The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 10, 1903, Page 14

14 THE FAN FRANCISCO HEAVY EXPLOSION AT THE CALIFORNIA POWDER WORKS AT PINOLE KILLS YOUNG GIRL, WOUNDS ANOTHER AND THREE WORKINGMEN 1‘————-— HELPLESS WO 7 CAUELLY BEATEN Mrs. Bridget Hughes Is Roughly Handled by. Thieves. | FEIMEST Trio of Burglars Boldly Ran- | | sack a House in Daytime. Believing she had a large sum of money | | » house, three burglars en- | ¢ Mrs. Bridget Hughes, afternoon and | he nold which their s a particularly daring | aione her | through in- et car col ghes was re as a compron for her savings ately Ll T 102 the other mer owing bwn knocking the for - Miss Mary Woods Meets a Tragic | Death. | HUNDRED pounds of pnudnr ex- ploded yesterday at the California Powder Pinole. | The exact cause of the catastro- phe not known, but it came without warning and left death and suf- fering where but a moment before was the hum of industry ambitious school girl's life was ended in a twinkling and another girl from the same town now | lies maimed on a bed of pain. They were trying to earn pin money during vacation. | is n Their names are Mary Woods, the dead and Mary Maguire, the maimed ; Woods, a young girl engaged in shel was killed in dreadfu Mary Maguire was so seriously hurt that he may die, and t & men | were frightfu burned They are Jos- | eph de Mello, Clyde O. Berryman and L. | C. Kincannon, all of whom worked in the use from the rear cz ge plant, the scene of the disaster. with the The cartridge plant occupies a position | apart from the other buildings at the powder works. It was a wooden build tly reinforced on the outside by | iron. The s shattered by the down upon its f and wife | tons of heavy timbers and machinery relatives knew his wife The accident occurred just after 9 ved a sum of money from o'clock and it required an hour of hard | work by willing hands to gxtricate the victims. Workmen and townspeople— | A Great Gathering. | some of whom had relatives among these . e it E | working people—were attracted by the Aok g o <ty crowd has| ominous rumble and they hurried to the gathered at Kelly & Liebes’ great re- | ooo ' 0 il o it @ oe moval sale. Y urprise any- | o o | body. The f its and cloaks are acty.| BODY TAKEN FROM WRECK. ally al away. There is no need Miss Woods was the first to be :'A‘fl," “",«“d;'w‘.’:V‘Av:,g";{‘\;:r;,‘; taken from the wreck. She was } vive. She was borne toward her home on —_———— Charitable Society Mee At the regular monthly meeting a stretcher, could carry but died before her friends her beyond the scene of the | Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to | fatality. Children, held yesterday, James War-| One by one the victims were dragged | nick, Colonel and O. H.|out of the debris. Miss Maguire was Greenewald were nimously elected | pinioned beneath a pile of splinters and members. Secretary White reported that | boards. Her skull was fracttired and her during the month of June 243 children | back gashed and serlously hurt. De Mel- | the in socle s investiga- | lo was badly powder burned about the tions. Of these 194 were afforded relief in | face and body, and Berryman, besides some fon Sixteen were placed in insti- being burned about the body, had his nose tutions and eight in families | broken. Kincannon was only slightly R Did & big job for §. P. Co. They ltke our way of printing and binding. Mysell-Rolling,22 Clay.* —_——— Los Angeles claims to have a greater stretch of attractive ocean beach in its vicinity than any other American city. powder burned. The wounded were all provised stretchers homes, where they received temporary treatment from local physicians. They were then removed to Lane's Hospital in this city for further treatment. The doc- carried on im- to thelr respective PRICE REDUCTIONS FOR YOU IS STOCK REDUCTIONS FOR US, and we must reduce our large stock of shoes— they’re ali in the best SELLING SUMMER STYLES — that’s why hundreds a:e pleased to participate n our CLEARANCE SALE MEN'S VEAL LACE, wide extension sole, full round toe and tip. An assorted Jot of LADIES' KID LACE reg. SHOES, £3.00, for CHILD'S KID BUTTON spring heel, patent leather tip, sizes 4 to extension soles, value LITTLE GENT'S SATIN calf Jace, with tip and extension wole : Sizes 11 to 13 .. 1.10 Sizes 131 to 2. 