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Statement or tho Greenaeld..

Mr.. Ernest Greenfield. the senior partner,
WAS standing at his desk. talking with a friend
He describes his frst sensation as rain OF fire
upon his bald head following Immediately upon
the noise OF an explosion He does not know
how he escaped but thinks he went out the Bar
clay street side. Hedecares that he has not tho
remotest idea OF how the explosion could have
occurred. and insists that the boilers could not
have exploded. There were three boilers. To-
Gated under tho Barclay street sidewalk. and
one engine To drive tho light machinery used In
the two buildings The steam from the boilers
was useu IN !he @ na@hularlurs @ OF tns donieouon,
summer and the ether two, MIR, Nelson Green
field says. were only two or three years old. The
engineer, he Gays was n sober, steady. capable
man. and had boon in their employment three
yenra
Nelson was standing near his father and he
SAYS hih frsa sensntion WAS Of the falling Of tho
ceiling and tho shower Of lire upon hls head
He VIVA standing in the middle Of tho store
about Gity feet from tho Barclay street entrance.
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At the New York Hospital.

The telegraphlc call for ambulanccs was
received ut the Now York Hospital in Fifteenth
street at 25 minutes aitor O'Clock. Twoamb
lances. in charge OF Drs. Amidown and
Slaughter. were at onco despatched. Clnrk
Smith also s't out in n street ear 10 be of nse ist-
ancc II possible. The surgeons first took Ave
men. whose burns had been dressed with oil
Rninh nnh ooilon. IN hgnr pharmacies, Then the am
nulhif,o werc dtiv"n to the Chambers Street
Hospital. ana iiys moro burned aud scaIdnd
men were tnkrn In ana gnrriod u Fineenth
street II IA remnrknble that nearly AL Of tho
wounded were burned or hlistercd upon the
arms shQmldeIsc back and logs. They were
cupiod for about n month. DR.. Wilson
tho Supcrintendent. and the other surgeons
dressed tho wounds, completely covering the
ing openings only for sight and breaihing.
Then the relatives Of tho men were admitted
some OF the wounded men were dnaed. and ask
ed what had haphe:ned. To the Questioning Of
Superintendent Wilson one oi the patients re.
Piled that he WINS sitting on the first floor when
he suddenly felt blow hotween his q oulders
An instant later he was on his feet in the street
or the patients in this hospital the most se-
rlous wounded were Peter Stark and Joseph
about the lower part Of the body. Guclier said
that he escaped death in the factory by sliding
llrious from the effect Of his terrbie buTns Mr.
Stark said that there were ffty men and thirty
girls at work in the factory Yesterday.
tlves was the father of the Meib brothers. His
emotion choked his uttcrance. and friends who
ACCOMPANYING him had to interpret 10 Superin.
tendent Wilson his desire 10 soc his sons
superintendent Wilson said that 1t would be in
!udiclous. and Mr. helb, his eyes, Overlooking
Gods sake let me see them Their mother is al
most crazy" But the Superintendent was firm.
Isaac Brown inquired for his brother in Law
Isaac Hochenberg. OF $40 West Thirty eighth
street Mr.. Brown said that his brother worked
In the basement and II was his duty to handle
he was blown to pieces. A relative asked for
WILLIAM McCeennen. foreman OF the. factory and
hlr. Greenilelds hrother-n-law. Mi McClen-
nen lived at i20 Webster avenue. Jersey City.
Four women relatives sought August Dreoxler'
aged l3. employed in the first story Mrs Ben,
nett asked for william Bennett. agod 49, OF Jer-
sey City Heights: Young Bennett was not an
employee IN the factory but he was last seen in
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MI Henry c. Stacey was the driver of a
Delaware. Lackawanna and Reading express
wagon. which WAS buried by the falling Of the
frontage in Barclay street. His horses md
wagon were standing in front of the store while
he was within recoiDling for goods with the
shipping clerk. His story IL as follows:
WIS signing for goods which my boy wa carry
ing out to the wagon. There were about twenty
ilNe persons ia the store buying. suddenly
heard rumhlng noise and Mt the
very same moment tho whole front
part OF the store fell out on tho street.
