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The New York herald., 1874-12-20
FIRES.
FIRE IN AUBURN PRISON.

AUBURN, N. Y, Dec. l9, 1874
About twelve O'Clock to-day an alarm OF fire was
given, caused oy the discovery that the collar
shop inside the walls OF the Auburn Prison had
been set on fire. The nre was started just as the
convicrs were about to be marched to dinner. The
alarm soon became general ana the Fire Depart
menr OF the city was quickly on hand to render
assistance. The shop was filed with the most
cOmbustible material and the flames made rapid
headway. Our efficient hremen were enabled,
however, to get control after an hour and half Of
hard labor, and prevented the fire from spread
ing to other buildings. The building in
which 1t originated was very much
damaged And there was considerable loss
material During the excitment OF
ex tinguishing this IRE another alarm was gwen
that q fire had peen started in the tailor hop. A
rush was made for that by some OF the hremen.
the centre OF the building and was making some
headway. This was quickly extinguished, but no
sooner done tnan thlrd alarm was Kiven that
the slate shop had been fred The 1remen rushed
lor this point and found that every preparation
had been made TO burn that building, the nre hav-
ing been already kindled This dre was also ex-
singuished before much damage had been done.
Organized attempts are evidently being made by
tho convt0ts to burn the prison and make tnGIr
escape in body. only few days ago fires we're
set in Two or three places. and to-day several
attempts were made. The TACT il so apparent that
underwriters In this city have already discussed
the propriety OF cancehng all polices on the shops
in the prison. An immense supply Of water, tho
great efficiency Of the Fire Department and the
cool management OF Major Carpenter, the agent OF
the prison, prevented the destruction OF large
dIreiul results II general connagrarion mad &C.
Cured and . general prison delivery mad taken
place.
and no further attempts to burn 1t have been
discovered.
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CoLLING, THE CUTTER.

murderously inclined fellow named Benjamin
II. Coiling attacked young woman named Kate
Fox last night, at the corner OF James slip and
Cherry street. lie used q knife In mis- assault and
stabbed the woman three times In the face and
four times In the arm. he either did not strike
forcibly enough or his weapon was not keen, for
dangerous. The wounded woman was sent 20 the
PARK Hospital and Colling was connned In the
Fourth precinct station house.
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GOVERNOR TILDEN'S STAFF.

ALBANY, N. y, Dec. l9, 1874.
Tne Euesai1o Journal gives the lowing as Gov.
erD0r Nlden's staff
Adjutant General Franklin Townsend, OF Al
bany Inspector General J. b. Woodward, OF
Br0ollyn; surgeon General, Austin Flint Jr., Of
New York; Judge Advocate General. Charles
Hughes, OF sandy Hill; Commissary General Of
Ordnance, Joseph j. Bartlett, Of New York.
Military Secretary, Francis Lynde stetson, OF
New York.
Aldes-de- e-Camp-Charles Tracey, Of Albany; VIII
liam Douglass, OF New York; Herman Uhl, Of New
YORK; Latham @. strong, OF Troy; Francis Lynde
Ste tsOn, OF New YORK; Erastus Corning, OF Albany.
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A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.

A team Of horses belonging to Acker & Merrall,
of Broadway and Forty.second street, ran away
on Fistn avenue last evening" When the horses
reached the corner or Thirty ninth street and
Fifth avenue the wagon behind them struck an
obstruction, and Daniel Bates was thrown out
the head and about the body. lie was taken to
the twenty ninth precinct station house, where
his Injuries were dressed, he was thence se mt
10 his home al No, liza West Eleventh street.
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THE MURDERoUs COAL REGIONS.

CORONER KHLED-EXCrTEMENT AMONG THE
PEOPLE.
PpTrsvTLLR, Pa, Dec. 1o, 1874.
Frederick Hesser, prominent citizen and Cor.
oner Of Northumberland county, was murdered at
the Coal Run mines, near Shamokin, last night.
No clew has yet been obtained to the guilty party.
There Is great excitement and the citizens have
organized 4 committee to investigate.
Search was made OF the premises and hatchet
and hickory club were found IN the engine room,
and as blood was found on these weapons there Is
no doubt the assault was made with them
Hesser was very popular and amable man, and
ft Is beneved that ne had no enemies. He was re.
Gently elected to the office Of Coroner. He was
fOrtv-seven years OF age and leaves o large family
There Is not the slightest suspicion to who the
guilty parties are.
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HOTEL AND GRrsr MILL BURNED.

