Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-03
Death of Two More victims-Fifteen Per-
sons Are Still Missing.

sons Are SILL missing.
VALLEJO, March 2d.-Several more of
the victims OF the Julia explosion were
buried to-day, and the general gloom that
has hung over the town since the accident
has only partially abated. General Super
intendent Fillmore, ofthe Southern Pacific.
returned yesterday. He has been here al
most constantly since the disaster on Mon
day last. The latest developments tend to
confirm the worst fears regarding the large
loss of life. 1t seems Gear that the deaths
will aggregate at least thirty. At IL o'clock
to-day sixteen bodies in all had been recov-
cred and two OF the injured men had died.
BODIES IN THE WRECK.
The divers who went down among the
wreckage on the sunken vessel saw several
bodies there bnt they were held so fast in
the broken timbers that they cannot be re-
leased. The number of missing at the
lowest estimate is fifteen.
The wrecking steamer Whitelaw has
been moored by the wreck since Monday
with a large force of men on board busilv
at work. Up TO noon to-day, besides vari-
GUS small portions of the wreck, they had
brought to the surface and landed on
the wharf the greater part of the two en-
glnes, fragments of the exploded boiler and
one of the large paddle-wheels. The plan
is now to take out the other paddle wheel,
and then the wreck, being lightened, will
undoubtedly float, and the bodies confined
may easily be taken away.
THE INQUIRY TO BE THOROUGH.
The Coroner is making a very thorough
investigation of all the facts regarding
the case-so thorough that the railroad
people do not think it necessary to make
any independent inquiry. They are aiding
the Coroner in every way they can. Mr..
Fillmore says: We ara more interested
than any one else in learning the precise
cause of that explosion. At present there
seems no way that it may be accounted for.
A number of experts will be examined re-
garding the condition of the iron of the
exploded boiler; among them. the Chief
Engineer at the Navy Yard will give his
opinion"
According to the most reliable informa-
ton that may be obtained, there were forty
six passengers on the Julia when the ex-
plosion occurred, besides nine men en-
ployed on her. OF the forty-six, eleven
came aboard at Vallejo and thirty-five at
South Vallejo.
CONCERNING THE BOILERS.
AT yesterdays session of the Coroner's
inquest A. Shields testified: - am a
bollermaker. have examined the part of
the boiler on the wharf. l do not think
that boiler would blow up with 130 pounds
OF steam, judging from the material in it.
built the boiler in the Sacramento shops
IN 1876. | examined the parts on the wharf
but did not find any defect that would cause
the explosion. The boilers were made from
Tennessee iron, the best in the market at
the time"
TWO MORE BODIES RECOVERED.
tCopgigAt, 1883, by tie California Associated Press,
VALLEJO, March 2d.-The body of John
Papovich, a fisherman, aged thirty, unmar-
ried, was recovered from the wreck this
morning. He had been working at Selbys
Smelling Works. This makes eighteen
bodies recovered.
LATER-The body of King Clark, the
Porter OF the steamer Julia, was found this
afternoon.
BOTH BOILERS EXPLODED.
This evening the tirebox end of the star
board boiler was taken out of the hull by
the wreckers, showing thst both boilers ex-
ploded. 1t was separated from the barrel
of the boiler in about the same manner as
the port firebox. 1t is probable that the
barrels of both boilers will be taken out to-
morrow, if they can be got out.
The injured persons are in about the
same condition.