Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-11-01
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ACCIDENT TO A BUILDING IN ToMB-
 STONE.

TOMBSTONE, Oct. SU.--At {: :40 to- night a section of the Oriental sa> loon wall, on Fifth street, abou twenty feet wide suddenly gave away and fell. The first intimatio [ given was the cracking door casings | winch gave number of men sitting on the porch outside time to escape The wall fell into the street, carry ing with it'about forty feet of the porch. The report that man was buried under the debris set larg e number at work, but investigation showed the report to be false. Tn c accident was caused by waste pipe from faucet in the bar~roon un- dermining the foundation of the building Had the wall fallen in side death would have been occa- stoned, as the saloon was full of people 3; the time.
 ANOTHER NEWSPAPER CHANGE.
 PRESCOTT, Oct. SIS. N. Holmes has purchased the Arizona Miner from c. " Beach, and takes pos session tomorrow.
 A CLOSE CALL,
 CHICAGO, Oct 31-A displtch from Hawley, Minnesota, reports an accident on the Northern Pacific Railroad, arising from the econo> mical order promulgated by the company to remove the headlights from switches. The engineer of 9:45 cast bound train. confirming about four hundred persons, saw the switch open only 9 feet ahead, and reversed the engine and put on the air brakes and jumped The engine was ditched but the train was saved NEW YORK REPUBLICANS ENcoUR,
 AGED.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3i.-The Chronicles New York special says: Republican State Committee are hard at work Great confidence fsexpressed in the success of the state ticket. The difference be- tween the democratic factions en- courage them General Sharp says, assuring reports are coming in from all quarters of the state, prompting him to believe that the republicans will elect the whole state ticket. The demand for republican cam paign documents is unprecedented
 AN ExPLosIoN OF A PASSENGER
 TRAIN.
 LONDON, Oct. 3t.-At g o'clock last night an explosion occurred near Pracd street of an under ground station passenger train On the scene of the explosion considerable damage was done and about forty passen gers were b blrned and wound~ ed; rome dangerously. The rail> road officials express the opinion that the disaster was caused by the explosion of m lterial placed in one of the carriages of the train for the of producing q catastrophe. with the Pread street affair, an explosion occurred on the underground ra lway, bstween Char ng Cross and Westminster stations. The effects were similar to the praed station explosion; both are masters of great mystery anl is gen srally believed Of d FeliaU origin. RossA AND THE EXPLOSION IN
 LONDON.
 NEw YORK. Oct. 31.-O'Donovau | Rosa stated yesterday that the m, leTgronni railway explosions in ! London were the work of the fenian { Of whose movements he s appraised and that London would | pc in ashes probably before long.
 REPORTED KILLED. PARIS, Oct. Silt is reported that De Brazza, Preach explorer, has been killed in a fight in the Congo country, Africa.
 HORSE THIEF's FAST.
 EAsroN, Pa, Oct. 31.-Smun, the lorse thief, is in 24th lay of his ast n the Belvidere, N. J. jail; pu lso 4; gets very little sleep and has ost 30 pounds slnce his incarcerat- on. Smull intends to surpass Tan, ler's record by 10 days.
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