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Show NEWS OF THE WORLD.<br><br> New York, Sept. 21.- The Times' Washington special says: In the office of the Second Auditor of the Treasury is a huge safe, in which from time to time during the war were placed valuables of dead Union soldiers, taken from the bodies of the slain on the battle field. The value of the contents was estimated at between $5,000 and $10,000. In most instances the names of the soldiers were unknown. It is now alleged that under C. F. Herring, a Massachusetts man, a protege of Henry Wilson, who died last winter having been chief clerk, the safe was robbed of its entire contents of bonds, money, jewelry, watches &c. [etc.] Not until after the death of Auditor French was the secret revealed. French was most eager for suppressing the fact of the robbing. It is by no means certain that Herring was the robber, as two others had access to the safe. Secretary Sherman has been quietly investigating.<br><br> INDIANAPOLIS Sept. 24.-A freight and passenger train collided on the Vandalla road, eight miles west of Terre Haute, this morning. Rankin, engineer of the passenger train was killed. B. W. Dihham? was fatally injured, and two others badly? hurt. The collision was on a bridge, and both engines went down with a terrible crash,10? feet below, carrying engineer Rankin and fireman Wm. Saunders; the latter was also killed, according to later dispatches. The freight cars were wheat laden and were smashed.<br><br> The loss by the collision is estimated to $10,000.<br><br> NEW YORK, SEPT. 15.- A fire in Brooklyn last evening destroyed the window shade factory of Robert Barrickle?, on Satwick? street, near Van Brunt, and the tobacco factories of Thos.[Thomas] Watson, 61 to 63 Sedwick street, besides damaging considerable of the property adjoining. Some workmen were forced to leap from the second story of the tobacco factory to escape the flames and two were severely injured. Police officer Cullen was slightly injured by the explosion and Samuel Atkinson was severely wounded by the fall of a shed. The firemen were driven from the engine by the flames and it was consumed. The loss on the tobacco factories is $100,000. On the window shade factory $215,000. The losses are said to be covered by Insurance. Three hundred persons are thrown out of employment. |
