Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-01
A D0LEFUL DAY.
Funeral of the Victims Of
the Julia Explosion.
VALLEJO DRAPED IN MOURNING
T wnnty- nine Lives Hurried into
Eternity by the Disas.
trOus Affair.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

VALLEJO, CAL, February 29.-The
bright sun shone out upon city in
mourning to-day. The saddest part
of the great catastrophe had begun,
the funeral of those who had lost
their lives without saying goodbye to
their nearest and dearest. Flags
dropped at half-mast from their poles,
and people fingered about the streets
burdened with the feeling of sadness
which has settled down over the en-
tire community. AS requested by
the City Trustees, business places
were closed and schools were ad-
journed for the day. The toll
ing of church bells throughout kept
in mind the solemnity and sadness
of the occasion as the funeral process
sions wended their way to the, ceme-
teries. The total number of killed
and missing is now placed at twenty
nine. Sixteen bodies have been
recovered. Those buried to-day are
William Connolly, Michael Branley,
John Brandon, M. G. Hodgkins, Al
bert Mathison, Joseph Fragas and T.
G. Stark.
EXAMINING THE WRECK.
One of the Julia's bursted boilers
was brought to the surface to-day and
viewed by a great number of people.
One more body was recovered to-day,
that of William Andrews, lumber
man. He left a wife and daughter.
Two victims of the explosion died to-
day, Michael Looney and jeremiah
Wind.
INTERESTED SPECTATORS.
The portion of the bursted boiler of
the steamer Julia, which was raised
by the wrecker to-day and placed on
the wharf, attracted hundreds of per-
sons. and boiler-makers and machin-
lists were particularly anxions to scru-
tinize it closely. The sheet at the
back end of the fre-box is appar-
emily as firm as the day it
was put in. 1t is pulled out
of shape, but not broken or
cracked. The safety-fues in the
crown-sheet OF the fire-box were not
melted, therefore the explosion could
not have been caused by low water.
1t is possible that some of the stay
bolts or portions of the boiler being
crystallized, gave way, and ordinarily
the strong parts yielded and the boiler
was torn apart. The entire circum-
ference of the barrel is like piece of
paper. 1t was seemingly we'll stayed
and in good condition. The
boiler sheets we're not scalded
or eaten in any place. The boilers
were made at the Central Pacific
shops at Sacramento in 1875. They
we're l8 feet in length by AZ feet in
diameter.
AN EXPERTS OPINION.
A boiler-maker who made an ex-
animation of the bursted part said
eff had owned the Julia, and one
hour before the explosion had made a
personal and rigid examination of the
boilers, would have accepted them
as in good condition. They were re-
markably well kept, and their clean
liness reflects credit on the chiel
engineer"
The boiler iron will haye to be
tested before the real cause of the ex-
plosion can be found out.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S LOSS.
SAN Francisco, February 29.-Su-
perintendent j. H. Fillmore, of the
Southern Pacific, stated definitely to-
night that there were four passenger
coaches and five box cars destroyed
in the fire communicated to the wharf
by the ferryboat Julia at Vallejo. He
said that the coaches we're new, hav-
ing just been received from the works
in the East. They were all first class
cars and were valued at 5000, while
the box cars were worth $3.50. This
makes the total loss on rolling stock
$4,000. The wharf can be replaced
at small cost. The company has
for some time been contemplating the
construction Of new wharf for it's
service near the one destroyed.