Everybody. myself too stood parnlyz.I for the
instant but the ceiling beginning to fall wa all
made IA rush for the strort. Meanwhile bricks
and iron were falling on top. OF tho big
pile already IN the street. saw sew
knocked down. don't see now all got awny
and my opinion Is several got buried right
there under that stuff IN Barclay street NV
wagon WINS completely covered. but my horses
seemed 10 be ell right. uuhitched them and
hadn't gone moro than twenty feet with them
when one tumbled down, ,iead. | returned 10 the
stables with the live horse and the harness. My
boy didn't get hurt much but somehow he got
his shoe Knocked of and h. don't know how
A. first didn't think | wus much hurt myself.
but now that Va got home feel / IN hurt pretty
bad Inside When the explosion nrat took place
i raised mo and everybody | saw about two
ieet nigh. IL seemed 10 me something fell on
tho building The sound wis like a dead thud"
Mr.. Stacey lives in Jersey City. and in his
opinion most OF the customers were j Jcrsey poo
pie on their way to the ferries. He also In X ks
That. with the customers. the number OF souls
In the store numbered about forty.
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FIGHTING IN CTB.f.
Nsws OF . spanish Victory Derived rreu
spanish sources.

An Havana letter. u.r"n Dec lo' says
The secret circular attributes. I" Mnr'Inez
Campos. and published in somc of Ia. Ne"
York papers. is entirely nporryphal Insur-
gents have themselves related that they saw the
General personally takc care Of wounded adver-
sarics left on tho field. Martinez Campos WINS
Mt Santiago de- Cuba and not ut Holguin. ut the
date the supposed circular was issued
body Of 25O Insurgents was lately encoun-
tered by n spanish column IN the neigli1orhood
OF Sanc,i Espirtu. After ali engagement which
lasted two hours. the insurgents were dispersed
leaving 90 dead and l2l prisoners. Among the
hitnr are two aides -dc-camp Of Maxine Gomez
aud "A officers. The Spanish had ~ Killed and
IL wounded Very important correspondence
wiz found on the aides -do-camp.
Tweny-three mon and seven women surrcn-
dcrcd on the nth instant nenr Puerto Principn
hnothcr prpminrnt insurgcnt. Mr.. Arsenic
sh authorities.
Great preparations are being made at the
pallc" OF the Captain General In Havana for
~" celebration of the Kings wedding next
month. Now furniture has been brought from
New York. and tho municipality who pays for
hli the rcnosAtiOns ana ornaments ia said to
have voted 100000 in bank bills for this pur-
pose
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In tho Chambers street Uosp,t.,.

In the Chambers Street Hospital the first
arrivals OF tho wounded were at Ga p NJ. and
seventeen of tho injured arrived there by ca
A large crowd surrounded the door, watching
the patients as they were removed from the am
balances. and admittanccs were granted TO
number whose relatives were missing until the
waiting room became packed. None were ad-
mittcd to see the patients until their wounds
were dressed. and mothers. wives. and sisters
waited tearfully for the opportunity. but no vio-
lent manifestations of grief were displayed
Nine OF the seventeen were sent to the New
York Hospital after their wounds were dressed.
The most serious Of the cases in there are those
Of Thompson and Conners. The injured boy
Frank Boldt said that he waa descending tho
stairs ~ the explosion occurred Te was
knocked into corner IN the ground story. and
ar. a. ne %ilnmeS % played before him. be was sud
what means. Young Roedeckcr was running
cut OF tho building when the ceiling fell on him.
Augusta Iinhurt. he said. was also in the frat
story. She fell and had her wrist wounded.
Gustave Meister. one of the wounded boys
jumped irc.m two-sinrv window. after bai"'-
.SSincd .S In The head. face. and arms, but was
and John Baum escaped into tho adjoining
building through hole which was conveniently
blown through the wall.
. Inquiries We're made for Lizzie O 'Brien of AZ
rreenwlch sYeet who had not returned to her
home; hon . mm. Benne,'. aged Y; whose mother
George and Albert Krurncry Of 81 Avenue b.
Peter and Antoine Stark. GEORGE Schneider,
aged 20, Of Ais Fifth street; De Witt T. De For.
aged iS c Jersey civ and s August n TroxiidgT iilg
aged 10. Ql 5l5 Fifth. street.
Eiward Hal and Elias Williams. nremen. had
slight contustons and burns. but returned to
duty after they were dressed. D. J. Murray OF
g. Mnr,,aK street, = nrcman On thc, INSURANCE
severe abrasion Of the shoulder. He also re-
turned ~ duty alter II was dressed.
