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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1890-06-06, Page 6, , t A P.A.RIBILT HORROR. Terrible Crime of a Oommeroial Traveller- - Murders Hie LB' trees. A Reels -0:AIe gays Pixie has been Muted by another sensational Crime, thio *line eemmitted in the Hotel dee Mathurins et de New Pork, 33 Rue des Mathurine. This is one of the quiet, shady, rather =arrow streets that lie behind the Boule- , 'wawa Malesherbes, seleoted by Gaboriau se -the scene of one of his moat mysterious tillritnee. The circumstances attending the -est..JILOCIet#44'1.09".- tirePtisssisseee, quarter are of a very peouhar character. 1Sinoe the exhibition a commercial traveller =mad uricitilu.sgeri wow or relish extraction, who at one time held a commission in the Rapidan army and •whose mother has been a lady of honor it the court of the Czar, hes been in the habit ofputting up at the Hotel dee Itathurine several times a month in a --fienteroonronthesecond-floore-usually -re- sieved for this valuable Daring =eh of his Mays in Paris M. Blevinski used to receive a visit from a good.looking woman eli htl ver 30 ears of a who leriereeleatedelaseeta et 1.1 NEWEOUNDLANDIS TROUBLE& A Wrench Schooner Carries Ofiyan °Meer— Brutal Treatment of a Wrecked tMliooner's Crew—Lost at Sea. A despatch from Chennel, Nfld., says : Another French outrage, on the way to the so-called French share. has been com- mitted. s A daring French captain mulled Noche% of the eohooner Marie, while coming into Port an Basque last Friday, carried a poor old man's net away. ,Ae the occurrence was witnessed by many, the owner went on board to seek recompense, and was nearly carried out of existence. 413.Sts...t4d sistdsreededttle*,es ert..ersee4't eiromptWisened a summons whiat wee served on Bieohell, but he did not appear. Judgment by default Ina given againet and a warrant for hie arrest issued. The constable promptly boarded the vessel with. a warrant while the sohooner was under way, but Ito far Bischell do gone with SUM - mono, warrant and constable. The Magis- trate telegraphed the foto to the corn- -mender- ofthe Indre and also the -Govern- ment. The former replied that the matter would be investigated. A despatch from Benevista says : The schooner Advance ve_tith_p_o_fiehesetrrived • known that this visitor was Mme. Jeanne Wolooskoy, wife of an agent de chance. Mme. Wolocakoy lived on the best terms with her husband in comfortable apart - Basuto in Rue Broohant, and M. Blevinsky was a friend of the family. On Thursday afternoon between 2 and 3 o'clock Mine. Wolocakoy called for Blevinsky at the hotel and the pair shut themselves up -together in the litter's room, and Mme. A'olooskoy was *ever again seen alive. This morning about half -past ten, Blevinsky was met.by a garcon as he was leaving his room. " Don't asahnt-the-dooritt-saidthe'lattere"-leam-going in to arrange the room." " No, no," cried Blevineky, "I forbid yon to enter," o and he slammed the door behind him excitedly. The garcon, snrprieed at the • inexplieable buret of anger, forthwith con- fided to the landlord that he suspected • something was wrong. The landlord and a servant went upstairs together. • On entering the landlord's eyes fell upon the • half -naked body of Mee& Wolocakoy lying OR the floor beside the bed. A great quantity - of- -blood -oozed ---from—a bullet • wound in her, breast above the heart, and . had trickled down to the floor. Blevinsky was !wrested as he, was quietly walking along the Rue Roque Pine. When con- ducted to the police station the prisoner coolly begged theoommiseary not to fatigue him with question's, as he was wounded. • "I assure you," he went on, "that keditiesszeterskiltalleinfie. She committed • =icicle. Because I could not give her the •: money she required she shot herself twice , . with my revolver. I tried to recall her ,to oonliciottenese, but when I saw that she was dead I, wanted to put an end tomy ;Cern life," and Blevinsky showed the corn- , mimeo that part of his ear had been shot • away. M. Cazianeuve, who had, on rawly- • ing information of the crime, proceeded to make a •brief examination of the room • who it it was committed, pointed out to the prusetter that all the evidenoe he had col- • Aeotea pointedto the falsity of his AM°. meat. The table bad been overthrown • and a champagnebottle and glasses were ,, • 'broken. Shrugging his shoulders, Blevin- ' Ithy replied, "Why should I kill Jeanne ilnive•known and loved her for seventeen • year& • Yon will see from my lettere to her • bow much I adored her." Blevinsky was • taken to the Hotel deo Blathering in the mune of the afternoon, and was with the corpse of hie supposed victim. He bore Winedf calmly, and maintained his • assertion that the woman had committed suicide, . ° TO BOOM DETROIT. The C. P. We. New Railway Scheme in the United Statels. A Detroit despatch says : A railway project, startling for its magnitude, and yet one which has been for some time •entertained by its projector& has been put itmon its feet by the Wabash management. To -day surveyors have started on the pre- liminary survey of a new route, straight west from Montpelier, 0., to Chicago, which will make the shorteet line from Detroit to the metropolis of the west. Ample funds have been secured to con- struct the new road, which will •reaoh a swath= coat of $2,500,000. When the toed is completed it will belong to the Wabash Railroad, although it is thought the Canadian Pacifist is one of the backers of the great project. This route lies nearly in a bee line from Montpelier, through Northern Ohio end Northern Indiana,' until Lake Bliohigen is approached; when it deflects northerly to reaoh Chicago. The Wabashis built to Montpelier from Detroit. Montpelier is a station on the Butler Road, as the Detroit connection of the Wabash is (lolled. When completed, the new road will extend 150 miles from Montpelier and make a continuous line of 272 miles from Detroit., The line of the Michigan Central measures 285 miles, leaving a distance of thirteen miles in favor of the new route in point of length; Thie great weak, when finished, will bring a large extent of territory in Indiana tribut- ary to Detroit in the way of trade, and also, add a small fraction of Ohio. A Husband Who Could Shoot. •A Jessup, Ge., deepetch says : A tragedy 000urred here at midnight, resulting in the death of Mrs. B. P. Littlefield and County 'Surveyor McCall at the hands of the woman's husband, McCall canine to Jessup from Brunswick about 10 p.m. and stopped at the Littlefield House. • He retired to his room one hour later, but came out, went downetaire, in hie night clothes and asked for Littlefield, whom he could not find. He then went to Mrs. Littlefield's door and knooked. She admitted hire. Littlefield cam in the front porch watching the pair and, rushed through the window into the room and shot hie wife just over the eye, killing t er instantly. He then shot McCall four times. McCall died at 2.20 p.m. Francis James, who 'was killed by a wounded elephant in the Gaboon country, was a most adventurous traveler in the Dark Continent. He was only 38 and conducted all his expedition° et hio own expense. —A sick oat is not even np to the match.. A Firemen's Unfelt in Now York do- mande eight hottre. 4), appearance, having lost her bowsprit, jib - boom and outwater. In fact, everything forward of the bulkhead° has been carried away. The disaster 000urred by a collision with a French banker. The Frenchmen barbarously treated the crew of the Advance. Instead of rendering or even offering assistance the Frenchmen flung at the Newfoundlanders iron belaying pine and everything elee capable of being used by them as niissilee. 4 wreck has been disonvered at Lawn Point. It is the brig Louis, from Gran- -villee-Franceetaun did-St:Pierre. Allihe crew are supposed to be lost. Parte of the vewel'a boats were found in the oove near the wreck. Her mastheads are just out of water and oloae to the cliff. Sone° of the clothing belonging to one of the crew has been found tied with a man's belt to the top of the mast. No bodice have yet been seen. It is supposed that the men must have been on the meets, the vessel sinking too suddenly for them to launch and man the boata. The Newfoundland schooner Margaret M. beeame astotal wreck -ye -ate -a:- day near Little Lorraine. She wee from St. John's, Newfoundland, bound to Syd- ney. At the time it was very foggy, with heavy sea. A THRILLING