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THE
LATEST
Disasters. Accidents and Fatalities.
A collision between the steamer Mackinac
"and the tug Washburn occurred in the De-
1roit river, nearly sinking tne latter and
causing the drowning of John Hurley, own-
#r of the tug, and Chief Engineer Robinson,
of the steam barge Majestic, who was on
the Washburn at the time.
Emma Blum, at Muscoutah, I1l., suffered
. blood poisoning after being pecked by a hen
and came near dying.
Two earthquake shocks, just heavy
enough to stop clocks, were felt in Califor
nia.
_ The Mississippi floods have wiped several
villages off the face of the earth.
A Red Wing, Minn., three young men
were drowned in‘the river ‘there. They are
Gustaf Halgren, Swan Soderlind and John
A. Benson. In company with Samy John-
Bon they went out ina small boat: The
cable ferry was crossing and in attempting
40 cross over the cable the boat was upset.
Johnson clung to the upturned boat® and
was saved, but the others all dro¥ned.
A most disastrous wreck occurred on the
Deadwood Central Railways near Deadwood
8. D., which resulted in the killing of James
~~ Beott and the probable fatal injury of Wil-
Jiam Thomas. The accident was occasioned
Dy a frosty track, which caused the train to
slide.
The heaviest rainfall in years visited Ne-
wada, Mo., Monday night. The river and
creeks are swollen out of thei banks. Two
men were killed by lightning.
A cyclone swept through Betchville, Tex.,
wiping out 20 houses. Several people were
killed and many were injured. The property
108s is upwards of $30,000.
Polly Macdonald. an actress in Lester &
Williams’ Company was fatally burned in
her room at Providence. R. I., a lighted
‘ match falling on her clothing and igniting
There has been a serious wreck on the
. Deleware & Hudson Canal railway near
Hydeville, Vt. Conductor Wood was fatally
hurt and about 20 others injured.
A passenger train on the Delaware aud
Hudson Canal railroad was wrecked near
Hydeville, Vt. Conductor E. 8. Wool was
killed and several passengers in jured.
Capital, Laber and Industrial,
Miners of the Pennsylvania Schuykill coal
regions are jubilant over an increase of 1 per
cent. inthe rate of wages: This is due to the
advance in the market price of coal, and a
further increase is expected in the near
future. .
The big strike on Langhead, Modisette &
Company Uniontown, Pa.,is ended, not,how-.
ever in the way anticipated by the Trades
council. The strikers of all the unions ex-
cept the carpenters went back to work, and
the company secured carpenters to take the
place of the strikers. There were 200 men
put, 30.of whom were carpenters. This
action dissolves the Trades Council, where
the trouble originated, and workmen and
_ contractors are alike happy. No further
trouble is anticipated:
Two thousand workmen employed in the
Valladolid shops of the Northern Railway,
at Madrid, Spain, have struck for a reduc-
{ion of the hours of labor and are coercing
other workmen to join the strike.
One hundred stone cutters employed on
the locks at Sault Ste. Marie struck for $4
a day of nine hour’s work. The contractors
refuse to grant the demand.
All the employes of the New England
granite works, 400 in number, went out on
a strike Tuesday night for the same reasons
as the other workers.
Louisville marble cutters have struck for
nine hours a day with ten hours’ pay.
Toronto brickmakers have been starved
“back to work after a two months’ strike.
The brickmakers and teamsters of Deca-
tur, 111. struck for more pay. The manu-
facturers have closed all their yards and
announced that they will go out of the busi-
Ness. ;
New England granite manufacturers, not
being able to settle with the unions, have
decided to open yards to individual appli-
cants for work.
Washington News,
A resolution has been reported in the
“House extending an invitation to the King
and Queen of Spain and to the decendants
of Columbus to participate in the World's
Columbian Exposition,
The public debt statement is as follows:
Interest-bearing debt, $585,029,23); non-in-
terest-bearing debt, $969,359,253; aggregate
cash in the treasury, $795,300,590; aggregate
demand liabilities, $795,300,590; cash balance
4n the treasury April 30, $131,518,160; cash
balance inthe treasury May 3%, $126,005,
885; decrease during the mon th, $5,512,275.
‘Joint resolutions passzd authorizing and
directing the president to proclaim a gen-
| eral holiday commemorating the 400th an-
‘miversary of the discovery of America on
the 12th of October, 1892.
‘A statement prepared at the treasury de-
partment shows that there was a net in-
crease of $6,437,985 in circulation during the
_ month of May and a net'increase of $7,910,-
. P08 in money and bullion in the treasury
during the same period.
