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The Washington. Arsenal JExploalonBelow are some of the particulars of [thinvoitlgtloii Be for o the coroner’s jury cthe cause■ of tho Washington Arsenal explosion: (**A harrowing spectacle was presented h tUw of the coroner’* inquest when the sev eh teen bodies hnd detached remains; whicl hod been collected, from the burning, U; ^gathered on -boards and in boxes for tha purpose and Jdontlflraiion. Generally onl; the durred ^rnnk _ol the~bodj remained, th IMbi* being, fa many 'cases borne away fo the moat portox-Attached, and;In fomicaaai^ great portion of the head. It wa necessary topiabs a numbs* of these dissev ;: * red member* logo Eher fa * box*” .''‘The coroners jury examined Thomas B Browa,pyrdUchnkt,who' manufactured thi *• ttari,” which were jrat to-day outside thi building, and' which axe supposed to hart Ignited benCo? tho sun. fie wapresent at the time of the explosion, wiU -Major Stebblns and Mr, Cox, and. hadnharg of the laboratory. Se ironld notilay whetb* tb* explosion originated from the stars or thi cartridge* insldj*. Me had. fneqnahtly drielt; the start in the can before, and no hodden occurred/-—* ; ; :.i; '14 Msjor James G. carton testified that t the stars explodod there would be a white do posit, and the plan balng examinsd, a white deposit was found and shown the jury. Blt; had thought. Mr.- Brown generally: carofnl but it was an oversight in him tc place th? stars so near tha, building in large quantity, .He prefittmed Mr. Brown did not fcnor tbej would explode : by aponumsons combustion, and stars hid bian dried there before. Hem rj S3r«ff(^f einpviqyed,|n. the bonding at thitlrcte, and 'Andrew Cox, as big tent ; of Mr .Vrown, also in the building/-testified to s«elt; Inga flame pas Sin front of the; window, when they rushed out, helping to save some of the girls. ClintonJThoaas teatifled to losing firo 'works explode tnteidenf the building bofori It caught fire, and EdwardM. Stebhlns, a ill tan storekeeper confirmed this fact.
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Pittsburgh Daily Pittsburgh Gazette
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jun 22, 1864
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