The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-28

4 CALIFORNTA HORRUE.-1eFTlfc TX
plosi5u uf q Portable Engine at ,Stockt07l.-
4 Stockton Cali dispatch of Saturday
gives the following particulars of terrible
explosion. caused BY the criminal reckless
ness of an engineer, whereby sixteen per-
SONS were instantly killed and twentysix
others'more or less injured, several of them
fatally
A terrible explosion occurred at half-pasttwo
O'Clock to-day at the head of stockton Slough,
hundred people Assem- bled to witness the trial
of a new propeller pump, set in the slough and
near il were p~ostTated. The body of the en-
gine was blown distance Of one hundred and
nifty feet through the crowd. The dead lay
PROSTATE on the ground In every direction,
some Of them falling into the slough, from the
bean at the northwest corner Of the bridge;
others lay strewn dead and dying on the spot,
blown from fifty to one hundred feet lhe
heads Of some were blown TO plecssi otnefs
were blown to the ground with such force as 70
break every bone in their bodies. Faces, bands
and whole persons steamed IN the art ana
smokeaud cinders. The wounded were prompt
ly cared Tor ard the dead lett undisturOed un-
til the eXciJement had suDsideG' mnen lhey
were removed to the COroner's ONCE. The ex-
plosjOn was the result or Tecklessness On 5be
part of the engineer Ihesteam guage rel ustg
to work, ard after the engineer had attempted
TO FIX it and failed, he screwed down the safety
valve and went on win his work
The explosion occurred about htteen minutes
afterward, and killed ). VI. ktrkPatrlck, mer-
chant John rieii James curry, oiacksLnith ;
George ". FOtlz, carpenters Allldrd Folsom:
VIM. 4 Hen, sporting man; h. Cromwell. II. b:
Bishop, Jr, student: robert J.. johnson ana
Jas. COsgrGve, labOreTs; Charles CrcaUOr, W.
c. Taylor aud B. s. CLOVIS. farmers TO Fee,
Chiuaman; ThOs. Sedgwtck aud }. +. Avery,
engineers in charge OF the engine.
The wounded number twenty-six, three or
four Of whom are rot likely TO recover. Many
were blown a considerable distance, and es-
capped uUInJuTed.
i7hr bCiv OF the engine. weighing . 500 pounds,
was blown over the telegraph wires and landed
on the plaza. Men are still engaged In drag
gine the slough in hopes OF recovering bodies
Gun % q thrown EiOuEh
bIeezs in honor Of the memory of Washington.
were lowered at halt-mast after the explosion.
TIE CAUSE OF THEIExPLOsIoN.
The Stockton Dispatch says the CorOner's
jury :ound the recent explosion was caused by
the sream-gUage becoming defective and fail
ing TO Indicate the true pressure of steam on
the boiler; and the engineer, depending on
the guaea was deceived as 10 the amount OF
steam he had generated. The funerals of most
of the victims took place on Monday. The
banks, public schools, saloons, and business
houses were closed IN conformity with the
Mayors proclamation. The county and dis-
trIct courts adjourned also.
THE ''BLACK DEATH IN RUssIA.--H0r-
Fijis Dstuils.-A private letter from St
Petersburg, dated January p aud received
in New York on Saturday, says.
u have sac story to tell. You have probo-
bly, heard some reports about the epidemic pre-
case, brought here by the soldiers from the
East Il has spread in the southern provinces
or Russia at a rapid rate. Thousands upon
thousands have died with 1t within the last Ave
days The victims when taken i've only about
two hours ana turn as hiacl All over asa negro,
All the physicians ordered 10 The cure OF The
sick have died within tTenty-four hours after
their arrival. LAe corpseS are burned ana SO
are the houses ilf which the people have died.
Who'll. towns have been IHiCswsste during the
past lew days The government has placed q
Gordon OF soldiers around tie Infected pro-
yIucesr so that the people caunot get out and
spread The disease. Any who attempt TO leave
ald break through the Gordon are shot dead On
the spot iut people arc beginning TO feel uu-
easv all over the Empire. The government. OF
course, does not allow the news 70 get out. All
TeugTrS are suppressed, but the worst of all ia
thar nobody can get out OF the Empire Thg
Austrian and ermau government have placed
double Gordon OF soldiers along all the From
Tiers, preventing all persons from entering
cling from Ru5sia by railroad are stopped al
the frontier aud detained twenty days in quar-.
and IL they prove all right after JhC lapse OF
twenty days they arc permitted to cross the
the people are housed in large sheds and barns
without any accommodations or comforts
from travelling. There IS no possibility Of Slip,
ping cut anywhere. May God grant that tic
in some way be checked. Tbeiinvc the Govern
ueHt Is doing al in its power TO prevent tht
soon then tne victims may iali by the thousand
daily. II is much worse than the yellow Fly.l
was % the south last summer. L was brough
py q arr 81 .eE month ago, VINO, on it5ly
iur tEc Turkish territory, pulled Of from
dead Turk 90 the battlefield handsome siII
shawl, which ne tied around his body. On ar
riyiug iu his native town be presented th,
shawl TO his 5wCCthcart. a girl OF 70 years ~hl
tied 10 around her body Gud danced about TO
joy iu q room in which were twenty-five uy8
pie. In two hours she dIel, ana fiye hours az
ter the introduction OF the shawl into the room
the whole party of twenty-five had died. al
turned black In three days the whole town
containing l,lUJ people, had died, with the OK
CCpti0n OF iCrfy-thre rec persons who had lied 81
time. From this town the pest began spread
iHs ali over the country"