EXPLOSION of NITRO-GLYCERINE
Amongst the horrors of the month I must report au explosion of nitro-glycerine iv a quarrying district in Wales. Four tons of this terrible compound were landed at Carnarvon, from Hamburg, and sent in some carts to Llanberris for blasting. " Two of these carts probably ' collided' en route, and in an instant the men aud horses were blown to atoms, bits of flesh and bones alone remaining. Five other men were killed or wounded along the road. A wheel was found 300 yards off, bits of flesh and bone covered a radius of 50 yards, the window frames of a station and a house were blown in, and every window for two miles round felt the explosion, which was heard ten miles off. The most extraordinary evidence of the power of the substance, however, is its action downwards, a deep, perfectly circular hole, shaped like an inverted cone, 7ft. Gin. diameter and 7ft. deep, being found under each cart."
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Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 569, 9 September 1869, Page 4
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162EXPLOSION of NITRO-GLYCERINE Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 569, 9 September 1869, Page 4
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