Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-24
A singular Fatal Accident.

A Singular Fatal Accident,
CINCINNATI, July % "A car OH the in
cline at the coal mines at Ashland, Ky.,
/ yesterday broke loose and ran off the track
into a house occupied by a family named
Claxton, killing a woman and boy of ten.
KIePtOmanIa.
Charles Denham, q bOOk-keeper in the
employ of VIM. Glenny q Co, was brought
before magistrate yesterday charged with
embezzling $1,000, which was made up Of
a series OF small peculatiOns extending over
year or eighteen months.
An Expected Flood Of COunterfeits.
NEW YORK, July 23.-Secretary Fish
has informed Mayor Wyckham that an as
sOciatiOn of counterfefters, with headquar-
ters at Barcelona, are preparing TO issue in
this city twelve million dollars Of counter
felt notes Of the Bank Of England and the
Bank of France.
Explosion Ofa Tank-FiVe Men Killed
Iowa CITY, July 23.-At nine o'clock
last night one Of the cooking tanks in
Close * Sons paper mill exploded, causing
the explosion Of four others, and utterly
destroying the stock in the stock rooms
and beating engines and more than half of
the mill. OF the men at work in the de-
stroyed mill, five were killed, China, the
fireman, Gilmore, foreman, and Smaller and
Tiemey, slabOrors. Herman Bechtel, q
workman in -four mill had stepped into
the paper mill about a moment before and
was instantly killed. The bodies of China,
Bechter and Gilmore, were blown 80 feet
across the street and over the houses, and
were recovered. The bodies of Tierney
and Smaller were buried in the ruins or
blown into the river. At this hour, 10 P.
NJ, gangs Of men are at work Dy the light
of lanterns clearing away the ruin, which
presents terrible appearance. GilmOre's
wife, who is on the eve of confinement, is
not expected to rally from the shock, and
Bechtel's mother is thought to be diving.
Committed without Bail.
The examination of T. A. Edmunds and |
Andrew j. Cochran, charged with being
in the attempted robbery Of the
Adams Express car and killing OF engineer |
Eames, at Long Point, on the Vandalia |
road, two weeks ago, took place at Green
up, H., yesterday, and after considerable |
testimony had been taken and argument |
made by counsel, Justice McCOnnah COM |
mltted both prisoners without bail.
Of Two Banks-The Safes
Blown Open with N,trO-glyeerine.
WINTHROP, Me-, July pa robbery of
he Winthrop National Bank occurred about
O'Clock this morning. The bank is on
he second floor of brick building on |
Main street, near the Winthrop House.
The safes were blown open with nitro
glycerine. There were three dis
inct explosions, all heard by sew
raj persons. The robbers left |
within ten minutes Of the last explosion, |
which blew out all the windows in front !
# the bank, and caused a general smashing
inside. The COLteuts of the main safe
we're so badly mutilated and so many frag-
nents were left behind, that it is thought
he amount secured by the robbers could |
Ot have been large. The capital Of the |
ank is 100000, and the amount Of de- |
OSits in Stevens bank was about 100000. |
he safes Of both institutions were rifed |
f their entire contents. The standing Of !
be bank, the Directors say, will not be |
impaired. -Four men have been arrested on |
IspiciOn Of being the robbers.
ell from n Fourth.StOry window.
BALTINcRs, July pa man aged
bout s., who registered as w. II. Vandi- !
ar, Cincinnati fell from a fourth story |
indOw Of the Fountain Hotel, in this
ty, this morning, and was instantly |
illed.
hree Men Killed by a Locomotive
Explosion.
PORT JEBVIs, y. Y, July 23.-On the
elaware division of the Erie Railway a
liler exploded this evening, killing en-
neer Jefferson Fuller, fireman Stevenson, ! !
nd flagman, name unknown.