Wednesday, December 20, 1865 — The daily dispatch
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ashingtott Items.
We copy from the Evening Star of the 18th :
TEBBIBI.E EXPLOSION- AT THK ABSBBAX—TEE HBB
EI M.ED—A EtTUBBB HISSIEO.
This afternoon, a terrific explosion was
heard in the direction of the arsenal, shaking
buildings in tbe very heart of the city ; and
soon it was ascertained that the explosion had
taken place in a small building, about twenty
by forty feet to the left of the main walk and