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BROOhLrN's EytIsE MONEY.
h""or"" trreg"i"riiies How One IJceuss
rec IL Alleged to Have been Used

The BROOKLYN Police Coatral one Officials
were ,Neri~i yesterday hv The rnnorad rrcsulari, D..
th' kN'i- Burau, hut nl Information nn the -,,,.
was unbstani The runior seems to Aav, been =. ,r,
'' "i''"' any i"uhlhuun mat Nnce Wa. " anoat tina
"'''" "e d'n'um TRANSACTION have bc made pbl,e
J. Dc 'ud iha south Brooklyn saloon knci-sr rho had
p"it"i"r hotel i'cen c,Icd NJ the ofir, f,r day,
ago. @nd showing receipt sllnod p II Briggs ne,
!. ma. Hart asked why his l4en-, had not h.n
mtnri a. cNininniion of ihr books slow,d that ns
'htN hdl rrh made ui TIE money rhD tninmi =.
',nl 90, pa lessctt cl'rk in - Thona. Wsrt who
s.h'' hr new b"trl came into power. has been d.,
NN-,' N"l blt fflJ tltl rttrivtl that Mr. II,rS
V"hI"--'d tidl u" had taken tho money iieinu ,ru,
I"N embarrassed but that ir lu ui.t 10 nN itI.,L
We 'nW .Whl-sl"nci~ personally aud .ahd that he Ia II
hnlfh hhNi- retained the - .h.ld iU-tnh 80
etlt 10 whom h turned t.e money, Iasgeu h@,r,
l his 'asni'r lie insisted IN his rntir, innocrnce
hN Naii l'ht l"tt'U had promised return the nnne,
IN shufl linr IL ggct has been isns for ma. t.vs
MI rnmnred that hr has ot the ritv H- witc va,
Htue fohr' irntral Once ycstnrda, look I'M, Tor him
ln' commissioning cannot tell how many SIMILAR cnses
uee arr IN which iquur dealers are selling on receins
VIM" the money that they pai AMI thrIr ,tpi,nstf,
l9l licenses lhht tc' made have t-en nckopd bv FNrir
WI lcHuie visit to AL OF the saloon, "a
hlonh 70 i. rnine what the esa. f,c- sfr In reI
@ non 10 M nlaeI sheet iein. nsle ~ from ihs
N""F n inc BAGS Burau The lrii,t,nc, II an, g 4.
iet-' - thought TO be- only few hundred dollsrs
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Last evening reporter for The Sun ap-
preached Chief Fisher. who stood. lamp in
hand. covered In the dust and smoke. The
Chief said: Thank God we're safe The
first suspected Of the walls caving in, was
while and my men were In 65 and 81. l had
given the order to play on the ruins
when suddenly there was tremor. turned
to Capt. Munroe. who said Get the men out
Chief the building is coming down. gave
he order. and the men Jumped to the roof.
Mncn VIZ got there. the roOf WAS swaying and
shouted TO the men to keep up their pluck and
run for their lives. Capt. Munroe was the last
TO ,vi,I. ,,eaxe the btoppline buildiIs'
When We first got TO the bui1ing II was ali
amaze; Capt. Munroe ordered us boys TO raise
NJ H., "uu,ersi ue,ni aEu encopragcd us to hurry up.
trn-foot ladders on to the buildings
Tins whe word wSs rassed to break anil open all 6e
where h, bank stood and forced The windows
open, Whiie raising ,ne .win16ws We ncar;, a
boys voice shrieking "a # in pain. Turning
der % an We iron i1"nn rater sSwa5 rusndd snS cubv Ip
il,s s9y sn4 J carried him r iay arms ID down
iet MIN. | returned to the fire. AT that
nnms nrs there We're a number Of men.
passed "aS Down sr about on xty s9e o and
Ladder 10 and Engine % would have bSea 1 eS.
Mall when II gave way: hc Just missed death.
