Damge to other proerties due to explosion at Thomas Hann's Weymouth baker and confectioer shop
Several people nearby were lifted off their feet
The house immediately opposite the shop was occupied by Mrs Soutcott. She was in her shop at the time and her forehead was cut by flying glass as she was knocked over by the blast. Her children who were in bed were showered with glass and the shop's shutters were split by glass.
The shop adjoining Thomas's, occupied by Mr Hood the jeweller, had its front blown out smashing a large quantity of glass. The ceilings were also blown away as was Mr Hood and the contents of his shop
Adjoining Thoma's on the other side was Hatton's butcher's shop. where again the glass front and ceilings were severely damaged and an occupant was hit by a kettle blown from the grate
Mr Jeffrey's printing office suffered 70 broken panes and all the houses in the vicinity had broken windows.
The blast was felt further away where various things wre knocked down and even the military (who though it was a cannon signalling from Portland) were called out and it became a place for many from Weymouth to visit during the day
(the same report appeared in the 5 Sep 1868 edition of the Bristol Mercury and the Cambridge Independent Press)