The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-11-20

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PoET townsend. Nov. IA tele-
gram .rcm Astoria 70 Msssrs Waterman
Il ha'z 0. This city. inform. them that
the steamer Mary Taylor which left
here Monday eveuinz arrived a. that
pl.ce this sitera0on. having made the
TIP in s57u. fyr;y fT1urs from Lare-
CALIFORNIA.
? SAY FBAScIsco. Nor lS--AIrived-
Ship Two bro:hers. from Seattle.
From additional reports eoncerning
/ the explosion in tunnel on the harrow
gauge railroad i: appears tina. three e1-
plosiors occurred. The first took place
=, 1870 PM., the second a. il:55 Pm {.
! and the THIRD a. l2.20AN- They were
changing shifts e. tie time ;ha. the
/ first explosion took place. II China
men have ben taken out, ell horribly
/ burned; q dead remain in the tunnel.
/ 4 Chin.nan named Ah Wo was taken
ont, burre! about the chest and injur-
cd Internally. He was found dead in
( his cabin an hour afterwards, strangled
with silk scarf. The Cinnamon say
| tina, be banged himself but the indica-
ton. are tina. he was straugled By his
friends TO pu. him Oh. O. misery.
There is . terrible scene Of suffering
in the camp and ruin all around the
mouth Of the tunnel. The engine for
pumping air is disabled. Broken sheds
and wrecked and broken timbers ara
scattered all around. Gas prevents
! any attempt TO recover bodies At pres
ent. Wo,k vii! y 3elgyed two months
| No blame il SAID TO attach 20 the con-
tractors.
1t is believed that the white men
taken from the. tunnel will live but
several Chiuameu brought ont are ia
, tally injured. The scene Of disaster Is
almos, on top of the Santa Cruz noun
tsins in a re giou where coal oil abounds
and where boring for wells is actively
prosecuted There is vein Of oil run
ming righ: through the tunnel aud the
soil can be ignited in some places. aud
will burn freely. Explosions Of gas.
fires resulting from the same. have been
Of frequent occurrence there, aud already
resulted 10 the loss of several lives.
EASTERN STATES.
New YORK. Nov. ia TriJHne re-
porter has interviewed Nunez Of the
Chilean Legation. who said; By cap
turing the por. of Pissgua the Chileans
have placed themselves between the
Peruvian forces a. africa, Tacna and
IQuique. At africa, which is some dis
lance inland. the Peruvians hsve about
$4,000 men. A. IQuiQue they have
probably 5000 l, will now be in the
power of the Chilesns, as they have
command of the SEA, to cat off supplies
for troops at Iquique. and thus compel
them to surrender They may also un-
dertake operations against the forces at
africa, which the Peruvians will be un-
able to reinforce from Iquique Chile
! has not so far borrowed dollar. She
has paid her way by Issuing greenbscks.
Peru is greatly crippled. She has no:
/ paid the interest on her public debt,
which i, 5000 600 0C0, since 1876
Nunez explains tia. the aim Of Peru
was To obtain complete control OF the
nitrate trade. and that the people in
the disputed territory are nearly all
| Chileans. He expects that tile recent
successes will compel Peru to sue for
peace,
WASHINGTON. Nov. ls-The follow.
ing is furnished BY the Signal Office :
4 few days ago the Signal Service was
violently attacked because at post on
the New England coast q warning flag
was flying while the sky was bright
and clear, with what on shore seemed
only brisk wind. Reports are now
IN and show that at the time the signal
WAS complained of steamer on its
way 20 the port referred to. ana near
II, was being wrecked at sea, and others
disabled and in distress. The recent
Nova Scotia hurricane was sweeping
near the place. To keep vessels out Of
storms it is necessary to show signals
outside of their track. The sun may be
shining while storm is raging within
fifty miles. The signal says only. BE
careful.
LITTLE Rock. Nov. l5.--A terrific
storm passed over portion of Crawford
county on Saturday last about 3 Pm
At Van Buren, the hail fell in an I'M
prccedeatei quantity. Hailstones were
found in the streets two by three inches
in dimensions. The center Of the force
seemed TO be near Natural Dome. six
teen miles north. The track of the
tornado was half mile wide. and a
clean sweep was made Of everything in
its path. Trees weretwirled like straws.
houses were nnroofed aud overturned,
and in places not even sapling was
left standing. One house was lifted
and transported out Of sight John
Newton was killed by his falling house
aud quite number had their legs or
arms broken or were otherwise Injured.
! AUGUSTA, Nov lS-A large number
Of Republican Senators ana Represent.
atives, supposed TO have been elected 8.
the last election, applied to the Council
today for permission to examine the re-.
turns: but that body. being engaged.
took the matter into consideration. The
Impression is gaining ground that the
majority Of the Council will prevent
tho Republicans from seeing the returns
until at least part Of the twenty days
bag passed. Il Is known that the re-
tnrns have all been submitted with 9
report aud accepted. The rebels are
determined that no Republicans shall