National Republican., 1880-07-16
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
A Horrible Casualty in a Welsh Col
Iiery.
One Hundred and Seventeen Lives Lost by
an Exploslon-Not one Lett to TEN the
siOry-The Great Trcnch National
Fcto- DE Lcsseps Canal
Union of Pcru and
Bolivia Proposed.
Terrible Mining Disaster In wales.

LONDON, July 15.--An explosion occurred
at twenty minutes past this morning In the
London and South Wales colliery oompany's
new blackveiu pit at Riscs, six miles iIom
Newport. The shock was violent. 1t is sup.
poeed that l19 men wero in the pit at the
time, and there is scarcely probability that
any will he saved. Al about 5 o'clock the
bodies Of thrcc unfortunate minors were found
near the bottom of the shaft, but they have
not yet been brought up. The force of the
explosion was terrific, blowing TO atoms the
vcnLilating lau in the upcast air blast. There
is no hope that the men below can exist
Ventilation Is being restored with tho view Of
exploring Ia search Of tho unfortunate miners
The scenes about the mno are reported as
Leartronding. There is large throng of
people present composed in great part Of the
relatives aud friends of the Imprisoned
miners. Among tbem arc many women, who
are bewailing tho fate Of husbands and sons
while children are asking anxiousY concern
ing their fathers. Everything possible is
being done 10 expedite the rescue oil the mon.
but scarcely any one hopes 10 dnd Que of the
miners alive.
A FORMER DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.
LONDON, July 1850 p. m.--The Cardiff
correspondent of the Press association tele-
graphs as follows: "rhcro Is some confusion
regarding the number of mon in the pit. A
recent calculation lessons It TO eighty, but
am Informed that 10 is not impossible that
over 200 cilliorJ bad gone down. The pit is
2S0 yards doep. All the machinery was new,
but tho blaek-vein seam is an old one, and is
well known in connection with previous OK.
plosious, QUO OF which la 1850 killed 1i5 per.
sons"
A careful examination of the company's s
books shows that 120 men descended into tho
pit for the nights shift.
Sir William Harcourt, home secretary, re-
plying 10 an inquiry in tho house of commons
| to-day, said he believed that 116 men perished
by the explosion.
1t Ks now certain that 119 persons have
perished in tho Riscs colicry. 1t is impossi.
BILE to say whom the bodies eau bo safely
reached.
The French National Fete.
PARIS, July 15.-The national feto was q
brilliant success Whom tho booming cannon
at o'clock in the morning ushered in the re-
ocing the city had been profusely decorated
with triumphal arches, flags, banners and
strcamerS- The cnsgps of England, Americ.,
| and other nations mingled with tho omniprcs-
ent tIicoior. Tho fashionable quarters of the
city, though not absolutely bare, were very
| sparingly beilagged. Nearly all the shops were
| closed. Tho ceremonies Of distributing the
i NhRh 10 tib HlNly OCcuptcu nulI an -Dour, HnI
about 500 were distributed, half.minute guns
| firing and bands playing After this part OF
| the ceremony was over General Forrest aud
| his staff Stationed themselves opposite Presi-
| don't Grevy, and the march past then began.
! The Algerian troops, the Xlusve3, tho Chas.
| seurs d. Afrique and the Spahis were particu-
larly applauded. Tho Infantry aud cavalry
won't past rather uncqua!ly. At night car
liage traffic was suspended, the streets toem-
ing with promenadcrs
| THE SITE OF THE BAsTILE
| was traced out in blocks of granite on the
ground Tho iluminaiions on the Louvre. the
chamber of deputies, the Palais du Luxem'
| bourg, and the bourse was very fine. The pri'
| vate iluminatiOns were as lavish as at the eS-
| hibtion festival two years ago. Around the
| colossal figure representing the republic q
shower Of bombs lighted up tho scene with
every color of the rainbow. Never within
the memory OF tho Parisians has so colossal an
effort been made to provide one Of those lcs'
tivities which are the surost way Of delight
ing Frencbmen.
| CELEBRATIONS OUTSIDE or PARIS,
Telegrams from Rouen and other large
towns show that the provinces manifested
as much enthusiasm as Paris. Ouy one short
shower at 0 o'clock in the eyening disturbed
| tho pr0monaders.
Rocheforts New Paper.
PARIS, July 15-Henri Rochefort's new
Journal DLatransigeaaI sold 19S,0O0 copies
yesterday, the first day Of its publication.
Rochefort declares to-day that ho intends to
dcmolish NJ, Gambotta.
The EIfiemen ut wimbledon.
WIMBLEDON, July 15,-In the Martin Smith
| prize competition to-day Farrow made 80
! His is the highest score thus far malo fol
single rifles. In the shooting for the Halford
prize at 1000 yards Rockwell made AZ, in
Guiding bulseyes. For the Curtis and Iar.
vey piize Brown made 80 out of possible 35
| lIalford is at present ahead in the latter com.
| petition with a score Of 81