Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-30

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Eleven Mem Killed and Pour Dangerously
Iniarsd-A Hicksning Spectacle.
Explosions of powder mills neal
Oakland are becoming fearfully
ftsqusnt. The last one, on Mon
day, at the Vulcan Powder Works,
situated eight miles from Oakland,
on the shore Of the bay, was most
destructive one. At the time OF
the explosion-10 o'clock A. NJ
everything was apparently In
sound working order. Suddenly
fire was seen to issue from the gran
ulating .house, and almost Instant
~ dull, ,sullen explosion followed,
spreading wreck, ruin and dsstruc-
tion on all sides, blowing the
nelgbboring houses broadcast over
the land and setting the ruins In
names. The eight presented after
the explosion was sickenipg In the
extreme. In space of three acres
the land was covered with burning
ruins. In the midst OF which lay
several bodies literally being roast
ed to . crisp. In one place the side
Of the building had been strongly
bracsd with long iron bolts; these
bolts had fallen down over the
fiercsly burning Goals and wood,
forming . gigantic gridiron. Upon
this horrible instrument lay the
bodies OF three men stark and
dead, twistsd into the most terrible
shapes, and actually broiling. In
front OF the boiler lay the ghastly
corps of the engineer, blackened
and partially burned, lying upon
its belly with the heels touching
the back of the head, and the bow
els oozing from the mouth. Near
this corps, and huddled in q heap
together, lay three more bodies, or
rather the twisted and contorted
skeletons, for every vestige of aesh
had been burned of the bones. In
another part OF the field, deep in
among the burning embers, lay the
bodies OF two Cinnamon gradually
burning to cinders.
LIST OF THE KILLED.
The white men killed are III. G.
Lamb of Tsmescal, q carpenter;
Geo. 6trousfield, carpenter; l.. w.
Starr, brether-in. law of o. B. Har-
dy, Superintendent Of the works;
J. Stewart, man-of-all-work, en-
pl0ysd about the premises; and
Thomas Mills, q carpenter. The
ill-fated Starr leaves widow and
two little children, who ut the
present time are visiting relatives
In the East. Tom Mills, o. he was
Familiarity called, was born and
raised upon the premises, and was
greatly liked by ell the employees.
The names of the six dead China.
men are as follows: All Lee, All
Chow, All Chez, All Sing, Ah Low
aud All Wong.
THE INJURED MEN.
The names of the injured men
and the extent of their Injuries are
% fellows:
w. 81. Ferris, a carpenter, head
and upper portions of the body
burned in some places to the bone.
internal ipjuries from inhaling the
flAmss; hands burnt 60 badly that
the aesh peeled of upon being
handled; lower portion of the ali
domsn fsarfulIy burned. He also
received severe injuries to the
spine frem falling from the top of
the building, distance of about
thirty feet. The doctor has no
hopes Of his recovery.
Gotleib Koch, o carpenter, severe
~ burned about the upper portions
of tho body, the skin and portions
Of the flesh peeling of.
w. e. Bales, foreman of the
works, face badly burned; eyes 70
injured that It is feared be will
lose his sight, and hands and arms
also badly burned. His head is so
swollen. that he is not recognizable
but in spite Of his fearful injuries
Is at present perfectly rational.
Lewis Schaffsr: 1t is feared that
In addition to severe burns about
the body, his back 10 broken, as
the lower portion of the body has
lost all sense of feeling. Ecbaffer
has = wife and two children living.