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» z " Bekiendtgiorelse. lEET bekjendtgjåres herved, at ) .Dlester Wiiliam F.Moore her as Stedet Dags Dato har opgivet sit Bo til Skiftebebandling. Alle og Enhve;, der have Naoget at fordre pan overnævnte Miunter Wil liam I. Moores 80, indkaldes herved med 6 Maaneders Varsel til at anmel de og beviisliggj"re deres Krav for un dertegnede Skifteret, Frederiksteds Skifteret St. Croix den Gtø April 1880. R. PETERSEN 1 o -AUCTION. . E-FT E R Begjæring as Præsident- P skabet for t. Croix vil. den. St. Croix Colonialkasse tilhérende Suk kerplantage - RUST UP TWIST, boliggende i denne Oes Nordside Kvartéer Litra: B. sub No. sad 6, metd Tilbehor as Værker og> Bygnin gerblive udbudttil Salg ved eenoftent lig Anciion, som afholdes paa Thinz stodet i. Chrisiiansted L6verdagen con . 17de April 1880 Kl. 1 Eftermiddågen. ; Conditioner og Øvrige Salget ved | r.ör?nde', Documenter ere til Eftersyn paa Procurator'A. Hinschells Kontor " iChristiansted. Christiansteds Auctionskontor dem 31te Maris 1880, F; T \n\n 'g O GHOTOAGT = dH the Bgr{ec 'co;zg}nggs¢gi¥ ;{s;pl;,pfr place, At that very mpwgept Ifaw & mau with bleeding hend, to which his Lands were cEasped} emergs from tie broken reof of the tur f(. whence also,’ almost immedi., ately alterwards, issved wreaths of emoke; pot’by soy méans dense, but very like the firsd,t’sfw‘-fninc curis which spring from . a newly:-lighted fire, At the neéxt instant there was a cry of * Fuoeo!” ond whilp some of the sailors mouutcd. the roof of | the turret to essist any comrades who might be in danger” within, others rapidly brought a hose and asmall hand fire-en. gine, which directed a stream of water into the turret. By this time I bad been ablete make some slight examioation, and found that while the roof of the turret was -raised and broken, the back wall -behind 'the guns, with its 22-inch solid steel plates :showed a rift which bad been torn open by ‘some resistless power within. Meanwhile -all alarm of fire ceased, and wounded men were brought out of the turret one by one, JTtappeared that no one was killed, but that two officers and seven men were ‘wounded, two of them dangeronsly. Still it was difficult to know exactly what had bappened. The muzzle of the gun, though 'degpresged, had not moved forward at all, mor was there cny mangling of the men’s ibodies. The only dangerous wounds were ithose on the heads of two men, and the only broken limb was that of 2 men who, being on the top of the turret, nad been struck by a loose stanchion, The idea which first cccurred to more than one mind was ihat the bydraulic press had fail ed, aad not for some time wasit known that the gnu itself had gone. The Italian officers never lost the gentle courtesy of their menners, and no difficulty was made to hicder complete examination of ths scere of the accident, which was unique, so far at least. as the expcrience of any ove predest assfsted him to judge. The gun bad not burst, in the ordirary acceptation of the term ; the interiorsteel tube bad been entirely fractured across at the puint where the enlarged powder chamn ber bégins to slope towards thas lesser part’ of ‘the bore—~the shouvlder of the powder ' chiamber, &3 it may be callod. The rest of the gun, composed of varions tubes made of coiled wroughi iron, had simply disengaged itself as a glass stop per might be drawn out of a bottle, and the tubes were not broken in the slight est degree. Each one appeared to be as sound as when it had been gliruok on ‘to 'its: fellows. The whole of the.-muzzle, together with the trunnions and the coils immediate!y behind the trun niope, even including the ivuer one which snrrounds the steel tube, remaioed fixed by the trunnions ty the carriage. The only movement of this mass bad been the de pression of the muzzle, which has been previously mentioved. The rest of the gun, ineluding the whole of the breech, coutaining the rear part of the steel tube, from the shoulder of the powder chumber backwards, had separated itself from the muzzle, portioo, and, being unsupported, had, yieided to the forcs of the discharged powder and been dashed backwards against the wall of the turret, displacing two of the plates, cracking the steel lining like a mirror, and crushing the heary wooden baeking through the gep made between the two plates. This extraordinary accident has showa that, the guo as it exists \Jossesses, an_ele ment of weakness in its lougitudinal con. struction, also that the enlarged powder chamber is, at least in its present forin, liable 'to longitudinal strain which has not been sufficiently provided for. It is how ever, on'y fair to remember the history of these guns. The contract was thet they should be abla to produce a certain effect, whigh they did easily with an ivitial velocity some, 300 ft. or 400 ft. less than that which is now, giyen to the projectile. I: is now a iong fiii ncq, the guos were ordered, and since th‘g‘q,mq of gnzif_ged powder chambers has bees introduced. . The tubes were bought and f“di!h‘»'x;w"'?