Ihht run on the roofs OF Nos. 65 and 81 will
never be forgotten 10y the lads"
Capt. j. II. Munroe. cx-Chef 81 Battalion
said; When we got here the buildings were
on fire. We raised the ladders to the awnings.
on which stood number Of men. girl-. aud
bows. ordered my lads 20 fall in line and take
N" people of. We must have taken down about
thirty people. Then | ordered my men to Jump
Tor the roofs. The people stood there apparnnt-
" uumbioundci. some men were ing Hat ns
u rHrnlvZ'd. The nremrn were taking down
IN" pepplc the best they could. ] think about
forty men and women were lost altogether"
Fireman Gilnartin OF Engine Company 90
said: went w the ladder. There were eight
or ten at the window. The first one got hold Of
ran down with to the street, and. dropping
him. told him to go ahead. The poor fellow
moaned. and exclaimed. I'm the fireman: |
have leg and arm broke. and can't help my
self then picked him ny and carried him to
the coffee store across the street and laid him
on some bags. | helped second and
third person down. AZ aoon as they
GOT down they ran away. As was carrying
nown william Thompson OF l2s Ninth street,
Brooklyn in my arms. man jumped out OF
the window and struck me on the shoulder
Knocking tho poor child out OF my arms and
telling mo To- the sidewalk. What h-,camo OF the
boy don't know. | returned 10 the ladder and
saved German Peter " East Fifih street aud a
MIR. stark Ol tho same street
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The following ia a list OF the wounded in
the ho-pitis

ie following Ia "a list Ol the wounded in
the hospitals:
william rhomps,r rgcd H. ~ Ea.t ninth street
sf burns of lace and foot confusion u hoa and con
cu--lon of brain
John Baum aged ~. g3t Seventh street head face
ai,c hutl arms bIrn' but not badly
Peter 'rrtnHnn. AGED ~ 2ip Third street head face
body. nndbuth nrn- burned No, =, i.nus
Matnn Vnnn,r- aged - "a f,ari street scHl1rl 80.
Ncf.N on iae" Arms, head. and boy l. IA d-nso rois
condition -
Frank Bolit aged H. 5ao gast Fourteenth street
OuA ~ -" -
iures 10 hoiit ~ "
Henry iicrrlck. ag,i IS ~ ~ Avenue n. burned ON
heal, lace and body No DANGEROUS.
uu.iaN Nvissr. aged ~ 52e iitih street head face
ana hoih arms ~cai1,i Not dtngt ron.
lo--'l IN schoenne~ali, AGED ~. married 5T3 East
Twelfth sirtst
Gentse SCHNEIDER aged 81 married as F.th street
Georss hoif. aged ~
George Hnu~'f. aged II M pas, rweinh street
htwar' 'ollius. Hrri ~ az Easi Tenth stt,-st
f.t.r @Hrk a9rd -, t1ltmnu oi tho ir.t slDry mar.
rici. 'sa ti'th street - ~
jos uh t.lu klrr. aged u 2ip Third street
Prank htxan. aged ~. ~ Washington .trest
ue"rsr , Adams. roman. ~ ~ Marx. place, head
hAch. legs ani arm badly burned
scA.itA ~
burned on back f
fhiI Rli,i PrstAycnuo and Fiith street head hurni
An Internal in|ufn.
H.tnsni l.'n1nan, las or,hanl street eg broken and
nc I'll torn from arms
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Younx Queckberner,. Story.

Charles Anthony Joseph Qucckberner, an
employee of Sarioy. the photographer. says
that he was passing Broadway and Barclay
street when the explosion osurred. 1t was
about twenty minutes past five The noise was
like the bursting OF a cannon" He looked
down Barclay street and saw big globe of fire
rising In the air This globe went up several
hundred feet. as 1t seemed 10 him. before 1t
dropped, It was followed by thick trail OF
smoke. When young Queckberner .Jt 10 tho
three policemen. had collected there. Several
men and boys could be- seen through the flames
and smoke in the upper part OF the building
making efforts to escape. The crowd looked Oh
without. making any attempt 70 rescue them.
The hasN, made but little headway
they seemed 10 Queckberner to burst out al
over Some persons in the crowd shouted TO
tho men and boys on the top floor to lump. One
man Jumped and fell into an area Aladder
was. brought, from Greenwich street and placed
against the burning, building. One boy came
down 4 with the ald Of Quekb,rner but the
enveoped in fire. Queckberner says that he
ran up the ladder. and brought him down in
his arms. The boy w'ts badly burned about the
faco and arms. and WIS crying. Oh. my nooki"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-21
THE HUNTsyTLLE BURNED 1T SEA.
All ON Hoard Escaping In Boats aud 1aksa
60 this Port by riIot Bost.