/ Religious.
The general conference of the Methodist
Protestant church has stricken the word,
sigbey” from the marriage service, The
ote was 55 0 26 in favor of striking out the
word. The women delegates voted for it.
_At the sixty-sixth anniversary meeting of
‘the American Baptist Publication Bociety at
Philadelphis, the Board of Managers re-
ported that the final revision of the Ameri-
can Bible Union version of the English New
Testament by the committee, Drs. Henry
G. Weston, John A. Broadus and Alvan
Hovey, is’ ¢ompleted and printed. Samuel |
‘A. Cruser, of Pennsylvania, was elected.
President of the socie At the meeting of
‘the Young People’s Baptist Union - resolu-
‘tions denouncing the liquor traffic and all
license of it were adopted, after which the
Conference adjourned. With the adjourn-
ment of the two above societies the Baptist
anniversaries that have been commemor
ated at Philadelphia for the past two weeks
cameto anendsinn.
Sixty-two business houses of Mason City,
Towa, were closed on Wednesday on account
of a religious awakening sweeping over that
city. During the past eight days there have
been 250 conversions.
Fives
In Marsberg, Westphalia, forty-six houses,
twenty-four stables and eighteen ware
nouses were burned. About sixty head of
Bove perished in the flames. More than 250
ersons are homeless.
The D. 8S. Ransom carriage factory at
Brooklyn, N. Y., was burned. Loss from
$50,000 to $75,000; insurance, unknown,
At San Francisco, the Fulton iron works
and the Manhattan food factory were burn-
ied. The entire northwestern half of the
block bounded by Fremont, Beals, Howard
and Folsom streets was swept clean except a
mall saloon in the corner. Firemen had
hard work saving the remainder of the
slock because of the scarcity of water. To-
al loss, $400,000, of which the iron works
dose $200,000. The fire -broke out in: the
‘coke oven of the iron works.
., At Trinity, Texas, the business houses ou
orth side of Main street were burned.: Loss;
$30,000, ie : MBE
business section was destroyed by fire. Loss,
100,000: partly insured.
At Ullanow, Galicia, two hundred houses
were consumed and«two persons were burned
to death.
- At Louisville, Ky.,the New Albany cotton
jbatting mulls. Toss, $35,000; insurance,
$18,000. The fire was caused by friction.
Crops.
The fruit crops in the South of England
ave been greatly damaged,if not destroyed,
by a terrific storm.
Cuban planters complain of drouth.
Kansas crop reports say the rains have
done great damage. In the Western half of
the State, which is usually parched by
drouth, the farmers are enthusiastic over
the best prospects ever known. =
Hailstorms in the Province of Alessan-
communes, ©
Arron, ILL.—The damage by the floods in
theriver bottoms is being duplicated on the
prairies by the long continued rains and
cold. Wheatis rustingso badly that the
harvest will certainly be short. No corn
has yet been planted, owing to the wet
ground, and hardly a bushel tan be bought
from the farmers at any price. The fruit
prospects are faring as badly, the apple and
berry crops being short fully 50 per cent.
The prospects of still higher water, and the
consequent necessity of supporting the
homeless flood suffers for 12 months is hav-
ing a most discouraging effect on all branch-
es of trade and business is paactically at a
standstill.
Political.
At the local option election in Toronto,
0., the “wets” won by 25 majqrity ina
total of 508.
The anti-Hill, anti-‘‘snap’” convention
met at Syracuse, N. Y., on Tuesday. The
platform adopted indorses Cleveland. Sup-
plementary to the platform the following
was adopted: ‘“‘Resolved, Thal this con-
vention approve, indorse and point with
pride to the administration of Grover Cleve-
land,and we recommend him to the Chicago
Convention for nomination,and to the Dem-
ocratic party and the patriotic people of the
country for election again to the Presiden-
cy.”” Delegates to Chicago were appointed
and instructed to demand recognition there.
The Crops.
The following crop bulletin was issued by
the weather bureau: Pennsylvania; cold
wet weather, injurious to corn and much
of it needs replanting; grass and small grain
generally in good condition; season in
northern counties two weeks late. tobacco
planting begun; ground very wet and farm
work delayed. 1
The Kansas Farmer publishes crop re-
ports from its correspondents throughout
the State. They indicate a wheat acreage
about equal to that of last year. Very few
counties report insects of any kind. In some
counties the wheat on bottom lands has
suffered from washing out by floods, but
in general the damage to this crop by the
excessive rains bas been lessthan was tobe
expected. The harvest will be later than
usual. The acreage of oats is rather light-
er than heretofore, on account of the late-
ness of the season and excessive rains. This
crop is later than usual, but otherwise in
good condition. Corn is very backward on
account of cool, wet weather. The acreage
will be !arger than usual. The several crops
are below the average.
