SsYsriya4s. Oct. 7,
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 Erp3osion Gna i,oss Qj ilvss.--is most distressing occurrence took place yes terday a lliiie before one . clock. at the powder magazine at the extreme east cru verge oi the city. The building lately coutaincd abont lf0 kegs of pow der, which being deemed unsafe, was removed during Tuesday aud yesterday morning to the magazine of Fort Wayne, with the exception of about l5O or 900 pounds damaged, that was emptied into a lfrice tierce the coop- ering of which, 1t is thought, elicited q spark, and caused the whole to explode. The concussion was felt in all parts of the town, and an immense cloud of' white smoke soon explained he cause. The building (briek) was driven to pie ees, and fragments thrown in every di- .rection to the distance of two hundred yards and, we lament to say, every per son within 1t five in number. as far as yet ascertained) instantly killed, and their bodies and limbs thrownto great distance by this powerful agent. The end of the building was hurled against the artillery old laboratory (brici<), about l5 feet distant, which crushed if, and the roof being of wood caught fire. and burnt with the other wood work This latter building contained nothing. The number Of persons killed by this alevent is seven, five within and two without the building.