1.30 Boys' (like above), sizes 2% to 5% .. venn BL40 BOOTERIE ELEGTRIG GARS 104 - 110 GEARY ST KAST | scENE oF THE EXPLOSION | | AT PINOLE AND TWO VIC- | | TIMS. | THE DEAD: Sadie Maguire, | Clyde Berryman, i | Joseph de Mello, | | Leo Kincannon. i | at the hospital sald last night that | Miss Maguire was getting along well, but they would not say that she would recover. The men will survive. GIVES PROBABLE CAUSE. Just what the explosion will probably never be known, but it is pretty well accounted for by John Bermingham caused Jr., superintendent of the works and son | of the president of the powder company. His theory is that the. accldental dis- | charge of a percussion cap caused the | | calamity This precussion cap ignited a small portign of powder and this instant- ly communicated to the powder in the other parts of ‘the buflding, causing the explosion and subsequent tragedy. Mr. | Bermingham said: we buy great quantities of empty shotgun shells from the East and load them here by machinery. It sometimes chances @ il e e @ You see, IN COLLISION Crossing at Sixth and| Mission Scene of Accident. There was a street car collision at the crossing of Sixth and Mission streets last night. Despite the new rule that cars are to be brought to a stop before cross- ing tracks, the Mission and the Sixth- street cars involved in this collision start- ed simultaneously, with disastrous results, The accident was at 8:15 p. m., and Mrs. Dr. Sherwood of 215B Valencia street was thrown from the dummy of the Mission- street car and seriously injured. She was ccompanjed by a nurse, having just re- covered from.an f{llness. She had been out to get tne fresh air. At the moment of the accident both cars were carrying many passengers, a number of whom were on the dummies. The cars reached Mission and Sixth streets at the same moment. Mission car No. 1138 and Sixth-street car No. 1116 stop- ped before crossing the respective streets and, without a signal, both cars started to cross at the same time. As a result they crashed together at the crossing, the Mission-street car striking the Sixth- street car about the center. As they were not under fast headway many of the passengers saw the impend- ing danger and jumped before the golli- sion, thus avoiding being thrown from their seats. Those that remained seated received a serious shaking up and many were thrown from their seats into the streets. Mrs. Dr. Sherwood, who was in com- pany with Mrs. H. M. Ford of Oakland, was the most serfously injured. The women were seated in the forward part of the Mission-street car when the ac- cident occurred. Mrs. Dr. Sherwood was thrown to the pavement so violently that she became unconscious. Witnesses pick- ed her up and carried her into E. Hap- persberger's drug, store at Sixth and Mis- sion streets, where she was revived and later driven to her home at 215B Valencia street, where she now lies suffering from spinal and possibly internal injuries, A ‘number of other occupants of the Cartndge Factory s Rendered Total Wreck. that in packing these a nall finds its way into one of the shells. It occuples the space that ald be occupied by the percu when two things are trying to same space at the same time something usually happens. That s what probably occurred this morn- sticking out of one hine forced the per- An explosicn of the ng. Probably a nail w of the shells and the m cussion cap against | cap of course followed and ignited the powder that was draining from the hopper aktove into iss T X | the shells that were being loaded by the Miss Mary Woods. | | workers. "1t “then cxploded” upward through e o) the hopper and pipe to the main hcpper up- THE INJURED: i o 5 in the main hopper at the time 1 of black sporting powder, equal ounds. One machine was load- ing smokeless powder and the other two were ling black powder into shells. The smoke- less powder simply burned slowly, but the half a bar to about 100 | | black exploded up and down etairs aimost sim- ultaneously SEVERAL NASEOW ESCAPES. There were several narrow escapes. The most remarkable was that of Miss Jessie Merritt, a 13-year-old girl. She had been Woods to load shells at hines, but was called to machine by Foreman Berryman one ¢ another just before the explosion. She had barely changed her place when there came a great deafening sound, followed by the falling of broken walls. Out of all this M Merritt came without a scratch. But it hasn't scared me a bit,” Miss | Merritt said in relating her story. “I am perfectly willing to go back and work there and take my chances.” Clarence Sylvester can thank his stars that he was not killed outright. He was standing In the doorway of the factory meditating as to what he should do next. He was the nearest person to the biggest powder hopper, and was about to turn toward it when it went up in smoke. He was thrown out of the door some dis- tance, but landed safely. James Athe was also lucky, for he was standing on the stairs between the first and second floors. Being between the two explosions he escaped the full force of both and lives to tell the tale. LINEMEN RENDER ASSISTANCE. A gang of line repairers for the West- ern Union Telegraph Company working in front of the powder