"ACCIDENT FROM A BOMBSHELL. About two weeks since, a man connected with a New Jersey regiment sent to his friend in Camden a bombshell, weighing 64 pounds, which had been thrown into the camp of his regiment by the rebels on the Potomac. The party sending it stated that the load had been withdrawn from it. The shell was taken to Parson and Smith's hotel, and placed in a small room facing Federal street. On Friday night several persons placed lighted matches in it, and on Saturday night other experiments of a like character were made with it. At the time of the explosion two men were in the room-Mr. Remington Ackley and Chs. Hamell. Mr. Ackley struck a lighted paper into the shell, and in an instant a tremendous explosion and a dreadful crash was heard. There were about a dozen men in the bar-room. After they had recovered from the shock of the explosion, they entered the room where the accident occurred, and found Mr. Ackley and Mr. Hamell on the floor, dreadfully disfigured, the latter dead. Mr. Ackley was still alive. He lived in great pain about two hours.
Mr. Charles Hamell was the son of the Ex-Mayor of Camden.
The room and furniture in which the accident occurred was almost entirely demolished. Pieces of shell went through the ceiling, overturning the stove in the parlor. Another piece went through the floor, breaking a grind-stone in the cellar, and one piece crossed Federal street, and passed through the door of Mr. John Ross's tailor store, breaking the gas fixtures. The stove in the bar-room was overthrown, and the windows all broken by the force of the concussion."
The Boston Evening Transcript. 12 March 1862
"ACKLEY.-On the 8th inst., Remington Ackley in the 29th year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral on Saturday afternoon, 15th inst., at 2 o'clock from the residence of his parents, Cooper street, above Fourth, Camden, N.J."
The Philadelphia Inquirer. 14 March 1862
Mr. Charles Hamell was the son of the Ex-Mayor of Camden.
The room and furniture in which the accident occurred was almost entirely demolished. Pieces of shell went through the ceiling, overturning the stove in the parlor. Another piece went through the floor, breaking a grind-stone in the cellar, and one piece crossed Federal street, and passed through the door of Mr. John Ross's tailor store, breaking the gas fixtures. The stove in the bar-room was overthrown, and the windows all broken by the force of the concussion."
The Boston Evening Transcript. 12 March 1862
"ACKLEY.-On the 8th inst., Remington Ackley in the 29th year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral on Saturday afternoon, 15th inst., at 2 o'clock from the residence of his parents, Cooper street, above Fourth, Camden, N.J."
The Philadelphia Inquirer. 14 March 1862
"ACCIDENT FROM A BOMBSHELL. About two weeks since, a man connected with a New Jersey regiment sent to his friend in Camden a bombshell, weighing 64 pounds, which had been thrown into the camp of his regiment by the rebels on the Potomac. The party sending it stated that the load had been withdrawn from it. The shell was taken to Parson and Smith's hotel, and placed in a small room facing Federal street. On Friday night several persons placed lighted matches in it, and on Saturday night other experiments of a like character were made with it. At the time of the explosion two men were in the room-Mr. Remington Ackley and Chs. Hamell. Mr. Ackley struck a lighted paper into the shell, and in an instant a tremendous explosion and a dreadful crash was heard. There were about a dozen men in the bar-room. After they had recovered from the shock of the explosion, they entered the room where the accident occurred, and found Mr. Ackley and Mr. Hamell on the floor, dreadfully disfigured, the latter dead. Mr. Ackley was still alive. He lived in great pain about two hours.
Mr. Charles Hamell was the son of the Ex-Mayor of Camden.
The room and furniture in which the accident occurred was almost entirely demolished. Pieces of shell went through the ceiling, overturning the stove in the parlor. Another piece went through the floor, breaking a grind-stone in the cellar, and one piece crossed Federal street, and passed through the door of Mr. John Ross's tailor store, breaking the gas fixtures. The stove in the bar-room was overthrown, and the windows all broken by the force of the concussion."
The Boston Evening Transcript. 12 March 1862
"ACKLEY.-On the 8th inst., Remington Ackley in the 29th year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral on Saturday afternoon, 15th inst., at 2 o'clock from the residence of his parents, Cooper street, above Fourth, Camden, N.J."
The Philadelphia Inquirer. 14 March 1862
Mr. Charles Hamell was the son of the Ex-Mayor of Camden.
The room and furniture in which the accident occurred was almost entirely demolished. Pieces of shell went through the ceiling, overturning the stove in the parlor. Another piece went through the floor, breaking a grind-stone in the cellar, and one piece crossed Federal street, and passed through the door of Mr. John Ross's tailor store, breaking the gas fixtures. The stove in the bar-room was overthrown, and the windows all broken by the force of the concussion."
The Boston Evening Transcript. 12 March 1862
"ACKLEY.-On the 8th inst., Remington Ackley in the 29th year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral on Saturday afternoon, 15th inst., at 2 o'clock from the residence of his parents, Cooper street, above Fourth, Camden, N.J."
The Philadelphia Inquirer. 14 March 1862
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