The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-08-07


verely injured. The excursion party used
A motion for discharge from the house Of
detention Of Thos. and Patrick Hart, Wit
nesses in the Stokes case, wa denied this
morning BY Justice Pratt.
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SAFE kkokEN OPEN.
One OF the safes In the Department OF
ruollc wo.ks. "nlcn coo'aloed vouchers ioI
money pe1 'or supPNess vas broken open
'ate TINS s"efnoon' Dot the Nommhs'ooef q
ye' can nov 'eii ~ne'ner Any vouchers nave
oeen take" OF poe.
EXPLOSION.
New York, August at two O'Clock
this afternoon Long Island CITY va ahaken
a. though BY an earthquake. by the explo.
sion Of two tan. boats Wing opposite Roch-
feller's Long leland Oil Work. In len
than three minutes the flames had commu.
nicated to the stock stored in the yard.. and
three rquare blocks were enveloped in flames
The intense heat thrown out BY the infism.
mable material would rot admit the fir~men
to approach within block and hall Of the
scene of the fire, while the thick smoke va
unexpectedly sufiocating At even create,
di-tance. Captain Lyons, of one Of the
killed Nv the explosion, and great number
of boatmen who were near the scene vsre
compelled to Jump into the river to escape
being roasted alive. The Long leland CITY
Oil Works, Standard Oil Works aod Low
enstiens varnish factory, with several other
buildings, we're destroyed. The fire is still
burning. Loss not yef estimated.
The New Aork tribune says the IRE was
caused oy Captain Myers, OF the OIL barge
Lyons along eide the piles adjoining tee
StanuaW Ch "oiks' owned oy nocnIeiief
4 70, nsn''ng ms Ppe ~nen me va
pof rom zoe OIL communicated win the
name'. ne narse was sha'tered and sef on
n.e, AMI the uh'or'9nA's smoker Wa
kihe" anu ms cody purneu 10 =
crisp. lhe uame !aP'uy extended 10
large q"ant!y OF OIL IN barrels, winch we're
P.'e 1no unoel tne sne!s on 'hs P'es. ABOUT
10. wv barrels OF refined oil, belonging to
Rockefeller 4 Co, Enstwick Il Co, and
Others, burned with the sheds; also other
material, and i've bsrges, which involved .
iose. IN the aggregate, OF S2,O0O,OOO, most
II VA. rsno,,si ,hs, ~. -".I. 81 The Iona
Island Company had been destroyed. The
works and wells we're in imminent danger,
but were saved by q fortunate change Of the
wind. After the Il ,mes had somewhat sub
sided the charred remains Of Capt Myers
were found in the corner OF q barge. Two
deck hands, named Williams and Henderson,
are among the missing. Iosurance mostly
in EASTERN and Foreign companies.
PILL OF rxcrpr,ocs
I, ;.,..,,o,, H., A.. sn
AMI Tsrm;psr convened ,o-,.v s.,,sc;.iI, %
receive bill Of exceptions to be presented
by Walworth's counsel. The bill vili com
prise every exception taken by the counsel
during the trial. AMI a new trial is conf
IDENTIFY looked for. The counsel net being
ready with their ill, no action was taken in
the matter.
A fire in Semp'er street, BROOKLYN, this
morning, burned Union Hall and adjoining
houses. Loss $50. 900, partially insured.
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