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O'Clock hghtniur Ssruek sn iroa OIL tank
eou,A ming 1900 barrls OF the 1ld'onis
Pipe Company. located ON an em'renes
above Titusvilie The OIL Immediately took
Ere, acd lA,sr the dre communicated TO an
other tank Of The same sine. owned by the
sane company AZ | o'clock the burning
oil oyefaowsd aud ran down The hillside,
ssnsnuing everything in liz course. The
Octave l. anery and Acme Oh Works, one
OF the larstst rvnaeries Ia Tue SUiia' 10 nos"
burning. The Osl ran into Oil creek and
thraairned the des,ructignof q lssae amount
Of yroperty In the city, Persons sesiding in
ths neighbmh9cd have renewed their houSe-
hoA goods and gops to places 81 safety. Al
s o'clock the fFs was sun Increasing. hav-
ing reached Franklin and Washington
streets. and threatened destruction OF the
railroad bridge. Fire departments from
Covey. Oil Oiiy and Warren are 10 fhe city
in answer to telegram from the Mayor for
aid, and are acting with the fire department
Of Ttnsville. At 7.o'slock bnildings along
both sides OF Broad street were burning, and
about 100 600 barrels OF OIL The estimaed
total loss so foris about $500. 900. There IL
great excitement in the eiiy; bot the buti-
ness portion at this hour 10 believed TO be
safe, being mostly composed Of brick bnjlo-
ings. At 10 o'clock another iron tank burst
and set fire TO the franklin street bridge.
The Octave Refinery, on the north side, is
now in flames, and the fire is spreading
rapidly. .-al
BRADFORD, Pa. June 14.--The FIRE at
Titusville is under control. A tank made an
overflow at 8 o'clock this morning. des.
80, L. foi1r hat thaA a.,
finally subdued. The total loss aggregated
$4,000 The losses of the Acme, Oil
Company with stills, refined oil, etc., are
$650.000; Keystone and Pickering and
Chambers. with still, tanks and oil. $50, 600;
Tideoute T,usville pipe line, five tanks
and oil, $l25. 600; David Emery, tank aud
oil, $4,000; Pttsburg, Titusville and Buff
10 railroad bridge, $1,000; Franklin and
Perry street bridges, $1,000, ani about thir-
ty dwellings, and buildings. The insurance
is comparatively nothing. "a 1NhT8
e.nr.a..i Notable Deaths. Y4EEplrE =
WILMINGTON, June 13..-Ex-Senator Jas.
A. Bayard died this morning.
MEMPHIS, June 13.-Ex.Governor Albert
G. Brown, cf Mississippi, was thrown by q
horse in apond near his home last evening
and was drowned.
v Fearful Collision. ii'f
New YonK, June I2.--The steamboats,
Stonington and Narragansett were in colli-
sion last night on Long Island sound, near
ths Connecticut river. The vNarragansett
TOOK fra and sunk. Most OF her passen-
gers were rescued, scattered along the Long
Island shore. Both steamers belonged to |
the sanie line. The Narragansett was on a
regular trip from New York to Ssonington,
and the steamer Stonington was returning |
to NevSYork. The collision occurred about |
1I5 P, NJ, of the Connecticut river. The |
Narfagansett sunk In four fathoms OF water. |
The passengersef both steamers were trans |
ferred to the steamer City Of New York OF
the Fall river line, Boston, and they ar
rived here at lE,l5 this morning. 1t is i'm |
possible TO ascertain at present the loss OF |
life. ..i,,-..esH
PassenEsr's Statements. Z
A passenger says that there were between
400 and 500 passengers on board. That all
the births and stateIoDms were engaged and
that there must have been great many |
lives lost. He adds that the steamer
Narragansett was running at pretty fair
rate ofspeed at the time, as was also tho
Stonington. She struck us amidships and
raked us clear to the wheel. The force Of
the collision caused the Narragcnsett to list 4
heavily to port and in less than fye minutes
she went down as far az the main deck and
grounded. Shortly after that saw sheet
of flame shoot out Of tho engine room and
Immediately 1t seemed that the entire vessel
was on FIRE. This passenger ,says. that he
reached for salla1nch and two RATS, but
tailed, and then leaped overheard and
caught rope of one floating near on which
were five women and one child. The steamer
Massachusetts, of the Providence line TO
Boston, also reached the scene Of the disas-
ter and rescued many persons.
New HAVEN, June 1S.-Pnrser Samuel
II. Waldron,. Of the steamer Stonington,
passed through here this afternoon for New
York with nine Of the survivors. He assisted
in saving SO persons. he has q little girl
whose mother was lost, name unknown, at
his home in Stonington. He thinks the loss
Of life will not exceed thirty. gY .Tgl
tine Captain's Statement .g9
SrosrsG4os. Conn, June 14.ACaptain-
Young, the officer who was in temporary
command of the Narragansett the night Of
the disaster during the past two days has
spent the eptire time at the scene OF the nc.
cidept. He has said but little about the
collision and subsequent loss OF life, except
10 express that he was in bis proper CT urse
whom the accident happened, and that when
the facts are known no blame whatever can
be attached to him. He heard the whistle
Of the SloniDgton at intervals for several
minutes before the collision, but could not
exactly place her because OF her lights be-
ing indistiDguishable through the heavy
mist and fog. He was proceeding verJ eau
tiously at very low rate Of speed, expeci-
ing to soon pass the lightship of Cornield
liahk. He needed the warning of Mr.. Cook