The Red Cloud chief., 1893-09-29
PERILS OF THE SEA.
uAyT,AN wARsHlp GOES DOWN AND
EIGHT LIVES ARE LOST.

A Rrskeman's Biuuder Causes an Awful
Wreck on the wabash at Kingsbury.
Ind.-Eievcn Persons Killed and Many
Others Injured.
New YoRK, Sept. 24.-First Officer
Newman of the Prince wilhelm l., who
brosght the news Of the laundering OF
The Haytian warship Potion and tho no.
ported loss Of 80 souls, including many
diplomats, was seen aboard the steamer
which Is lying at Woodward Stores,
South Brooklyn. He gave further i'm.
portant particulars, which p%focludesa
doubt Of the catastrophe. Ho hkened
Che sorrow occasioned to that caused in
England by the loss Of the Victoria. He
said: "Tho general opinion seems to be
that the engineers were to blame. The
regular French engineers had been left
behind and n couple Of engi" GERS only
experienced In plantation machinery
were substituted"
Tho Potion was built in Toulon,
France, four months ago. She had been
In commission a month. She was of the
Mitralleusc type Of gunboat, about 100
feet long, with only five feet draught.
Her armament consisted Of a cannon at
Tho bow and two revolving ones astern.
A steal ram was applied to the Prov.
She was regarded rs ono of the most
formidable warships in the navy.
Terrible Collision Occurs on the Wabash.
KiNasBuRY, Ind, Sept. 24.-Eleven
persons lost their lives in a collision be-
tween a freight train and the Toronto
and Montreal express on tho Wabash
railroad at this station Friday morning.
A score Of others were injured, many OF
whom will die. 1t was the worst wreck
the Wabash ever had. To add to the hor-
fors of the terrible collision the boiler Of
the passenger engine blew up, scattering
human bodies and wreckage in all direc-
tons.
List OF the Killed.
J. II. MCKESNA, butcher. of Hyde Park.
HARRY FRENCH, 10 years old, member OF
Orphan Bellrlngers, London.
CHARLES BEI,Bo, San Francisco.
Miss ALICE II. REED, East Boston.
Miss NELLIE Is. TUCKER. Newton, Mass.
CONDUCTOR JAMES COULTER of passen-
ger train.
ENGINEER JONI GREEN, Ashley, Ind.
WARREN g. RIDER, Phoenix, ARR.
p. G. ZELLE. Berlin, Germany.
B~AGGAGEMAN Lyons, passenger train.
j. ID. RouNDY, Lamoillc, Ia.
Property :wor,h $1,000. 900. Destroyed.
ST. JOSEPH, No., Sept. 27.-Three
solid blocks Of the finest business houses
Of st. Joseph are in ruins, and 81, COO. 900
worth Of property has been destroyed.
About 10 o'clock Monday morning &.
A. Purdy noticed a thin curl Of smoke
coming from the top floor Of the s.story
department house of Townsend & Wyatt.
BY tho time he could turn in an alarm
flames burst from tho entire top floor.
Whom tho fire department arrived it was
found tho water pressure was bad and
the fircmen fought at a disadvantage.
The entire building was o in flames
and Chief Kane saw there was no chance
to save 1t. A strong wind from the
north carried the flames across tho street
to the magnificent Commercial hank
structure, and 1t was soon in flames.
Tho Central Savings bank went next
and then followed the Central block.
CONSOLIDATION OF LAND OFFICES
Statement From The Secretary Of the In.
terror Concerning the Matter.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s,-Replying to
. resolution of inquiry concerning the
consolidation and di%scontinuance of the
land Offices in various western states, the
secretary of the interior sent q state.
ment to tho senate, showing consolida'