Crime and Penalties.
Miss Lillie Norfolk, aged 30, well-known
in society and amateur theatrical circles,
committed suicide at Brooklyn by choking
herself to death. She knelt beside a wash
basin and held her throat against the marble
until she was suffocated. Cause: crossed in
love.
At Atoka, Ky., Moses Bottom's 6-year-old
daughter killed her 18 months-old sister.
She beat out the child's brains and broke its
neck with a piece of stove wood. The child
seemed to bear some hatred to her baby
sister.
At Annona, Texas, Charles Lytle and Ben
Yelly became involved in a gnarrel, and
Lytle shot and killed Yelly. The latter's son
then shot and killed his father's slayer. The
boy is under arrest. The crimes were com-
mitted while the party were drinking.
Miscellaneous.
The phenomenal Jersey cow, Signals
“Lilly Flag,” at Huntsville, Ala., has brok-
en the record, having made 1,029 pounds 13
ounces of butter, with four days more to end
her year test. She is now the Jersey queen
of the world.
The oss caused by the floods of the Mis-
sippi and its tributaries is estimated at $50,-
000,000 and the rivers are again rising.
Owing to the floods there are 300 destitute
families in Alexander county, Ill. Box cars
are used as houses and the people are living
on fish.
Jeff Davis’ birthday was celebrated as a
-
i
At Colquitt City, Ore.;Three-fourth of the”
dria, Italy, have destroyed the crops in 80 |
legal holiday for the first time in Florida
and Mississippi Friday. :
Mortuary.
General Ralph Buckland died at Fremont,
Ohio. He was born in 1812, and was con-
spicuous in the latecivil war."
General Turner C. Moorehead, a veteran
of the Mexican and Civil wars, died at As-
bury Park, N. J., aged 80.
General R. D. Mussey died-in Washing-
ton, after a brief illness. He participated
in the Civil War throughout and before the
war was Adjutant General of the State of
Ohio. ]
X Financial and Commercial.
The Bank of Paeblo (Col.) assigned. The
cause is to extreme dull times - ‘and 'in-
ability to make collections on overdue ac-
counts. ; f EL
Personal.
Secretary's Foster's wife and daughter,
Secretarv’s Rusk's daughter and Mr. and
Mrs. Leland Stanford sailed for Europe on
the City of Paris on Thursday.
Legislative.
Governor Peck of Wisconsin, issued a pro-
clamation calling a special session of the
Legislature June 28 to reapportion the State
into Senate and Assembly districts, a move
made necessary by. the declaration’ of the
Supreme Court that the apportionment by
the Legislature of 1889 was inconsistent.
BEYOND OUR BORDERS,
". ‘Werper & Co., Antwerp, have failed with
‘liabilities of $1,250,000; Attributed to the
decline in the rates of Brazilian. exchange.
' The Durham miners issued*# manifesto,
which is a complete defiance to the owners,
Six brigands, who have been: terrorizing
Turkish Epirus, were killed in an attempt
to kidnap a Creek Bishop.
Seventeen Arrab slave traders have been
sentenced ‘to be hanged for holding a slave
marketin German territory in East Africa.
The Melbourne authorities have decided
that all the statements, letters to the press
and other documents written by Deeming
shall be destroyed. :
Since May 7 there have been 2,450 deaths
from cholera at Serinagur in the Vale of
Cashmere.
Buenos Avers—Doctors estimate that
there are 10,000 cases of inffuenza in that
city. ¢
Thus far there have been over 3.000 deaths
in Calcutta. : Se
BLAINE QUITS THE CABINET.
His Resignation Tendered and Accepted.
No Reasons Given.
‘WASHINGTON, June 6.—Secretary of State
James G. Blaine severed his connection with
the Administration Saturday by resigning
from the Cabinet. His resignation was ac-
cepted at once by President Harrison. The
vorrespondence was as follows:
Ex®cuTIVE MANSION,
‘WASHINGTON, Junie 4, 1892, }
To THE SECRETARY OF STATE:
Your letter of this date, tendering your
resignation of the office of Secretary of State
of the United States, has been received.
The terms in which you state your desires
are such as to leave me no choice but to ac-
cede to your wishes at once.. Your resigna-
tion is therefore accepted.
