When I was looking for some obits, I found these articles: Stanhope Eagle Wed., May 8, 1907 Miss Bessie Pierce, the youngest of the ten daughters of Mrs. Phoebe Pierce, was married at Elizabeth on April 11th to Adolph Ellingsen of that city, by his pastor, Rev. C. M. Nestermoe. Only immediate relatives of the contracting parties were present including Mrs. Pierce and her son Austin, of this place. Mr. Ellingsen is the only son of a building contractor and the young couple will make their future home in Elizabeth. Note: Phoebe Ann SICKLES Pierce Stanhope Eagle Wed, Jan 1, 1908 EADE-HUYLER - On Dec 24, 1907, at Paterson, by Rev. M. T. Gibbs, William Eade, of Dover, and Miss Nancy Huyler of Netcong. Other tidbits Stanhope Eagle Wed, July 24, 1907 Henry Smith, waiving indictment by the Sussex grand jury was placed on trial before Judge Coult in Special Sessions on Friday last for assaulting Marshal Samuel W. GOBLE, of Stanhope, when the latter attempted to quell a disturbance which commenced in the Stanhope House on the evening of June 8th. It was a clear case. Two of the three men engaged in the free fight on that evening, severely beat the marshal when he attempted to separate them. One of the men escaped, but Smith was captured, and has since been lingering in the county jail. Judge Coult sentenced him to serve thirty days in the county jail and pay the costs of the court, which is rather viewed hereabouts as a mild sentence for the offense. Dennis McConnell, of Stanhope, who has been serving ice from Daniel L. BEST's wagon up to Saturday evening, quit or was discharged by his employer. He was arrested today, being charged by Henry Wilson, with breaking into the latter's house on Monday evening. Stanhope Eagle Wed, Feb 19, 1908 Powder Works Exploded - The mixing house of the Hough Powder Works on the south side of the Lackawanna railroad between Chester Junction and Wharton, had an explosion of dynamite yesterday morning at five minutes past eleven o'clock, the force of which was distinctly felt here. Three men were killed, viz.: Joseph HOUGH, superintendent of the company; Jeremiah UTTER, of Berkshire Valley, and James KAVERN. Only eight men were at work on the grounds. The shock of the explosion went mainly toward Wharton and Dover. The building on the property of the late engineer, Ed King, were wrecked, the Wharton school house had quite all the windows blown out and was considerably damaged otherwise. The school children in session were almost seized with panic. All the large plate glass windows in the R. F. Oram store were wrecked and smashed into bits. Other buildings in Wharton were of course badly wrecked, but the two mentioned were the heaviest losers. Buildings in Dover had the window glasses broken by the immense force of the explosion. The No. 3 fast line to Buffalo was within a short distance of the explosion, running at her usual speed and every window on the south side, even including the plate glass ones of the heavy Pullman cars, was broken out. Many of the passengers were injured. At Port Morris, Drs. Thayer and Nelden were summoned by telephone and the train stopped here. Dr. Neldon hastily prepared bandages and lint, &c, but the train would not wait for his arrival and took Dr. Thayer with it to Washinton. The suffering passengers were riding practically in open air with a keen wind blowing and for a distance of thirty miles at that. One of them, a commercial traveler, was so badly injured that he was left at Washington. Two other cars were secured at Washington for the better comfort to the passengers and the train proceeded on its way. Seems that there were a number of "powder works" in the area that exploded during these years. Karen, NJ

That's three different articles about exlosions at the area powder works. If anyone comes across any others, I'd like to have them. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "karen wreden" <kmwgen@earthlink.net> To: <njsussex@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 7:04 AM Subject: [NJSUSSEX] Stanhope Eagle > When I was looking for some obits, I found these articles: > > Stanhope Eagle Wed, Feb 19, 1908 > > Powder Works Exploded - The mixing house of the Hough Powder Works on > the south side of the Lackawanna railroad between Chester Junction and > Wharton, had an explosion of dynamite yesterday morning at five minutes > past eleven o'clock, the force of which was distinctly felt here. Three > men were killed, viz.: Joseph HOUGH, superintendent of the company; > Jeremiah UTTER, of Berkshire Valley, and James KAVERN. Only eight men > were at work on the grounds. > The shock of the explosion went mainly toward Wharton and Dover. The > building on the property of the late engineer, Ed King, were wrecked, the > Wharton school house had quite all the windows blown out and was > considerably damaged otherwise. The school children in session were > almost seized with panic. All the large plate glass windows in the R. F. > Oram store were wrecked and smashed into bits. > Other buildings in Wharton were of course badly wrecked, but the two > mentioned were the heaviest losers. Buildings in Dover had the window > glasses broken by the immense force of the explosion. The No. 3 fast line > to Buffalo was within a short distance of the explosion, running at her > usual speed and every window on the south side, even including the plate > glass ones of the heavy Pullman cars, was broken out. Many of the > passengers were injured. At Port Morris, Drs. Thayer and Nelden were > summoned by telephone and the train stopped here. Dr. Neldon hastily > prepared bandages and lint, &c, but the train would not wait for his > arrival and took Dr. Thayer with it to Washinton. The suffering > passengers were riding practically in open air with a keen wind blowing > and for a distance of thirty miles at that. One of them, a commercial > traveler, was so badly injured that he was left at Washington. Two other > cars were secured at Washington for the better comfort to the pass! > engers and the train proceeded on its way. > > Seems that there were a number of "powder works" in the area that exploded > during these years. > Karen, NJ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJSUSSEX-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >