|
Richmond
Whig |
3/14/1863; Mayor
Mayo seeks the aid of the YMCA and donations for the relief of the sufferers
of the Laboratory explosion |
|
Richmond
Whig |
3/14/1863;
Explosion at the Confederate Laboratory on Brown’s Island. Wounded taken to
General Hospital No. 2. Important geographical details. At the time of the
explosion, firemen were fighting the blaze that destroyed the Public
Warehouse. |
|
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
Whig |
3/16/1863; Mayor
requests that Brown’s Island sufferers report to him their locality and
condition for the reception of charitable contributions |
|
Richmond Whig |
3/16/1863; More
important information about the Brown’s Island explosion – names Mary Ryan
as the culprit, and gives extensive lists of the victims, both dead and
wounded. At this time there were 34 dead and 29 wounded. |
|
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 |
|
Richmond Whig |
4/13/1863; “Local
Summary:” old lady mangled at the Petersburg depot; 331 Yankee prisoners
were sent to City Point for exchange; shooting affair near the Spotswood
Hotel; Martha Burley, Brown’s Island victim, found in the river near
Haxall’s Mill |
|
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." |