Very respectfully, yours,
Bens. HARRISON,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 1
‘WASHINGTON, June 4, 1892, 12:45 P.M, §
To THE PRESIDENT:
I respectfully beg leave to submit my
resignation of the office of Secretary of
State of the United States, to ‘which I was
appointed by you on the 5th of March,
1892.
The condition of public business in the
Department of State justifies me in re-
guesting that my resignation may be ac-
cepted immediately.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
JAMMER G. BLAINE.
WASHINGTON, June 6.—Mr. Blaine spent
Sunday quietly at home, except that toward
syening he took a drive into the country
with Mrs. Blaine. He received a few calls
from personal friends, but admittance was
refused to all other persons. All efforts to
‘nterview him were equally unsuccessful,
the ex-Secretary of State adhering to the
letermination which he announced. imme-
liately after his resignation, that he would
‘et the published correspondence speak for
tself without a word of explanation from
him.
Mr. Blaine has, however, sent to the As-
sociated Press this evening for publication
she following autographic communication:
A CARD.
17 MApisoN PLACE, 1
‘WASHINGTON, June 5, 1892, |
The United Press yesterday sent out an
alleged interview with me, and also with
Mrs. Blaine, for which there was not the
slightest foundation for truth. It was a
‘orgery from the first word to the last. I
warn my frrends that similar falsehoods
may be expected. James G. BLAINE.
eee
The League Record.
The following table shows the standing of
the various base ball clubs:
WARLPOIL OF OATH
Post- Per
Won. Lost. poned. Cent.
ROT; ccc nresnns 4 11 4 725
Brooklyn 14 6 632
Cincinnati. . 16 5 .610
Chicago 23 16 4 .590
Philadelphia. .... 21 19 3 525
Pittsburgh....... 2 20 “3 524
Cleveland........ 20 8 .500
New York....... 19 50 4 L487
Louisville........ 17 22 Jol 436
Washington...... 15 23 | 5 395
8t. Louis......... 27 4 + 4341
Baltimore........ 9: 30 IRE
| ing, burned; William: Moran, employe ‘elec-
| tric
ee.
TITUSVILLE AND OIL
CITY DEVASTATED
By Water, Burning Oil and
Fearful Gases.
CLOUD -BURST AT HEAD OF OIL
CREEK.
§ sien ? =
Hundreds Perish, and Many
‘More Missing.
{ Om Cry, Pa, June 6.—The most appalk
ling disaster in thehistory of this unfortu-
nate city fell upon it Sunday like a thunder-
bolt, resulting in the destruction of life and
property, which; as (yet, can. only ‘be’ ap-
proximated, so great and widespread has
been the ruin. ‘
At 11:30 o’clock Sunday morning a large
proportion of the population was enjoying
the beautiful Sunday morning along the
banks and bridges of the Allegheny river
and Oil Creek, which empties into that
stream. The cause cof this unusual out |
pouring of the population wasa curiosity |
to see the rapid rise in both the creek and“
the river. > Pe
‘Word had reached here early in the morn-
ing that a heavy clond-burst had oceurred
at Spartansburg,above Titusville, and that
a great flood, sweeping dcwn upon that
city, had drowned many, But few details
had been heard here at the time mentioned
~—11:30—yet hungreds lined the banks’ of
the two streams, just where the two streams |
joined. 2 or
Suddenly the older heads in thé crowds
noticed a thin covering of oil floating on the
surface of the water, while at the same time
an ominous wave of gas, arizing from the
crude, refined and distilled benzine floating
down, swept up from the flood, and began
to permeate the whole valley.
‘Stand back, stand back!” shouted a
commanding voice, and the people slowly
and unwillingly began to retreat from
bridge and bank. They were very slow—
too slow—for the volume of oil began swell-
ing and rolling, while waves of the subtle
gas began coming, almost strangling those”
near by. :
Just then a man on horseback pushed his
way through the crowds, waving his ‘hands
and repeating in a voice of thunder, *‘Stand
back.’ It was known that the refineries
lining the banks for miles had been wreck-
ed, and with a presentiment of evil, with
one accord there was a dash for safety.
Presently, fir up the stream came one
dull, sullen report, and immediately after
two more. Instantly the great crowds
realized that the oil had taken fire, but they"
were an eternity gaining - this knowledge,
as compared to the lightning speed of fire.
