The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-25

I and confined them also in the tanl
, house, then attacked the express ca
Here they were met by rapid lusilad
1. from Gross, the express messenger. Th
fire was returned briskly, and some thirt,
shots were exchanged, when the robber
linding greslstance more spirited than la,
! been expected and probably fearing
demonstration on part of the passengers
decamped. No one is known to have beer
killed or wounded. The passengers wer,
not molestGd.
THAT EXPLOSION.
SAN FRANCISCO, Call, Jan. 22.-The to-
tai loss by reason of the explosion OF the
gunpowder works will reach not less than
| 100000. The Grant powder works sustain
u damage of $50 600, the acid works OF Jud.
son & Co. $4,000. 1t is impossible to asceIt
tain the exact loss of life, but it is estimated
at between thirty and forty. The first ex.
plosion occurred. about o'clock, in the
pounds of powder were stored. IL
is not known whether any one
was killed by the first explosion
or not. AS soon rs the packing-houses ex-
ploded, number of Cinnamon employed
in other departments fled for their lives
and had reached an open space, when the
Westinghouse exploded. killing most OF
tIlcul III III IL lDOuBlJ InhI
Ferlinack keompf, the superintendent, was
killed by this explosion In about five
minutes one of the smaller houses exploded
followed by a fourth explosion, whicl
doubtless killed the surviving employees. A
workman named August Fergotsky wa'
very seriously injured. All othe
whites have been accounted for, and de
ceased are all Cinnamon. There are somc
thi rty or forty houses on the point, oc
cupied by the employees at the powder anc
acid works, and most of the windows Rrv
shaft cred, the doors and windows, in many
instances, dashed in by the force of the con
cussion. After each explosion the wood
work of the buildings caught fire and
burned for several hours. The efforts te
prevent the flames from reaching the main
magazine, containing, an immense quantity
of powder were happily successful. The con
sequences would have been most frightful
had the large magazine exploded; as onecf
the superintendent stated there is enough
powder stored there to have destroyed every
living thing on the peninsula. The cause
of the first explosion remains a mystery.
This evening twelve bodies have been
counted lying in the debris, and the coro-
disclose more than double that number.
force of men are engaged tonight in ex
tlngulShlng the fire and recovering bodies.
HORRIBLE SCENE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.-An Oakland
dispatch says: The scene at the Grant
powder works this morning was one of de
vastation and death. In a semi-circular eX-
cayation, where the packing houses are To-
Gated, the ground is covered with debris
and timber and huge rocks thrown by the
violence Of the series of explosions are seen
ON all sides. Lying on the ground are the
mangled bodies of twenty-one Cinnamon
One Chinaman died last night in temporary
hospital. So far as known, at noon one
white and twenty-five Chinese were killed
The white man killed is Ferdinand Kamp,
assistant superintendent. He could have
saved himself, but remained to try to save
the works. When the first explosion oc
CURED he ran to the nitro glycerine hous,
to turn on water to extinguish the fire
He was killed by the explosion of The
nitro-gl lycerlne, house. It i:
thought eight or ten bodies ar
III the ruins. Oscar Fongewsky, the only
white man wounded, will probably recover
Thirteen wounded Chinese are lying in the
quarters OF the Chinese. The greater mum
Der of them will recover The cause of tn
explosion still remains mystery. Whethe
the powder in everyone of the packing
houses exploded cannot be told. They al
caved in, and are filed with debris. Tn
magazines are uniuiured, and the DANCE
OF further explosions is deemed at an end
MORE DEvILTRY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. pa dispatch
Wells, Fargo ~ Co. from Carson, says: The
store at Gold Mountain was robbed Thurs
day or Friday by mounted masked mer
The proprietor and two clerks were killed
The road agents then went to the store
Silver Peak and robbed IT, killing the prC
prirtur anu one clerk. Two of the rObber
were also killed. Gold Mountain and Sil
yer Peak are in southwestern Nevada, dis
tant from Geographic communication,
BOLD ROBBERY.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, Jan. 22.-Saturda.
night McROe & Co. s store, at Mount Holly
Union county, was blown open and robbed
ofconsiderable money and 81 600 in govern
ment bonds. The robbers stole two horses
rode to Camden and took the train TO
Gordon, eluding pursuit.
EXPLODED.
ELKToN. MD, Jan 22.-This morning the
boiler at the Ledger paper mills exploded
with terrific force, wrecking one-halt of the
immense building. Patrick McCormicR
was killed, aud John Garrett is missing.
Eight Others are injured, one Of whom win
probably die,
HOMELESS.
CINCINNATI, Jan. % The residence OF !.
Il. Smith, of the firm of Smith & Nixon, on
Glenway avenue, Clifton, burned early this
morning. The inmates escanad 'roes
$1,000 insurance, $1,000.
COLD DEATH.
New NoRK, Jan. 22.-Charles Wilson, Of
Philadelphia, expressed a trunk and valu-
ables TO Edwin Selwege, New York, this
morning, and then jumped from the bridge
and was carried over the falls.