New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-28
N1IsCELLANEOUs.

derer Taken Out of Jail and shot
Alabama state FaIr-TwO Republican
Tickets in South CarOiina-RnilrOad
AcCident-HOt, ut st. LOuis-ArchbishOp
of BnltimOre-ExpeIled from the Board
of Trade ut ChIcagO-COrOner's Jury
Censure Railroad COmpnny-Disaster
near Niagara Falls-PreciOus Gem Ex
peditIOn.
MEMPHIS, August ga splendid rain
fellhere this afternoon the first since the
last day OF July, with prospect of more
tonight.
George w. Martin, incarcerated in the
Ripley, Tennessee, Jail for numbering his
wife, was taken out Sunday night by a party
of masked men and shot to death.
PHnADELPHIA, August IA call has
been issued for a convention at Harrisburg
of soldiers and sailors favorable to the cleo
ton of Greeley and Brown.
A train cOllided with carriage at Tacina,
killing Robert Deal and two grandchildren,
and a young lady and the eOachman. Tie
party were visitors from Philadelphia.
At two o'clock this morning freight
train on the Junction railroad, on its way
to this city, passed over the iron bridge
which is built over the Reading railroad
about half mile from Broad street inter
section. When more than half the train
had passed over safely the bridge broke,
and four freight cars, laden with coal oil,
went down amid the debris of the
falling bridge on to the Reading
road. just as they crashed together a
coal train on the latter road rushed up and
cOllided with the freight cars, and twenty
or thirty in number were piled upon the
track. The engine was disInantled, and
what made matters worse, the coal oil cars
took fire, and a general cOnhagratiOn en-
sued, the locomotive and many cars being
consumed. No one hurt
The New York freight train consisted of
twenty eight cars. The fifteenth car jumped
the track and striking the end of the bridge
carried it off the abuttment, carrying the
rest of the train down on the Reading track
twenty feet below. This disaster had
hardly occurred, when a train of ninety
coal cars fully laden came running up to the
bridge.
The engineer and fireman jumped from
the engine and escaped with their lives,
though sustaining slight injuries. In a
moment more the coal train cOllided with q
terrific force with the huge pile of ruin
which filled the chasm. The shock to the
coal train threw twelve of its cars from the
track, while ten were completely smashed
and battered up, lying piled upon each
other; some were tossed a distance of
twenty feet others were thrown back upon
the train; this wreck was complete
In a few minutes after the collision of the
coal train a cODhagratiOn ensued which de-
strOyed all the cars that plunged into the
CAasm, with all their valuable merchandise
and locomotive. The latter was complete
ly destroyed and lay piled upon ebarred
cars and the ruins of the bridge. The cars
Of the New York train with dry goods were
also consumed.
The fire department. was quickly summon
ed, but despite the efforts of the fremen all
that was cOmbustlble went to ashes The
loss can only be roughly estimated at $780,
00O Traffic on both roads came to a stand
still, so far as running trains was concerned.
Both companies at once sent out its wreck
ers and hundreds of men were at work clear
ing the track of debris As the passenger
trains on the New York road arrived on
either side of the broken bridge, the pas
sengers were transferred to the opposite
side by a round about way where trains
were waiting to take them up.
PHILADELPHIA, August 27.-The cOrOnerTs
jury impaneled to inquire into the cause of
the death ofReuben Deal Mary Snyder, Ella
FrIebeFg, George MullOCh and Patrick Car
ter, the hOstler, find from evidence pre-
sentcd that the reckless and criminal speed
of the Cincinnati ) p. NJ. express train from
New York was such in this case Coupled
with the fact of having no fagman stationed
at TacOny station) as to cause the death Of
the above named citizens. 1t is highly ne
cessary that the proper authorities indict
and bring to conviction the company and
its agents, that travellers may be protected.
The lives of four citizens are of more i'm
pOrtance than dollars and cents in the COf-
ters of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. A recent act of the Legislature au-
thorizes the opening of a new road, styled
the River road, beginning at WassanOming
and ending at Bristol, for the purpose of
avoiding the dangerous road at TacOny,
which crosses the track three times within
third of mite. In the opinion of the
Jury, the city councils are censurable for
not adopting measures to carry out this act
of the Legislature.
BUFFALO, August 27-The scow George
Wickham, of New London, loaded with
slaves, and the canal boats Lady Washing
ton and Medina, of Rochester, loaded with
corn, while being tOwed down the Niagara
to enter the canal below Squam Island, got
in the current and beyond control of the
tug and cOllided with scOws mOorednear the
International Bridge. The George Wick
ham sunk Immediately, and two boys, were
drowned. The Lady Washington had her
bow stove in, and was beached before sink
ing; and the Medina struck amidships, do
ing considerable damage, and was beaehed
near Black Rock dam.
NEWARK, n j., August H.-James RoOse-
welt Bailey, Roman Catholic bishop of the
diocese Of Newark, yesterday received
from Pope Plus at Rome the bull annOunc-
ing his appointment as Archbishop of Bal
timore. It is dated July 30, and signed
with the fsherman's seal and the emblem
of st. Peter. Archbishop Bailey will leave
for his new post in a few weeks.
MONTGOMERY, August 2.-The sixteenth
annual State fair will be held at MontgOm-
cry, from the eighteenth to the twenty
third of November, inclusive, during the
session of the Legislature. The premium
list offers the most liberal inducements to
agricultural and mechanical inventions and
improvements Large preparations are
made to accommodate exhibitors from all
States.
COLUMBIA, S. c., August N.-BOth wings
of the Republican party have nominated
full State tickets, and adjourned. ResOlu-
tions of the bolters indorse Grant and the
Philadelphia platform
BALTIMORE, August H.-Amelia Wheat,
aged seventy eight years, was murdered in
bed Her nephew, Jesse Uppercue, has
been arrested.
ISDrANAPoLIs, August q Bishop Uphold
is dead
ST. LOUIS, August 27.-The heat con
tinues. There were thirty sunstrOkes re-
ported yesterday.
Sixteen coal miners unions in St. Clair
county have struck for four cents. These
mines supply st. Louis with coal
CHICAGO, August 27.-The Board of Trade
this morning expelled John b. Lyon and
Hugh Mayer for their connection with
recent events ia the wheat market.
COLUMBIA, 8. C., August N.-The State
Democratic committee has adopted resolu-
TOoETnUED OF EIeGEH PAaHI