‘What followed is indelibly imprinted upon
the minds of every panic-stricken spectator,
but no human: tongue can picture the trans
scending hofror ofthe sceng. ~ & |
At the upper end rof the city, a ‘tiny
tongue, of flame rushed from a hovel fire on
the'banksand shotacross'thie creek ‘like'a™
streak.of lightning. A dull, boomin &
plosieg® fo oWed, ad June Helv
ame flew up and down the creek. Tl
charged air was cleared i
only tobe filled with an
fatal and‘ horryfying. ?
1t seemed as if the very heavens had
burst into flame alterghe ficst e3plasion,
which then became a solid mass of flame
along creek and river for two miles up and
down—a fire that rolled and beat against
bank and buildings and towered high up un-
til the very hills were lost to sight in the
hell of flame.
Qil City is hemmed in on all sides by steep
hills, aud it seemed as if none could escape
the furious element, which began catching
up buildings along the creek like so many
wisps of straw. Thousands poured out of
their homes at the sound of the first explo-
sion, and had hardly gained the street when
the second and third reports were heard.
The entire valley was like one vast gas
reservoir. People were hurled about and
thrown down or tossed from side to side by
the force of the explosions. Windows
crashed and buildings swayed as if upheav-
ed by an earthquake while more terrifying
than all was the midnight darkness that
covered the city like a funeral pall.
This intense blackness lasted but a few
seconds, when it was replaced by a glaring
light and the hea’ of the burning gas and
oil, when again a lowering cloud settled over
the valley from the black waves of smoke.
These terryfying transitions from light to
darkness and intense heat occurred in scarce-
ly a moment ‘of time; but it seemed an eter-
nity to the ple, who believed that their
last day had come. Thousands prostrated
themselves or were hurled to the ground,
while thousands struggled bravely against
the elements towards home and kindred,
that they might die together.
The next instant they were prostrated by
a second explosion, only to rise to their feet
again and face whatall considered their,
doom. Huge waves of flame rolled up “the
river banks and began licking up one house
after another, The flames began lapping
from one roof to another, then from scores
to hundreds, until within three minutes
almost the entire portion of the Third ward
was in flames.
Fully 3,000 people lived in that ward, or
were lining the banks of the river and creek
at the time, and after the first dull stupor, a
scene of madness followed. Men forgot:
who and what they were and fought down
the weaker like demons in their mad rush
for safety. Women and children were
swept to the ground and trampled under
foot hy horses and men.
“To the hills, to the hills!” was the ery.
The insane wave of shrieking humanity.
started up Center street, leaving the moan-
ing, mangled forms of many of the weaker
w ere they bpd beeu tnempled in the dirt.
Behind the came the flames in great
waves that overtook many faltering foot-
steps. while the blistering “heat grew fiercer
every moment witu the added fuel of hund-
reds of houses.
Then behind this:maddened crowd came
a few brave men, who tenderly picked up
those trampled under foot, or assisted sick
and helpless to higher ground, once that
was reached in safety, came anxiety for
friends and relatives who had been along
the river banks watching the flood when
the mass of fire and smoke fell upon the
city. i 2 5 :
z TH DEAD AND MISSING.
At 11 o'clock to-night the list of those
known to be dead or missing is as follows:
John O'Leary, express ' messenger, and
mother, burned; Willis Stewart, burned; E.
V.'R.:Rlank, burned; Matt Lyon, elsployey
of railroad shops, wife, | her aged 20,
and boy aged 12, burned; Sherd Wick, lum-
ber merchant, missing; H.W. B8hafer, of
Franklin, postal telegraph operator; J. B.
Reilbold, member of Select Coungil and
roprietor Bellevue Hotel, burned; James
Rog- 1s, laborer, drowned; James Holmes, of
Jamestown, barber, burned; Frank -
rich, electrician, burned; William Eakin,
carpenter, and two grown sons, Frank and
Edward, burned; Charles Miller, machinist,
burned; Daniel Sullivan, ‘burned; Ed. Keat-
ardson, machinist, and four child
ed; James Burns, laborer, missing; k
: that some bodies will never. be:
and %
BE ——
Watson, 14 years old, burned; F -
ts old, burned; “J. L. Dor-
worth, prominent lawyer, burned; J.
Dougherty, oil man of large property, burn-
ay Hawks, burned; Wi am White,
foreman of Continental refinery, rned;
William Terwilliger and = brother John,
who have not been identified; Ed Mills an
four children, drowned; Mrs. John Roach
and child, burned; Charles Fisher, burned;
Mr. and Mrs. Copeland and baby six days
old, burned; Mrs.Levi Fetters, missing; Miss
Emma Briggs, missing; John Ulander, Sr.,
missing; John Gillespie, burned. The list of
the dead and missing at this hour is 58, but
conservative estimates of many prominent
citizens places the number at “100:0r “more.
