Show Powder Explosions San Francisco 28 Tucson dispatch dis-patch L Zickendorfs powder house containing two car loads of English gun CQtton and tonite powder pow-der exploded at 11 last night The windows of the city were broken doors burst in and crockery stocks demolished setting a house on fire I and badly burning several inmates The county hospital was ruined but none of the patients were injured Total loss about 100000 On Sunday morning the Alta Chemical Powder Works at Clarks Landing Alameda County blew up Owing to the peculiar character of the powder the explosion made but i little noise Professor Monnier manager of the works his son and Engineer Andersont were all badly burned but no lives were lost About 1800 pounds of compound went off with a hiss or puff |