EXPERIENCE. Narrow Escape of a IPhiladelphia Man from • Dersu-Nisegssra. A Niagara Falls despatch says : Another life COMO near being added yesterday to the already long list of Niagara's victims. Joseph R. Wilson, an Englishmen, now residing in Charvmont, Philadelphia, and Mopping with hie wife at the Prospect House, took a carriage yesterday morning for a drive to the whirlpool. As they were walking along the edge of the pool Mr. Louis Sinolair, of Daydann, Netherall Gardene, • South Hampstead, England, passed them, left the path and scrambled over some rooks below the pathway. ilia was so ambitious to obtain anunobetructed view that he jumped on a large rock a few feet out in the river, not aware of the treacherous nature of the current. He had no power gained his position than the water boiled np about him and had risen above hie knees, threatening to sweep him away. The eituation was terrible. The poor man was ape/I-bound. Mr. Wilson rushed to the rescue. He pulled off his overcoat, twisted it and threw one end to Sinolair, who caught it and was pulled pallor°. The excitement wee so great that congratulations were not thought of. Mr. Sinolair returned to hie hotel, changed his clothes and called on M. Wilson at the Prospect House to sincerely thank him for his deliverance. He . said no oneent that terrible moment could imagine his feelings. He never expected to see his wife and three children again. Mrs. Wilson is ill from the excitement. Damage Caused by a Cloudburst. A Cleveland despatch says: A rain storm, much in the nature of a cloudburst, ewept over north-western Pennsylvania yeaterday, doing mucle damage to property. At Corry, the streets were converted into rivers, in some places two feet deep, tearing •up sewers and washing oat the roads. The railroad yards were completely inundated, the floods washing sortie of the side traoke. At one time the water between the Wells - Fargo and American Express office and Fires avenue was six feet deep, flooding both offices and the. large platform on both sides of the Union depot, the water reaohing the weitingroome. The railroads east and west of the city sustained serious demage. The valley from Corry to Irvinton, a dis- tance of twenty miles, is a complete lake of water from one tosthreemiles wide. The loss will probably reaoh over $100,000. The highways in the surrounding country are arly impassable, and it will be a week before travel can be resumed. Down on Xonnan. A Springfield, 0., despatch says: Wil- liam H. Dunster, b resident of Russia for thirty years, and present.Amerloan Vice. Conaul-General at bt. Petersburg, is in the oity. Be taken a decided issue with George Kennan, whom he calls a, seneetionaliat given to exaggeration. He said yesterday : " I heard Kennan recently in hie lecture on the Siberian exile& Some of hie portraits thrown on canvas were of women who had plotted against the Government, and who were exiled in consequence. He made no mention of the fate that they were A.ner- °hist& Kennan is utterly wrong in his attempt to influence the American mind by exaggerating the evils end criticizing the method° of the Ruesien Government for its protection, Why, he has got Americans nervous about going to St. Petersburg or travelling through Itnesie. St. Peterebnrg is a safe, admirably -governed city." —Half a dozen oxtails chopped into inch bito and boiled a couple of hours with carrots, onions and such things as that make a tasty result. The meaning of the word advertise, " to make known," explains its importance. Make known what you have to sell or what you wish to buy. The benefits are no far. reaching that you cannot tell where they will end. Like the ripples of water entitled by a stone, they extend far beyond the sight. 