New Orleans Republican., 1872-10-03
FOREIGN.

Terrible Railroad COllisiOn-EIeyen Per-
| sons Killed-Others iniured-The Ballot
in EreIand-EngIand's Peace with all
NatiOns-LOss of the America-DetaiIs.
LONDON, October "a terrible accident
happened this morning to passenger train
from this city for Edinburg, While running
| at very rapid speed collision occurred near
KirtIebridge with a freight train. causing
| the instant death of nine persons. MANY
| others are injured, and it is feared several
| will die.
The Right Hon. Lord Hatherly has re-
| signed the Chancellorship
The Solicitor General of Ireland, address
ing his constituents, congratulated them
! upon securing the ballot and Enpland's.
| peace with all nations. He declared that
| the award Of the Geneva tribunal could be
| paid without increasing the taxas
| A later dispatch from Carlisle says,
| eleven persons were killed by the railway
collision this morning. The number that
were injured is not stated
During the past three months 81 900 emf
grants have sailed from Liverpool for
America.
PARIS, October 2.-The departures from
Alsace and Lorraine of the inhabitants who
decline German citizenship are upon an i'm
mense scale. 1t is estimated that 8S, 900
persons emigrating from Alsace will take
up their residence in Nancy alone, while
AEplS nuHlDGLS Will 10 bUObu6F places.
Eighteen thousand persons have left Metz
in the last fortnight to seek homes under
French jurisdiction. The population Of
that city numbers 1ow only 1O, 900 persons.
LONDON, October "A dispatch from
Melbourne of September IL says the over
land telegraph line has been completed.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 2-The steamer
China, which arrived at eight o'clock this
morning, left Hong Kong August 81, and
Yokohama September z. Among the pas
seDgers are twenty-nine of the officers and
crew Of the burned steamship America
Early on Saturday morning, August "a,
the America arrived at Yokohama, and
during the day landed all passengers and
cargo for that port, and transferred to the
Shanghai branch steamer what was for
North China. There remained on board
the officers and crew, two frst-class nas-
sengers, the mails, and 175 Chinese deg-
tined for Hong Kong
At eleven o'clock at night the America
was discovered to be on fire. She burned .
until the afternoon of Sunday, when she
was towed out of the way of the shipping
and sunk. Three Americans and ffty-nine
Chinese were lost, besides number of jap
anese; $500, 900 in treasure and light freight
remained on board the vessel when burned.
The ship had been coaling all day. At ten
o'clock at night all was reported safe, when
the officers retired. 4 little before eleven
Jn6 sIeW&rMe5S SInelD BOu6tuIug burning
and smoke was discovered rising from the
freight deck below the ladies saloon.
The alarm vas Immediately sounded.
CAPTAIN Doane was the first man in the s;-
loon with the hose, but was driven back bY
the smoke. With sudden and furious
roar the flames burst forth, deciding the
fate of the ship. The smoke prevented
flooding the magazine, and attention was
turned to saving the passengers. The China
men crowded the ladder, which gave way,
them into the water. Several
attempts were made to sink
the burning ship by shots from war vessels
in the harbOr.
A court of inquiry found that the fre.
apparatus was in good working order, but
that the long time which elapsed be-
fore stream of water was started denotes
the want or precaution or great tardiness
in the engineers department. If steam to
the amount of twenty pounds had been on
the donkey boiler at the time the alarm was
given and the fires in proper condition,
with proper expedition in working, the tre
lcoNTNUED ON Eighty PAaE