Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-20

in the rigging, as the cold caused them to
lose their hold and the waves tore the rig
| ging from their grasp. When he was
leaving the cabin he saw a gentleman
keeping q lady and two boys in their state
room. None of this party was seen after
wards. the cabin and all in it being over
whelmed in the sea.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. 19.-The
early train from Boston this moring was
heavily laden With relatives and friends
of the City OF Columbus disaster. But
little information could be gained re-
garding individual victims, and they
have since been wandering to and fro ON
the wharves, importuning all they met
about. the wreck. The revenue cutter
Dexter sailed with the tug Nellie for the
wreck and to search for the bodies. All
the bodies brought here on the Dexter
are identified except one. The Dexter
returns this afternoon, and until then
no further information can be obtained
from the wreck. H. A.. Phillips, assist
ant engineer of the City of Columbus
states that when they struck, Morrison,
| chief engineer, exclaimed: 1.-THE vessel
is ashorei" We shut down right off, and
| the ship backed of. Then we got bells
| to go ahead, and she drove right on to
the reef again. 1t did not seem ten
minutes before she sank. / had Just
time to get . life-preserver. The boat
was outside the buoy, but there was a
terrific current.
BosTos, Jan. ia dispatch from Capt.
s.. E. Wright says the wreck Of the City of
Columbus is q mile and q half from shore,
with her bow out of water, while her stern
lies in about four fsthoms. The upper
works are gone. II the weather moderates
il may be possible to ave some part OF the
vessel. Nlckerson, the President Of the
company, left Boston st 8 O'Clock this
morning on q special train for New Bed.
ford. He will look after the saved and
take charge of the bodies Of the drowned.
A dispatch from Woods Shoals states
that Capt. Wright has become violently
insane.
The tug Storm King and the revenue
cutter Dexter are storm-bound, the
former st Woods Shoals and the latter at
New Bedford. A driving snowstorm pre-
walls and the weather is very thick.
Debate ON the Fitz.John Porter
BILL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1s.kThe House met
to debate the .Fitz-John Porter bill. Gu
theon, a member of the Minority Commit
tee on Military Affairs, said it was embar-
rsssing to stand and hear the opinions of
military men SO distinguished as the gen.
tlemen from California and New York.
Rosecrans and Slocum, and to differ from
them in regard to military matters, but
the embarrassment disappears when it is
remembered that the principal question in
the case is not q matter of military STRAIT
egg, but the sitting of facts. The coun-
try had drifted away from the stern resli-
ties of the period Of war into a period of
profound peace, and the further they
got away from the period of war the
stronger became the sway of sympathy,
and the weaker the dictates of reason. II
is not for the House, sitting as an august
tribunal, to be swayed by the feeling Of
sympathy.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Jan. 19.-The boiler
connected with the shoe mandatory and
tannery of E. Y. and 1. E. Wallace, blew
up, causing the death of four men and
injuring several others. The machinery
was u by a 120-horse-power engine with
three boilers. Eight or ten persons were
wounded, and Patrick Barry, aged 20
years, is missing. 1t is supposed he was
killed when the explosion occurred. The
boiler was protected by a brick wall in the
rear of the leather house, passing through
the base Of a ninety-foot chimney, which
fell, burying Hoitt in the ruins. All the
bodies are badly ~disfigured. The tannery
was partially demolished, and the build
ings in the vicinity were badly shaken.
\ Destructive Explosion.
Boston, Jan. 19.-An explosion, prob
ably gas, last night in 157 and 159 Hanover
street, completely demolished the build
ing, blowing out the front and sending the
roof across the street. William Condi OF
East Boston, and A.. H. Blake OF Chelsea,
passing at the time, were badly hurt.
The windows in almost every building on
both sides of Hanover street for a distance
OF " squares were broken. Nobody was
killed. The loss is probably SIS, 000.
Bank Assignment.
LEADvILLE, Jan. 19.-The City Bank Of
Leadville made an assignment for the
benefit of the creditors. The bank has
been in difficulty for the past year. The
failure creates little excitement. The loss
is confined almost exclusively to the stock.
holders and directors, who will realize
about fifty cents on the dollar. 1t ia
alleged that all the other creditors were
paid before the close.
An Assignment TO CredftOrsJ
New YORK, Jan. 19.-Wm. Fl. Guion, of
the late firm of Williams & Guion, made
an assignment for the benefit of individual
creditors. The firm of Williams & Guion
yesterday dissolved in consequence OF the
embarrassment. VIM. 81. Guion's liabili-
ties, it is rumored, are 50, 600, 0G0.
Bound and Gagged.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Jan. 19.-Three
masked men entered the County Treas
urer's Office, bound and gagged the
Treasurer, and robbed the safe of $500
cash and unindorsed checks to the amount
of $50, 1000.
The Billiard Contest.
PARIS, Jan. 19.-The vignaux-Schaefer
billiard contest ended in q victory for the
former. The score was: Vignaux, 5000;
Schaefer, 2,868. Vignaux's best run to-