The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-04-09
late Havana Intelligence
Congressional Proceedings.

SAN FRANcIsCo, April IA fire
broke out this morning 10 the Yellow
Jacket Mine, Gold Hill, Nevada, and
soon communicated with the Ken
tuck and Grown Point Mines. Thus
far. l PM, eleven bodies have been
taken from the shafts of the three
mines. Other bodies were seen in
bottom of the Kentuek shaft. butit
was impossible to remove them on ac-
count OF the heat. 1t is uncertain
low many persons were in the mines
at the time OF the accident, and the
| excitement aud confusion is so great
| they are unable to call the rol.
Sixty men work two levels at Grown
! Point. and it is unknown how many
escaped. The distress is fea 4ul;
T the wives and children of the u tners
are coneregated at the entra1ce Of
the mines, calling for their missing
! husbands and fathers.
The latest rep,rt from Gold Hill
states tbat the number known TO De
dead Is 36-3 ia Yellow jacket. s 10
/ Kentuck, aud 3 in Grown Point
/ The fire Originated ia Kentuck. 1t
is reported now that it was spreading
! toward jacket Shaft. The fremen
succeeded in getting the hose down
| Jacket Shalt on a level with the fire
| Hopes were entertained that the
| flames would soon be subdued If
not, when ell expectation of saving
more lives was abandoned, the mouth
Of the SHAFT would be closed, ventila-
! ton stoppea, and the fire thereby
smothered Yellow Jacket, Crown
! Point, and keptuck are unconnected
/ = ! Al H.,
bility Of the FIRE extending beyond
the Virginia. The city is almos
| deserted, the people going to render
| assistance at the scene of disaster.
The San Francisco Stock and EX-
change Board subscribed 81 600. aud
/ sent the money by telegraph to Gold
Hill. fer the relief of the families suf-
| fering by the confagration catastro-
phe, the most terrible which has ever
occurred iii the mining districts on
this coast. General sympathy is ex-
pressed for the distressed.
The German actress, Madame Olga
Won Plittendorff, committed suicide
last night. Grief for the death of her
husband was the cause.
The Mission and Pacific woolen
mills have consolidated, with a capital
IF S., ,000.0 coo.
The Savage Mining Company has
declared a dividend of 81 . share,
payable on the 10th inst.
| SAN FRANCISCO, April 8.-The con
| faeration at Gold Hill Mines is still
raging. 1t appears to be confined
| principally to Yellow Jacket, where
owing to the cave, the fireman are
unable to reach the flames. Every
effort is being made to clear the drift,
but perhaps all day will be required
to reach the flames. Eighteen bodies
have been taken out of the burning
mines; nine of them from one drift.
Yellow Jacket Mines have re-
seinded the dividend for March. The
fire has had the effect of rendering
the stocks of Yellow Jacket, Crown
Point and Kentuck panicky, and
transactions are at reduced prices.
New York, April 6.-Tbe Herald's
Havana special says that ten gunboat
are expected from Spain, and thirty
have been ordered from builders il
the United States.
Teodoro Nunez and Francisco Con.
zales, two of the rebel captors of tht
steamer Comanditario, who were made
prisoners when she was recaptured
are in irons on Spanish man-of-wal
at Nassau, where they are kept fol
the purpose of identifying their com
panions, who escaped to that island
: Some rebel prisoners have just ar.
rived from Santo Esperatre.
Governor Guaaudicio is banishIns
young men suspected of re bel tenden
! cieS.
9 a revival Of the late volunteer dem
onstrailons IS anticipated on the ar
rival OF volunteers from Catalonia
Spain.
The Vose de Cuba announces fha
t extensive retrenchments are propose,
in the administration, AID urges con
fiscatioD, because abseutees are sell
, ing their properly.
1 a project Is on foot for merchant
e to give country debtors an extensio
of three months.