The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-09-01
LATEST FOREIGN News.
San Franctsco, Aug. 20, per s. s.
Ze0ldn8iu.
UNITED STATES.
FRIGHTFUL DISASTER IN NEW YORK
CITY.

CITY.
A five story brick building on
Park Place, New York, occupied by
ten firms, collapsed at the noon hour
on the 22d. A small cloud of vapor
was seen to burst from the ground
floor. This was followed by an
eruption, and a mass of brick, stone
and timber was hurled thirty feet in
the air. Then portion of the front
walls fell crashing into the street,
leaving not the slightest semblance
of what had been three seconds be-
fore an apparently strong and we'll
constructed building. Al the time
the street was filed with people and
heavily laden wagons and trucks.
Fire shortly broke out in the build
ing and it was some time before the
firemen could make their way through
the streets to work on the fire.
Many of the inmates saved them
selves by getting out of windows,
down fire escapes and through base
ment doors. At tie very latest the
number of missing was SO and "a
bodies had been recovered, of which
20 were identified. There are vari
Gus theories to account for the disas-
ter. One is that the vibration of
printing presses on one of the high
floors, added TO great weight of
machinery, caused the collapse.
City Chamberlain Train, whose
mother owns the building, believes
there was fire followed by an ex
plosion.
The Brunswick hotel, New York,
is to be demolished and in its place
will be erected the most magnificent
hotel in the United States. 1t will be
managed by joint stock company
of about 10000, 900.
Eiffel wants to build a tower for
the Worlds Fair like his tower in
Paris only much higher. 1t would
be nearly 1000 feet high. while the
Paris one was about $50
Frank Melbourne, the Australian
rain producer, is going to experiment
in Wyoming, and if he succeed he
will be given permanent JOB by
companies owning large tracts of
land.
The Cunard steamer Servia at
New York from Liverpool reported
the steamer Suevia spoken on the
31st, disabled with the less of three
of her propeller blades.
The United States will soon have
the following feet concentrated on
the China station: Alert, Alliance,
Charleston Ito be the flagship, Lam
caster, Mohican, Monocacy and
Palos. The Lancaster is on the way
from New York with Rear Admiral
Harmony.
1t is said that Claus Spreckels is
to be prosecuted for engaging Aus
trians to come to this country under
contract to work in his refneries.
Two of the men reached New York
last week, and are to be returned to
their country.
EUROPE.
Emin Pasha has been successful in
his operations in Africa. He has re-
occupied all the old stations in the
Equatorial province and seems to
have completely cowed the dervishes.
The prohibition of the export of
rye from Russia has been extended
to Finland.
Emperor William at a banquet in
Berlin said: "We all hope for peace,
and should war come it will not be
our fault.
Stanley is almost we'll from the IN
jury to his leg.
The latest is that $40 persons per-
ished in the Martinique hurricane,
exclusive of shipping fatalities.
Disastrous gales prevail on the
Spanish coast.
Sturgeon still fingers, but his
strength diminishes daily.