485

Cleveland Morning Leader, 19 June 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

485 - L June 19; ed: 2/1 - The verdict rendered in the case of the ter-
rible explosion at the laboratory of the Washington arsenal is that
Superintendent Brown was guilty of placing inflammable substances too
near the building.
"Let the guilty in this case, be punished with all the extreme severity
possible, and that will not be too severe." (3)

Disasters and Accidents

Index terms:

Brown (Superintendent of Arsenal, Washington D. C.); Washington, D. C.