Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1883-01-26


5ng Slowly, with poor chance Of
becoming a law. Luke will come
out ahead if Church's bill becomes
a law, as one is entitled to it just as
much as the other.
The Council Judiciary Committee
are busy patching up the practice
act and mending many weak plac 8.
| Many strangers on our streets, and
the lobby is festive. Lively times
! predicted before the session closes.
Railway legislation is at stand
still.
The weather is very fine once more.
F-tal Explosion of Giant Powder
ut PIT. Clement.
SAN Francisco, Jan. ga Bcr-
kelley dispatch says that the mixing
house and six packing houses of the
great powder works at PIT. Clcmen
near West Berkeley exploded at 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
shock of seven explosions were felt
in This town. One white man, Fore
mqn Conk ard between forty and
! fifty Chinese are know n to have been
blown to atoms. Nearly the entire
plant was destroyed by the fire which
began Immediately a ter the explo-
sion. The superintendent was throw
n long distance, but was not injured. .
Physicians went down from Berkeley
and West Berkeley. Fire STILL rag ing.
A large magazine containing over
200 tons is still safe. About eight
tons exploded. Loss cannot be esti-
mated. The dwelling houses one
side of the hill are safe but all the
| glass shattered.
| LATER.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 22-The total
loss. by reason of the-.explosio /, will
reach not less than 100000. The
giant powder works sustained dam
sge of 100000 The aci | works of
Ju lson & Co. $4,000. 1t is impos
sifle to ascertain the exact loss of
lite, but it is assumed to I've hetN cen
80 and 40. The first explosion oc-
Cured about 4 o'clock in the pack
ing house in which alb ,ut two hun
dred pounds of powder were stored
1t is not still know whether any
one was killed by the first explosion
or not. AS soon as the packing
house explod ID a number of China
men employed in other departments
! fed for their lives and had reached
the open space when the mixing
house exploded, killing most CT the
men in their tracks. 1t is thought
Jerdin and Kompf. the supcrintend-
cnt. were killed by this explosion.
In about a minu one of the
smaller houses exploded, followed
imm. diately by fourth explosion,
which doubtless killed the surviving
employees. A workman named Au-
gust Forgofsky was very seriously
! injured. All the other white men
have been accounted for, and the
dead are all Cinnamon. There are
some thirty or forty houses on the
point occupied by employees at the
powder works and acid works, and
most of the windows are shattered.
Doors and sides in many instances
| 10 fNf
conclusion. After each explosion
the wood work Of the buildings
caught fire and burned steadily for
several hours. Efforts to prevent
the flames from renching the main
ma sazine, containing an immense
quantity OF powder, were successful.
| The consequences would have b. en-
most frightful had the main maya
zine exploded, as one of the snperin-
ienGents stated that there was pow
| der enough stored there to have de-
stroyed every living thing on the
peninsula The cause of the frsl
explosion remains mystery. Last
evening twelve bodies had been
counted lying in the deb is, and the
Coroner's investigation will prob
ably disclose more than double that
number. A force of men was en-
gagged last night eAtinguishing the
fire and recovering the bodies.
Assassfnated-
GRANT, A. T., Jan. ga man
named Robert Tardy was shot and
killed by John w. Colburn about
three miles from Grant. 1t is re-
ported that Colburn shot Tardy with
a carbine through hole behind the
wall of Colburn's own room and at
the time Tardy was standing with
his back partly turned. The bullet
| passed from one side to the other of
the body causing death in a few
hours. Colburn is in the Guard
house at Grant awaiting the arrival
of Sheriff.
An AwfuI Catastrophe.
SAN FRANcIsco, Jan. 2O-Tbere be-
ing only one operator at Tehachapi
station, no press dispatches regard
ing the railroad accident have yet
been received from that point, but
the following was obtained from tie
Office of the railroad company here
Shortly after midnight the overland
express by the Southern Pacific,
which left here at 9 80 A. NJ. yester.
day, stopped near Tehachapi station
to cut out an extra engine taken on
at Sumner to assist in pulling up the