Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-28
BLOWN INTO ETERNITY
A Terrific Explosion on Ferry Steamer
Ats Vallejo, CAL, Results in
Frigbtful Mortality.
Dat OF Seventy Passengers on Board Be-
tween Thirty aud Forty Killed Ont
right-Oihers Badly Burned.

VALLEJO, GALA, FEB. "a o16sStrous
explosion occurred tEis morning at South
Vallejo on the ferry steamer julia, plying
between South Vallejo ard Vallejo
station. The steamer was about
to lesve this morning & few min
utes after O'Clock and had about
seventy persons on board, many OF whom
we're going across the straight to work in
the lumber yards on the other side. Just
ss the deck hands we're hauling In the
lines there was loud EXPLOSION and
sheet Of f2me shot Into the air.
Those VINO were on deck at TIT
time were hurled overheard by
The force OF the explosion and several OF
them were killed outright by being struck
nv pieces of debris, which were sent ny
ing In all directions. The explosion at
trected the attention Of per
sons living In the vicinity and
men rushed to the assistance
of the unfortunate passengers In few
minutes sill was confusion. Men, womep
and children who had relatives on boarf
the ill-fa,ed Julis were waiting and wiring
ing their hands 80 they rushed around
the wharf. The men on the wharf
were snx Gus to aid, but there seemed &c
Ia but little for them to do, as most Of
the passengers were below the decks 8
the time Of the explosion, and were
either killed outright or drowned
when the water poured In on them
II had been customary for all passengers
to 90 below the decks in the morn
Ing as it WAS cold end ioggy A few Wht
ND not rendered In
sensible BY the force OF the shock were
quickly
ASSISTED ASHORE
by the people on the wharf. To a1d u
the intensity Of the scene, lot OF petfci
cum stored on the wharf caught ire hpC
spresd rapidly. The IRE com,
panies were unable to accomplish
ANYTHING es there was no waite
owing 70 the tide being out. Fit'ee'
minutes sitter the explosion about oOI
feet of the wharf, freight depot and tele
graph f5ces were burning. When tn
tide came IN they manages
Ito get supply Of water an
AZ noon had the IRE unde
icontrol, While the fireman and othe'
were irving to save the WnArI lsrs
pumber OF bostmen were rowing aroun
the wreck seeking to recover the bodies
Soon after the explosion occurred N
steamer had burned to the waters cog
and suok to the bottom with grest nun
ber of victims buried under the deorls
the cabin, 1t Is believed that oetWee
thirty and forty lives we're lost.
Tn 10 late hour this afternoon tWeiV
bodies have been recovered, two OF WHO
are burned beyond recognition. n
nam a of the other ten victims are as iol
lows.
Mc[wIE HoYKIEs,
Il JOSEPH FRAGAs.
william SAMANi
OLRP NELSON,
ALRREu MEDIsoFI
MITCHELL. BRANLEY,
JOHN BREyicKr
WILLIAM SURK,
RDwARD RULE, and
A man named HIGGINS.
The names of PROBABLY less tnan M
the passengers who were on DosLu ..
not known, which makes it Impossible
tell how miny sank in the WrecS' ous
Ie.st fifteen who are known to nave oee
on the VI ssel are still missing
Captain C Edge of the Jalia, wes .
verely injured, as was also heA'n' u
: pilot. vorv &c,
2 ously Injured. ia and n
The record of the Jdlis is bad ana %
, 10 mot the first terrible. accident on ne
The cause of the disaster 10 unSno"
thouab II is general J seIes'
|, the explosion occurred IN !!
Il noJ,o, INIT the impression 81
! prevails that fire wss In some ~ny AZ
nunicated to toe petroleum tsps snu =.
the explosion occurred IN tnas q. .sss t
The steamer burned petroleum Iol nc 4
, Vsl.j1 IL twenty-five miles up the d
from San Francisco