plant under their foreman, F. C. McColley, had as much as they could do to dodge the splinters that came flying at them. The men were at the ftop of the telegraph poles at the time and were nearly blown from their perches. They were the first to render aid to the sufferers. Miss Woods had been working at the powder works for three weeks. Her home is in Elmira with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Woods. She was a student at the Elmira High School and had intended to work at the powder works during the summer months. She was 16 years old and a native of Elmira. Miss Maguire is also of Elmira, where she lived with her mother. She is 17 vears old. Berryman and De Mello are recently from Santa Cruz, having been employes of the powder works there. Kincannon is a San Franciscan. The loss to the powder company will amount to $5000. The ‘cartridge factory must be entirely rebuilt and the machin. ery replaced. The entire plant was re- cently enlarged by the transfer of a por- tion of the Santa Cruz plant and ma- chinery to Pinole. As the cartridge plant is isolated, however, there was no dam- age to the other buildings. —_—————— Gas Explosion. On the evening of June 30 a fire was caused by the explosion of gas at the suit and skirt factory 523 Market street. The large stock of goods, slightly dam- aged by smoke and water, was purchased by C. Curtin, 911 and 913 Market street, and will be placed on sale this morning at 9 o'clock. Some very great bargains will be offered in the vnr!oul depart~ ments, ———&.‘———- Held on Robbery Charge. Harry Jackson was held to answer be- fore the Superfor Court by Police Judge Conlan yesterday on a charge of robbery in $3000 bonds. On the morning of June 28 Jackson and a man who made his es- cape held up Charles E. Hallenquist of 560 Howard street at Fourth and Minna streets and robbed him of a purse con- taining $6 70 and a gold ring, which was found in Jackson's possession when ar- rested. California Sun, d Dust Cause Eye Strain, Granulation and Red- ness.. Murine Eye Remedy restores; cures cars suffered from severe cuts and bruises, Ladies’ hvorlte (huet requl-n-. 50¢, drut l’illl m opticians. CALL. FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1903. FRANGE SUFFERS PRUNE FAMINE May Have to Depend | Upon California for Her Supply. Consvls Send Reports Anent Foreign Horticultural Prospects. et E D R The State Horticultural Commissioners | have issued an important and interesting | bulletin showing the present condition of the foreign almond, prune, walnut, grape and raisin crops and prospects for the coming season, compiled from reports re- | ceived from the United States Consuls at | Smyrna, Turkey, Catania, Italy; Alicante, | Spain, and Bordeaux, France. Albion W. Tourgee, United States Con- sul at Bordeaux, France, reports on the ! condition of the prune and walnut crops of Southwest France. There is little likelihood, if any possibil- ity, the Consul states, that the prune crop of the region under ¢ sideration for 1903 will exceed one-half of last yeak's, which was about one-tenth of an ordinary crop. | He says that owing to last year's short crop there are practically no prunes in | stock, except what are left over of im- | portations from California last year. | The Consul reports that there is every prospect of an ordinary crop of walnuts, though it is too early, he says, to decide with accuracy, though all reports agree with his observations. The grapes, reports Tourgee, not hav- ing blossomed, put out with unexpected vigor, and a third of a crop may, at least, be expected. Rufus W. Lane, United States Consul at Smyrna, reports that the prospects to June 3 for 1903 show Suitana raisins agsre- gating 39,000 tons, black 16,00 tons and red 11,000 tons, as against the crop of 1902 which yielded 33,000 tons of Sultanas, 15,- | 000 tons of black and 10,000 tons of red. | The crop of Sultana raisins is considered | good, exceeding the average by 2 per cent. Red and black raisins show a good average. Last year's actual stock in the hands of dealers amounts t Sultana, about .v) tens; black raisins, 1600 tons, and red, nil. The freight to New York via Liverpool is % shillings per ton, plus 10 per cent primage. The 10 per cent primage is re- turned at the end of the season to ship- pers who have not made any shipments by direct steamers. Consul Lan report also shows that | last year's prices for August and to the end of October ruled as follows: Finest Sultanas, 41 to 42 shillings per ewt. of 112 | pounds; fine Sultanas, 38 to 40 shillings | per cwt.; good Sultanas, 23 to 30 shillings | per cwt. | From November 1 prices gradualy de- | clined to the present, as follows: Finest Sultanas, 34 to 40 shillings per cwt.; fine Sultan: 31 to 33 