaster occurred at the powder mill, about four miles from Raleigh N. C., on Monday morning last. The Standard says: Three of the workmen were engaged in the finishing house, when it was suddenly blown up, dreadfully mangling and killing all three, viz: Mr. Moonahan, Sir. Rig- and Mr. Warren. The force of the con- on hurled them from 20 to 60 feet. In a few seconds after, the pulverizing house and stamping room were blown up, in the of which Mr. Strace, the superintendent, was at the time engaged, and is supposed to have been killed instantly, but his body was not discovered until it was nearly destroyed by fire which consumed the buildings. The hands in the other houses not far off made their escape, with slight injury! Three of the tenements remain. On part of the premises the effects of the explosion are so It is supposed that only about 2,000 pounds of powder, nearly ready for use, were destroyed.