Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-12
OrIeauist Conspiracy i'm Paris.
NEW YORK.
Terrific Explosion OH the Streets.
Seven Persons Killed Outright.
Including Young Ladies and school
Children.


New YORK. Nov: IA boiler exploded
this afternoon, on the corner of 4th avenue
and 12Sth street, used by COyne Il Beemer
contractors on the 4th avenue improve
ments. Seven persons were instantly killed
and several wounded. All of the killed
had either whole or portion of their
names of the killed JnO. Gibson, JnO. FO-
lev, Phillip Miller, Geo. Becker, Louisa
Bassford, aged Is, VIM. Britt, schoolboy
who was passing over a temporary bridge to
the track, aged IA, and Irene BelletOis,
aged L.
Along the upper portion of Fourth Ave
nue. the New York Central q Hudson
River Railroad Company is engaged in ex-
cavating the street for the purpose of sink
ing tracks below the present level. Num-
erOus hosting machines, worked by steam
power from movable engines, are used in
the work of excavation and it was the boil
er of one of these engines which exploded
this afternoon. The boiler was an upright,
high-preSsure, of tabular sort. 1t was in
charge of John Barnum, who had entrusted
it to boy 13 years Of age, who had been
allowed to act as engineer to the peril of
scores of lives. The boiler exploded with
terrible noise and an instant afterwards, as
the dust and debris cleared away, the ground
was seen to be strewn with bodies of dead
and wounded, horribly torn and mutila-
ted.
MiddIe-men.
The General Railway and Steamship
Ticket Agents held a meeting to-day, and
formed a permanent organization for the
purpose of maintaining passenger rates, and
protection against the movement of railroad
managers to abolish the business of COM
mission agencies. Every agent in the city
was present. Steps were taken to unite
the agents throughout the country, and a
committee was appointed to represent the
Association at the meeting of railway man
ayers at Chicago on the 10Th inst.
Mrs. Capt. Hail
to-day paid visit to the United States
steamer Tigress. She was shown her de-
ceased husbands prayer book, picked up by
correspondent at Camp Polaris, which
she wished to obtain possession of, but
when she was told that Col. Jas. LuptOn,
formerly Paymaster in the L. S. army, who
gave it to Capt. Hall the eve Ofhis departU--,
wished to obtain it if ever found, as hi
carried it through the Civil wa~ s roi i;,ou
pushed her wish. Mrs ,oI - ,r 3so ri oiI
affected when she SO" the deanI% Worn vol,
Glne. Ihe old inscriptions made by
Lay as li'N'' + LuptOn on the fly Leaf, ''LOOk-
o"' mountain" "Store's river" ''the bloody
/ field of Chickamauga," con the march tC
| Atlanta" etc, can still be seen.
international Foot Race.
| A ten mile foot race for $500 side and
the championship of America, was arranged
here to-day between John Starry, of Shelf
field, Eng, recently arrived, and W. E.
Harding, of this city. The race is to take
| place at Providence, r. l., on the 9th inst
| Lamar vs.. Dana.
The suit of B. Lamar, of Savannah, Ga.
against Chas. A. Dana for alleged false i'm
| prisonment while the latter was Secretary
of War, was argued in the United State:
| Circuit Court to-day. Dana's defence i
that the arrest was made in good faith, un
| der orders of President Lincoln.
| Steamship Lost.
The loss of the Ismalia is fully crediteC
at the ship news exchange. She sailed tol
the Mediterranean on the Goth of Sept.with ;
heavy load of freight bnt carried no pasSen
| gers. The last seen of her was on the I'll
Ult., when she was stopped off the coast o
Nova Scotia by sailing vessel short o
provisions. The vessel and cargo wer
valued at nearly half million.