“Stocking Accident.—The Cylinder Mill belonging to Vernet & Solomon’s Powder Works, near Spottswood, N. J. blew up last evening, killing one man, Mr. Harrison Ware, or Vermont. The explosion was felt 7 miles from the place. Mr. Ware was, we learn, blown the distance of 400 yards, his body torn into several pieces, and its mutilated fragments scattered in every direction. [Star.”

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The New Yorker, Vol. 1, 1836, page 45