7"- INDIFFERENCE CONDEMNED. .Stasiley Doesn't Like to Way- England, Deals with African Questions... A London cable ettys ; Mr. Stanley made some trenchant remarks on England and Germany in -Africa hot night at the. ben- , quet tendered hine by the London Chansber of Commerce. Speaking of his travels, he remarked that in 1870 it was reported that Dr. Livingstone 'was lost, and the New York 'Jerald sent the ispeaker to find him. He (Stanley) did so, and returned to Zanzibar and England. What wee done ? They eaid he was au imposter, sensationalist and erek',P.:4-$Tde-djiPlgSroft,A'Rtt3eAflnSS tiliteshiiiiigliteisitive last- journali proved that he (Stanley) had done what he had said, NIA became he woo mere jeur- nalist and a penny's -liner it was supposed that all penny -a -liners were sensationalists. In 1874 he was eent back again to Africa. Stanley then described hie travel& and pointed out that although eo much had been done by English travellers to open the dark regions of Africa yet this country failed to take advantage of their diecoveriee. In a bantering manner Stanley spoke of the great interest the Germans bad manifeated in the flora and fauna of Africa whilet 4 asieseasses...-- UP IN A BALLOON. Tests citrate Spencer Military Air Ship in London, England. A London cable aeya : During the past week the Spencer war balloon made several asoenta front the grounds of the Royal Military exhibition at Chelsea. On eaoh of these ocossione the company included your correspondent, and hie experiences 6,000 feet in the clouds have attracted great attention. Yesterday the famous balloon made another lucent, and again your cor- respondent had a seat in the basket. When the balloon started out a high wind was eeL,e7eaea,-.r..eea,eeee.e.esseeessssetirseet,sosa'Seaa-s'sssiaZfd-' the whole concern became unmanageable and was finally driven against a stupendous tree at Henley -on -the -Themes, where the balloon was torn to pieces, and the occu- pants narrowly escaped sudden death. They had to slide down the trail rope at a distance of 80 feet from the ground, after having been knooked and tossed about in space for several minutes. was an indifference as to what actually was occurring.' A number of his friends, however, had come together to try and do something in regions which they had said should be the English part or a portion of the British possessions some time. They had raised a °spina of half a million, but what was the consequence? Instead of being permitted to make a road which, without deviating to the right or to the left, should go straight to the promised land, they were compelled to squander some thousands of pounds in fighting the Government. -11—it were merely a ques- tion of rivalry between the English and German company he should not mind ; but when the Government booked up the German company it was not a fair fight, end that capital which would have made the railway right up to Victoria Nyanza would be wasted, instead of people, in two years' time, being able to take tiokets to Viotoria Nyanza; (Laughter). For the money there would be nothing to show except a bushel of treaties; but to the Germans there -was -nobody-to -say—even " boo." He could speak very forcibly, but he was restrained. if the fairest portion of 'Africa were to be given up• to others and only the sterile lands be left, he would be one of the first to advise the British company to retire. He thought he had said enough, a word to the wise was enough, and .he hoped they would remem- sheretensiserindet over the suggestions in what he had =id. • The Scotch -Irish Congress. The Scotch -Irish Society of America, which was organized in May last, will hold its second congress at Pittsburg, Penn., from May 29th to June 1st. Among the distinguished apeakere who will deliver ad- dressee, are: Gov. Beaver, of Penneyl- van* who will deliver the address of welcome; Secretary Blaine, Hon. W. C. P. reokenridge, of Kentucky; Rev. Dr. John of New° York; Gov. James E. Campbell, of Ohio ; Rev. Dr. J. S. MoIntoshe of Philadelphia; Prof. A. L. Perry, of Williams -College, Maas. ; Rev. Dr. D. C. Kelly, of Tennessee; Prof. H. A. White, of Washington 8s Lee University, Va. i • Hon. W. E. Robinson, of Brooklyn, and Ben. John Dalzell, of Penna. Mr. Robert Bonner, of New York, Freels dent of the society, will preside. The great auditorium is capable of seating over 5,000 people, and will be magnificently fitted up and decorated. The finest bend in the U; S. will furnieh the music. Special pains will be taken to show visitors the great manufactories and other eights of Pittsburg. The offioial headquarters will be the well-known and recently refitted Monongahela House. The whole Scotch - Irish race and the local population without