Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-04-09
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Ex plosien Of Giant Powder es-
trucstve Fire and Fearful lOss
of Life.

Eek pIosien Of Giant Powder Des-
srucstve Fire and Fearful Loss
ef Life.
SAN FnANclsco. April &,
About half past three o'clock yester-
day afternoon, an explosion OF giant
powder took place in a small shanty
ON Harrison street, below Spear, used
~ an office and place for preparing
giant powder cartridges by in. Ris-
don, the contractor for removing Rim
con rock. The explosion shattered the
building into fragments and also
demolished a saloon at the corner OF
Spear and Harrison streets, q frame
dwelling on Spear street, another
dwelling OF Harrison street, adjoining
he office on the east, and crushed in
the nor Invest corner of Hathaway's
brick bonded warehouse, next east on
the wharf. In a few moments all were
in flames, as ere also a large hay
barn OH the opposite side of Harrison
street, a tw0-stOry frOme dwelling adj
joining. and a coal shed Of the Black
Diamond Coal Company. The alarm
was Immediately turned on, but owing
TO another alarm for small fire a lew
blocks distant having been struck a
lew IIIDulcIILS DSlOTts SoiII0 ucidJ IN"
Cured in the engines reaching the
scene and the fire bad attained uncon-
trollable hendway. II was al once evil
dent, from the cries Of victims, that u
number OF PERSONS were buried under
the debris OF the fallen buildings and
the utmost efforts were made To- save
them, with only partial success. A
man named Clark, foreman for Ris-
don, was taken from the ruins after the
fire was partially subdued burned to n
crisp. The bodies of Frederick Haas,
a salOon-keeper, aud a colored man
named Brown were recovered not
much disfigured. JAS. Mcintyre, late
ly discharged from the navy, died
shortly after being removed. The
bodies were removed tothe morgue.
Several men, women and children,
badly injured, were removed to st.
Mary's Hospital for medical attention,
three Of whom were Alex. Thompson,
a 'longsloreman, VIM. Knight, and
Henry Richards, a seafaring man.
They are not expected to recover. Sew
eral others received severe though not
necessarily fatal injuries. A number
of persons were missing at last ac-
counts, and 1t Is feared they are burr, d
in the ruins. The loss Of goods in the
bonded warehouse will not fall short
of $500, 900. There was a great scarcity
OF water owing to the small size OF the
mains in that portion of the city, and
the engines took water from the bav.
1t is thought that All abundant supply
from hydrants would have prevented
much loss Of property. The number
OF lives lost will probably be definitely
ascertained to day, when q thorough
search OF the RUNS is made.
Reception OF senator Sargent.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 3.
The reception of Senator Sargent last
evening was imposing. There was n
large military escort, and the Senator
was met at the wharf 10y a Committee
of the Board of Supervisors, headed
by the Mayor, and the procession
marched to the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
After the reception there was a greet
ing of friends, consisting mostly Of
employees i'm the Custom-house. The
Senator addressed the crowd In the
street, being introduced with a few re-
marks by Mayor Otis. Mr.. Sargent
defended his political course, and
touched at some length on questions
upon which his record had been called
in question, after which q champagne
discussion ensued in his apartments.
AS an outburst of popular enthusiasm,
the reception could hardly be consid-
cred a success.