There are, undoubtedly, numbers of bodies
buried under the ruins in the burned dis
itrict, and manyibodies have floated down
ithe Allegheny river. Itisvery probable
recoveréd,
many that baye ‘are ‘so burhed and
‘charred as to be beyond regognitiony &
¥
| (Thongmesitin Mitdboran act
‘Theinames of the injured sofar as CBT
tained, follow: Eu in, Hor Ca Thu
Samuel Streck, badly burned; Mis. George
Hawks and daughter, burned Pionably fa-
tally; Nat Simon, laborer, badly. cut and
urned; Mrs. Briggs, mother of Emma
Briggs, seriously burned. . Many. others
whose names are not known are injured.
THE TITUSVILLE HORROR.
Nearly Half a Hundred Dead and Several
Hundred Unaccounted For.
TrrosviLLr, Pa, June 6—Titusville was
visited on Sunday by one of the most appall-
ing fires and overwhelming floods’ in the
history ‘of - this country: : A conservative
estimate places the number of lives lost at
fully 45 from fireand drowning.
The list now actually found and known
to be dead is'as follows: Willian Cuppey,
Fred Reide, Mr. Mary Haehn, Mamie
Haehn, Gertie Haehn, Clara Haehn, Peter
Haehn, Mrs. Fred Campbell and two chil-
dren, Oliver Edgar, Joseph Spiegles anda two
children visiting here from Warren, Frank
“Walon, wife and child, F. Lemeres, Nellie
“Quinn, Mrs. Furman and daughter (colored),
«Mrs. A. Jacobs, Delila Rice, Mrs. Englisky
and child. Mrs. Jacobs and child, A picture-
frame peddler name unknown, Goldie Hohn
11 years old, Mrs. Jacob Bingenheimer and
seven children, Mrs: C. P. Casperson, Mrs.
P. Quinn, Mamie Quinn; John McFadden.
As near as can be gathered -from the re-
ports as they come in the loss by destruc-
tion of property will aggregate fully $1,500,-
000. . All this loss is in this’ city, with the
surrounding country yet to be heard from.
A large mumber of the most extensive
and prosperous manufacturing establish-
ments now, lay in. ashes, and hundreds of
homes and business places are utterly wiped
out, while the streets are filled with a hun-
gry, homeless, weeping and _ distracted
people; morning the loss of loved ones who
have perished in the rush of waters or the
firey billows of flame which engulfed them
in the twinklingof an eye as they were
struggling it the vain endeavor to save their
homes.
The scenes of the day completely beggar
description. Parents and children stood by,
without power to aid, and witnessed each
other struggle in the clutches of the flood
until eventually they went down to rise no
more: As sad and thrilling scenesas ever
took place in the’ valley of the Conemaugh
three years ago have been ropeated here to-
day, while thousands of people looked on
without the least chance to avert them.
People do not as yet realize the enormity
of the great catastrophe that has befallen
them. It is too full of horror for them to
asp in a moment,’ Fully 200 people are as
et Unaccomnted for bat 2 the crush, hurry
| and tonfusion itds impossible to give aetual
BRUTE, | omits
Five men a os eith t
; was witnessed by fully 2.8
erless toFender aid.
ogether.
0
- a.pi 0 timber were
shore is it
. would & t a
tan oil explode: the
g tank 0
quickly-
3 rful nature are reported.
! a HOW IT STARTED.
“About midnight Saturday historical old
Oil creek began suddenly toxrise. Heavy and
nlmost incessant rains have been prevalent
throughout this entire section for the past
six weeks. This, however, doesnot seem to
have been the cause of the sudden rise in
Vil creek, although at first it was thought to
be the case,” Late reports say that the huge
will dam, owned "by. Thomson & Eldred,
and located at the little town of Spartans-
butg, #even miles above this city, suddenly
burst. “Dhis body of artificial water was one
nf a mile'wide and quite deep. That great
hody of water, thus suddenly let loose, made
of this valley; in the course of a few mo-
tents, a regular inland sea. The avalanche
nf water descending when most of the in-
habitants were sleeping, completely and at
once shut them off from the higher por-
tions of the city. Notwithstanding thisstate
of affairs the danger of the city was under-
tated, no one having the slightest idea that
the flood, dangerous as it.was, was to be soon
augmented by fire. This, however, was true,
for at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, immedi-
ately: following: three terrific’ explosions
which shook the city to its center,’ a great
light went up from the! direction of the
Crescent refinery, located on the north side
of the creek in the East End, and owned by
John Schwartz & Co, :
A second look showed the entire plant to
be one vast sheet of solid flame, the light
from which illuminated a full half mile of
surrounding blackness and showed to the
assembled and horrified spectators the full
extent of the great calamity that had befall-
en their city. The tongues of flame shoot-
ing 200 feet and more straight into the
heavens; the shrieks and agonizing cries of
the helpless human beings caged in their
dwellings like rats in a trap, in the middle
of that rushing and mighty water and with-
oil, benzine and naphtha thatthreatened at
any tinte to engulf them. :
0il creek, now swollen to 500 times its na-
tural gize and reaching from one hillside to
the other, presented an appalling picture.
Floating swiftly by on its bosom were all
sorts, manners and kinds of animate and in-
animate objects—tanks, stills with the
steam in them and blowing off; houses,
barns, horses, cows, chickens, everything
almost being borne anward with a rush,
Clinging to various objects,such as driftwood,
pieces of boards, timbers and any other ob-
aos they could lay hands on, were scores of
uman beings, their white: and ITOT-
strick countenances, desperate struggles and
plaintive, soul-piercing cries all combining
to create impressions in the minds of the be-
holders never to be effaced or forgotten.
About one hour from the time the Cres-
centworks caught another alarm wasgound-
ed, and it whs found that ‘oil discharged
from an overturned tank further up the
creek had scattered itself over a broad
enough expanse of water to reach the Cres-
cent fire, where it at once igniten, and in a
moment a large acreage of tle ‘creek was
one vast sea of fire. This blaze soon spread
to-the international Oil Works owned by J.
P. Thomas & Co., and, they were soon in a
blaze: ' Then came the large refining plant
and soap factory of Rice & Robinson, which
the flamex in a short time reached and con-
sumed. The wind was in the rtght quater
and on sped the fire, drriving in due time at
the Oil Creek refinery and wax plant; .
The fire destroyed the large furniture
factory. store and store room of Casperson &
Rowe; located on Bouth Franklin street; the
Dullen Hotel, opposite the
. York and Pennsylvania passenger depot; the
Western - New. York and Pennsylvania
freight depot,and about 75 private dwellin
Figuring the loss on Wood's plant, the
total in the city will probably approach
Western New
‘ insurance.
light company, drowned; Samuel Rich--
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ce. . fr oh :
The loss in the county by washouts and
burned; wife of unknown Pole; six children,
wnd one-half miles in length and one-fourth !
in the very shadow of death from . burning
not attempted to ‘
obliged to spend an enormous amoun
money before traffig can be run-in any
rection. a
FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS...
Turspay—Nothing = of /importance was
accomplished in the Senate, and alter routine
business the Senate adjourned.
The House started out with good inten-
tions this morning to do something with the:
Postoffice appropriation bill, but struck a.
snag in the ciause providing for free deliv-
ery. Mr. Caldwell (Ohio) moved to increase:
the appropriation from $10,450,000 to #10,-
745,000, and when a vote was taken he made:
the point of no quorum. A call of the
House ensued, a resolution was passed re-
voking leaves of absence except for sickness: =
and the House adjourned until to-morrow
without accomplishing anything. ©
WEeDNEsDAY—In the Senate General Eppa.
Hunton, appointed Senator:from ,V. y
to succeed the late RBenator Barbeur, was:
swornin. The free silver coinage bill was.
he; taken up and debated until: adjourn-
ment. in
Another day was devoted ‘by ‘the House:
of
di.
system, and no progress was made wi
ostoffiee Appropriation bill," exoépt the
no part of the $10,450,000 Zpropuated for
free delivery should be’ disbursed ‘so! as to.
establish additional free delivery officers im.
in said offices until every Congressional dis-
trict in which they may be placed ing:
‘supplied with at least one free delivery:
office, Representative Hall, of Minnesota,
introduced in the House a bill placing coa
bituminous and shale upon the free list.
Almost the whole day was consumed in dis—
cussion of points of order,and little business
of any importance was transacted.
offered yesterday by Mr. Turpie, calling for:
the correspondence with Haiti; «Colombia.
and Venezuela in regard to reciprocity, was:
taken up, and Mr.
Senate upon it. At the close of Mr. Turpie’s.
speech, the resolution was adopted. = At
2 o'clock the bill to provide for thes
free coinage of gold and silver was
laid before the Senate, an
Mr. Stewart resumed his argument in sup- :
port of it. At the close of Mr. Stewart's.
action. ~The resolution reported from: the
tection to depos
to investigate recent failures of Nati
regularities was acreed to. The Senate then
proceeded to executive business, and
o'clock pdiourned till Monday next.
The House went into committee of
whole, Mr. Buchanan, of, Virginia, in |
chair, on the postoffice appropriation bill.
Mr. Blount, of Georgia, offered an amend-
ment reducing by $2,349,000 the appropria-
tion for inland transportation by railroad -
routes, and authorizing: the Postmaster
General to readjust the compensation to be:
paid after July 1, 1893, for the transport
ation of mails on railroad routes by reduc-
ing the compensation to railroad companies.
for the transportagion of mails 10 per cent.
from the rates based on the weight fixed.
and allowed by the aetof June 17, 1878.
Pending action the committee rose: Then
House then adjourned, ~~
Fripay—The Senate was not in -session.
After some morning business the House
went into committée of the ‘whole. oi t
postoffice appropriation bill; Mr. Buchan
of Virginia in the chair... Mr. Scott of Tlli- ¢
the
no part of the appropriation for stamped.
stamped envelopes having the names of any
business firm, ' corporation or advertising:
device printed: thereon, and makingit un-
lawful for the postmaster general to have:
requests for the return of letters printed on.
any envelope sold by the postoffice depart-
ment, provided, however, that the depart-
ment may continue to furnish stamped en-
velopes containing the words, ‘‘if not de-—
livered within 10 days, return to—.'"
Agreed to. ;
Sarurpay—Senate not in session. §
In the House several bills were called up,
but had to be postponed owing to the poin
of no quorum, raised by Mr. Bailey of
Texas. The House went into committee of
the whole on the postoffice appropriation.
bill. On motion of Mr. Newberry, of Illi-
nois, an amendment was adopted appropri-
ating $52,000 for the establishment of a:
branch postoffice on the grounds of the:
World's Fair. The committee then rose
and reported the bill to the House, and it
was passed. Then came the sensation of the:
day, and indeed of many days and. weeks.
This was the information given by the
Associated Press of the resignation of James:
G, Blaine as Secretary of State. - Filibuster
ing tactics consumed’ the remainder of the:
day, and the House adjourned.
1,200 KILLED, 4.000 INJURED,
By the Hurricane in the Island of Maurie
tius.
MArerILLES, June 1.—The mails which
aave just arrived from: Mauritius confirmn
the statement that 1,200 persons were killed
and 4,000 injured in the recent hurricane.
The hurricane was preceded by a ‘violent
magnetic disturbarce. The sea rose nine
teet, the highest level since the cyclone of’
1818. Scarcely a house in the colony escaped
damage. Many churches'and public build-
(ngs tvete destroyed.: The fine Church of the
Immaculate Conception is in ruins. The
Cathedral, however, by 8 strange chance:
escaped. Thedead include a large number
of the leading inhabitants. Fearful sights:
were witnessed on the streets. One factory
on the Martin estate collapsed, killing 200+
Indians. One-half of the sugar :
destroyed.
+ The planters’ losses are in-
calculable. | SR Ta £3
AIDS TO AGRICULTURE.
Features of a Bill Reported to the House.
WasHINGTON, D. C., June 4.—A feature of
the bill making appropriations for the sup-
port of the agricultural report for the fiscal
year 1893 reported by Chairman Hatch tos
the House, is that section providing that the’
monthly crop report issued on the 10th of
statement of the percentage totals; without:
comment or argument, and that it shall be:
submitted tothe secretary of agriculture,
who shall officially approve the report be--
fore it is issued or published. Another fea-
ture transfers from the secretary of thes
treasury to the secretary of agriculture the-
supervision of the admission of animals for
breeding purposes; such animals as the sec--
retary of agriculture deems worthy of in--
troduction into the United States for breed
ng purposes shall be admitted free of duty.
close to $1,500,000. Itis partly covered by |
CrYEENNE, WYo., June 6.—A blinding:
Snow storm raged here yesterday and. the:
! snow is eight inches deep on a level. The:
storm is general throughout the State, the:
; crops are all practically destroyed and it is:
feared there will be loss of life in the:
mountains. FE
to the discussion of the free postal dolly 24 3
adoption of an amendment providing that
any Congressional district where there may
be one or more free delivery offices‘already, =
nor shall free delivery facilities be increased
the necessary qualifications shall Jone beens
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Turpie addressed the
speech the silver bill went over without.
Finance Committee for a committee. of five
Senators to inquire whether the law relative:
to National banks furnishes sufficient pro-
i itors and othercreditors, and 8
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banks, and any other violation of law or ir-
atd
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