Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-03-21
EASTERN NEWS.
Efforts Being Made to Adjust OYER
land Railroad Fares.
ANOTHER NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION
IN Pennsylvania.
A Fatal Accident on the Texas
Pacific Railroad.
TWO STEAMBOATS, COLLIDE ON
NEW YORK WATERS.
A City Hail in Massachusetts, Quilted
by Fire.
AMERICAN MINERS KILLED BY
APACHES IN MEXICO.
TWO STEAMBOATS, COLLIDE ON
NEW YORK WATERS.
A City Hall in Massachusetts Cutie:
by Fire.
AMERICAN MINERS KILLED BY
APACHES IN MEXICO.
SPECIAL TO TIL SENTINEL
The TranscOntfnentai Railroad

War.
New York, March 20.-The trunk lines
are trying to adjust their through rates
west to Chicago, but there is no uniformity
about the rates; 80 they have issued no rate
sheet for several days, although notice
was sent to the various trunk line agents,
ordering them to sell first-class limited
tickets to San Francisco for $50, with an
exclusive ticket to Council Bluffs. which
will entitle the buyer to SIS rebate at San
Francisco, and second.class limited tickets
at $44, with an exchange ticket at either
Council Bluffs or Kansas City. with a re-
bate of $40 at San Francisco. These rates
on first and second class tickets are aver
age rates. The New York Central and the
Pennsylvania are charging a little more.
The Pacific Mail contract, With transcon-
~tinental lines, expires to-day, and the $780,.
coo per month which has been paid the Pa.
citic Mail ceases. 1t is authoritively stated
the Pacific Mail will not enter the fight for
California freight business, because it ia
said it's steamers run fully loaded with
local freight, which. pays them better than
/ California business at the present rates OF
freight. Agents of the various lines have
practically agreed to guarantee freight
rates until next Saturday. Information re-
ceived by the agents of the Morgan Steam
ship line is to the effect that there is no
strike at any of the points reached by the
Sunset route, nor is any apprehended.
The Burlington route, which announced q
rate of $40 for round-trip tickets from the
Missouri river to San Francisco and re-
turn. good for 80 days, to-day restored the
rate to $50. A meeting of the Executive
Committee Of the Trunk Line pool trans
acted no business of importance. They
discussed the westbound business, but de-
cided or nothing.
Another Natural Gas Explosion.
P~ITTsBURGH, March 20.--By an explo-
sion Of natural gas at Murraysville, West
moreland county. this afternoon. seven
persons were injured, three fatally. The
explosion was followed by q fire, destroy
ing seven dwellings. The names of those
fatally injured are: Mrs. Harry Taylor,
VIM. Taylor, Mrs. Taylor's fa~ther-in-law
and Nellie Hanken, q young girl of IA
years Of age. OF the others injured three
were children of Mrs. Taylor. They were
quite seriously burned, but physicians say
they will recover. The CHARTERS Gas
Company was making connections from
McWilliams' we'll. the Rearer. just as
they struck their main line the heavy
pressure caused a break in the pipe, and
tho gas escaping a large volume soon
filled the air and the houses in the vicin-
ity. Before the break could be repaired
the gas caught fire from a CRATE in the
house Of Mrs. Taylor, and the explosion
followed. Mrs. Taylor, with her three
children. fsther-in.law and Miss Hanken.
were seated on q porch in the front of the
house. They were enveloped in the flames
and terribly burned. The house took
fire, and the flames quickly spread to ad-
joining buildings, destroying seven in a
short time. McWilliams' we'll caught fire,
and is now burning ~fiercely, the flames
, leaping fully 200 feet into the air. There
is great excitement, as it is feared other
! wells in proximity will be ignited.
7 A Fatal Railroad Accident.
Fort WORTH, Texas, March 20.-This
afternoon an accident occurred on the
Texas.Pacifc railroad at Iowa Station, IA
miles west of here, which resulted in the
instant death Of Engineer W. II. Metcali
and Fireman Dick Clark. 1t was the
, through passenger train from Ell Paso to
st. Louis. The engineer, owing to the very
bad condition of the road, a consequence
| OF the strike, they were running about 16
/, miles an hour, when the pilot struck some
thing. knocking the fire box from its posi-.
+ ton and causing the boiler to explode.
I Metcalf was hurled go feet and Clark about
200 feet back Of the engine. The explo-
. sion ploughed out q huge hole beneath the
engine, into which the locomotive and ten.
der fell. completely wrecked. The express
messengers, mail clerks and a number OF
: passengers were badly shat. up. as heavy
> rains made the track of the Texas Pacific
!. worse than ever.
A Steamboat Collision. i
New YORK, March 20.-Late this after.
$ noon two heavily loaded ferry boats, one
e plying between this city and Jersey CITY.
: the other between New York and Hoboken.
d came into a collision in mid .stream on the
q Hudson river. The Jersey City boa
plowed q hole eight feet deep into the pro.
= jecting side OF the Hoboken boat, and for
: a time there was a panic among the pas.
sengers, aud wild rumors of loss of life
quickly spread throughout the city. Both
9 boats reached their docks in safety. and
d landed their passengers. Four persons on
n the Hoboken boat were injured. VIM,
t: DAILY, II years old. had both feet crushed
so badly that they had to be amputated
above the ankles. Mortimore Wright, Is
years old, of Jersey City Heights had his
. LETT leg injured so badly that itSwill have
to be amputaied. They will probably die
1t military Changes and Promotions
WASHINGTON. March 20.-In view of tn,
,e fact that Major General schofeld has ex
l. pressed a preference for the command O
N the Division Of the Atlantic il ia nov
thought likely Major General Terry will h,
assigned TO the command OF the Diyisior
of the Missouri, and Major General How
'e ard command OF the Division OF the Pa
tcinc. II is not probable, however, N,