Pilot boat Washington. No. 22, arrived In
the bay yesterday afternoon with the officers
and crew OF the steamship Huntsville. which
was burned at sea on Wednesday. Capt
faircloth. the master OF the Huntsville,
reports that she sailed from Savannah for this
city on Sunday afternoon. On Monday morn
Ing. while bearing west from Cape Hatteras. she
met with strong northeast wind and a heavy
sea. At % o'clock on Wednesday evening,
after passing Absecum Light. and with Little
Egg Harbor 10 miles distant. bearing northwest
by west. the alarm Of fire was sounded. The
fire was discovered TO be- In the after
part Of the foro hold. The main en-
gne was stopped. the steam and deck
pumps started. snd several streams of
water were thrown on the fumes. They gained
rapidly. and in seven minutes from the time II
the alarm they burst out OF the hold. driving the
engineers and iirenen from their ;u-ts Tho
steam pump amidshlps was. kept going, but il
the deck and deck houses and In forty minutes
.I.he ofii"Ai5 anu men took TO boats. AMI wcre
picked up at midnight by the pilot boat Wash
lngton. The Huntsville had no passengers.
Tho steamship New York. bound for New Or
leans. lay 10y the Huntsville until tho pilot boat
came UP.
The Huntsville was built by westervet Of this
cit, IN 1857. and was owned 10y Il. Sturgcs 4
Co. She vas propeller Of lOl tons
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All will probably recover except Adams, whose
mead. arms, and legs are In n very bad condi-
non. HIS account ~ his escape Is as follows
cream department WAS. Shortly after o'clock
while standing ovcra caldron. heard a kind
that drove the floor up from the stanchions
The next remomber Is falling among Denms
and ralters great distance. and being fright
fully scalded."
Philip Ridel lay upon the next cot with his
head. except the features, entirely covered with
as II the explosion blew tho front Of tho
building OF the sides collapsed thus letting
the floors down. The boy Henry Sunday said
second. Though badly scalded. he ran 10
window and jumped into ynrd and then ran
thrnugh liquor store TO the street. He Is
In great pain.
=, Inquiries were made for f. Brady OF $40 East
Frank Schatzlnc OF 791 Washington street and
the two sons Of Mr.. Krumery.
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JOT1INGS IBOUr TOWN.

arrived last evening ~" '"'~
The attendance at the Loan Exhibition In the An.d.,
o Dvssh, lAst tNenns, Mils lHrgtr than ever bere
Kerr kellner 10 = desk factory At iDi snd ,os
day. ' - ''' '"''' |Ns"r
, Cen Edwin Merritt entered upon his dutie. a. sur
NNnr NeSl fhay James l. Bcnrdlct Is u he r.in,I M.
AWil'or' ana cpl burton Ms Deputy surveyor -
nowhrd smith President of Republican ASSOC attain
IN bt"ukhn, was removed : Custom lI,usa
'premall yesterday by order from NsslIns ton
Mes-rs Johns Brown, Clark ami n n Pnc.,on
w,re appointed by the canal boat owner. We serdaS -
"Ne measures looking 10 reduction ui canal tOlls ~
Te body Of the man who died in the lodging hou.e a,
<F thst lwtnt"t street VAS recognized We -
utl u frfdinanh Nirt< of - Sew York aycne N,w,ts
lie had EVIDENTLY taken poison.
me far IN the Academy of Muse under the ausnlce.
oi the tuugrsAtun AhnWath Chess Mtl cio.. - = ,
dhi ana saturday, the Philharmonic Sn.ty hiVin. -
NiouslN thsdtrd The building its nj ..i go,
O'Clock A NJ. " '"'"' :" :"
E1"ari Gump n 2j3 Seventh avennc took arscri. o,
N.Nn'~'lN NM Nrl IN die New lnik Hospital Ije
was Mtr'hrd ~ lang hrinch III, rial n.inr i,, snj
% hNNaid lump Cun'u uci- rnl AT Antwerp he 49,
~lin,tl hs name. ''' :" ~
Mhtby's choice picked and fraeh oysters for
sVr ,l-diS - ''"'''
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And he want on, ,ho.u.x u,,u..,
whole thing was tbe WY sr,~L ~ 10 u"cidres ,nat tn9
wont ou, orn ~, 'nnl tne noiiers exploded He
boilers wera Iona,o WI ""iA II says wnere ,he
tberc ,ver. ~, anu ulu nOt h0tlce tnat
He declare. nj" tho, eh's .ho o. an explosion there.
licensed and the bes, in ne was regulnfly
sober. steady man Ie ca,, sa ,n9 Souin.ry; ana
eynlosion u,os ,, ~ nnVt me SannVt peIinVe mat the
M hi iibii - WIS W % ,mc rueln Ihuit lie says
sons Iam,'s o, W.. ,fn,eu WIN stationary kero-
nias direatsd Tbe ~, ~ .he an1uranco conlpa.
