The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-07-17
The News.

1iii 44t fNlJi Ine MOVES tiiots tl51 sltllfz
The French cable is pronounced the best on,
yet, the tests being thoroughly satisfactory.
An accident on the Kansas Prcifc railwa.
day before yesterday, killed two persons and
wounded several others. A bridge broker
through caused the accident. l4o3
Ole Bull goes to Europe next week. oi!t
The last trip of the steamship Russia to Eng
land was the quickest on record
Another revolution is imminent in Venezue
la, and business is at q stand still ga
Donelly, the prize fighter, who killed his an
tagonist, MeGraw, in a ring fight at Covert
n. T., some weeks since, died a few'deys ag'
from injuries received by a fall while rnnnin,
away from the officers of justice. aaiaiad
Friday morning fire broke out in the en-
CINE house of @. P. Carter g Co.'s ship yard
In Belfast, destroying the planning MILL carpen
ter's shop and block makers shop of S. C
Murch; the blacksmith shop of George e
Wight and partially destroying the dwelling
house OF VIM. Farrow. Considerable materi
al for ship and brig in the yard was lost. A
Waterman employed on the premises can give
no account of the origin of the fire. Loss abouI
$4,000; no insurance.
Seven cases of sunstroke occurred day be
fore yesterday at Cincinnati ~.
/ a fire Thursday night at the depot of the
Erie and Great Western railroad in Cleveland
destroyed 20 or 30 cars loaded with crude OF
and coal oil. The total loss is between $50,
600 and 60, 900. The railroad loss is heavy
The cause of the fire was probably lamp in
the hands 'ofthe train inspector ii siii
More Orange riots are reported in Ireland.
We have later Cuban advices and some
thing of considerable importance. In all the
recent engagements it seems that the Cubans
have obtained advantages. 3
Switzerland has ratified the treaty of com.
merce with the Zollvereln Convention: the
convention for the protection Of literary prop.
erty, with the North German Confederation,
and the naturalization treaty with wurtem-
burg. l aaie fasA 5saa sal)A
( There are rumors of more troubles among
the workmen at Brunn, Austria 5
/ One of the survivors of the late Erie railroad
disaster, Mr.. d. Wentworth, who was in the
smoking car when the crash occurred says: 1T
reemed as though the car was crammed into a
space not ten feet long, the baggage car COM
ing into 1T like telescope sliding into its bar
tel : was pinned by the seats holding me by
the Chest, but struggled on and releasing nv
self jumped through the window. called to
q stranger who was with me and cot hack
through the window to render assistanoo H..
was compelled to get out, as the car was rand.
~ burning. heard the little cbileran
screaming for their mother, and the passen-
gers VINO were in the ruins calling for help
ana grooming with pain. An axe was got and
one OF Two were actually chopped out Of their
Imprisonment Most of the passengers in this
car were killed, and their bodies consumed or
injured. L should think there were 16 or II
persons IN the front end of this car and /
THINK but TWO were taken out I do not think
there was person killed by the smash. but
all the deaths were from burning"