New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-04

he Kathhaus At tai, moment an order Of IT,
police wa. announced tO,u, 20 wet the roof Of oui
house. and 20 cause the waters flow IN the gut
tiers. Frederick had flown TO tie assistance Of hi.
brothers. We were therefore alone ard mounting
on the roof scarcely --cd. were soon throw ING
over i pai,s of water: and ncich5or. were DO
ing the same. We prepared ourselves FOR tn,
wor>t-thrcw OH our c.otAe,-the confusion IT,
crcascd-we could hot remain. We packed M
in sheet, aud boxes some Of our effects. We
called for tins coachman - carry away the ting,
we had packed but how ridicu'oI, to tsuk VI
had any longer servants M our disposal. Tho city.
or the passengers. lad become masters If the
coachmen. Of my brothcr-iu-.aW AID us mother.
and no; a man va. 10 be got TO carry away our ct
feet. for love OF money our horses were haucsscd
to the ire engines, and The greatest confusion pre-
vailed.
The Al.ter, before cur windows, was covered
with bargcs full Of burning furniture; the Old
Jungfern.,ieg hcaped also with good, on Ere. On
the promenade even OF the new jung ernsteS /
do 10, speak TOO lar. y when / .1y there were
thousand, Of car. full Of furniture, of ncrcLan-
disc. and Of people, VINO were saving themselves.
Two carts were Burning before our house. WIT
oar own hand, We helped 10 eNtineGish The flames.
\ woman wa, on fire before our eyes fortunately
. perceived il 10 lime to save her a Tremendous
shower or ashes and OF flake, Of fire nearly suao-
Gated u. AID DISTRACTED our sight. The wind
blew with great violence. and the dust WI, fright
ul tn, FIRE had now gained ST Peter :. lire
horses. without drivers. were dragging the carts
about in disorder over tie E-p.anade. Solder,
escorted from tie city tie dead and dying, and
prisoners y ho had been Plunacrins
At last, after the greatest cforis, We obtained
cart, and horses to transport our goods bat tine
exhausted horsc-. well men. refused To "ora.
With bread in our hands wc ourselves Jed them.
Who'll, families f,il down anl tainted nciore 81
doors Along ail the walls, and OH II the Dam
bog i other gates. nothing Was to be -'-n tu'
one ,pectAci. Of mis- ry--a camp ot unfortunate
in L.guuac, .ro.nins. exhausted iom'.nrg saw
some who bad become dera.gcd; no'iofs VIII
infant, nj trir hrca-t- which mad 20 uouris n,li
tor them. fautcuulc, of gold and SATIN adorned
hc r,mpau-, and the poor exhausted hrcmeI
ae.c rcpo,ing on them. IA Ensi,hmaa, Mr
skinner, who acted chief engineer, came into
Madame, house, whittier he had retired on
T riday evening. Tie bad eaten nothing for ncmlN
Jiiy houI-. and deyour,d what 80 were abe e.
.iyc to hiui--for provisions were beginning to Be
-carcc, AID We knew hot where to procure more
Although tie direction Of the Wisd having
hanged, the li~mcs and the cunpowder spread
Fac club house. they have Icvengcd themselves upon
,hc Holzdamm, the fire tiuuingto age with We
lamencc. and the city becoming more and more u
revolt Oso family las been hunted IN THIS maj
,cr from four different places. There being ne
Dn.er any certainty of safety on the tspianadc' al
10 O'Clock in the evening We set on fa IN coun
ry, hut the next morning early We returned tote
Lclieyc Madame - has at least - people
in her house. She saws the siege OF Hamburg WAS
nothing in comparison. The rights OF property
uyo ceased After mging nearly 100 hours the
ire stopped a, the Stenc Thor.
The new exchange has been saved. though sur
rounded bv the conlagraton. cannot describe
lie confusion tha,s prevails everywhere. All the
Gentlemen Pa,rollihg like soldiers Tor IN no
,narter Is one in safety. Many of our friends
icu.cs are desrroycd-al our trade--peopo burnt
,ut All our old Iungfcrn,iies is down. Sucits
lotcl was blownup. Poor Mr.. STREET. was s;ill ~
he house when il was dene. He was behind q
loor. and has been much injured. though sill Nv
ng. frcdcricks siscr-in.law during one ol The
cnible nights gave birth to child in our travel
ng carriage. in which she had taken refuge
MANY women were taAcn the same way IN The
open fields The dying brealhed their last sigh IN
be street. ard highways.
A subscription to a very large amount had been
made in London for the rcliet the sufferers. II
was headed b, Queen Victoria, who save ZOO
Prince Albert 600; the Queen Duwager 100
md others of various sums down To : /.
TFRnIpLr RAILROAD AcCIDENT.-OHe Hn-
tired and Tirenty Persons Killed and many
Manned and U'ouHdc}.-A dcpiorablc cata-ifo-
phc took place on Sunday evening week, ON The
Versatile, and Mendon Railway, 10y which one
hundred and twenty persons were killed, or have
since died of their wounds, and many manned and
wounded.
In honor Of the Kings tctc, ihe fireworks IN The
garden. Of Versailles were playing on sunday
" ich attracted immense crowds from Pars. Ihe
rain 10 which the dreadful accident occurred, Lett
Versailles for Paris al halipast i've ci'cN ID the
afternoon. and was crowded with passengers
.. There were" SAYS one account. seventeen or
,iob,een wagons. with two engines before and
one behind.
The velocity wa. excessive. When between
Bellevue and Mendon, the aX'eiree OF the hrst ma
chine broke, and, stopping the second ran over
il. killing the stokcr, and breaking the hrst ma
chine in pieces, split It's ire on the ground H.
,tar,y six or seven wagons were broken ID pieces
and the rest. running over the live ire OF tnr po
ken epoines. burst into flames. 1t l. the custom
nm the left Bank Railroad for the doors OF me
WAGONS 70 be closed, without any poss!bnIl! o.
opening them cNccp, by the keys IN The hands OF
the conductors. Nc conductors notwithstanding,
and thus the inmates Of three of the wagons were
burned" l.,
From thi, account it is clear, that but Tor the
custom of locking the passengers IN the caniase''
80 awful loss of life would hot have taken place.
The BRIIIsH PARLIANENT.-Sir hope" l eel
was still carving cut his measures win suons
hand. and hi, manageable majority came iuiiy
nm 10 the scratch aud obeyed his behe'is as July
,pd u ferycntly a. he could desire. Their was
merely n show of opposition by the liberal Wings,
oul OF respect to the past administration Go' sun
.0uplcd with disposition to give the Premier
nlchty Of rope, and hold him responsible Tor the
use Of it. III. bo3
An examination into certain election frauds mao
disclosed system Of proaigacy without P~rdi.'i
:. a., history characterization. Mr.. RoebGck had