From the Richmond Dispatch, 2/6/1862, p. 2, c. 7

Fatal Result. - Two of the young men wounded by the recent explosion of fuses at the Confederate States Laboratory, died on Tuesday, after intense suffering. Both died within a few hours of each other, and will be buried to-day. Charles Schop, aged 19, died on Tuesday, at 6 o'clock P. M., and John Fitzpatrick, aged 17, at 11 o'clock P. M. Both of the young men leave friends and acquaintances to lament their untimely fate.

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