Show irn irr am special to the leserer DESERET NEWS y w t t i san francisco 16 ya terrible explosion of what is supposed ased Z to tobe be nitroglycerine nitro glycerine occurred at 1 15 this afternoon in tb the e rear of wells fargo cos building the explosion shook the earth like an earthquake for a circuit of a quarter of a m mile mlle 1 le samuel knight su superintendent erin 0 of fw wells ells elis fargo ca co died T in half an hour of injuries received G W bell supervisor and assayer was instantly killed mr ballut wells fargo cos gos assayer joseph elliott jno gallagher frank webster and wm justin were also killed killer eight dead bodies have been taken from the ruins so mutilated that they could not be identified louis mclane melane and capt eldridge dridge EI of the pacific mall mail steamship co and judge hoffman hom Hof finan ninan were bruised and capt felix carlax D stacey jefferson tay taz taylor or staci sodium ceafer lapu capt apu apt jc J 15 rg 15 c A ayres nes res I 1 fried aliez liez frank morris and 0 others ii ers were I 1 injured but not fatally so some me will never be identified as fragments in ants of human flesh bones and bra brains ns w were ere found nearly two blocks distant montgomery sacramento and california streets are fined lined with broken glass scarcely a window for the distance ol 01 of several hundred feet is remaining whole wells fargo cos horses and e everything v ery animate or inanimate were b blown biown 1 ow into fragments the damage is estimated at the least at wm ravens havens book keeper of the pacific mail mall steamship co is ascertained to be among the killed the cause of the explosion is a m mystery Y 9 the freigh freight t agen agent of the pacific mail co says two b boxes axe S each measuring about four e cubie cubic ab ic f feet ee t were taken from the steamer dock to a place where the explosion occurred one box was consigned to idaho city and the other to los angeles both werd were stained with oil oll their contents were not known forty porty men are now engaged in removing the ruins rufus I 1 I 1 chicago 15 george B wright of ohio has been confirmed oon firmed indian agent for montana general sherman says the ohe route over the thel plains from omaha by way of forts kearney mcpherson and laramie will be guarded uarl by regular troops and he will will attempt to make the new road pretty well guarded by the big cheyenne north of the black hills to pawnee river intersecting the other road near the head waters of the yellow stone and will also guard as well as possible the missouri river route he lie says he cannot undertake to guard the niobrara bio Ino brara route in the house marvin of new york from the committee on territories reported adversely to a memorial of the utah legislature for an appropriation to construct roads starr of new jersey reported ad ver tersely Yer sely on the memorial odthe of the utah legislature asking an appropriation for the territorial library correspondent denies the ze ort orb of the overland mail contract avith with ben holladay by way of the ahe fim sim smoky oky hill route anoint resolution protesting against pardoning a e criminals nals by foreign powers on on conditio conditto condi condl condition tio ifo n that they emigrate to th the tho united states has passed both houses and will be communicated to all foreign powers although particularly called out by the action of the swiss government halifax 14 the city medical officer reports up to last evening deaths among the passengers of ahe the steamer england in including 40 who wiio died on the passage from liverpool he reports that t the e disease is probably a severe form of ship fever with many prominent symptoms of the cholera it amounts to a regular blague plague pingue the surviving passengers are being eing removed some to io her Maje receiving ship paramus Py ramus and others to tents on shore the disease is apparently decreasing the number of deaths being greatly reduced today to day the disease is confined to the steerage passengers pas sen |