near the large magazines. j

As soon as the explosion was heard, officer Wooden sounded an alarm of lire from box seventeen, which brought down steamers two and three and the hook and ladder, and in a Utile time large numbers of persons were around the grounds, but none were allowed to i enter but the firemen and police.

Numbers of women and children wore soon frantically running back and forth near the gates and making Inquiries for their friends.