Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-12
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Terrific Boiler ExpIOsion-six Men KILLED
and Others Injured.


the Phoenix boiler works, owned by Donald
son & Patterson, exploded this afternoon, in
stantly killing six men and wounding others.
Patterson, one of the proprietors, was among
the killed. The manufacture of boilers is the
business, while the speciality is testing old
boilers. An old boiler belonging to the tus- boat
Mary E. Pierce, in use eighteen years, was
being tested, when, without apparent cause,
It exploded,
TOTALLY WRECKING THE WORKS,
Which were 100 feet long, so feet high and
40 feet wide. Patterson was, with a ponder
GUS mass of the exploded boiler, hurled across
the street and through solid board fence, to
which portions of his entrails and fragments
of his limbs chung, while his head was recov-
cred fifty yards further away. The others
killed were scattered in all directions. The
force of the explosion was so great that the
windows of buildings nearly half mile dis
tant were blown out, and many people in a
house in the vicinity were thrown to the
ground, tables overturned and windows de-
molished. The adjoining buildings were
shaken to their foundations. A large piece
of the exploded boiler was thrown hundreds
of feet in the air, and falling crashed through
the roof of Wills elevator, 500 feet away.
The dome of the boiler was thrown 100 feet in
the air, and landed half mile distant.
THE KILLED.
The known killed are
Robert Patterson, aged So ; married leaves
wife and six children.
John Langenfeld, aged 3S unmarried /;
remains burned almost beyond recognition.
Francis Chadwick, aged 62; engineer in
charge of the boiler; side blown away and
bled to death; married; leaves a wife and
three children.
VIM. Wager. married blown to pieces !;
leaves wife and four children.
VIM. Gibson, nephew of Patterson !;
blown through the shop and across the street !;
married; leaves wife and two children.
An unknown man, blackeped and bruised
beyond recognition.
THE WOUNDED.
Carlotto Voltz both legs blown off, cut in
the back and chest; cannot recover.
George Rennes, aged 10 leg broken and
head bruised badly.
Henry Mackey, left leg broken, head cut
and injured internally viii probably die.
Alex. Rupert, right leg broken aud injured
internally viii probably die.
Robert Mexejech, left side of body and face
=, AZ, ,,,4 No, sFard;rr, t,raoL1 foo4 e.o,.,
che boiler when struck will recover.
Michael May stood about ten feet from the
boiler; hurt in the stomach and left side Of
the face.
Hank Norr, right foot smashed; will re.
cover.
Sixteen men were employed at the time of
Che disaster, and six were unhurt
Donaldson, the other proprietor, had but
fsw moments before the explosion drove from
the place, and was only few squares away.
Washington Notes from Cur Own Corre-
spOndent.
WASHINGTON, March 11th.-Despite the
confidence of the Republicans that Senator
Mahone will side with them in matters of or
ganizing the Senate, there are equally conf
dent assertions on the part of the Democrats
that he does not intend to vote on any ques-
ton Of organization at this session. They say
tie county elections in Virginia take place
soon, and the State election next fall, so that
the Readjuster candidates are writing to Ma
hone that he will destroy all their prospects
by acting to any great extent with the Re-
publicans. One, Democratic Senator to-day
asserted in the most positive manner his.
knowledge that Malone will not take part
IN the organization and if he refrain
from voting, this, with Senator Davis
vote, will give the Democrats one majority
From the best indications, however, it would
seem that although General Malone still
maintains great reserve as to his purposes,
the chances are very decidedly in favor of
his acting with the Republicans in the entire
matter Of organization, and there is strong
reason TO believe that at least two Rapubli
can Senator's have been authorized by him to
give the Republican caucus a positive as
surance OF his support, IN return for pros
pective Federal assistance in a scheme of
consolidating the Virginia Republicans with
his party on State questions The Republi-
can caucus, acting on this belief, went so far
to-day as TO appoint committee of seven to
prepare full list of Senate committees,
with view to eIeeting them with the aid Of
Mahone's vote early next week.
Senator Farley has recently received
number of complaints from applicants for
timber lands under the Act of 1878, that the
Department ruling requiring applications to
be verified before the Register or Receiver
has worked great hardships to the applicants,
many of whom live great distances from the
local Land Offices. He submitted the matter
TO Commissioner Williamson, who replies
that the Act itself requires the application
to be thus verified, but that the additional
- e., hato oh Of %ha land
may be given before any officer authorized to
administer oaths and that in all cases the
General Land Office has enforced this msnda-
tory requirement as to the application itself,
and must continue to do so until the Act is
amended.
United states senate-David Davis Gre
ates a Sensation.
WASHINGTON, March 18th. Edmunds
took the oath of Office to-day for the new
term.
Pendleton called up the resolution for the
formation of Senate committees.
Davis of Illinois declined the Chairman
ship of the Judiciary Committee, and recon-
mended as a substitute the name of Garland
for that position.
Davis recited the facts connected with his
election in 1877 by the Illinois Legislature.
and ssid:
No rnsn ever entered Congress freer from politi-
cal control or personal obligation than did four
years ago. l had been identified with the Repub-
fcan party, and still look back with pride to its
grand achievements. The extreme measures after
the war the incident 70 civil strife drove
tens Of thousands into the liberal movement of
1872 found myself IN company with Charles F.
Adams, Horace Greeley, Carl Schurz, Nurat Hal
stead, Stanley Matthew's r & Feuton, John Went
WORTH Samuel Bowles, Lyman Trumbull, Whitelaw
Reid and others known to fame, who had
been conspicuous Republicans Some Of them have
returned to the fold from which they had separated,
doubtless prompted by patriotic motives- have
acted dstinetiyely with the Democratic party,
and unless its methods are changed and its wisdom
hroadened t1ere Is little prospect OF my revising the
opinions calmly formed The country would be ma