Explosion of a powder mill.
--The powder mill located about fourteen miles from Charlotte, N. C., on the Catawba river, was blown up on Saturday morning last, and five of the operatives killed. The following is a list of the killed: Charles Kineppellberg, Superintendent; Jno. N. Lee, George Hutchinson, Christopher Onnce, and John Oykter. The explosion is supposed to have occurred from one of the men knocking the cakes of powder off the stones with a copper hammer, the usual mode of cleaning them. There were about seven hundred pounds of powder in the mill at the time of the explosion. The mill was owned by a company, but was mortgaged to the State for $10,000, the State having advanced that amount to enable the erection of the works.
