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ssFsth Gazette des TtibS..e~ 1890
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objects seized bsre -, 3.ra.:.. 4 ~. -.
Regulars Office. IT. rs..r,.,s. ~
made a ! peft.esi, F .'sl.- =
stone bottle. nj re5t sh;-kl -s~- n. {.
envelope This s covered G;th ,h;rt
coat Of The inaammabls mater whEeb /.
applied 70 the extremity Of shcss mafche,
called chimiuues hl1emandes. inside /,
114nlily Of psw der and ballet, are strong
u pressed togeIher. 10 s. 10 produce /.
tesrihle explosion: II the SelIammableco,f
Of she 5oltle should come in contact with
any resisting bsdy. Numerous witnesses
bsve been already heard and lhsy are
soon % be confronted with The prisoners.
EARTHQUAKE n cREEcE.
Letters from Athens Of the 251h April
slate that several yielenl shocks Of IN
earthquake were fell IL yarioas parts Of
The Rsioponntsus; on The lslh. q Sparta,
ine shocks lasted tFom't25 70 30 seeonds.
Tesen. Inc inhaoitanis ran iefri5sd. out
81 sheir houses % The sane day, and
ita9the coufse Of the night, four or Eve
other slighieF shocks were experienced
Beyond ihe Fnfoisa an immense rock
fell rpm Mount Meneiss.S near The vii
Iage o. Dfouchas. Anoid Tower situate 10
the town OF Magoules was thrown 10 The
ground. AZ Mistra the soil Arambled;
with more ylalefce than at Sp4ria, and a
portion Of lhe HsIlenic College and
several house we're destroyed. The wa.
Ter Of 3e sptrsgs and wells became lurbid
end anSenofsnous rock. having detached
Ilseli rom tse ssmnit Of old Mount
Mistfa, rolled With ieffife- noise into The
town.
!. AZ Caiames he FIRST shock felt d bali
/ past nIDe o'clock lasted between 40 and
SoU seconds, and there we're ten others, from
Z that hour until midnight, ct intervals Of
! ihree-quarsers ossn hour. Most Or the
houses were damaged, and seyera 10 tbs
neighooThood actually gave wayIs Ups
wards Of on dwellings were THROWN down
q Atspoiis, and 10 towers crumbfed al
J! IEtylns Many persons were buEied un>
der The runs OF their houses in the pro,
VINCE el Mama. At Androusa several
cnurcnes leii "a, On the 10Th ult-. at
aooul low Q elocK' z. M, anotAer shock
"as leH = kauasi ~nlcn lasted a minute
ena Mans
Pc Courier Cree announces that a
1feo ram nag 1ailsn q tr'poii'za and else
Waefe' 1na shal .ne @lin'ster O. tne ln'e-
iior nag collec'ed information respecting
.tnt phenomenon. wnleh would DC SUB.
j mlpeo 20 ine eAamlnAllon o.; ine medical
ooaro.
\ DISASTER ON Tbs VERSAILLES RAILROAD.
4 The following particulars Of This disaster are
ffoin5fhe Paris Mopileur
The train Of the left bank Of the Verr
,.sallles RaiEosd, which left that town a.
halfpast 5. o'clock, P. NJ. for Paris. cons
sisted OF Is wagons-two open. three
diligehces, and l3 wagons Of the second
classl Il was drawn by two engines
Oai its reaching a short distance beyond
BELLEVUE, the axeltree Of the first engine
broke, and the wheels becoming detached
from .he vehicle. the Isiterj got of the
rails; and placing itself across the road.
was thrown on is side by the shockof the
second engine. The latter, hurried along
BY IL own impetus and that o. the train
went over, the fret engine. and was fol-
Z lowed BY two open wagons. two Of the
second. class. and diligence Of which
latter the front part got above the back Of
the carriages which preceded themk
The shock was dfeadsnli the wagons
were smashed in pisces, and number
Of persons were killed and wounded
This misfortune was aggravated by a still
more 1rightful circumstance. The FIRE Of
the FIRST engine fell on the road. that Of
the second was soon added 10 il. and The
coke, carried 10 the lenders. added fresh
food the fire. The Ave first carriages
arriving oser The furnace, were instantly
lignitsd, and were almost entirely consuml
ed with awful rapidity. The succeeding
wagons stopped, and the traysllers alight
ed, from them. The consequences 81
this terrible misfo-lune were traly dePio.
rAhie. Forty three persons 2srished, and
fifty were more or less dangerously
wounded. On the FIRST engine was, in
. dependenily 81 ihei ordinary engineer and
siroker. Mr.. George IAN Enelishman) the
chief engineer On The SECOND, besides
the engineer nd-stroker, was oneof The
directors Of the railroad. The administra-
ton Of the eslapilshmentreckons among
the dead Mr.. George, the chlei engineer;
two other engineers, the sitoker and
guard and lae director nad ms leg oro-
Ken ana ms snouider pne ou' o. Josnt