, 1869-12-08
FEARFUL RXPLOSI0N.
m ~an F1nncl>co-rwo t1cu Ruro.
co to Dcash, and Seven Others SC.
faouAtT Injured

From fhs 81" Fianeisoo A ia, Sar. q.
Terrific hcclent cccrfre1 aoQui Gas OttlocI
.tt evening. ~ Ice Glaat Po der WORKS, situated
atops n'e mile . fton sae CITY HaL The works.
of HnIch BaIbnatr, Sielson i Co. arr the accnts.
TsA ttAIut otef year &lnce- TIE grounds Inns
oetsetn tso hs,lt, CONSIST & ABOUT an acre q
land. aEr1h,i the ~hOr Of which as All stVu..foot
letcc- un the place were nve frame h3'ldinvt
The tae;tsy, u bd1.utng about 25A6p feet Wns on
ne tast e,oc' on le'.l Rreund. 10 The centre vas
At tte WnrEf. .v<d. On the west s!de vss tue
lr'ne stable: abose tnis uss Eaansy, occnple1 tf
.1h, ~ M Ghnsmtn e. p!o,tl there, and. =, an e'eva-
l.on oi A-0lt t6Ey ket. WAS the depository for
trE the powder.
Ye.tsfaay atte1aoo a track load Of ac.ds wa,
treuent 10 the rfouud and placed On The elevator.
Al O'Clock lxat c7e.IrK work aAg ppspcndcd ~
t: tsrsL 4ttsI ssppsr tne foIem.n, driver, and ~
OF Of item looked out uf the window and hottest
= f1e on the hLl. ~heve ihe acids were ttoscd. Ts
r. S" ~, eea snF asn!on q she osaer two 10
tbe nll, II tace thattetinR all the batldlnRs Net.
nse 1rt u the h1,ldlos IL xh.ch the tntee meu
aee ss Sso sse 9aua S aos T. sna
l,eos,l. h Nj: WalleWe.ler, "a. fnoesed
nauses be .seen snS 'esTs stm.
tet TO be an2e 10 crawl our Of the burning buji0-
ir9: o. eight chnauen In the1 snanty tix Werr
reAtlJ burned cat Every one of Ihe builStnes on
lie plzcc vas torn to Pieces the Whole fence sur.
rnn' dig tie premises wa tnTa down, not =
plank being lett on the place. In short, tue eptee
works Sre wreck The 1udden crash OF the ~,
r.oecn lairly rhook tie hills in The vicinity. anJ
Ma plainly te1ru q cKlA1cc OF &eyerN f.fta
About ECO yards distant from the xfeck IA the
ranrhe Of Jacob Rick. Every psDe Of ks1as ID the
house was brofeu- All rushsd OCT e1E;redly, NOT
knowlrE 1t mt the caase OF the violent thxf1nv
OF tae house. ~ though It WAS beng FAfsed ffpr1
tss fouE ta1ion By electricity. The nfss one out of
the tGufe wAs Mis- Rick, WHO raw the house on
Ere II The WORKS. She nnS zooa folio srI by the
uep. nc II cEta ran up to tbe pAce, rendering
fach sss't1arce II they could to vi. Httlefweter.
uLo NAs fJtrR EfeanipR on tie Gtouod. on ex.
animation Il was found fhft he hid three severe
cuu on the lett bip, aud Two on the head Tbs
81 Injured thlnAutn, uoc also managed to crawl
out o. their building, weFe next attended, to, aud
- scon e. pc:ztefe an tIpren wagon was pro-
caIed. In which tae1 were conveyed 10 town.
Whe1 the building IN which tue whisn men were
hat eurCfd doa D. the bauds from tue ranch
hooked CUT from the csndt1a the Two dead bodies
~L!Ih NtIe hu1be.l to cfisr. the iek9 and .xds
being entirely tafen Of, ana the only way tneI
etuld te tlsut EEisad tYun each other Has By q
rrl,!cp 81 Mr. P.ren'us watca chain, which 1As
st,li hanRu to bis BODY.
Ibe E,nouws or 4 hcuse go y1r.S to the west Of
INC WtfEs were also srAaoeo, and The Inmates or
s. MsrJ = College, ceazsg nuc %, were also
startled, The bulltbR thaktpI from Iop to bottom
Wneibe. The ae-1dent resulted from the exploston
oi nlfFeEs. esftue or soGe sad, could rot b
aseeF.Aned LAST evening. a the cnly ooe Of 2ho1c
e. plolet, II the works tthc lAtosc5> rho could
size any itio<nation, Vas ID su.h 1t4ta that he
%xA hkf1 III ~ Nta tn r