The Express.
London, England, 1856-08-05 00:00:00

FIRE AND AWFUL EXPLOSION AT

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SALONICA, JULY 24
On Friday the 11th instant a dreadful tire broke

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out in our town, which has been attended with feel
consequence.. About 9 p.m. the fire was discovered
in a Turkish inn or chow, in the Frank quarter,
which soon extended itself over the houses in its
vicinity. By the exertions, however, of the governor,
Achmet Pasha, and a numerous multitude, the Bre
was got under, and ever, body was ready to retire,
when all of a sudden a feartul explosion took pls..
in the house of John &hit zzi, who had secreted in

I„,iL about two hundred barrel; of gunpowder (con.
trabsod). In consrquenos of this terrible explosioe,
the large town residence of Mr. John N. Abbott was
burnt down in an instant, whilst more than a boa-
dred individuals were struck dead in the very yard,
some of whom are still under the burning ruins of
the house. Hence the fire got over the walls of the
town, and burnt down all the newly-built ware-
donee outside the town. The total loss is estimated
at a hundred millions of piastres, but the greatest
sufferers are poor storekeepers, who had been burnt
oat only two yeses previously.
The new governor, Achmet Pachs, exerted him-
self to the utmost, and had it not been for the fearfal
explosion the loss would have been very trivial; be
had two of his highest officers struck down by his
side, and about thirteen others killed. Our consul
also, Mr. Blunt, was on the spot very early, and did
all le his power for the protection of life sad pro.,
ports-.

MURDER OF TWO SISTERS NEAR FOLKE-
STONE.- ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE
MURDERER.

FOLKESTONE, MONDAY.
The neighbourhood of Carpel-le-Fernr, a small
village situate about two miles and • half from than town,
on the road to Dover, has jut bean thrown into great ex-
' eituasat in consequence of the discovery that two youg
women bad been brutally murdered. Their names are
Caroline and Maria Back, of the respective ages of 19 and
17, the deughten of a laindraes residing at Dover. The
murderer is a private in the 4th company. tad battalion.
tad Regiment of the British Swim Legion, an Autrian by
birth, named Dodos R•deniee. It animus that he had been
paylog his adder time to the unfortunate deceased, Caroline
Bask, sad wee 'at the mother's booth on Saturday even-
ing, when something transpired as to its being bee
invitation of going to Woolwich, and a portrait
be bad given to her was returned to him, at
whWth he expressed tome regret. He I. ft the house shortly
afterwards, and celled again as early ea Three o'clock on
Sends; morning, when the two yoneg women accompanied
his on the road towards Folkestone. Thy appeared then
in go d humour with each other. As they passed the Royal
Oak public-how it was remarked that the deceased looked
•xorediegly clean and tidy, and apparently dressed in Owls
Bandy attire. Nothing further was minor heard of the
party until the hfelew bodies of the poesy women were
diseurend on the grass, in the parish of Cepel-ie-Ferne, by
ea emMe3i of the South Bastero Railway Company, named
Cumt This man was walking along by the edge of the
as., t seven o'clock on Sunday morning, when he ob.
serve • hat he supposed to be two females lying asleep ow
11 the owe, beneath the spot on which be wee stand-
by. He proceeded there chiefly out of curiosity,
end was honor-struck on finding that the first
beak be essne up to bad been murdered. The
bodies were about 12 paces apart. He immediately ran for
roisterers, sad by 8 o'clock Superintendent Steer, of the
Folkestone division of the Kent constabulary and
other parties were in attendance. Upon the bodies
being examined by Mr. Bateman, • surgeon, it
was band that sub had nailed four stabs about
the bleasts, and that three on each bi-dy were fatal.
The *ldea had also received • cut right through the band,
ea it she had resisted the 'larder. es attack, and her clothes
were also disarranged. The bodies were removed to the
nearest public-house sad an ioquest cyanid before Mr.
• T. T. Dela/save, c,ro•er for the diatrict, ysaterday, and
subsequently adjourned.

The esperistoodent eonstsbles of Folkestone, Winghant.
and Canter►ury, and the police immediately commenced a
vigerove search after toe murderer, and be was traced to
Mattes, about Ave miles from Canterbury, where he
p •sad two letters, one addressed to the mother of the de-
ce seed, end the other to the captain of his con perry. They
were both written is German. In the former the wretched
mss alluded to the intention of the girl (Csrolint) to go to
Wes leich, at which he appeared much hurt. He also ea-
pressed morrow for what he had done. T►e murderer wee
afterwards seen is the parish of Chatham, about three miles
fronsCanterbury,where he subsequently attempted to commit
suicide. Observieg some labourers coming along the
road towards him, sear the viaduct of the South
Eastern Rahway, the murderer took oat his knife, and
plunged it into hie body three times. The men ran up to
him, and Mr. Bond, a surgeon, woe quickly in attendance.
He found him entirely polselese, but after administering s
little stimulant he rallied, and was removed to the Kent
and Canterbury Hospital. Mr. Reed, another surgeon,
then examined the Reines of the wounds, and found that
the knife had passed through the ►sor, and that the stator-
turista man was in a very critical state—indeed, it la
hardly espeeted that he can live. It was about 6 o'clock
this afternoon when he was discovered ; be had the two
cloaks belonging to the murdered girls, turned inside out,
sad wrapped round him, with the view of hiding hie
uniform.