New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-08-11

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| Of Hrs WAS sounded on Friday night, about /,
O'clock The Ere appeared to be outside th.
city limits. The alarm lasted but few min
utes, and the fremen who had turned ont
returned to their homes, unable to ascertain
where the fire was. Early on Saturday morn.
ing we ascertained that the alarm was caused
by the burning of a shanty belonging to a me
named Matthias Michaelovskys a Pole, now at
work At the Illinois Central Railroad, and that
five persons had lost their lives in the fire. ant
Two more were so badly burned as not to be en-
pected to live On going to the ruins Of the
shanty, we were witness to spectacle the most
nornbie The shanty was about twelve feet
square IN the nain part, with an part about
hve feet square, all reduced to ashes, few ends
Of the logs still smouldering-
In the ruins we're the fragments Of several
bodies burnt to cinders and still smoking, with
the limbs Of two or three Of them scattered
about in different parts. One Of the bodies
could be distinguished as that Of q female by
the bones, lying partly on the back, with the
bones of the hand penetrating the upper part of
the breast. The others were in fragments
among the dirt and ashes
The only door into the hoyel was through the
inner part of the small wing, and it is supposed
that by some carelessness that wing, which Was
used for cooking, took FIRE, and the smoke suffo-
Gated while the flames prevented the escape of
me unfortunate victims. Milwaukee Sentinel,
S1st nit. = = -
A NEW INVENTION We Yesterday examined
the plan Of q new invention, by Mr.. w. H SAL
lsoury, OF this city, for the purpose of supplying
railway cars with a current Of fresh air, free
from smoke and dust, and which is destined to
add greatly to the comfort Of railway travellers
The design of Mr. Salisbury is to furnish this
supply of air by means of a series Of tubes or
pipes, which may be made either of tin. iron or
zinc. and which are to be placed on the too Of
the cars, extending the entire length of the
train and terminating in front, with q funnel
shaped orifce, which is placed in front Of the
smoke stack of the locomotive, and thus col
lects the air in front of the smoke and dust.
The connection Of this metallic tube between
each car is made by means of an elastic tube
made Of canvass or India-rubber having within
them wire springs and connected by couplings.
From the metallic tube there descends branch
INTO the front Of each car, having in it valve
regulating the supply Of air, and through which
the air passes into the car, from which it is again
transmitted, by means Of a similar branch
placed in the rear Of the car, into the main tube
again, and thence to the next car, and 90 ON
throughout the train. ..,Ess 57.-73y.--
1t will be seen, that although the principle
involved in this invention is very simple, vet it
requires no inconsiderable amount Of ingenuity
TO carry it out practically. This, Mr. Salisbu-
ry has succeeded In doing. He has made appH-
cation for patent, and we have no doubt this
ventilation viii be generally adopted on our
railroads. AT any rate, we are certain that all
who have experienced the Inconvenience Of tho
smoke, cinders, and dust, incidental to railway
rava'ling, will join with us in wishing him
success.
A drawing Of the above invention can be
seen at the office of Mr. Brown, Architect, on
Broad street [Augusta (Ga.) Constitutional
ist, August g..