PORT JERvls, N. Y, Dec. 49, 1874.
The old hotel buliding known as the Ayres House,
three miles from Port Jervis, was destroyed by fire
last night. II was insured for 1000 in tue Ger
man American Insurance Company.
The grlst mlll belonging to w. Mlddaugh at Col
ville N. j., was destroyed with tue contents, last
night.
The wild meadows on the WAIKIKI near Union
wife, N. y, were burned over Friday night de-
stroying . large quanuty OF hay In stacks.
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wIrHRRs STAKES.
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.

The following record viii show the changes In
the temperature during the past twenv-lour
hours in comparison with the corresponding date
Of last year, as recorded at Hudnut's Pharmacy.
HERALD Building, New York;
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HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES at IS each, at thre
birds. lA oun es Of shot, about so yards boundal
In front and so behind. Gun Club rules
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, SIS each. at one bird, Il.
! ounces oil shot; same boundary and rule az arst
Yards.

c. LamsOn, 20 yards; B. Robinson, Jr, y yards;
N. Van Buren, % yards; B. Purdy, 20 yards; A.
Buren, rs yards p. Belmont, 2s yards; j. G. Beres-
ford, ~ yards; =. stevenson. 26 yards; j. Lowery.
u yards; C. Palmer, Is yards: 8. s. Rowland, ~
yards; q. Barnwel, 20 yards; q. Livingston, 80
yar1s; G. Potts, 2S yards; J. Schuyler Crosby, rs
Yards Each missed their first bird.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, IS each; same rules
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G. Lamson, 20 yards; N. Van Buren, 2s yards;
mont, 20 yards: e. Stevenson, 20 yards c. Palmer,
2s yards; @. Fellows, so yards; O. steward, %
N. snyder, 26 yards. Each missed their nrss ORD.
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sAwMILL DESTROYED.

OGDENsBURG, n. T.. Dec. g. 1874.
The saw ana shingle mills OF L. Hasbrouck, Jr., Il
Co., In this city, were consumed ny FIRE this morn
Ing. The loss is $4,000; uninsured. Thirty.nve
men are thrown out OF employment by the 1re.
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pEsrRUcrIoN OF wooILEN MILLS.

NASHVILLE, Tenn Dec. 10, 1874.
The Eagle WoOllen Mills at Gallatin, Tenn, were
burned yesterday. The loss is $50, 200; insurance,
$1,000 divided between the Hartford, Etna and
PnHnix companies
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THEORIES OF THE ACCIDENT.

SPRINGFIELD, Dec. 10, 1874.
1t is now thought that not more than one-haf
OF the stone work OF the Haydensville dam went
away and it is estimated that the total loss Of the
break will not exceed $4,000
There are TWO theories as to the cause Of the
disaster, one that the base OF the dam was not
wide enough for the height SO that 1t was pushed
over by the great weight OF the water and ice
behind; the other, that the cement was poor or
not properly laid, allowing the stone on the top
Of the dam to be pushed OF. Only thorough ms
pection Of the ruins win tell which Ills.
LOCATION OF THE DISASTER
The reservoir which broke In May last was in
the gorge above the village OF Williamsburg. On
another branch Of the stream which forms the
Mill River is the Goshen reservoir, which 1t was
first reported was broken in each OF the calamtles
which visited that unhappy valley The new dam
which broke away yesterday was in Haydensville,
below the village OF Williamsburg, and was tenn
porary structure erected BY Hayden, Gere Il
Co., since the disaster, Tor their brass works. In
the May nood the destruction at the point where
the new dan-now also swept away-was built,
was more complete than at any other In the whole
region destroyed by the waters. Scarcely stone
was left OF any Of the immense structures in the
vicinity, and OF Hayden, Grie Co.'s factory all
that was left was part OF one OF the walls. Their
immense boilers were noated far down the stream,
and one OF them was stranded on the hill near
Governor Hayden's house.
THE PREVIOUS DISASTER IN NAY.
On the 10th Of May lass the appalling news was
received in Springfield that upward OF 200 lives
had been lost and an immense amount Of
property had been swept away by the break.
ing Of an insecure dam IN Williamsburg.
The news was at FIRST discredited, but
speedily confirmed and no doubt existed AZ to
the fact that the unclaimed waters had over
spread the valley, burying In their impetuous
path several Of the beautiful villages OF Hamp.
shire county. The details Of that awful scene were
subsequently gathered from some Of the sur
vivors who, by a miraculous chance, had been
spared to tell OF their providentiai escape. The
houses which were not swept away from their
foundations rocked to and fro like vessels In o
tempest; others, which at first withstood the
shock, soon toppled over before the giant force OF
the merciless waters.
The scene recalls to memory
THE PEARrUL oArAsrRopHE
OF similar character In England in 1854, when
J the Brad1eld Water Reservoir burst and sent its
The New York herald., 1874-12-20
AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB.

