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October 22, 2009
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Dynamite Explosion in 1890 Breaks Windows and Shakes Residents of
Bartow-on-the-Sound in Pelham
On April 5, 1890, a massive explosion at a dynamite
works in Baychester killed two workers and shook the countryside. In
nearby Bartow-on-the-Sound, a hamlet located in Pelham, windows were
broken and residents were shaken. A brief article about the event
appeared on April 7, 1890 in a Syracuse, New York newspaper. It is
transcribed below, followed by a citation to its source.
"A terrific explosion which shook the building and broke
the window panes in many homes at Bartow, City Island and Pelham Bridge
occurred Saturday. The building known as the running house at Dittmar's
dynamite works in Baychester had blown up, killing James H. Kelmeir and
Max Schultz. Schultz had come to the works to pay a friendly visit to
Kelmeir. In the engine house, about 100 feet away, the engineer was badly
stunned by the shock. His escape from death is miraculous. Kelmeir and
Schultz were blown to atoms. The explosion left a hole six feet deep and
twenty feet long where the building stood. How the dynamite came to
explode is a mystery that will probably never be solved. The railrad
station, a quarter of a mile from the scene of the explosion, was badly
damaged by the shock."
Source: A Terrific Explosion, The Syracuse Daily Journal,
Apr. 7, 1890, p. 1, col. 3.
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