The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-24

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I'm Thirty TO Forty kiiiod-A Scene OF
Devatation.
,,Ao exnlosion OF the Point Clement
,c',;So,nioI Grandmother Works sunday
was one ~ the most dlststTous w human i
re- oycr known on the Pacific coast; but
II Is now known from later teiegr'ms ''at
the number OF Cinnamon kiled Is no' no
great A. was at first reported lnSre hie
NOT over thirty missing. Inc nv s.'''
racing. and more explosions are mcniehta-
- cxroctcd. The scene In the vicinity
4 terrible. Bodies can he seen i!ihg near
thc fire. but the men dare not rescue them
Tor fear Of their own lives. Inc assist
-, snnerintendcnt Is missing, and is sup
poscd 10 have been killed. The supcrin-
ie,dent was not at the works. A work
mon named Oscar Torguilsky was pulled
from The ruins soon after the explosion Sc
riou,ly hurt seven OF the Cinnamon have
bccn taken from the dfbTiS. all lady hurt.
Am the houses within a radius OF half a
milo are completely shattered. The doors
and windows OF the dwellings Of the en-
nIoyfs on the opposite side Of the hill arc
iJovn in. and most Of the occupants were
thrown 10 the flOor. Sheds and barns were
laid fat. Tie buildings 81 the Jud>on
WORKS on the hillside. where blasiing-pow-
dor was manufactured, were thrown over
and will probably have to berebuilt.
The cause OF the Grst explosion in tie
miv;no- house i. vet unknown. The other
c,'niosiops followed In the space Of two
,uinutcs. All the buildings blown upwcre
ON The Inv side OF the hin, but the fire
crcpt rapidly ground. Mlny Of the work
4 .,,tf Yesterday
the first SUNDAY in many months when the
works were running full blast, and orders
81 seventy tons were loaded in schoOners
al the wharf. a driver with team ana
load OF powder on the wharf jumped into
the water when the first explosion was
heard, and escaped just as his wagon-load
exploded. The wharf took fire and burned
rapidy. Hospitals were improVised IN the
unchanged houses, and the wounded were
cared for. Physicians came out from OAK
land and other towns. This il the most
disastrous explosion that has ever occurred
at these works.
A la:cr dispatch says: "The total loss
nv reason Of the explosion will reach not
less than SlCo,0O0, the Giant-Powder
Works sustaining a.damage to the amount
Of $50, 900. and the acid-wOrks Of Judson
4 Co. OF $4,000. Ii is impossible TO ascer-
tain the exact loss OF life, but il is eSti-
mated to be- between thirty and forty. The
first explosion occurred about = O'Clock In
the Westinghouse, in which about 200
hounds OF powder were stored. II l. not
known whether any one was killed by this
explosion or not. A. soon as il occurred
n number Of Cinnamon employed in the
oiEer departments fled Tor their lives, and
had reached an opcr space when the eNplo-
sion In the miXing.hou>e took place, Kill
M most Of them in their tracks. 1t is
thought that Ferdinand Kompi, the super
intcndcnt. was killed by this explosion.
In about a minute another explosion OF
CURED i'm one OF the smaller houses, fO!-
lowed immCdiately 10y q fourth, which
doubtless killed the suT living employees.
All the other white men have been ac-
counted for, and the dead men are all
Cinnamon. There are some thirty or forty
houses on The Point occupied by employees
Of the powder and acld-WoIkS. the win
dows oil which are shattered and the
doors and sides, in many instances,
d.shcd IN by the coDcussion. After
each explosion the woodwork OF the build
ings took Ere and burned steadily for Scvc-
raj hours. Efforts to prevent the flames
from reaching the main magazine, contain
Ing IN immense amount OF powder, were
happily successful. ThecOnscquencesw would
have been most frightiul had the large
magazine exploded, as one Of the supeIin
teEdents stated that there is enough pow
der stored there 10 have destroyed every
living thing on the peninsula. A force Of
mcr were engaged last night in eXlinSuisl-
lng the fire ard recovering bodles.'
A dispatch from o kland says the scene
al the Giant.PoWdcr Works this morning
was one OF de,9stltion and death. In the
femlcircuhr excavation where the pack
ing-hOuscs are located the ground is co.
VcIed with dtJris and timber. Huge rocks
thrown y tine violence of The sciie, OF eX
plo,ions are on all sides. Lying on the
ground are The MaBsled bodies Of twenty
one ChnsMcp. One Chinaman died last
night in the temporary hospital. So far as
knOWnat noon one white m9n and twenty
two Cinnamon were killed. The whiteman
j. Ferdinand kompi, the assistant supcIin
t,udeni. lie could have saved himself, hut
remained 10 try and save The works. When
the first explosion occurred lac ran 20 the
niirO-rlyecine house to turn on water 10
eXtiugu,,h the tire, but W., killed by the
explosion oi this house. IL is thought that
eight or ten bodies arern the ruins. Oscar
Torgulsky, the only white man injured,
will probably reccvcr. Thirteen wounded
Cinnamon ere lying M the quarters OF the
Chinese. The greater number OF these will
recover.
The cause Of tie explosion still remains
o mystery, and whether the powder in
every one Of the packing-houseS exploded
cannot be told. They are all caved in and
filed with dtJriS. The magazines IRE I'M
injured, and danger OF further explosions
Is deemed at mn end.
A Papcr-NiiI Boiler ExplOdes with
Terrific Force.
TWO MEN KILLED AND EIGHT OTHERS
INJURED.
A special from lkton, Nd, SAYS: a
pulr-boilcr at Marley PapeT-Mils, four
miles above ElktOn. exploded Monday
morning al C:i5 O'Clock with terrific force.
Two men were instantly killed and dglit
others were iniur, d, and the mill was par
tally demolished. The boiler that exploded
was revolving one, and was used for re-
ducing straw TO pup. II was is feet long
by feet in diameter, and stood in the up
per boilerroom OF the mill The entire
end Of the toler, weighing 5000 pounds,
was blown Of, and was found eighty yards
distant. The main body OF the boiler went
through two two-feet stone walls. and
wrecked The lime house.