regard to race are cordially invited. Mr. A. T. Wood, of Hamilton', Vice•Preeident for Ontario, will leave on Wednesday even- ing to attend the congress. No partisan or sectarian significance attaches to the society. Composed of a race which has been conspicuously and thoroughly identified with all that has been moat patriotic in our history, it is purely an American institution, and does not purpose concerning itself with foreign affairs. It is designed to cultivate patriotism and promote fraternal feeling by bringing together representatives' of the race from various sections of the country and cele- brating their illustrious aohieveniente in the establishment and maintenance of our free inatitutions. The splendid qualities of the race composing it cannot fail to make it one of the greatest social and his- torical societies of the land. A New York Central Freight House and • • contents Destroyed. An Albany deepatoh of last night nays: One of the quickest, hottest and most ex- citing fires of recent years occurred here to.night in the burning of one of the New York Central freight houses near the river. About 7.15 people all over the city heard a deep, doll booming report, and alinost instantly a great cloud of thick blacksmoke,. flame end sparks shot a hundred feet into the air. A Moment later the alarm was given on the whistles of all the steamboats and l000motives within sight, end within two minutes the belle were calling the fire department to the scene. The burning building was the middle one of three and was of wood. The other two are new brick structures and were only scorched. How the fire started is &mystery ; but the blaze is generally attributed to sone form of spontaneous combustion. When fleet die. covered it was a' small blaze, but before the alarm could be given the fire reached the oil barrels and the explosion ocourred. Within three minutes the building wee a mess of roaring fire. It is impossible to get any accurate idea of the lose. No one can tell to -night whet consignments there were in the house, but they are roughly estimated at 11100,000. "Crnehed at last," cried a big straw- berry on Saturday night. It had palmed through them) ohuroh festivals and still retained its whiskers., During the summer holidays! of °nob year the immensely wealthy Duke of West. minater takes in about $5,000 in sixpences and shilling& paid by sight-oeers for ad- mission to hikoonntry seat, Eaton Hall. Ho gives every penny of it to charitable institution& „.• ,errf. Work and wages. Salt Lake hes hundreds idle. Charleston stores are dosing eerlier, (51t3Vifiltrirlfg• n won nine ours, London is to have electric omnibuses. Lansing's (Mich.) Mayor gets $1. a year. Chicago women oloakmakers have organ- ized. In New York union bread has a union label. Mount Vernon carpenters won nine hour. Boston building laborers want eight hours. GirktneSt. Leheggitag_milliewonaten- houre. Cleveland stonecutters won eight bourn end 64. • Brooklyn has a German Stonecutters' Union. • Liverpool leads the cities of the world in tonnage. The unions of Lancaeteehave established a free library. Germany is completing with Lanoashire cotton in Roumania. e• The Bookbinders' rationed Convention indorsed eight hours. Brooklyn upholsterers kick against letting boys take men's jobs. The Newark Trades Assembly is dead. It once had 150 unions. Cleveland homed:teem get from $2.60 to 13.3.,_anilmorl_tr en_honts. RAN INTO AN IOEBBRG. The Beaoon Light's Awful Experience iu4 the Fog. CAPTAIN ELLIOTT'S. COOLNESS. The new oil -tank steamer Beacon Light had a narrow, escape from oinking after, collision with a mammoth iceberg off the Great Banks last Wedneeday. A calamity was only averted through the presence of the -wenn, seeseRISseessee....?Fseesessfeeee-Sesse !Pr, ioy'ereliot, tons of he (imbed upon her decoke, shattering her starboard bow and iitestaug'buveresi piste& The steamer came to anchor off Liberty Island yester- day leaking very feet, and her steam pampa had to be kept in constant motion. A New York World reporter boarded her and Mate Clime geve him an account of the collision. • The Beacon Light ieearecenet.edditionto the rapidly growing fleet of oil banks run- ning toehis port. She sailed from New- castle