The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-10
POWDER WORKS BLOW UP
TIE Loss OF LIFE ESTIMATED AT
ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR.

Surrounding Buildings Catch Fire and
No One Dares Go Near Them for Fear
OF Further Explosions-A Body
Found Half q Mile From the Scene.
Windows Broken In Buildings Miles
Away.
SAN Francisco, July 9.-An explosion
occurred at the Giant and the Judson
powder works near West Berkely shortly
after o'clock this morning, destroying the
works and much property for miles around.
Five shocks were felt in this city within q
few minutes. the last four being of terrific
force, shaking buildings, cracking number
OF walls and breaking plate glass in build
inGs eight blocks away from the water
front. The scene of the explosion is twelve
miles from the city. The Giant powder
works were completely destroyed.
One hundred and eighty men, principally
Chinese, were employed there. It is now
believed that 104 persons were killed, in-
cluding three white men.
ADJOINING BUILDINGS ABLAzE.
The explosion set the adjoining buildings
on fire, and, owing to the danger Of addt-
tional explosions, no one is venturing near
the works TO stop the progress of the flames.
The fire Is in close proximity to a magazine
containing 5000 tons OF powder, and fear is
expressed that it, too, may be destroyed.
Among the white men known to have
been killed are Wallace Dioksnson, Charles
Canburdy and John Bow. The body Of a
Chinaman was found on the railroad track
hals a mile from the works.
The remains OF boy, frightfully man
gled, were found near the scene
Every window in the county Jail at Oak i.
land was broken by the explosion.
All the windows In the residences in the
town OF West Berkely were broken and
several buildings were reported destroyed.
THE WORKS.
At the Office OF the Giant Powder Com
panY in this city, it was thought that the
Judson works, which are located al LobelIe,
about three miles from the Giant works,
were safe.
The Giant works are located at Poins
Isabelle and Highland, near the Siege, and
comprise tive buildings and three maya
zines. OF these buildings the acid aud
nitro-glycerino works were destroyed, and
at least one magazine blown up. The other
buildings not Immediately DESTROYED took
fire. The loss on property will be great.
CONSERVATION AT FRISCO.
The explosion shattered windows all over
San Francisco, blew in skylights, broke
plate glass on Montgomery avenue, Oalifor-
mia street, Montgomery street, Kearny
street and other thorougbfares and caused
people TO rush into the streess as though
convulsion was about to tumble all the
buildings about their ears. The conster-
nation was still at its hight when there
followed two more shocks, but little less
severe than the terrific one which had Just
been felt. Glass ratified in the streets all
over the city and not few buildings. ac-
cording to thetr inmates, came near COL
lapsing. The men 10 the tower of the FIRE
alarm station were sure that the structure
was going to collapse. The intensity Of the
shock can be appreciated when it is known
that it was distinctly felt at Sacramento.
eighty miles distant, and that windows were
cracked at Napa and other points
along the bay shore, twenty-five
miles from the scene Of the explosion. The
powder company declines to give particulars
regarding the number Of men employed,
but the two white men heretofore men,
toned are believed to be all the whites
killed. AS to the Cinnamon no definite in
formation can be had, but the figures nsre-
tofore given are probably exag-
gerated. One magazine containing 800 tons
OF giant powder and dynamite escaped de-
struction. Everything else went. The loss
Is between $3.50, 900 and 100000.