Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-18
PANIC STRICKEN.

PANIC STRICKEN.
Terrible Scare on Long Island Steamer
A Collapsed Flue Fills the Boat With
Steam-The Passengers Maddened With
Fright-Women and Child en- Ira ampled
Under Foot, and Many injured-Miscel-
laneous-Crimes and Casualties.
PANIC STRICKEN. af'
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE steamer, Ply
mouth Rock, on her morning trip to Long
Branch with some 1000 to 1,10O passengers
when about twenty miles from her destination
burst steam flue knocking open the doors OF
the engine room, from which an immense
volume of steam escaped. A scene of ter
rible confusion and terror ensued, the pas
sengers being madly panic stricken. In the
struggle for life preservers men were seen
to seize them from women. For about one
half hour there was scene of dire confusion
on the upper deck cabin The struggling
mass was wedged in, the doors being blocked
up, and to facilitate escape the windows were
broken out by officers of the boat and the
passengers passed through head first. As
soon as the panic had somewhat subsided the
band struck up and this helped to
reassure the passengers and restore
order. The tug Germania went to
the assistance of the Plymouth
Rock, and took her in tow. Before starting,
however, the steamers Schuyler and the City
of Richmond, also come up. The latter boat
and the Germania towed the disabled steam
boat some distance up the bay to smooth
water, where the passengers were transferred
to the City of Richmond and brought to the
city. In the panic q number OF women and
children were knocked down and trampled on,
but to what extenf'injured is not ascertained.
a MoKE MURDERED. s.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17.-Still another murder
has been added to the record of crime in this
city. About3 o'clock yesterday two negroes,
named ]. C. Clark and Henry Wise, got into d
row over game of cards in a low den on
Christy avenue, and the latter pludged knife
into the abdomen of the former, lnficting a
wound from which he died this noon. Clark
was advancing on Wise with an uplifted chair
ready to strike him when he was stabbed.
''NEwsPAPER UNION" OFFICE, OMAHA,
BURNED.
OMAHA, Aug. ia serious blaze occurred
about Q o'clock. The Newspaper Union
building caught fire from the furnace in the
basement, and was totally destroyed with all
the contents. Two other buildings also
burned. Total loss 1000. insurance $4,000.
BRAINS BLOWN OUT.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. ia very mysterious as
sassination is reported from Washington
county, Ill. A farmer named D. Dane, living
eight miles from Nashville, while sleeping on
bed near the door of his house, was awak-
ened about 10 O'Clock Monday night by the
discharge of a gun, and as he raised up in bed
to ascertain the cause, received a charge of
shot IN the head which blew all the top part
Of his skull off, killing him instantly. There
is no clue to the murderer. Dane was in
quite moderate circumstances and not known
to have any enemies.
CLOTHING FIRM SwINDLED.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 17.-The police commits
misioners of this city have learned that Sulli-
van, Vail & Co., N. Y, have been forwarding
cloth, under the impression that the goods
were for the police force. The matter was in
vestigated, and to-day, Mariate Boswell, clerk
of the board, confessed that he ordered and
received the goods. He was then dismissed.
1t is stated that Sullivan, Vail & Co.'s bill
amounted to $4,50O The cloth was received
here and sold here. Boswell has been clerk of
the board since its organization in 1868.
CAPT. HowGATE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Capt. Fl. w. How
gate, who arrived last night in charge of de-
tectives, is quite sick at his residence on Thlr-
teenth street. The deputy marshal has him
under surveillance, and will remain in the
house until some action is taken in the case.
No communication with Howgate is permit
ted from outside. The preliminary hearing
will be had before Judge Bundy in few days.
FORGED CHECKS.
New YORK, Aug. 17.-It is rumored in the
United States district attorneys Office that
number of national banks will be called on to
refund money to the treasury paid by them on
cheeks drawn on the assistant treasurer in
1867 or 1868, the endorsement on the checks
being fraudulent To-day the assistant dis
trict United States attorney called on the Mer-
camille National bank to make good a check
for $1O0, drawn in 1868 by Assistant Paymas-
ter Truesdale to Clifford A. Gould, of the
Nineteenth Illinois volunteers. The check
was paid at the bank and returned to the sub
treasury 1t has since appeared that Gould's
signature was forged.
ASCENDING wHEELOCK.
NEW YORK, Ang. 17.-Telegrams from
England sent to Wheelock's employers, this
city, state the clerk was arrested at Southamp-
ton by the Scotland yard detectives, and that
Wheelock is now imprisoned in London.
Most of the stolen securities and checks,
amounting in all to SIS, 900, were found on
his narSOn.