shillings, and good Su]- tanas, 26 to 27 shillings per cwt. The report further states that it may reasonably be expected that prices for the coming season will be lower than last | season. ALMONDS IN ABUNDANCE. | H. W. Carey, United States Vice Consul at Alicante, Spain, reports that the almond crop in his district promises to be abundant and the quality, he under- stands, is good. It is calculated that more than double of last vear's crop will be collected. The planting of almond trees is yearly largely increased in all the almond growing districts of the pro- vince. Consul Carey reports that some 40,000 to 50,000 bales may be roughly cal- r's coming crop. Prices will not be fixed until the riddle of August, when the first kernels are brought to market. It is thought that ADVEBTISEIIEN’TS. GUTICURA S0AP The World’s Greatest Skin Soap. The World's Sweetest Toilet Soap. Sals Greater Than the World's Product of Other Skin Soaps Sold Wherever Civilization Has Penetrated, Millions of the world’s best people use Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment, the great skin care, for pre- serving, purifying and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening and soothing red, rough and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings and chafings, for annoying irritations, or too free or offensive perspiration, for ulcerative ‘weaknesses, and many sanative, anti- septic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women, especially moth- ers, as well as for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and nursery. Cuticura Soap combjnes delicate emollient properties derived from Cuti- cura, the great skin cure, with the pur- est of cleansing ingredients and the most refreshing of flower odours. No other medicated soap ever compounded I‘;:w beflc}olm with it for %r-::r‘;: , purifying and beautifying the scalp, hair and hands. No other for- eign or domestic tollet soap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and nursery. Thus it combines in one soap at one price the most effective skin and complexion soap, and the purest and sweetest toilet, bath and nursery sosp ever compounded. vhlol.l. RAISIN CROP IS GOOD. [ b | INSANE MAN JUMPS | William McAvoy Takes a Free Ride | gency Hospital to await examination as |®sembly District met last night at 246 Third sergeant at arms. bly District was held at the California Hotel last evening. After a general dis- cussion, denunciatory of the methods em- ployed by the bosses in their efforts to manipulate and control the politics of the city, anti-boss, home-rule club, and the follow- ing officers were elected: President, Major Frank Bettis; first vice president, John Leffler; second vice president, L. Cowles; secretary, treasurer, Dr. Charles Bailey. president to appoint an executive commit- tee of twenty-one—one from each precinct in the . district—to be announced at the next regular meeting. Dr..John Leffler, Robert E. Cannell and others. Ninth avenue and H street, last night. The meeting was well speeches were delivered by many promi- nent Democratic orators. Quigley, William C. Mahoney, Julian Frankel, A. W. J. Laveler, H. C. Wilber and Felix Me. Hugh. ity will meet at their hall on Hayes strdet o’clock mass. The: communion at that mass. soclety gossip to-day. e “ai“.'*...-.—....- henge ADVERTISEMENTS. ollar-Saving Days. Buying your clothing here means the best value for the least money—the choice of a great assortment of finc gar- ments — best kinds — latest styles—newest fabrics—made andcut right—and atour prices you get better goods at Iess money than you usually pay for the poorest. We lecave for 514-516-518 Market street in a few days. Our stock is going now. Come down and see our Fine Clothing for Man, Boy and Child. It Costs Nothing to Look, and You Save Money to Buy. Open till 9:30 Saturday Night. /V1ill to Mian. BROWNBROS. & CO,, 121-128 Sansome Street, Wholesale Clothiers, Retailing Direct to You. Stevedore Is Badly Injured. year’s prices will rule lower than last season’s. The rate of freight to New York from Alicante via Liverpool this - Felix Westenberg, a stevedore residing is 50 | ¢ 1512 York street, fell into the hold of shillings per tons of 2000 pounds net, and | the steamer City of Peking last night and via Genoa 40 shillings. suffered a laceration of the face and Alexander Weingartner, United States | g -alp, probably a fr sve of the ehull Consul at Catania, Italy, reporting on the | He was removed to the Emergency Hospi- almond crop, states that the conditions | tal, where he now lies in a eritical condi= and prospects are much more favorable | jo, than last year and that the crop Will N0t | peee—————— fall short of an averdge one. The crop is estimated at 60,000 bags of 100 kilos ADVERTISEMENTS. 