The following is the latest state OF the odds in
the betting books the Withers ana BeimOnt
stakes to be run next June:-
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4 Pasiiis Mail Steamer Bound for Hong Kong
Destroyed by Fire.
Four Hundred Coolies on
Board.
THE FEELING IN THE CITY.
List Of the Officers and Descrip-
hOn of the Vessel.

HONG KoNo, Dec %, ls74
The Pacific Mall Company's steamship Japan,
from San Francisco and Yokohama for this port,
was destroyed by FIRE on Thursday last when sixty
miles out from Yokohama
MANY LIVES SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN LOST.
J, lew oil her crew and passengers have arrived
sere. " is feared that many lives have been lost.
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DESCRIPTION or THE STEAMER.

The steamer Japan was launched at the ship.
yard OF Henry Steers Greenpoint, Long Island,
september II, 1857. A first glance at her SYM
metrical proportions gave but a faint idea Of her
immense size, as her graceful lines had been SO
skiiully wrought that she was saved from the ap.
pearance OF vast bulk, which SO often strikes the
eye as inharmonious in such architectural sea
structures. Every known Improvement IN naval
architecture had been exhausted to make the
Japan marvel OF beauty as wen as OF
strength. It was believed she could resist
the severesv hurricanes and typhoons OF the
tropical seas, and ride out all the storms
of the treacnerous Archipeagos In which
she was destined to sail. man who walked the
length OF her deck took stretch OF fourteenth
Oi . mile, but the thousands who viewed the sea
beauty that september day OF the launch did not
take 80 much note OF her proportions in iect and
inches as of the general harmony and complete
ness OF the model and the grace and beauty OF
each line and curve Yet the Japan was OF
The New York herald., 1874-12-20

TODhage-A 80 TONS asurc men 1898 tons old
measuremcnt 5.0u0 tons, common measurement.
Her frame timbers were OF live oak, white oak,
cedar and hackmatack, selected by one OF the best
timber inspectors in America. Her frames were
square, fastened In the most workmanlike man
ner with copper and galvanized iron, strapped
with iron straps, crossing each other dlarOnay
every four feet. over this came yellow pine
panking strapped In turn, with plates or like
size ~ the inner ones which pankng was care
thorough manner. over all this on the bottom
was Dianking OF oak lOur and one-half inches In
thickness, and on the top panking OF yellow pine
ave inches IN thickness. The whole was thor.
Oughly DOlted, braced and iAste ned w.t. eenais Vf
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Xversse sempersture FOR corresponding date
isst YEAR. ...........~................ sok
weekly average. ....... -
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NJ ILL RIVER.
DAM DISASTER.
The Pathway Of the Last
Flood Covered.
NO LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Dec. 10, 1874
"a special despatch 70 the Union from Hayden
vile states that the dam OF Messrs. Hayden,
Gere a Co. broke away near the centre, two-thtrds
OF the structure being swept away. The large
body OF water imprisoned covered with ice ten
inches thick rushed down the stream with
cracking noise similar to that made by the food
of May last down the same pathway. There were
seventy-nve or more children skating on
the pond. all Of whom, 1t Is thought, were
saved, but It s feared that the children
on the ponds below Haydenvtle may not have
had warning in time to escape. The new dam was
built TO replace the one swept away last May, and
but recently completed. 1t was built by John De.
laney Sons. OF HolyoKe, and was l4o feet long,
thirteen feet wide at the base six leet at the top
and cost about $1,000. 1t was built OF granite.
bedded in the solid rock, and furnished with
COPING OF CUT GRANITE
each stone OF which was hve feet long and tnir-
teen inches thick The water side OF the dam was
faced with cement, while each end was nanked
with heavy parapet walls eighteen feet high. The
bulkhead WAS OF granite and was twelve feet high
and ten feet wide In the clear. The dam Afforded
twenty feet head OF water, seven feet more tnan
was given oy the old dam and the structure had
been supposed to be very superior piece
OF workmanship. The rebuilding the works
Of Hayden, Gere d Co. had progressed
only 80 far as the completion OF new foundry
building, 102 by 40 feet and two stories nigh,
while the work on the coalhouse and pattern shop
Is well advanced. The main building Of the works,
which is to be 335 feet long and three stories
high, was to have been erected In the spring, but
It is feared by the inhabitants OF the village that
the frm win be discouraged by this second disas-
ter and give up the building project there.
NO LOSS OF LIEF.
A later despatch from Haydenville says there
was no loss or life above below the broken dam.
The cotton mill dam, about half mile below
Hayden, Gere h CO. IS dann held the water and Ice
from the pond OF the latter and prevented any fur
ther destruction OF life or property below.
The cotton mill dam is one OF the strongest on
the river. portion Oft was carried away BY the
May food and has since been thoroughly repaired.
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THE PERIL OF THE ACCIDENT.