Seventeen days ago in ballast, carry- ing 2,800 tone of water balleetesefthe The walking delegate of a New York union gets $27.50 a week. Brooklyn silk -ribbon weavers have won' nine hours in many shops. Chicago furniture workers won Saturday half holiday and an advance. New York street -oar men are gradually being run into the old hours. A new megaphone magnifies the voice so that it can be heard for miles. Sari Francisco union freemen get $4 & day; non-union, $2.0 to $3.50. Member, a of the Brooklyn Bricklayers' Union won nine hours and $4,50. There are about 1,200 oigarmakere on strike in New York for advences. The Buffalo unions failed to indict those who worked on Sunday in the ship- yards. • The Brooklyn Workmen's General Bintnal Benefit Union has 2,111 members and $3,800. San Francisho harnessmakers won a strike against the employment of girls at men's work. Nine shops in Westchester county, N.Y., have granted the- plumbers and tinsmiths nine hours. • A Berlin anion of 800 salesgirl& dues 10 cents a month, gives medical oare, medicine and secures work. John Burns, of the London dock strike, was offered 6100 for the old etraw hat he wore during the strike. • San Francisco butchers want meat -ped- dling stopped, and demand that the license be raised from $10, to $75. Russia has only 68 woolen yarn spinner& 190 light -weight woolen mills, and carpet manufacturing employe 800. The Commercial says Buffalo is becoming one of the most important coal -handling °entree in the United States. The New York Workingmen's Society is investigating the charge that girls are over- worked and some eunternaid. Belgian Magistrates who were crowded with oases of men arreeted during strikes struck themselves for higher pay. In a New York shop the furniture - workers threaten to strike because their beer has been prohibited in the hop. The San Francisco fire alarms will be rung at 8 o'clock, at 12 end 5 p.m., at the request of the Pacific Coast Eight Hour League. Cardinal Manning : "Labor is the ori- sgin of ail our greatness. * * If the great end of life were to multiply yards of cloth and cotton twist, and if the glory of England consists or consisted in multiplying withent stint or limit these • articles and the like at the lowest possi- ble price, so as to undersell all the nations of the world, well; then, let us go on. But if the domestic life of the people be vital above all ; if the peace, the purity of homes, the education of chil- dren, the duties of wives and mothers, the duties of husbapda and of fathers be written in the natural law of mankind, and if thew things are °scrod, far beyond anything that can be sold in the market, then I say, if the hours of labor resulting from the unregulated sale of a man'e strength end skill shall lead to the de. struction of domeetio life, to the neglect o children, to turning wives and mother living machines, and of fathers and Linehan& into—what shall I say, creatures of burden ?—I will not ' nee .any other word—who rise up before the eau, and come back when it is set,. wearied and able only to take food end lie down to rest. The domestic life of men exists no longer, and we dare not go on in this path." A speoial exhibitionewas given for Baby MoKee by she Barnum Dhow in Washing,. ton laet week.' Benny wanted to ride the big elephant, but Grandma Harrison objected. The new steamer had an uneventful voy- age up to the time she etruok the rest Banke. Then ehe began to encounter save foga. On the,night of May 13th it b so foggy that Capt. Elliott decided to stay on deck. The steamer was then in, latitude 42.55, longitude 48.18, or about 54,0 miles , eaet of Nova Scotia. At midnight Tuesday both Capt. Elliott and Mate Chase were on the flying bridge trying to peer through the dense tog. The lookout was at his poet and & • the steamer was going along at halt epee Tlenidetnenee a seessomewhatenolder, telling_Capt. Capt. Elliott that he was in the vicinity of iceberg& It wee just the beginning of the middle watch, or a little after 12 o'olook Wednes- day morning, when the lookout shouted : " There's a light ahead I" Scarcely had the echoes of his words ceased when an . appalling eight was disclosed. " My God !" exclaimed the captain, " there. is an iceberg." Straight