Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-15
NEW YORK.
Burning of l25, 900 Gallons of Oil
Loss 100000.
4 Case Of Asiatic CHOLERA In Brook
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Ign.
New YORK, July THE affairs Of
Hoyt, Sprague 4 Co. on the petition
of the executors Of the estate of Ed
win Hayes Were placed in the hands of
Receiver some days ago, and this
dsy the Receiver, A. ID. Juillord, was
confirmed 10y court, and has taken full
possession.
At the Monmouth Park races. sec
ond day, Babylon won the first heat
time, 81 seconds. Arizona won sec.
ond and first heats, l:4l; time, 40l.
Bonny Bernk won second heat; time,
3;45l. Tom Bowling won the Mon
mouth cup; Whisper was second aud
Rawson third time, 1927
NEW YORK, July lot has been
cOnclusiVely ascertained that the
bloody shirt found at Nathau's man.
sion was that taken Off Mr.. Nathan
afIer he WAS found murdered.
Mrs. Mary Ann Harmon, aged GO
years, died to-day from genuine Asiat~
ic cholera, at her residence in Brook
Ign. She was attacked by the disease
on Wednesday night.
VIM. McGnnis, aged seven years,
died at Bellvue Hospital to-day of
hydrophObia. He was bitten some
weeks ago.
A Washington dispatch says "The
United States Court for this District
has decided the action of ejectment in
favorOf CIVIC. Lee, the divisee of the
late CIV. Parke GUSTS estate in mill
property on Four Mile Run in Vir-
ginia, and is part of the Gusts estate
which was sold during the war 10y the
United States for taxes. 1t would seem
that this decision may effect the Gov
ernment's title to the entire Arlington
property, as the title to this estate is
practically the same
NEW YORK, July 1.-THE fire
which broke outin Wehawken last eve
ming was in the Erie Oil Works. 1t
was caused by stroke of lightning,
which struck one of the tanks contain
ing 10, 600 barrels of oil during a heavy
storm. The flames spread rapidly and
one tank after another took fire until
five tanks, each containing Is, 600 bar
rels and another containing 20,0Ot
were soon burning iiercely. Several
smaller tanks, containing in all 1875 :
600 barrels, also took fire about mid
night and IL was thought others would
have followed. The inaccessibility OF
the works and the fact that the fire
has ragged steadily since the commence
ment makes it impossible to give
more definite particulars. The actua
loss could not be ascertained, as tn,
! fire is likely To burn all day, but is es
! timated at 100000. These works ar,
! probably the largest oil works in tn,
United States, all the oil coming owe
the Erie road being stored there. IN,
| light from the fire Illuminated New
/ York the most of the night. On,
hundred and twenty-five men will b,
thrown out of employment. Abou
one year ago the same works wert
struck by lightning and one of TIA,
tanks was ignited, but it was eXtin
guished with but n slight loss.
/ Two brothers named William anC
/ Peter Kerns, aged 6 and 8 years re.
spectively, were drowned while bath
ing in "a pond in Brooklyn yesterday
! The fire which broke out las
evening, in the oil depot, of the Erit
Railroad Company NJ Wehawken, n
j., is still burning with no hope of eX
! tinguishing the flames until is burn
! ed out.
At about $50 o'clock this morning,
tank containing three million GALLON
/ of refined oil exploded with terrifi,
report. The cap was blown over fou
/ hundred feet in the rand tower afte
/ tower of flames filled the air TO up
wards of two hundred feet.
/ The oil ran down upon the river an(
soon it was blaze with burning oil
All the oil tanks are either burned OF
torn down, and the cooper shops ant
one warehouse are burned ,Ewhile' il il
. a.
houses can be saved The railroad
tracks have been wrenched from thu
Sleepers by the great heat and all tn,
proT erty in the neighborhood hai
eith,r been destroyed or badly
damaged. Itappears that the burning
of the first tank last night heated tn,
one near it to such an extent that tn,
gases generated and blew the cap off o
II and an instant later the tank was in
a blaze.
NEW York, July -13.-The fire al
Wehawken was eXtinguished at seven
yesterday morning. Two hundred
men were Immediately put to work
laying tracks and building tempo
rary dock for the shipment of oil. II
is expected the company will be able
run trains to the dock by Wednesday
1t is estimated that the total loss will
be a million dollars.
1t is officially reported this morning
that the loss by the Wehawken oil fire
will fall little short of seven hundred
thousand dollars, The total number
of barrels of oil burned are seventy
thousand.
The committee appointed by Beech
er to investigate the charges against
him are progressing in their examina-
ton, aud will probably make known
the result of their deliberations in a
few days. The proceedings of the
committee are conducted in q strictly
private manner.