Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-04-12
Fearful Loss Of Life and Property In
Central Ameriea-San Salvador De-
siroyed By an Earthquake.
HaR Attempts to Murder his Wife and
Daughter, and Commits Suicide
His Victims Horribly MaBgled.
A British Ship Laying Round Loose
Prison Escapade - Accidentally
Dr0Wned-MOre Land Slides,
Etc, Etc.
Another Landslide.

i ROSENDALE, n. Y, April lI.-L8st
night a landslide at the south end of the
| ROsendale bridge on the Waikiki Valley
railroad, carried away the trestlework
from within ten feet Of the depot to the
/ bridge. Travel will be cut off for a
month.
Attempted Murder and Successful Sui
eide.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 11.-This
morning John Kennedy, of this city,
attempted to murder his wife and daugh-
ter with an axe, inficting some terrible
wounds on his wife. He then fastened
a rope around his own neck, jumped
from the second story window and hung
himself
Accidental DrOWaiDE.
DUBUQUE, Ia, April 11.-At Lasalle,
Illinois, this afternoon, a man named
Grady, while cutting wood near the
canal, was tormented by some boys, one
Of whom, John MOwergarty, he pursued
with an ak. The boy, to save himself,
jumped into the river and was drowned.
! Grady, on seeing the result, ned and Is
still at large.
Prisoners Escaped.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, April 11.-Charles
Hildebrand, Of Cuyahoga, and William
Collins, of COshOeton, two convicts IN
der sentence in the penitentiary for lar
ceny, escaped last night. They had
been at work with horse aud cart, and
after putting up the horse for the night
in a stable outside of the yard,
vam00sed. One man had only fifty-
four days to serve and the other thirty
four days.
Abandoned at Sea.
New YORK, April list. Thomas
edvices TO the second instant, Uid Ha-
vana, state that the British ship Varuna,
from New York January 23d, for Liver
pool, was abandoned at sea after being
out fifty-twO days. The crew and one
of the mates have arrived here. The
British man-of-war Challenger followed
the NaTuna and towed her into harbor
ami delivered her to the authorities.
The Faruna was heavily insured. I'm
deTwri.ers will make an investigation.
Damaging Gale.
WHEELING, W. VA, April l1.-There
was a heavy gale here this afternoon,
which damaged q great deal of prop
ertv The warehouse Of Demey, Vance |
& Co.'S nail factory was seriously in
iUred q portion Of the roof being carried |
off and thirteen-inch wall blown |
down. The new brick addition to |
Bradley's woolen factory was blown |
down. The telegraph wires were eros
Tated. No further damage of a serious
character is ascertained as yet.
The Recent Railroad Collision I'm ~. |
Louis
ST. LOUIS, April I'D. c. Knight. |
the street-car driver who was injured by /
the collision of his car with train on |
the Pacific railroad last Sunday, died I
yesterday, and to-day the eOroner's jury /
found as their verdict that the injuries
which resulted in his death were caused
by the gross neglect of the signal-watch-
man (Keating) of the Pacific railroad,
in not being at his post to signal the ap-
proach of trains; and that the parties in
charge OF the train are to blame for not
signal lights. Heating, the
is under arrest. Knights
mother and friends live in Fulton,
Illinois.
Terrible Eartheuake-Eight Hundred
Lives amt ksll 4OHs Of Property De-
SsrOyess.
AsPLNwALL, April ), Uio. HAVANA,
April l0.--Tbe city of Salvador, Central
has been destroyed by an
earthquake, and eight hundred persons
6iiNA LHElNE iAlllltOl dblAdAo VI DIODcIlJ
destroyed. The earthquake was fol-
lowed by confagration, and many build
ings were burned.
NEW YORK, April ll.--Eor a few days
slight shocks of earthquake had Oc-
cured but no serious apprehensions were
1t was on the evening of
The fourth of March, about half-past
.our o'clock, when, almost without
warning, a great part Of the city was re-
luced to but a little more than ruins.
The ground heaved as ship in gale,
and terrific laundering burst from under |
DOT. Walls tottered and were rent in !
many places with wide erevices roofs |
,unk, and tiles, etc, were preeipitated
o the ground; lamps, pitchers, basins,
ylass. etc, were overturned and broken.
Tree violent shocks followed in success
ion, and the servants commenced to
cream piteously and could not be paci-
led. Wild birds flew to the houses;
horses grew frantic ia the stables, and /
logs, bowling, skunk for protection.
Every few minutes shakings, of less
,iolence, occurred The scene beggars
ruined houses, panic |
stricken people, men, women and chill Il
lren, fleeing to the fields with valuables
hastily collected, and then the ringing t
# the alarm bells and beating of drums :
.alling all the soldiers under arms, for
n San Salvador murder and pillsge ae-
company the confusion of great earth :
luakes, and as the frightened citizens
cave town dusky Indians from the for
ests prowI for prey into it, and are only
hecked by the bayonets Of the govern
nent troops, and these were posted in
quads, at short distances, all over San !
salvador.