Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-26
Our New York Dispatches.
FOundercd Mt sea; Twenty Lives Lost
What the BrOoitIyn COrOncI's Jury says
of the WesthcId Tragedy, etc.

NEW YORK, Aug 25.-Inspector L. Platt
StrattOn, charged with manslaughter in the
third degree by the cOroner'S inquest, on the
Starbuck boiler explosion, has been released on
$4,000 BALL
At tochport, au enthusiastic citizens meeting
was held last evening in favor Of building
railroad flom that place to TOnawanda, COM
petng with the New York Central,
DR.. Edward Scleck, who melted $4,000 on
the Longfeow- Helmbold race, proposes TO de-
vote the ttioney TO etTectng his election jas scna-
tor from the district now represented by
Dreamer.
A correspondent of the World states that it
has been discovered that the claimant to the
Tichborne baronetcy, during a portion OF his
nomadic career, was convict on COckaloo
island, and revealed his name to Mr.. Mum, the
government engineer,
The notorious emigrant swindlers McDer-
mott and Moore, of No. 146 Liberty street and
No. sos Canal street, are again in trouble on the
double charge of swindling a German of E34
English money, and on the charge of swlndliug
another person out of S5,000 The swinders
have absconded, and the police are after them.
They have been often arrested, but their netarl-
tOus practices have never been suppressed.
The steamer IOdOna; Capt. II. H. Hoyey,
which left this port on the 18th inst. for New
Orleans, foundered in a gale on the i6th, seven
ty-dye miles south of st. Augustine, Florida,
and twenty of the passengers and crew, with all
lars were lost, The survivors arc the captains
son, the first and second mates, chief engineer,
first assistant enginccer, fireman., four sail
ors, head cook and mess boy the latter OF
whom was picked up Tuesday near st. Au-
gustine and gave the first tidngs of the dis"
aster. The LodOna was running in Maony's
southern steam line; was partially insured.
Among her owners are John Jewett & Sons of
this city and Captain Hovey, her commander.
The latter was formerly connected with the Lon
don line of packets, and was highly esteemed in
both his official and private capacity. He leaves
wife and seven children, at his home in Essex,
Conn. The LOdOna was an iron steamer, about
eight hundred tons burden, built in Hull, Eng
land, in 1862, and rated Al. During the war,
she was used az blockade runner. Her cargo
was full one of assorted merchandise
The Brooklyn coroner's jury on the Westfeld
disaster rendered verdict this evening, in
which they find the Westficld boiler detective III
its original construction, worn out by use aud
invited the catastrophe with which it met; that
Jacob IL. Vanderbilt, president of the Staten
Island railroad company, John ii. Mathews,
United States Inspector James II. Brasted,
superintendent of the Staten Island railroad
company, and Henry Robinson, engineer of said
company, are responsible for the use of said de-
fectve boiler and the consequences of its use,
and should be held accountable for the deaths
of the aforesaid persons. Coroner Whitehill
will cause the arrest of parties whom the jury
hold responsible for the accident.
The celebration of Italian unity closed to-
night with festival at Suffers park. Signor
COwadi delivered an elaborate address, poem
was read, and speeches were made by General
Franz Siegel and Colonel Signaigo of Memphis.
No attempt was made TO interfere with the pro-
ceedingS, and everything passed off quietly.