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Show The "Sun Frtaiicidco" IiiresU-KatletD IiiresU-KatletD Uxptoalou 1'lnuej. San Francisco, S. In the City of Sun Francisco iuquiry to-day, Benj. Craic, for fifteen years matter of coatting vestals in the AtlaHtic, contradicted con-tradicted the testimony of Ktddell that the steamer was only six or seven miles from shore when she struck, estimating the distance at not less than ten or twelve, corresponding nearly with the testimony of Captain VVaddell and other officers ana pas sengera thus far examined. The nitro-glycerne house of the Hercules powder works situate in the hills back of Golden Gate park, blew up to day. The workmen were absent ab-sent at dinner, and no lives were lost. The examination by the prosecution prosecu-tion of certificates of iudebtedne'-s deposited by Piuney in the Masonic bank, on which he borrowed $'225.-000, $'225.-000, shows the remarkable fact that not ono of them was endorsed by the party in whose favor it was drawn. |