elle. d, ci les° than fifty feet distant, was a tow - ng double -peaked ioy monster. The eleio _search -light on the ship's -foremast --shone — brilliantly on the mammoth and revealed Win all ite awful grandeur to Capt. Elliott and his terrified orew. It was a moment of suspense and anxiety. • To strike the berg head on meant destruo- • tion to the Beacon Light. Courageous young Capt. Elliott rose to the emergency and by his calmness eaved the ship and thee livisoshrhie crew. e " Helm hard to starboard; reverse en- gines and full ,epeed astern " was the quick command. His promptneee averted a calamity. The good ship obeyed her helm, swung to port, but not enough to clear the berg. Her starboard bow caught one of the berg's projections. • The shook was something terrific. It 3eeme to shatter the big towering mass of ice all to pieces. - Ite lofty crests, which towered far above the decks of the Beacon Light, showered tone of meeeive cakes upon the ship's decks, • crashing in her steel bow and making such a terrible noise that the orew rushed on deck in a frenzy of despair. They thought. it their death knell. Then the ship keeled away over and fell on her beam ends. This was quickly fol- lowed by a bumping, crashing tiound, ae though the berg had got underneath the ship. When the masa of ice •fell big cakes sank far down into the sea and then came to the surface again, striking the ship jest amidships. The pounding was done with such force that the cakes of ice which got under the ship fairly lifted the big steel vessel ten feet out of the sea'. Then, to make matters Worse, there was a sudden .confused sound as though the boilers had burst. This, however, was only the eacape of air from some of the tanks. 'In remarkable contrast with the bravery of Capt. • Elliott was the conduct of his crew. The firemen and cooks became wild with fright. They were almost uncon- trollable. They thought that their vessel was going to sink. Loudly they cried for Capt. Elliott to clear away the boats. To allay their fears and keep them quiet the Captain did so, but his coolness and hie appeals for them to stand by him at last brought the orew to their senses. After getting the boats loosened and ready for use in case of necessity the crew went to work and began to clear away the ice, whicli was lying in heaps about the deck. Water was found entering several of the tanks from the bottom and big perpendic- ular support beams were almost bent in two by the severelsounding whioh the s ip receivea from the he which got under be ies ehe struck the berg. After starting he ship continued her voyage. The following day she sighted several very large berge, but they were not close enough to cause any elem. • The berg which they collided with was about one hundred feet high and over six - hundred feet long. Capt. Elliott says it was very solid atid not in the least honey- combed. " It was," he said, " the grandest eight I ever beheld to see the big evelanche of he drifting astern ae we grazed it. As it came out of the fog before we could distinctly see it, it looked like a cloud, but w • en it revealed iteetf I was tamest tra, of] .d with awe and fright. Oar o, °trio search light shone upon it, 'vvhiec added to ite glistening grandeur. We saw it j(1 in time. Had my ship been travelling v rapidly I dread to think what would have been the conscquences. As it was, we were only going at half speed, which enabled no to stop our headway before we crashed into it. " If the ship had struck the berg head on she would have been shattered to pieces without a doubt. The awful suspense which occurred between the time I sighted the berg and when she struckwas some- thing terrible. It is an experience Pnever want again. Gar escape, from destruction was almost providential." The Beacon Light will be put on the dry dopk. It is thought that her bottom is damaged very serionely. The Beacon, Light registers 2,800 tone. She is 832. feet long, 40 feet wide and 28 feet deep. Her owners are Stuart & Co. Liverpool, oil • mord:tante. She was built by Armstrong & Co., of Newcastle -oft -Tyne. A carpet manufacturer saya work has been begun on an invention by which eix bort oan do the work of 800 girls employed at Garret sewing. ....M*411114.A