The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-18
THE SAN FRANCISCO EXPLOSION.
Nitro -Glyccrtne OIL the Cause OF the Mys-
tcrious and Fatal Explosion in weiIs,
Fargo q Co.'S once, San Franciseo-A
Remedy Against Such Dtsasters-An mo-
thcr Wyoming Hotel Affair.

ther wyoming Hotel Annfr.
The frghful disaster which occurred on tho 10th
April In the once Of Wells Fargo A 90 % ~
press tho city OF Francisco killing instantly nf
teen To twenty pcrsons and dfcadully inurng many
others, destroying nearly whole blok OF buildings and
resulting In damage Of more than two hundred thou
sand dollars s. beyond any doubt the result Of tho
ploeion Of nitro Flyccrinc, or blasting oil.
According to Information taken here I'm Now York;,
The superintendent Of New York mining company,
~hosc olco the building No 20 Pine street where
also the oloe of tho New York Nitro Gyccrnc Blaet
Ing on Company situated, had sent weeks ago.
10 Francisco, by the Pacific Mail Company several
boxes Of nitro glyoenne. weighing abou, two hundred
pounds imported from the factory Of Mr. Alfred Nobel,
Of Hamburg, Germany.
Il was intended TO sell this oil 70 the mining oomani.,
In Neyaia Idaho and Colorado the imuicnss exploding
power OF the chemical compound offering great sd-
vnnages NOT only In the saving Of labor Of dr holes
hat aso fseght because pound of this blasting
oil doos the destructive work twelve To 1floon
ppunfs of common blasting gunpowder
Ihc HSRAD was the hrst papcr which called the pub
10 attention 20 tba ~ondcrful aud dangerous invention,
OBJ ooeasiOh of the wyofang Hotel cirecnvch street,
ctplosi1n which took place the sth Of November
Ioss rhs writer Of the Hra.D article giving chon.
cal esayna OF the compoaud, exposed the great dangers
ks 0oais undar 'css,aa runlstsnces resoit from
the transport storage Of this really "denoniac oil
hc pirtsd put tho dangers of shipping this cr IosIvc
by tie European steamers OF cmirsnt vesses ,bo~inx
that pound, exploding by some uuforcfeen acci-
dent, bttrl % tWn thousand ton vcsse would
the vessel To pieces and tina, " cargo Of any
hundred pounds should explode board the greatest
sbip with all bcf freight and hundreds of living bangs
would disappear frou the saraoe ~ tho ocean
lng wreck :" TESTIFY " bo distraction, - human soai
D. tcil tho a,d story.
Tho blood sun think thh, the two hundred
pounds aont by tho raci0o mail steamer had crpodcd
dnuLf tho ga 'otage, tearing u pieces add baryug Ia
the waves tho seven eight hundred passsngors on
bcard And could not the acc dent ~heh tok place a,
tbe Ifrishi Once ol NeH Fnrgp3 Company, IN San
ffauisrO, Vith0lt any apparent cause have happ
quite we'll on board of tho steamer shieb oarci tho
nys.Sro and dangerous ireighv
fhe inventor and patsuire ~ The dem compound
hf Alfred Nobel Aciish eGsaccr ans~efcd ogr raioio
thr Wyoming HDtrl accident a vrfy good humofrd
lett stating that according numrrOts experiments
he aBd hunlreda of mlaers ant ensincorr hsd made,
his 81 VA y fbout dsngsr - seiflsuuig and sggi
even not take ARE B. In contact ~itb buFtlDg match
reqgrnf for ig1ltiIn specsi gator, airo tho
vontnn ~ The palcnro PIT he seemed to nofo that
new chemical compound msy - Hb,ct q agllo unfor.-
se"n chemical iuAuanrns cndrf sch "a change -
chafnrtrr completely innsruros 0i rbich scence
not think ~ dream o. AM ~hch ouly ouE ysfs ~
perimsnts irng 90 light u fnsy D. accotup,sei
b. conftaut contact With The me gias ty-
ties N Dheh i j. Transported ~ tlo inteus hss'
chip hus Ia tropical 81 mates q may D. ,nsctsd ~
other chem ctlr chemical Eafsra - gpp1f stored 10
this Kind % chemical c0mpounfs T. subject Aoci-
d'nu ana Hinisnecs quite bcyond Tie control u no
manufsct1fcr
IA snail city u Boehsm IN oba 4 tie coal d..
trcs Df NcEtphs'ia Germany. Eiyrrsesprr kefs far
sAle ~ The STOCK = S0Jes nitro giyrern-
Ons ng \ buy tro pgun.ls anf
brought sh him tln can, carry the Enfs biuics
IN @heh "a 49, soid being in-nngeuloEt ~ him Tbs
refk opene1 The b0tes aul l.ufed The o ui8 ths tn
but, ". Ia The r.ninrut plotted tearing
~ psres Tie rlf rleft ki tL9 fnrsf ant dfauyhg
to ftofe. H. ~ sHsn srvefnutnt apDulisi oons-
Mission 20 nyesrss uls nsfisf, an1 found tha,
The un can had c0ntancd tlfpsu oi anf that
pntnr 90 in eIntart Sb nitro sy ornc posfihiy sollI
orcsHiou fufdrf erplYsi0n husrlaflF suulsh. the
dent bapp bei the iay that the Wyoming
HJiel arciisnt t1as piarf ln th.f rfiy
Near GisiE. DO us Ffu.i.n province n SIssa =
isbofer sbo ~n oct pea 10 blasting ssay f,ek~
% 'hs - RAJ i0stk oane wy 'sfy l ths MINING
Januarys issg g. D. ssrs H- vas f-gef ~ v,
b. dnuhtie. BOT f9abf n hsff ff1fen over Llfhttas
ol having hs prful.ar qushy n frv~finE degrees
abote tis EAisf ffrsT ~ plilt To c 80 IN Enua
Iefris fas4 ard ~ iF.fE irft ~ unfrftI nate suft
man cut Gfen the nass, au1 tgs hatrhst ~ eut -
piece of To- ffaEsu 0l Ihs hsifist Lyssh.
- The ffgfsn lamp 70 srpudef killing ihsfahtiy ne
fOand too miles dislaHi ffsu tLs pace ~bsfs no are
dsnt happened
res- "a faany oth-f siniss socis~n,s sheh rnlsht
ttatfI prove that sttss 81 h really ~ mite =,
innocsni A. TIE Ersnt1f alleges. bat % a. oonfafy
very dangeroas tl fn.-idu stb
We esl ulsfsf0fs. tbs atsrtign = ~ ron fst.nt
s4tbofitss - tasss fats. nd hofa us ~ sI
destructive ,ompgani II wUuid t its tsftt o. sqpt
snpv Ms ffaHtan ias, fexuisitg ths uatsr. ftaiiea
- blifo-g yrsfina o TIhir ffaff t~esnte ftN
M rofk - sofu. ~ ts tsF' sr.fa'fr artharnss -
Eafpps hf s5l Mite tat a. tesn o1nlpfsd ~ ufss
pffsers - chsiftfy. thfes aifsrtqTs - insftn
paa es aHf ufcs frslshi tqf~fintfr rfebn = rsf4as
Our busy issis-sars A. Hssh nrtau, ~ho Iafsf sorns
days ago ia- fssasins ths tsnsIfsiou sni fisfAss
of pssrDisurn. VII pfsaiay tats ins maiisF N harf
. ilh0ut delay iLs 4 is ~ sfia nef ulat
hssrD q ne sssrfsr ~ iAs hsn ifaBciio, dm-
astsf