46 pounds), or 13 0 pounds shelled. |~ r ) kilos shelled.f. o. Prompt—Palma-Girgenti, 161 lire; Palma genuine, 166; Aderno, 166; Avola, selected, e tets. astens: | San Francisco,Cal.,July 8, 1%; Avola, cur- 1903. — By instructions of the Board of . Underwriters, we are selling at our store, September and October delivery—Palma- Girgenti, 152.50 lire; Palma genuine, 138; Aderno, ; Catania, selected, 165; Avola, selected, 188; Avola, currents, 163. | Market and Tenth streets, A lire is valued at 19.3 cents United States gold. recently damaged by fire, our iRt s RN T » entire stock of robes and blankets damaged by water and smoke; also stock of hicles on 3d and 4th floors of the building, these last being only slightly damaged by smoke and water. | Price is not the object of this sale, the desire being to clean out the building as soon as possible. TUDEBAKE BROS. (OMPANY Market and Teath Streets. ON BACK OF HORSE on Italian Peddler's Steed. William McAvoy, apparently ‘suffering from the temporary loss of his senses. created quite a sensation at the corner of Third and Mission streets yesterday after- noon by jumping to the back of an Ita)- | fan fruft peddler’s horse and startling the animal so that it dashed through the streets. He was finally captured and locked up in the insane ward of the Emer- te_his sanity. : The peddler was going along Mission street and when he reached the corner ot Third he was surprised to see McAvoy leap on the back of his horse and start | the animal on a mad run along the street. He called for help and the louder he called the harder McAvoy urged the frightened steed along till the animal was going at a high rate of speed | A large crowd gathered on the sidewalks and seemed to enjoy the novel sight im- mense Several gave chase, but the horse increased his speed and was in a fair way to escape when a police of- ficer ran out to the middle of the street, stopped the horse and took McAvoy to the Emergency Hospital. Desk Har- mony | MARTIN KELLY’S FACTION 1521 and its price is Petition. The Martin Kelly faction of the Re- publican party in the Twenty-eighth MEETS IN TWENTY-EIGHTH ; bed. 'Simply’ carved drawer puils 1 d splendid y of flin ces, Gathering Is Addressed by Colonel | 3 the desk hers. shows is typical of “Y and E” design and construc- T. V. Eddy, Who Urges E tion. This desk s known as No. 3 street to organize a club and formulate plans for the promulgation of its propa- ganda. Kelly was present to look after his interests and Colonel T. V. Eddy, a well-known campaign speaker, delivered an address. In his speech Colonel Eddy urged his listeners to sign Martin Kelly's petition for a nominating convention and scourged the county committee as a defunct or- ganization, whose membYers had illegally demanded recognition for the party on the county ticket. The election of officers resulted in the choice of N. H. Burnham as president; W. H. Nolan and Thomas Bryant, vice presidents; C. R. Franklin, secretary; Martin Kelly, treasurer; James F. Loony, L R NG B B A RGBSR $73.25 Bear in mind, moreover, that we carry as complete and handsome a line of desks as you can find in New York City, embracing more than 75 styles at prices ranging from $15 to $200. Wil you not call and examine? Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co. 635-639 Mission St. Phone Main 1790, AR TN —_— Independent Republicans Organize. A well attended meeting of Independent Republicans of the Forty-fourth Assem- it was decided to organize a strictly DROPS ul!lm.m msmes mmnu GRANULATION California sunl Dr. W. | Robert E. Cannell; A resolution was carried directing the strong winds and alkall Litle troubles grow ¢ requisite, restores a brilliancy, doesn’t ‘smart, 1ght faded eye to natu: soothes eye pain. .The laboratories of the Murine Eye Remedy Chicago, are the largest in the world pro- duclnx an exclusive line of eye remedies. Sold by Druggists and Opticians Speeches were made hy Major Bettis, - Tt Democrats Hold a Rally. The Democrats of the Thirty-ninth Dis- trict held a big rally at Park View Hall, imhing earasot st ‘diseases, after the moms powerful internal remedies have failed. After bathing the part with Heiskell's 0o Heiskel's Olnioment and it will quie % remove ail Blotches, Pimplee attended and The followirfy speakers made short addresses: John P. ‘Wehe, Patrick Cullen, A. soft and beautiful. PR RS ATS S Will Receive Communion. “u'hfl:‘g&”m" P The members of the Gentlemen’s Sodal- Send for JOUNSTON, HOLLOWAY & C€O., Philadeiphia. next Sunday morning before the 7:3 will march in a body to St. Ignatius CHurch and will receive —_———— Several notable engagements in the Wasp's ————— AUGUSTA. Me., July 9.—There Is little o S Subdition of Mru. - Jumes” Gk She may live several da: