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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

TERRIBLE TORPEDO EXPLOSION IN

PERU.

The Roul 'Alan Steamer Moselle, Captain Jellicoe, arrived
at Plymouth on Saturday last from the West Indies, bringing
intelligence of a terrible torpedo explosion in Peru. The
following account of the affair is given by the Panama Star
and Herald :
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On the night of May Ist a tremendous explosion is
said to have taken place in Ancon, Peru. A large
torpedo, of new proportions and of extraordinary
Power, which was in process of completion at the
manufactory of those instruments, exploded acciden-
tally, with a report like the roar of a battery of heavy
guns and a concussion of tremendous violence, shaking
every house in the town, breaking all the glass in
the windows, lnd spreading alarm through the
population generally. The manufactory was blown
to pieces and every inmate destroyed. Six houses ad-
joining were levelled to the ground, walls, roofs, wood-
work, furniture, &c., broken to pieces, and utterly
ruined. Half-a-dozen other houses which joined on
these shared nearly the same fate and were almost
completelyslevelled to the ground. Of the houses de-
stroyed not a stone remains upon another, nor even
the cement is to be found. The street pavements were
broken up, and everything reduced to complete ruin
and desolation. Of the persous engaged in the manu-
facture of the torpedo scarcely a vestige was to be
found. Portions of bodies, impossible of identification,
were found at some distance from the scene of the ex-
plosion, in addition to which five bodies have been re-
cowered.

The torpedo, at the time of the explosion, was in
charge of Lieutenant Cardenas, of the Peruvian navy;
a citizen of the Argentine Republic named Martinez;
and two or three other persons whose names are not
reported. One of the workmen left the building on an
errand of some sort a few minutes before the explosion,
and hurrying back when the terrible report rang out
through the city, was struck with terror to see that
every trace of the manufactory and of his fellow
workmen had disappeared. The cause of the explosion
is of course unknown.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

THE " ATALANTA."

On Tuesday morning, the Lord Mayor of London,
on taking his seat in the justice-room of the Mansion
House, addressing the chief clerk, said: At the re-
quest of Admiral Ryder, the Naval'Ommander-in-
Chief at Portsmouth, I have consented to open a fund
at the Mansion House for the relief of the sufferers by
the loss of her Majesty's ship Atalanta, of which now,
after so many weeks of suspense, I am afraid we must
give up all hope. There were on board 15
officers and 265 petty officers, seamen, boys, and
marines, and there are left destitute 28;widoNvs and a
very large number—some hundreds, I am told—of
orphans, dependent parents, and other relatives. It
is estimated that about £20,000 will be required to
give commensurate relief to these unhappy people who
have lost their relatives in the ill-fated vessel, and I
feel certain that the hearty sympathy of the public
will not be wanting in this sad calamity. I shall be
glad to receive donations at the Mansion House, and
I have opened an account at the Bank of England for
the purposes of the fund. His lordship concluded by
hoping that publicity would be given to this state-
ment.

A Reuter's telegram from New York, June 15,
says :—" A bottle was found on the coast of Massa-
chusetts yesterday containing a paper on which was
written: 'April 17th.—Training-slup Atalanta.—We
are sinking.—Longitude 26 ; latitude 32.' Some
other words followed, bearing the signature 'John L.
Hutchins.' There is nothing yet to show whether the
affair may be a hoax or not."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

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don, Eliza Finch, relict of Francis Finch, for"
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Saturday, June 19th, 1880. ofr°
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

POTATO.

The supplies of potatoes have been pretty good, and the
markets remain quiet, at about late rates :—Champions,
lOUs. to 120 s. ; Vietotias, 100 s. to 120 s. per ton; German
reds, Is. to ss. per bag; new Lisbon, Is. 6d. to 10s. Cd.; new
Malta, Bs. 6d. to 10s. ; and new Jersey kidneys, 14s. Gd. to
17s. per cwt.
GAME AND POULTRY.

Large fowls, 3e. to 6s. ; small ditto, is. ad. to 2s. 3d. ;
chickens, 9d. to is. 9d. ; live hens, land. to 2s. 64. ; pigeons,
10d. to ls. 3d. • wild rabbits, 94. to Is. 44. ; tame ditto, ls.6d.
to 2s. ; leverets, 3s. to Is.; Italian quails, 9d. to ls. 3d. ;
ducks, 2s. to 45.; goslings, ss. to Ss. 6d. each; hen eggs, Ss.
to 12s. 6d. per 120.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

FISH.

Fresh herrings, Gs. Gd. to Sc 64. ; roused ditto, 7s. Gd. to
12s. Cl. ; bloater ditto, 10s. to lbs. ; kipper ditto, 7s. Pd. to
Us. ; red ditto 2s. 10d. to 45.; pickle ditto 6s. to 6s. 9d.;
oysters, Is. 6d. to 30s. ; mackerel, 15s. to 255.; mullet, 20s. to
308. ; whiting, 58. 6d. to 128. 63. per hundred; salmon, is. Sd.
to 25. 3d. per lb.; lobsters, Os. to 375. 641. per dozen.

HOP.
The reports from plantations coining less favourable, an
increased attack of fly being spoken of, there has been a
firmer tone, and with more doing. Quotations in some
cases have advanced. Abroad the young ..plant.does not
appear to be getting along•bo well, and, as a consequence,
hops are some ss. per cwt. dearer. The weather, however,
Is now more favourable, and it is a,little too early as yet to
Sussex
form any confident opinions as to the result of the crops.
The following are the prices :—Kent, 1879, £4 to £9;
ditto, 10s. to £7 108.; Farnham and country, £6 to
£lO 10e. ; Belgian, 1:2 166. to La; BuSlish. 1878, £2 10s. to
Ai 4911; Ame4.lo, UP, 1.4 t VA Pot Mit
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-19

STREET ACCIDENTS IN LONDON.

In the House of Lords, on Monday night, Lord
Forbes asked her Majesty's Government whether
their attention had been called to the number of ac.:i-
dents caused by vehicles in the streets of the metro-
polis, as given in a return for the month of May from
the metropolitan hospitals. In respect of this matter
he had no complaint to make against the police, who
appeared to dischArge their difficult duties admirably.
It appeared from the return in question that in May,
1879, 17 people had been killed in the metropolis by
street accidents, while a large number of others had
been more or less injured. During the last ten years
239 persons had been killed and 3,399 injured. He
recommended that lamps should be required to be
carried by all vehicles travelling in the streets of the
metropolis after dark, and that an additional number
of refuges should be erected.
Viscount Templetown hoped her Majesty's Govern-
ment would take steps to procure that the local au-
thorities in the metropolis would provide a larger
number of crossings and refuges in the more crowded
thoroughfares, so that street accidents by passing
vehicles might be avoided as far as possible.
The Earl of Fife said he had found on inquiry that
the number of deaths from street accidents in the past
month was 22 in the metropolitan and city areas, and
the gross number of accidents was 321. This gave an
average number of 54 deaths and 80 cases of injury,
which was a slight increase over the number in the
corresponding month of last year. While it was
scarcely fair to take the month of May, when London
was more full than in perhaps any other month of the
year, as i sample, he was compelled to do so because
the figures in reference to May were the only ones
available. At the same time, he wished to
say that great credit was due to the police and local
authorities for the precautions that had been taken to
prevent street accidents. (Hear, hear.)