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The Davenport Gazette
Davenport, Scott County, Iowa
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Two cargoes of dry goods shipped from New York to New Orleans on steamers Espindola and Hudson were destroyed by chlorine gas from bursting casks of faulty chloride lime, likely due to a dishonest manufacturer's cost-cutting, causing $75,000-$80,000 in losses and potential litigation.
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Two valuable cargoes of dry goods, etc, shipped from New York to New Orleans on the steamers Espindola and Hudson, were entirely destroyed recently by chlorine gas, generated by the bursting of several casks of chloride lime. It is supposed that the dishonest manufacturer, in order to undersell competition, used lime for the purpose of saturation that was only partially slacked. This saved him the chlorine gas, but upon the absorption of moisture the slacking of the lime burst the casks, thus for a paltry hundred dollars, he has occasioned the loss of goods valued at from 75,000 to 80,000, and opened to himself a boundless field of litigation.
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New Orleans
Event Date
Recently
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loss of goods valued at from 75,000 to 80,000; boundless field of litigation for the dishonest manufacturer.
Event Details
Two valuable cargoes of dry goods shipped from New York to New Orleans on the steamers Espindola and Hudson were entirely destroyed by chlorine gas generated by the bursting of several casks of chloride lime. The dishonest manufacturer used partially slacked lime to undersell competition, saving on chlorine gas, but moisture absorption caused the slacking and bursting of the casks.