HAYDEHsvILLE, Mass, Dec. 10, 1874
The large new dam Just completed for Hayden,
Gere Co.'s brass works. at this place, burst about
eleven O'Clock this morning, and the large body OF
water, covered with ice about ten inches thick,
swept down the channel through the village,
with crash similar to the food OF May last. The
cotton mill dam just below this village held the
water and ice which probably saved q
number OF lives at Leeds at which
place there is no teegraphic commune
cation. There were seventy.hve or one hun.
dred children skating on the pond at the time.
but it il thought all escaped. No lives lost as
far as heard from. There was great excitement
for several moments. as It was reported the two
large Goshen reservoirs had broken and the in
hapitants were making for high ground as fast as
possible. The loss is from So, 200 to $4,000.
The New York herald., 1874-12-20

THE FEARTUL oATAsTRoPHE
Of similar character In England, in 1854, when
the Bradneld Water Reservoir burst and sent ito
New-York tribune., 1874-09-14
DEPARTUKE OF FOREIGN MAILS.
MONDAY. SEPT. IA.


TUESDAY. SEPT Is.
Moro Castle close at
Supplementary Is closed the PosOce at 24O steam
salts at 3 D. m from Pier No. l3 North River 80
VeBeuela, by the steamship
l .. Steamship sails at non Pier No. 0l n r
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. l6.
Mails via anf Liverpool BY the steamship
Cuba close Steamship salts AZ m from CunArd Doc e.
Jer eystity.
IL 80 Supplementary Mai closed al the Post
1870 Steamship sails at from fer loot oi Ihri
THURSDAY. SEPT. IL.
Mails FOR Europe Plymouth Cherbol and hsmburg by eamh
Pras 80 m Supplementary haf u closed ~ tee
PosOce 1880 Steamship sails az from pier loot OF
ThH-st.. Hoboken.
Mas Havana steamship City OF NewYork, close at
Mail closed at the POstOAee at +4O m
Steamship sails at 3 from Pier No. 3 ~ r
For the Netherlands direct By the steamship W. A sehoten ma
close at 10 a. m.
FRIDAY. SEPT. ls.
iaifaI s., AeyYOrE POstohce ever'
lay st D. n, and via Boston
SATURDAY.. SEPT. 10.
Britain ireland. Queenstown aud Liverpool
By Bnannc. AsupDementAV Mall close
Post-Ofce 10 Steamship sails az II from Pier No.
So North River.
French Mail direct BY steamship VILE De Pans mails close
an Steamship sails from Pier No. so North River
Southampton and Bremen tnc
Doaau ll30 Supplementary Mai IA closed az the Post
onee at l3O IL steamship sails az u rom pier oot oi Infd
{. HOhOken.
the steamship Cuba close At D. IN
A Supplementary Mail the PO5tOhce az ZiO steam
sais m. from Pier No. n. K
Mails for As3aga Panama by the steamship CITY OF Panama
Steamship sails ~ ~. from Pier No. AZ n T.
SUNDAY. SEPT. 20
atll The rOstohce open IRON l.
New-York tribune., 1874-09-14
PASSENGERS SAILED.