In sni,v Iua ny ny on iYr tnese lnmps was kept
Coiiewa ,sa. ,on innh uuuer tne siuewnlk on the
s,hhoso phce sue Iho nrm consisted OF tho
n"ant .n. rnnu svns' lnoy mao IN thoir employ
with tho Az ths' nahus' az they were very busy
si,,a ' c' .,v nonuny IHus. ne KNOWS OF no eNplo.
svG tGomp2unds used IN the manufacture and
souiJ teiI ca,a ,n, ,ma t,le shocs SO lhr ns ne
ro;nod "a, H. v'o iym 1 apVNe, anu lumeG iatcIy
savs ba soy ny, "p1n - i,h H. .i,s snower oi ire ne
VIZ uot w nni as z. sne Sevcnty men employed
tbcm 6nvr Jaan ,i,ey "Vu.u n''s. ,,,,i 0i
onIv si,oh, scnrchin, hileu. Nslson gvt cn, WIN
~ bis hnnts '' VI 'ho o'es uhu tue run
co,,,,;yst ureennclu. tne other brother. was
was in The Act of az .g uninn nsTSy s'rses @ SIZE
the the store with the money in his hand amount.
He also says his arst sensation WAS ~ T''ibv, tbc
shower OF flames from abcve lie S,"Dnot ,,o h,,oa
money. no does not know how and sryombln5
out the Barclay street side He hardly knows
how he got out He WAS only slivhtiv n,, In tIs
hand. 0"'' ''e was on'' e'sno' cut III inc
Mr.. Joseph Monyea who was n friend ~ tho
Grcenflelds, was purchasing some candy anil
stood only n few feet from the oldor Grrcnfeid
He also says that his first sensation was Of this
the ceiling. The shock seemed 10 come from
above entirely He was only sIiuhtiv hurncd
on the head and attributes his esrane from
further injury TO the fact that he had his hat on.
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IIfE TENS B.iTILE.
Ono Hundred and Finy "r the Fighter. fs-o-.
tho Other side.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ~. .- Representative
Mills OF the Texas delegation has reeeiv.d the
following despatch. dated Austin. Dec. 2o. and
sighod hy John Il. jones MAJOR commanding
the Texan State forres.
My Lieutenant at III paso informs me that
100 OF the mob which fought him at san
Eh@ario and Killed three OF his men and three
citizens. and tn whom h. wn- forced 1, sur.
render. wcre Mexican oitlzeus. from MeNito
II" T. reliable; give you this by droctiUn OF
Mr. Mil. has information. also that prayiou.
To me Hight MAJOR Jones found Mt san Elistrio a
regular Mexican officer drilling those who
fought the State troops
Secretary McCrary said this evening that the
only difficulty remaining IN the Ill faso out.
break turned upon the trial Of the rioters
rms must be a farce II conducted hy the lo'ai
authorities. who arc IN sympathy with them,
ana 1t might be necessary to use u military
court. ''
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Another Eyewitness. Account.

An eyewitness gives the following do
scription Of the explosion:
was passing Greenwich street at $40
o'clock yesterday when was startled by a loud
report that shook all the houses and shattered
the glass in the vicinity. I ut first supposed
1t was an earthquake. but on coming to
myself l saw paving stones and debris
flying IN all directions. The flre soon en-
Ve'npoa ,i5 niii1iigs IN the vicinity
oi Barclay street and College place. and amid
tne smoke and flames n number OF women
young and old. could be seen. They were hys-
get the heartrcndlng cries Of those Door eirls
From one Of the upper windows several girls
Jumped down; others tainted in the attempt
Ono young girl in a blue dress jumped into the
fiames from tho third story. Another. who
seemed not 70 be- over thirteen. held out her
hands beseechinely for help. She attempted to