The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-23
The Inner Workings of the "SOciety Of
Assassination"
As Revealed ny the Testimony Of an
Informer.
Other Foreign and Domestic News
Crimes and Casualties.

THECIMBRlA,
New York, Jan. 22-Agents Of the
steamer Clmbria received the following dis
patch this morning from the Hamburg
agents: Hamburg, Jan. 22-Our steamer
Hansa has returned from her cruise. She
saw the wreck of the Cimbria five miles
northeast of Borkum light. The ships
head is to the northwest and the topsail
yards are above water. The lIansa saw no
trace of the survivors or bodies, although
the weather was clear. She inquired a, the
Borkum ligh-ship, whore nothing was
known about any boats or persons saved.
Agnes, Emma and Otto Robson, Carl Sar-
cauder and daughter, and Miss Heaning
were on board but not saved. Franz II.
! Corkowsky was not on the Cimbria.
A PAssENGER's STORY,
SAN FRANcIsCo, Jan. "a Tehachapa
dispatch says The coroners jury have
found the verdict in the train disaster case,
that the victims came TO their death by the
neglect OF Conductor Reed and Brakeman
Potter. The verdict has not yet been ap.
proved by the coroner. Two bodies have
been identified as those of kingan and Ferd
Growlert discharged soldiers of company
sleepng-car passengers, arrived in the city
yesterday. He reports; 81 think ii must
have been but a few moments after the train
started that | awoke and realized that we
were in danger, but how ! could not tell;
we were rushing along the mountain side
at II fearful velocity, and in II few seconds
u crash came, over we went, and thous-
aud splnters and pieces of debris COM
petely buried us. As quickly as possible
| was on my feet working to make an exit
through the masses under which we were
buried, to save myself and other occupants.
Every where found myself hemmed in by
masses OF wreckage. My wife, think, WAS
killed by the first shock, as her hands were
cold when | touched them, and my calls re-
NAMED u answered. ! cleared a pas ,al @
along tho hog chain for some
seventeen feet, until | reached the place
where Miss Squires was imprisoned, ard
heard fer scream for succor; she told me
she was uniniurod, but merely unable 10
get out OF the window. The flames be-
gan breaking through where | was work.
ing ANA was driven back 10 where | knew
no hope OF escape existed; and, retreating
merely to avoid q fiery death, | went back
To my wife for the fourth time, and now
could only grasp her hair. Again and again
| called 10 her Tor some siga of life, but all
to no purpose. The gases and flames now
drove me from her side, and as u last effort
buried myself IN the debris. When hope
had left me, men working from the OUTSIDE
accidentally came upon and drew half Of
my body out. bnt there | became lodged
ON combined efforts proving un9vailing to
free me from tue debris, Finally sue.
,ceeded in dropping through hole made
Tor me bTrr y s. lrrs or ss|les-
VINO evH reached the light OF day from I'M
der tPat heap OF ruins"
ASHES ACCOUNT.
! BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2l-Porter hsho,
who was on the train wrecked, Tehachaps,
says: I'VE We're awakened by u swaying of
the cars going at the rate of about seventy
miles an hour. Had Just brsced ourselves
when the crash came. The maid was buried
in the debris, wife and | falling on top of
her. The ear Immediately took fire and |
was forced to take timber and burning
boards of the maid piece by piece. The
car became enveloped in smoke. BY
breaking window at tho top of car
l succeeded in rcscuing my
wife and the maid, pushing them through
the window. We were climbing of the car,
nearly sutfoca.ed by smoke when heard n
man calling for help and beseeching us not
to leave him. reached down through the
broken window aud succeeded in getting
hold OF Governor Downoys hand, pulled
him out, nearly half strangled. While
helping the maid to the ground my wife
stepped on the window and fell through In.
| 10 the car again. The car by this time was
burning rapidly and II is impossible to tell
how got her out. jumped with herto the
ground, and many run down bill to avoid
the flames. Before leaving the car pushed
through the window scal-skin cloak dol.
man, lined with fur, tw, blankets and one
mattress. had no other clothing except
my night.shirt. The wind was blowing
strong and II was intensely cold. Sur.
Downey, Mr., Cassel, my wife, the maid
Mr.. Howard Tilton, who rem,
dcrcd great assistance and acted
splendidly, the child of Mr.. Waterhouse
and myself occupied the mattress, and we're
only protected by blanket till assistance
came from Tehachapa, The railroad peo
pie did every thing in their power to reiev,
distress, aud from the superintendent down
to tho brakemen, acted with the utmost
courtesy. We We're provided at Tehachups
with warm clothes and comfortable houses, y
pAiKED,
About l o'clock this morning from elsht
to twelve mounted and masked men rod,
up TO Montello station, on the Central Pa
citlc, 166 miles west of Ogden
seized two white and half n dozer
what valuaoes they had on their persons
and locked them up in the tank.housc
They then mounted the east.bound express,
train, which came In soon after. Two o
tho highwaymen jumped on the engine
overawcd the engineer and fireman, anC
sidc.tracked the train. The remainder o
the gang first seized the train men, robbed
them OF what valuablcs they possessed
and confined them also in tho tank
house, then attacked tho express car
Here they were met by a rapid iusilad,
from Gross, the express messenger. Tn,
fire was returned briskly, and some thirt,
shots were exchanged, when the robbers
finding resistance more spirited than hat
been expected, and probably tearing ,
demonstration on part Of the passengers
decamped. No one Is known to have beer
killed or wounded. The passengers wer,
not mo,estsd.
THAT EXPLOSION.
SAN Francisco, CAL, Jan. 22,-Thc to
tai loss by reason Of tho explosion Of tn,
gunpowdsr works will reach not less thar
100000. The Grant powder works sustain
q damage OF 1000, the acid works OF Jud
son & Co. $4,000. II Is impossible TO ascer
tain the exact loss Of life, but II II estimated
at between thirty aud forty. The FIRST ex
plosion occurred about 1 o'clock, In N,
packing.house, IN which about ~
pounds Of powder were stored. l,
Il not known whether any one
was killed by the first explosion
or not. As soon rs the pacting.houses OK.
ploded, a number OF Chinamcn employed
In other departments fed for their lives,
and had reached an open space, when the
them In their tracks 10 Is thought that
Ferlinack Keompf the superintendent, was
killed by this explosion. In about Eve
minutes one OF the sme ller houses exploded
followed by a fourth explosion, which
doubtless Killed the surviving employees. A
workman named August Fergoisky was