DRrApruL ACCIDENT At WAsurSeroS
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DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT WAsHINGToN.
An unfortunate accident occurred the even
ing Of the 18th inst. at the Arsenal on
Greenleafs Point, near Washington, by
which Albert Firing, an aHiiicer in the
Ordnance Department, was shockingly
mangled. Ho was employed in grinding
percussion powder, TO prepare it for eharg-
ing percussion caps for muskets. when an
explosion took place, which was soon fol-
lowed by thai of the rest of the powder in
the laboratory where he was working
The building was demolished, and the poor
ar;iticcr was taken from The ruins in dread
fully lacerated condition, 50 that no hopes
can be entertained of his recovery. There
was no other person working in the same
building, and no other damage than above
stated occurred.