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Brown's Island Explosion :: |
Information about the Explosion at the Confederate
States Laboratory in Richmond, VA during the Civil War. |
On Friday March 13, 1863 an
accidental explosion occurred at the Brown's Island facility known
as the Confederate States Laboratory. This page features information
related to the explosion and the victims of the Brown's Island
explosion.
Richmond
Examiner |
3/14/1863; Explosion at C. S. Laboratory |
Richmond
Enquirer |
3/14/1863; Explosion at C. S.
Laboratory |
Richmond
Sentinel |
3/16/1863; description and details of the
Brown's Island Confederate Laboratory explosion |
Richmond
Sentinel |
3/17/1863; no more deaths from the laboratory
explosion - donations for their relief have been pouring in |
Richmond Sentinel |
3/17/1863; committee appointed to disburse
contributions to victims of the Laboratory explosions |
Richmond
Sentinel |
3/18/1863; Mary Ryan, who caused the explosion
at the Confederate Laboratory, has died of her wounds |
Richmond
Sentinel |
3/20/1863; another man dies of his wounds after
the Confederate Laboratory disaster |
Richmond
Sentinel |
3/21/1863; 14-year old girl dies of her wounds
from the Laboratory explosion |
Richmond
Sentinel |
3/26/1863; benefit to be held tonight at the
Market Hall for the victims of the Laboratory explosion |
Richmond
Examiner |
4/4/1863; buildings of the C. S. Laboratory
have been rebuilt |
Richmond
Sentinel |
4/13/1863; body of a Laboratory explosion
victim found in the "race leading to
Haxall’s mills." Notes that 50 deaths have thus far resulted from the
explosion |
Trowbridge,
John T., The South... |
1866 account of the author's
travels to Richmond and the adjoining battlefields. Good material on Belle
Isle, Brown's Island, Libby Prison, battlefields near the city |
Civil
War Times Illustrated (Oct. 1982),
pp. 36-41. |
Burton, David L. "Friday the
13th: Richmond's Great Home Front Disaster." |
For details of the Laboratory generally, please visit the C.
S. Laboratory page.
Page
last updated on
07/17/2008
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