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Show luy W. U. Telegraph. UISASTKOIS AND FATAL I'OX-Fl.A;il,T10 I'OX-Fl.A;il,T10 AT I'liM UK, Hamilton, 1 i. 1'i teiie City wa a!-j a!-j tuoit entirely d---trjd by lire n ilw lui'.'ht of the !.".ili. The Kiy fy:,; published an extra giving the following j particulars of the disaster: Last night, ; between 1 1 and U p. m., a de-truetive I tire broke out in the rear of LiGrue's restaurant which, destroyed nearly all of Pioche. It is impossible in this I hastily irotteii up report to give full i particulars ol the atl'air, but it is safe to j estimate the lo.-.s at between Ji w.UOU and :iuJ.iH,Hi dollars on which there is -;c:tre-'ly a dollar's worth of insurance. The fire wis as nothing compared to the loss of killed aud wounded which Ibllowed in the wake of the ravages of the fire fiend. Felsenthal & Co. had mj kegs of Dupont's powder in what was supposed to be a fireproof cellar, and about '2 uV-ek the whoie mass exploded ex-ploded killing six and wounding thirty-one. thirty-one. Several lesser magazines in the rear of the stores exploded at a later hour. It is impossible to.deseribe the terror and consternation which prevailed pre-vailed during and after the explosion. Men, women and children rushed about in all directions, seeking their lost relatives rela-tives and friends. Houses were thrown down and shattered, and the erics of the wounded and dying were painful in the extreme. The following is a list of the wounded as obtained up to eight o'clock this morning: 11. I). Been, John Culleu, Harvey Rice, Jim Waters, Iiarthol-omew Iiarthol-omew Nooiiun, John Farley, Robert Watt-, Arehy Mulhern, John Daikeu, Charley Williams, 11. G. Tobler.Milcs Quillcn, Kobert Shannon, Win. Ryan, David Noonan, David Nogle, John bugherty, Mrs. Haurehau, French Charley, Mike Fay, Rosie Stein, A. H inny, Phil. Richards, Fred. I Luskin, Mr. Steven-, Thomas Kendall, Chris. Sehultz, W. S. Coltin and Dennis Sullivan, all of whom wero cither injured by falling rocks, jarred by concussion or burned. Many of the! wounded will die. There aro more! injured, but we are unable at the present writing to give further particulars. particu-lars. The following were killed : Jeremiah Kirby, James Apuew, Jobu Said, William Deeds, Mike Sheehan, and one other burned so that he cannot be recognized. The building iu which the Record was printed was also burned. All the material was saved, a portion oi' the press being only slightb damaged. |