LTvERPooL-1a steamship Jara vs. Sgt l2.Rs7 L. D.
Aisd 49, .sS T9'e N M MI sad
Il Evans Noneiton, Mr. and Mrs p Whitney g. W Barron
FOR sAvASSAH-Tn steamship San SqTrGdor Sept r. William
Huter George Nichols ESPa James II P19e John Mel a
Mrs Eneh aeDOnoqsb wife, and two children hs - S SsGrse
Louis Young Woodbridge Mrs Toqmin and infant ar Nag
gle Frank Mrs P Kolock Master j. mTen NJ aaIphy \; d
EdSa I'D FanE smith A. Msuser W. Schnder A
E. Bsck~9e mo ~ p Dunn ,s s,s ssa e1M ps, Sent I2Rey W.
Milne W H Miller James NJ camYbe Geo Bates Isos Gcssr
l. A LSSsse, Capt " b Haist wife TIomTson Fraser J.
DoOeY. srs Gno and child, Mr. ROOsou Henry Williams Miss
FOR LIvRRPooL-ha .edm,hp Of Parts Sent I2Nr.
dahl John CEshank and wife Master D. Mcnpis Tracey r
Se wisa eH9 sAS S! A snS4a @oa Dr. Russell and " M '
FOR LvERPooL-" steamship Eng'snd sent IN 5Ta n aso
children aud servant Mrs RUSSELL Ms MARY Mm1ngo1 Joseph
FOR LlyBRPooL-Tn steamship Bq Sept y pr Pe,..y
% &c " Adams & C. P.Ga As.%; i & n ssnss n s't ch a
A. Byrne Ms aacComb j. MaeComb IT, Mss BELLE Belle Nae Fe
ward MasConb Master Lee Maccomb Master wIe Maecomb,
and Robert Daker Mrs Robert plSer as A. N as OosD p
Geo Cole WI TIa;5 E 5oep 3 ost Ssss r. a. j. IGS ssn.
Saett IT,. T E Gpham H. IL Hal, Ms Han C. H. Miller J. NJ
FOR sAvAyyAH-rn s1amsAp Mon.1omer Sept r. C Never
non T. Dohoney Mrs. BondhoI and child s Ale3 Mrs
Lindsey Alien VIA H,ns ,rvao ss sSd Wife R5i Cews Mr
Eva n G Marshall John Ashon G. Roberts
FOX BRgMEN.-IE steamship NekIr Sept I'll j. Sennstte
Mr.. A. de Nell Mss De Nell A. Robbins Miss Louisa Robbins
Han, g. Tiorburn g. rhorburn Jr, Miss Anne IhorDsrn
Mir Bade Max Blder Mrs Rotbarth Ms I'd hocn u
Phelps Angus csf aad Ave chden Miss
Tina Calvin Gas Baron reenk heqy Eeraann
A savo, Garcia de Castro George hdeorana Mis-
Chr Sehlegel.
For SAN FRASCIsCOEn s;rrsshfD Henry Chlsno Sept "a
Mr. P.rry Francs smith, r. A. Earle Capt Joan Nc
cafrty j. vile, Berlin Henry Abbott and wife Miss
Mamie Brown Rhoe Van Bargen, W Richmond John
Korsr Mrs. Bush daughter and W. n Gates snd wife, W =
Hall Louis Crosby Thomas Banng NJ KOemer and wife h mar
mas Johu Mrs Marie Lyons aud infant W warner
Gen Miller and WIFE c. C. Bunby hr AArsaet kar1iL Mrs
Martha Gn M +. ". OatnaR and vie L. Feek
D-vd A. Pitcher r. Been, y. y Camdnn and VIE.
G. s. Buell. j. H. Prior. wife and infant John NJ Farrell and Se
Re,ect Then and T. Baker o. Hodgkus Nelson Ar
carn 0Bnen daughter flnt and nase Mss Nsrah haeE
Nst Anule sarah DAVIS and children, John ods MS
Chatter b. Salisbury Mrs Hastings and enid
G. H. Calender Miss Harriet Eddy Miss Ruth Eidy hss
Narv Mc(abe Bridget MeCsbe, Charles w. BAekman
John Moods. r. K. Caman. Miss Sophia Foster D@yii
4 Aiteu sif. and child o. W. Young C. A. Van Ia
New-York tribune., 1874-09-14
A NEW STEAMSHIP LINE.

A new line of steamships has just been estab-
Ished between this port and Lewes, Dell and the first
vessel will saul from NewYork today. The new line
has been established by the Old Dominion Steamship
Company. whose vessels are well known 70 travellers
between New-York aud Southern ports. The company
became convinced long since Of the practcabiity oil
such scheme and OF the profit which would sometime
accrue from opening up new means OF commu-
nieaon between this port and the productive territory
al the other terminus OF the line The steamship Abe
marie will leave New York each Monday afternoon, and
returning Will leave Lewes on Wednesday. Other steam
ers will be added the trade increases. One OF the
principal will be quick transportation OF the
fruits OF this section TO NewYOrk. Peaches which are
now brought by roundabout and several changes.
will be put board the steamer al Lewes In the after
noon and landed al the New York wharf before day-
hight. The trip easily be made in IL hours:
The Company has also just completed the purchase OF
the Junction and Breakwafer Railroad running from
Lewes TO Harrington, distance OF 40 miles. This road
through the richest section OF land IN the Vicinity
and IN connection with the new line OF steamers opens
TO New York section the trade Of which has hereto
fore been almost entirely secured by Philadelphia CIT
cumstances are such that no rival road can be bnlt
advantageousy and the Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany expect 10 reap rich rewards OF their enterprise IN
the future The freights will consist mostly OF fruits,
produce and