The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-08-03
TELEGRAPEIc NEWS

hah-aazcd people al the hospitals ao
stauon.hausos ia4aiuag aAcs nissin.
friends ana relatives
Captain Belkuap, United state
Supervising Inspector of Steamboats,
hss received a Telegram from sccrotar.
Boutwell,. directing him 20 make
most searching investigation into tn
cause g he explosion ana report To-
result q his investigation . him.
Thomas T. Powers. tue Brooklyn
Boiler Inspector yesterday examine,
the boiler % the lTe46tid. AND says
Tie explosion 10 my opinion, oecurre,
from % oscr pressure 81 steam, al
there Is ne appearance Of low water
but 90 tho contrary there is every eyi
dcneo q there having been plenty @
water Ia the boiler
Tie terrible conviction is settling
itself upon Che populacc that The boio
eaust j. yet more awful than has even
been suspected
Several DO lies have been taken cut
of the water this morning, making 81
the total already secured. II is
now said BY those best informed that
tie number Of injured will exceed two
hundred
The allowance Of steam pressure is,
according to Government certificate,
% pounds to the square inch To
prevent accidents the Government
compcls the use Of what is termed as a
locked safety valve only access
iblc to the Government Inspectors. At
a pressure Of n pounds to the square
inch danger is supposed to tegin and
the valve automatically opens.
The Engineer admits that steam had
just began to escape through this valve
at the time Of the explosion, thus Incl
dentally admitting the fact that he did
not previously know the amount Of the
pressure Of steam, and that he had
nee lccted his engine Had the boiler
been a sound one it would doubtless
have resisted the pressure till the
safety valve closed it. But the boiler
as q patched one and that close to a
weak spot the man hole through
which the engineers enter 10 clean it
out. That the boiler was unsound at
the break there can be little doubt, for
it was on representations to that effect
of several gentlemen atthe barge office
with reference to the piece that was
blown on to the deck, that made In
spector Jamison seize the piece and
carry it of to Police headquarters.
A dispatch dated Rome, July 3lst
says There is excitement over the vote
in the French Assembly on the posi-
tion Of the Pope. The journals regard
war with France as probable and ac-
cuse the ministry Of betraying the
country. The Gazette says the govern
mcnt could not have gone to Rome,
but having gone must stay, though
dark clouds should enyclop the politi-
cal horizon.
A London special says There is a
growing uneasiness in the public mind
over the fact that the cholera has ragged
for two years in Russia As this terri
bic scourgc has not yet found the from
tiers, a close watch has been instituted
to prevent its progress. Apprehension
exists whether il not having advanced
upon Germany the usual way it has APP
preached heretofore, it may not now
como by way of sea, and the govern
ment has prescribed regulations to be
enforced upon all slips from the Baltic
ports
Dispatches from Dublin report that
great enthusiasm is manifested over the
expected visit Of the Prince Of Wales
to Ireland. The Prince is already en-
route, accompanied by Prince Arthur,
the Duke Of Cambridge, tho Marquis
Of Lorne aud a number Of other mem
bcrs Of the nobility and officers Of the
army.
Paris, August 1.-The acceptance Of
the resignation Of Jules Fayre as Min
lister Of Foreign Affairs is confirmed.
President Theirs is consulting with
Gen Cissey with view Of increasing
the army The number Of Communists
awaiting trial is 800 600. In order to
render possible the disposition Of so
great q number Of cases, a bill has been
into the Assembly increas-
ing the number Of Judges, and rcnov-
ing all restrictions from those Judges
who have at any time committed them.
selves, o. who have been obliged to act
against the Versailles government
TERRII LIE EXPLOSION.
The Staten Island ierryboat West.