- rmrg manufacturad before there wag auy, idea of erlarging the powder chamber. It @ay well be, therefore, that tha stepl is not thmg{l:n the breech end, and the idea may. 9gpßr td constructors of ariillery that the prfl? of shrinkage over the tube whore it is thigned by the powder chamber may have a unfioy} pp;ppj;%‘xs it more than at the thick er part, s‘l‘9. ereating noequal - tengions, which 'owtg LBt }h?.ghqq!get.gf tbe chamber, and prepare she tube for rapture at that point. The TSN "R OIS AYI®. 3 fAJHE - ALI H2LAL 4B D " fractare 4(1? tlje steel ifnbe is por?eotlly olean, eld has occurred jnat at the commencsment of ths front cone of the ocbamber; and as the gius, Were not originaily wade for ohambers, but altared afterwards *o nieel the latest deve!- '/ opments of scienoce, the acoident mayy perhaps, } ba of use in showing “that great caution moet ' ba observed in' chamberiog old gues not de. signed for the purpvse. I hope that I have made it plain to your readers that the gun bas - not burst ioto fragments, but separated into - two parts’ evoryining else remaining intaet. J There can be little doubt that the shot was out | of the muzz!e an appreciable time'befora the . | two parts of tho gon separated, otherwise not 1 a man ie the turretcould bave lived; while the actual resultis that not one has beeun killed, . and that two &t ieast who were standing at the forther side ot the turret have escaped with a ] fright and a little singeing of hair, The Italian ofiicersare showing a fine spirit on the oceasion. Signors Mattei and Brig, on the part of *he commiesion, sad Captaic Albis niy Director-General of Nava! Ordoance, say ihat in spite of this accident they are willing to l remain in the turreis whils practice goes on witl: the other guns, 2nd they bave telegraphed 1 to the Minister as Kome requesting that the | trials may be allowed to proceed by contiou ing the fire both from the damaged aft turret and the sound fore turret. S oot e S ——————————————————————————————————————————————,——— NflTI E E ! CT HE BARONESS JANE A. M. | ROSENKRANTZ will thauk all those who were present at the "“Easter Monday’s Pic Nic¢” at Golden Rcek, to send to her, all things which by mistake, have been taken away with theirs :—such us : Plates—Dishes Knives—Silver Spoons and Forks.— "Table Cloths and Napkins—Cork Sciews.— ¢ The Baroness herself misses sevo ral ‘things—as also o silver desert spoon marked W. R.—All those who have not got their things are requested to send to the Baroness, for perhaps they might be armong some strauge things . which already have been sent to her, such as. 2 pr. of Gloves. 1 Veil—Knives—Dßaskets—Towels Napkins, and can be seen daily after 12 o’clock ‘ Bassin, April 1880. et S e et e e . < AUCTION, [q T the request of the Presidemcy: ir) of Bt. Croix the Estate ~** ' - RUST UP TWIST, belonging to the Colonizl Treasury of St. Croix and situated in Northside Quarter Ltr. 5. - sub No. 5 ad 6, with appurtenances of works and buildings will be ofiered f-r sale at one public Auction to be held at the Court fiouse in Christiansted on Saturday the 17th April a. ¢. at lo’clock p. m. Conditions and other Documents concerning the sale aré to be seen at Lawyer A. Hinschell’s Office in Chris tiansted. _ Vendue Office Christiansted the 31st March 1880. L " H. A. JURS. E- S 8 0 Rl A L uiJ :11 :!F H £ HOUSTS and LOTS 28 J No. 24 Market Street, and Nos. 1 and 2 Hospital Street. For terms please apply to EDWARD MASTERSON Attorney to the Executors of the late EDWARD ROCHE. Christiansted, St. Croix 31st March 1880. W s = For Hent Witk possession on Ist April. AONIni; A THE COMIAODIGUS STORE No. 53 KING STREET, at present oceupied by C. R. JACOBS Lsqr. IFor particulass apply to W. A. CREAGH. e i it i UNCLAIMED LETTERS. FALD. % Andreas, Richard; Chenery, Ri chard ; Danalley, Dorothea; Dix ,Ro beri ; George, Louisa; Green, Cathe rine ; Jouas, Charles ; Joseph, Annie ; Mayers, Lowis E. M; Petersen, Lli zouoth ; Peterson, Federica ; Steward, Ferdincnd ; Sweansen; UNPAID. Daptist, Emanuel ; Charles, Eliza bett ; Christensen ; Edwards, Chax- i lotte ; Eivers, Matthew ; Emanuel, Fra; . Tlynt, Mary ; Griles, Cornelius ; Isaac, * Norah ; James, Susannah 3 Jourgain-« son, W ; Leeavy,Hanarater; Linguis; - Maranes, Elizabeth ; Millen, Caroline ! A ;- Modt, Catherine; Nully, foha de-. Parson. Sarah; Patrik, Franky: Pear; - tersen, James: Petersen, Fredrioca; Robert, Andrew ; Itoberts, fave;Sims mends Mary, Arn; Taasie; Rpsa-' mon ; William, Jeremiah ; Wilhams. Johana ; Williams, 17atilda;; Williams Samaunel ; Williamson, Ci Lo« vas Frederiksted’s Posi Oflice, St. Croiz the ' 27th of March 1830, cnp gued ot L- RICHTER. ' b const: 1 : 4 L. 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