Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-02

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Frishtful Explosion OF Gasoline.
ALLIANCE (O.). February 1st.-A frigntful
gasoline explosion occurred in Z. NJ. Orr's
stove aud tin store to-day, demolishiug the
building and burying in its ruins an unknown
number of people. Four persons have been
extricated. snd four more are known to have
been inside. Men are at work to rescue, if
possible, those still alive, and to recover the
bodies if dead. The store was in q large new
brick block in the middle of the town. l. is
rumored that child turned the spiPot of the
gasoline tank. and thu gas escaping was ig.
nite1 by the FIRE il the stove. Several people
were in the store. and two families lived on
the second and third floors. Besides those
eugulfed in the debris. many were more or
less seriously injured. The force of the ex-
plosion wreached and broke windows in other
buildings for an entire square. The dsmsge
to the structures is estimated st S75, 600.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
ALLIANCE. February 1st.-Iu a few mo-
ments flames arose from the ruins, and fire
alarm was sounded. Such excitement pre-
vailed that the FIRE gained so much headwsy
as to nearly consume the ruins, and burned
two houses before it could be got under con-
troll. Meanwhile the scene was narrowing in
the extreme. 1t was known that six or more
people were killed, or were then imprisoned
in the wreck and would perish by the FIRE.
Men, women and children, blrebeaded, were
wriuging their hands. Relatives of the in
mates of the buildings destroyed wandered
about in hopeless despair IS their insbil-
ity to save the unfortuuates. T. NJ.
Orr, Elmer Orr This SOM, Mrs Ho.
mer Highland and daughter, Mrs. Frank
Evans and two children, aged years and
months, were known to have been in the
building at the time of the explosion. These
all perished The women and children
were in the second and third stories,
and are supposed to have been killed
both spoken to while confined under the de-
bris, but were burned to-death. These bodies
were all recovered at 10 o'clock, and were
crushed or charred so to be hardly recog
nizahle. The only person in the Orr build
ing known to have escaped WAS Frank Evans.
whose wife and children persisted. Besides
those killed, the following have broken limbs,
etc: Robert joys, Frank Evans, Frank
Fries, j: D. Lewis, Jerry Nil NJ
explosion was caused from the fumes of gaso-
line. \ child of Mr.. Orr turned faucet in
the barrel and the fluid ran out on the floor.
MIR. Orr was mopping it up, when the gas
arising thereirom ignited from gaslight.
John Curry and Charles H. Hayden, of Du-
PREF & Benedict's minstrels, were blown out
of Orr's store through a plste-glass window,
and carried clear across the street, where they
were picked up badly injured and carried to
q hotel. They will recover. The damage is
estimated at from $4,000 to $50, 900 par.
TALLY insured. Business was entirely SUI
pended in the city after the explosion.
Flood at PIttsburS.
P1TrsBURG, February 1st. - The river
reached it's highest stage this morning at IL
o'clock, when it registered twenty-one feet.
Portions of the lowlands of Allegheny City
and the south side are under water, but no
serious damage is reported to property. The
waters are nov receding, and as the weather
Is freezing, nc more trouble is anticipated.
A. several points on the Allegheny bottom
lands were inundated, and families living on
them compelled TO retire to the second fl l0r
of their houses, or wade out waist-dsep
through the waters At Freep irt, on the Al
! legheny, the ice piled up thirty feet high,
and for a time it was feared the town would
be flooded, but the gorge started shortly be-
fore midnight, and the water obtaining an
| outlet, soon fell TO It's proper level. The AL
| leghenY ice reached here at 3 this morning,
and since then has been steadily passing out
IsECOND DIsPATCHl
PITTsBURG, February l,t AT o'clock to-
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! ing sgaiu, and at II o'clock the marks showed
% feet-s rise Of 8 fee5 in as many hours.
! The Pittsburg and Western Railroad tracks
| are submerged for many fuiles. and traffic i
entirely suspended. Several RATS of lumber
| have been swept away, and great damage Is
anticipated if the river continues to rise
throue.h the night at the present rate.
The Railroad Catastrophe.
| INDIANAPOLIS, February 1st.-The CoroUer
this afternoon began an inquiry over the re-
mains of the five bodies recovered from the
wreck yesterday on the Air Line Railway at
| Broad Ripple. Three witnesses were exam
ined. The testimony showed that the bridge
was built Of good material and properly cor =
structcd. Workmel were repairing the
bridge, and had removed the permanent sup
porting rods, supplying their place with tenn
porary rods, which were claimed to be good
enough to hold toe structure 1t is gen.
erally thought the accident was caused by
the weakening of the bridge, the result of re-
moving the permanent rods. The railroad
company has two attorneys to represent it at
the inquest. The bodies. recovered were
! taken to their places of residence to-day for
burial Semans and Clarke, the men seri-
ously hurt, are still alive. The latter
chances for recovery are very slim. The
body Of Para, the bridge foreman, has not
yet beeu recovered.
Railway Changes.
CHICAGO, February 1st.-Mr. Charlton has
accepted the position of General Western
Passenger Agent of the Northern Pacific,
with headquarters at Portland Muir has
accepted the position of General Manager OF
the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com.
pauy. and will leave for the West in few
weeks, after settling his accounts at st. Paul.
The Nations Finances.
WASHINGTON, February 1st.-The decrease
in the public debt for January wss S11, 95S,,
004 decrease since January 80. 1888. $780,
O07, ,4SS +; cash in the treasury, 1898, ,415, 233
gold certificates, Sl01, $50 $40; silver certid-
Gates Sil0, l37. .05l certificates Of dencsit,
SIG. $780, 900: rtflndiug certificate, 1907 $50
legal tenders, S34 66S. l0l; fractional cur.
rencg, $685., $50.
Patti NOT Coming
CHICAGO. February 1st-The announce.
mert that Patti accompanies the Maplesun
Opera Company to San Francisco is incor-
rect. Gerster will be If the party and will
appear in the following operas, which will be
given in the order named Sonuambula, "
"Eliz d'Amore," "Fsvorits." Lucia, "
"Linda," "Travi2ts, Puritani," " "Trov-
! atore," and "Ernani."
Proposed Starring Tour.
CHICAGO. February 1st.-Aiiss Sara Jewett
will retire from John Stetson's company Sat.
urdsy evening, March 81. She will begin
a starring tour at the Baldwin Theater, San
Francisco, under the management of John
A Stevens.
| Suicide on n Train.
| CINCINNATI February 1st-A passenger
on the incoming train on the Ohio and Mis-.
sissippi road shot and killed himself in the
wssh-.oom Of the slseping-car, near Aurora,
Iud., to night. From letters on his person
he is supposed to be Robert W. Leonard, OF
Detroit. TIE body was brought here,
New sheep Disease.
ST. PAUL, February 1st.-Marquis De.
meres, who shipped 1900 sheep from Wis
consin and Iowa, last July, to ranges in
| Montana, reports that 50 per cent. have died,
The animals swell up aud bleed at the nose
before death. A post mortem examination
disclosed an extrayasatiou IF blood in the in
testines, and is incura5le. The disease has
| been heretofore unknown.
Tired of Her Bony Partner.
! PHILADELPHIA, February 1st.-Mrs. Beta
| E. Garrison, wife of the Living Skeleton, "
| left her bony partner few weeks ago. and
returned to her fathers house. The skeleton
sued ont a writ of hsbeas corpus for the pos
session Of his wife, and the case clme up be-
! fore Judge Biddle this morning. Mrs. Gar
rison's lawyer told Judge Biddle that his eli
ens wished to state that she was not re-
| strained by her parents, but was living with
| them voluntarily, and did not wish to return