The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-29
T, q Volcano of Death.

MAZE ISLAND, June 13.-ialf
an hour before noon yesterday
there was an explosion of nearly
quarter of a ton of powder in the
9llino-room of the naval magazine
Of the lower end of Mare Island.
Twelve out of the fifteen men work
ing there were instantly KILLED.
Fifteen men from the Boston In
charge of the gunner were loading
shells in the filling-room for the
marsb;n's cruise. They were not
accustomed to the work and some
BODY blundered. A SHE'LL was
dronped, a handful of powder was
too roughly handled, a spark was
struck and the building was blown
TO pieces and the fifteen men were
writing in their death agonies.
The air was full of flying lumber,
pieces of shell and dismembered
limbs of men. Some of the sailors
were hurled hundreds of feet from
the volcano of death and their torn
limbs were picked up out of the
bay.
It may be that no one was to
blame for the loss of these fifteen
lives, but the people about say that
had not the unyielding rules of the
Navy Department put the danger
Gus work in the hands of men un-
accustomed to it, the explosion
would never have occurred.
The names of the dead and
wounded are: George Hittinger,
gunner in charge; Thomas Sey-
mour, chief gunner's mate; {: o.
L. Lundberg, gunner's mate; Will
liam Heckel, seaman's apprentice,
first class A. Kettrell, ordinary
D seaman; C. w. Smith, landsman !;
William Washburn, seaman +. y.
Legat, seaman; William Rush,
seaman; William Ostrander, sea
mans apprentice, first class; IL.
Joos, first class apprentice. Three
others were fatally injured. They
were: R. Reniche, seaman; }. ID.
Hutton, seaman's apprentice, first
class J. Brisco, seaman's appren-
tice, second class.
Sidney DiIOn's Death.
New YORK, June 9.-The death
of Sidney Dillon occurred this
morning. 1t did not come as a
surprise, for for six weeks the aged
railroad man had been confined to
his bed. A fortnight ago his case
was deemed hopeless, and several
times it was thought that the final
moment had arrived.
The death of Mr.. Dillon at the
age of four score closed career
notable in many ways. He had
been identified with many leading
railroads, particularly the Union
Pacific. Left at Z years of age t.
shift for himself, he steadily adj
vanced by industry and shrewd
ness through every stage of promo
ton to be president of the road il
the building of which he had taker
an active part, to be wealthy,
power in the financial world, thu
intimate and adviser of multi-mil
lionaires. In 1884 he lost some o
his fortune, but what was left hin
was ample.
The Famine Over.
WASHINGTON, June IL. - Th
State Department has been advise
that the Russian Government ha
issued ukase authorizing the fire
expectation of maize both by Sc
and by the western cOntinenta
frontier. This is understood to il
dictate that the famine is DRAWN
to a close. 1t is believed that
ukase will be issued on July Is
permitting the expectation of a
grains except rye. A collapse
the price of grain has taken plac
the decline being from so to 1C
per cent, and the existence of vas
quantities boarded by speculate,
has been developed.
A Daring Deed.
SAN Francisco, June 12.-Tf
annals of crime on this coast CO.
tain no more startling record
robbery than that furnished on IL
Oakland side of the bay yesterda
Two men, one Of them partial
disguised, ''held up" cashier ar
his companion in a crowded ra
ny car just before noon, back,
ouooI9f the train with $4,000
stS a and silver coin and ma,
,Sh &c. heir escape in bug,
occasioney had provided for t
I,orv wore The victims of the re
tery and athn ellison, the Sec
Works. whose Of the Judson If
mont Street in fce is at IA F
Mortenson, a clelc city, and Har
fee. ellison had IN the same
from the Bank of va !ne mon
America, and he antlsn NO
were taking it over to Aortens
$50 employees of the Juaton r.