Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-24
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.

SAN FRANcIsco, Feb. 22.-Stockton dis
patch: A terrific explosion occurred at 2:50
o'clock to-day at the head of Stockton
slough, on Edwards street. A crowd of
more than 200 people assembled to witness
the trial of new propeller pump set in the
slough and run by threshing engine.
Those who stood near were Frustrated, and
the body of the engine blown distance of
$50 feet through the crowd. The dead lay
PROSTATE in every direction, some falling
into tie slough from the bridge. Ten or
twelve dead bodies lay in one heap, at the
strewn dead and dying on the street, blown
from SO to 100 feet. The heads of
some were blown to pieces;
others were blown to the ground
with such force as to break every bone in
their bodies, faces, hands, and whole persons
were steamed in dirt and cinders. The
wounded were promptly cared for and the
dead left undisturbed until the excitement
had snbsided, when they were moved to the
coroner's Office. The explosion was the re-
suit of recklessness on the part of the
engineer. The steam gauge refused to work,
and after the engineer had attempted to fix
it and failed, he screwed down the safety
valve and went on with the work. The ex-
plosion occurred about fifteen minutes after
ward.
Killed.. M. Kirkpatrick, merchant !;
John Wriel, James Curry, blacksmiths !;
Geo. w. Toltz, carpenter Willard Folsom,
VIM. Allen, sporting men Michael Crowell,
H.. B. Bishop, Jr., students Robt. B. John
son, Jas. Cosgrave, laborers; Chas. Crearer,
w. S. Tailor, B. S. Cloves, farmers Foo
Fee, Chinaman Thomas Sedgwick, j. F.
Avery, the engineer in charge of the en-
CINE. The wounded number twenty-six,
three or four of whom are not likely to re-
cover. Many we're blown considerable
distance and escaped uninjured. The body
of the engine, weighing $500 pounds, was
blown over the telegraph wires and landed
on the plaza. Men are still engaged in drag
ging the slough in hopes of recovering
bodies supposed to have been thrown into
the slough by the explosion. The flags
thrown to the breeze in honor of the mem
DRY of Washington were lowered to half
mast after the explosion.
AN ANGELES VISIT.
LEwEs, Del, Feb. 22.-The bark Shooting
Star, carrying as passenger Chas. w. Angel,
the defaulting secretary of the Pullman Pal
ace Car company, was detained off the Cape
by gale of wind which prevailed yesterday,
and only arrived in the breakwater at noon
to- day. At one time it was supposed the
Shooting Star had received orders, through
pilot boats, to proceed to New York,
and that she had gone there,
but a fine southerly breeze to-day brought
her safely in the capes. Angel was brought
ashore by Detective Capt. Whitney Frank,
and quarters at the United States hotel,
where they are now staying. It appears his
captivity has been made as light as possible
for him, and he has suffered no unnecessary
confinement since his discovery and arrest at
Lisbon. He seems to have realized that
further effort to avoid final settlement
would only be prejudicial to his case, and he
is anxious to proceed to Chicago. He was
not aware when he went to Portugal that
the United States had no extfadition
treaty with that country, and his apparent
desire to secure immunity from arrest by the
absence of treaty stipulation was not pre-
meditated. He first went to Southampton;
thence to Rio de Janeiro, and reached Lis
bon in one of the royal mail steamships.
No delay is anticipated, and it is expected
Angel will leave for Chicago Monday next.
RAILROAD COLLISION.
DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 22.-The passenger
train on the Canada Southern railroad, which
left this city at $3.50 this evening, collided
with the express from Buffalo at Detroit
Junction. Both engines were badly wrecked
and the baggage cars ditched. The fireman
of the Buffalo train had both his legs crushed.
1t is feared his injuries will prove fatal. The
passengers of both trains escaped unhurt.
MURDERED BY INDIANS.
DEADwooD, Feb. pa report has just
reached here from Rapid City that two
hunters, Ferguson and Thompson, were
murdered on the goth by Indians near that
place. A party of twenty men started from
Rapid City to bring in the bodies and notify
the ranchmen of that vicinity of the danger.