250 
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
( Continued .) 
Date. Place. 
Number of persons 
Nature and extent of 
damage to property. 
Cause of 
explosion. 
Remarks. 
killed. 
injured. 
A.D. 
1864 
1 Oct. Erith. 
? 
? 
Messrs. Hall’s maga¬ 
? 
Immense damage to 
zine, and magazine 
property, and consider¬ 
belonging to Lo- 
able loss of life. 
wood Gunpowder 
Company; both 
blown up, with 
about 57 tons of 
powder. 
1864 
9 Dec. Buenos Ayres. ' 
i 160 
— 
_ 
' p 
1864 
24 n United States, Wilming¬ 
ton.! 
— 
— 
Powder vessel ex¬ 
ploded, without 
damage. 
? 
1865 
29 Mar. Eaversham ... 
— 
2 
— 
’? 
1865 
11 Apr. Southwark . 
— 
— 
Eour or five barrels 
of powder exploded 
in a shop. 
P 
1865 
24 May : United States, Mobile... 
200 
— 
P 
P 
(about.) 
1865 
21 Sept. Manchester, firework 
factory . 
— 
— 
? 
P 
1865 
25 * i Ewell, powder mills. 
2 
— 
? 
? 
1865 
26 a Bristol, firework factory. 
— 
— 
Manufactorv blew 
up. 
? 
