HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1889-10-5, Page 6FLOODS IN JAPAN.
Fifteen Thou nd People Killed and hlauy
Towns Destroyed.
RELIEF FOE, TIM SUFFERERS,
Trees -Uprooted and. Swept Upon the
rields,
Wednettaay's San Frsuoisco despatela
says Japaneee pepera place the aember
of persons drowned in the fieoda of A ugest
20th in the city ot Waltseanio and in the
districte ot Mine.mi-Muro, Higathaniura,
Nialii-Alero and Hide.ke, at 10,000, and the
number of persons receiving relief at
20,424. The River Kiaokuni ewelled from
thirteen to eighteen feet above ite riorinal
level and the emhanknients at the village
o Iweihashi were washed away. Tbevillage
and about torty-eight hamlets werecovered
by she raging waters. On Augest le an
tenor:moue mass of earth fell from the
mottatairt near the village of Tennokawa
and stopped the coarse ot the river a the
same name, which being already ewollen
atibraersed the village and drowned nearly
all the =habitants. A number of villagers
belmaging to Tenjiao took refuge in their
temple on high wand, but when the land
slide occurred fifty persents were buried
The steamer Gaelieeteom Yolselearatebriegs
detaile ot the overwhelming Oteatiter
japan. The Provitace of Eii, in the eouth.
western part of Japan, has been vieited by
the greatest fleode known in the history of
the country. Over 15,000 people havebeen
eeveral towne hetet been destroyed
and othere have been wrecked. The eatae-
treplee wee cemied by ilecde in the weetern
pert of the Province and by the czerubling
of tt mountain, vehicle buried six villages.
The early part et Ampex was remarkable
for it name, mad the rattid rise of the
rivezei nen oeceree elarnaeg. The baoke
Of the Eiretgewa, a atreara over zoo miles
long, brelte near the eity of Weltameyo oz
Aoguee lath, and a mountain ot weer
retitled out upon the delda and towns,
wreolriug leonine, bridges, feucee, templea
and all ;Mega iu its path. In this Chstriat
200 houses were cerned away and 5.000
were ruined by the water, leaving 80,000
people
max other end, can be seise, aorose-the
river, Vat there bebig no leosta between
these places
no lame covert BE RENDERED.
The villages of Uyeno, Chi, Taketen,
Rawaten and several others were all either
ewept away or buried zoiderground. The
uumber q deaths in these villages has not
yet been ascertained, bet aa all outlets were
-blockaded the loss of life mast have been
appealing. The villages of laaseahaya,
oCobilterse Taltigawa, Nojori, xgmasa)si
and Taalla were elect entirely. swept away
or buried by tbe overflow et mere and the
crumbling a raouneaine. The dernage
along the lower course a the rive; and the
eillagee skixtiug it has no beau yet Bever -
tabled, bat it ie supposed that out of fifty
villagee comprising Totsugawaga, all heve
inifferea more or lees from the dautexer, axed
it is doubtful if me has eecaped. In all
these villages,
FAUNS,. MCI: FIELDS ANA MVSUS
are supposed to have been nearly or quite
destroyed. The exaot number of deaths be
this small region is not yet kiimvn, bet the
dietriot officials place it betweea 4,000 and
5,000. The coal mines at Tatezeto Mere,
and Yeehino Geri also caved in, and forty
miners are missing. In ebiono Mum a
land elide occurred, crushing to death
eight persons, besides which forty are rale-
eing who are supposed to have been buried
alive. It is impossible to furnish aid to
the thousands of aufferere, and many must
die ot hunger and thirst. Ties losses in
lives and money wifl never be known, as
whole towne have been annihilated, leaving
no survivors to tell the story. The wreck-
age is, strewn along the see coast tee ninety
miles. The aspaueee newspapers think
the lose of life does not fall below 15,000,,
DEVENLENT ;Ton Ter. Item mertmexa
for food. Lower down the embankmente
o Hielakegown were teleo destroyedolood,
ing the celtivaxed telde and adjacent 'townie
ou% a aim bonne al Waltman:audit, but
two remain etautibes. and mereeheet, 50
people Wet their lives. .eat eial a the
lelizeinvere district, who Arrived at 'Walla.
mop. Aug, 22nd. reports that about 4p. m.
Aug, lath a sudden rise of the watera tools
piece a Sanaberaachi, and in a few min.
%e8 the doom a buildings were covered,
Many houeea were cerriert away and about
TALEE =SPEED =AWNS UST ..T.Z.Lsali LINTS.
All the villages withiu a =Wine of ten utiles
were more or leas submerge& In Chorail-
remota 700 boueea were wathed away,
leaving only 11. buildinge standing.. Many
portions, kat their lives la that (Hama. The
volume of the river Einokuni, au adjacent
stream, ewelled to an extreordinary extent,
the rise being in some places 1$ to IS feet,
bridge over the melon could withstand
the force of the flood. The river steadily
rose from 0 o'clock in the oveniug until at
midnight it began to overflow its embank-
ments, and about four miles from the city
of Wakameyo the battles at she village of
Iweleashi were evaehed away. Inzreedtately
the village and its whole neighborhood, in-
cluding 48 other hamlets, were
COVENED EV Tun ItkOVal WATEXS.
The depth of the ilood was from five to
Lfteert feet. The neighborhood of Oardat
&leo suffered severely. A.t Osaka relief ia
being given to several'thousand people.
he embankments on the Yodogown and
eta,
Inkedapeigawn rivers were broken at
several places August 21st, and cousiders.
ble damage eaneed to farms, while many
houses were swept away or partially
wreoked. In Hongumura 180 houses were
tvaehea away and thirty persons drowned.
In Higeshipo. Muregort and Nesbip
Marogori several hundreel houses were
demolished and considerable lose of life
°centred. In Hidaltagoria 980 houses were
carried away and 70 houses were damaged,
wleile 120 pent:me lost their lives anci 50
were injured.
1.1101.7S1.1iii moven 11,NELOWLY 11..7.1PEtt
DEATH.
Many houses in Tseihigwara and Shi-
kiya, which are situated close to the Kerne-
nagawa were carried away, and many
lives lost. The buildings of the Kumano
Shrine, except one or two small temples
were swept away, but the sacred image was
Raved. Accorditig to a report from Jeninn
in Higashi alurogari, abeat one-fourth of
the buddines (over 500) and 100person
were swept teway. The Ilikawga river rose
28 feet, and villages close to the river were
flooded. About 150 'muffs were washed
away and many persons perished. Seventy-
eight houses and the Miwake police
station at Shemin were carried away.
Owing to landaliaes close to the
source of the Hidakiwaga vast numbers
of trees are uprooted and swept upon
the fields, where several thousands are
now lying. About 1,200 houses of the vil-
lage close to the Tomitagawa were swept
away and over 500 persons were engulfed.
According to investigations made at Wake-
yamo up to Ang. 26th tbe number of houses
carried away in Nishi-Murogari was 1,092,
while 508 others were demolished and 440
were damaged. The number of deaths
-there was 863. Other villages suffered
much, and the number of dead cannot be
accurately determined, but for the province
of Kii it will not be below 10,000. Bloated
bodies and wreckage cover the fields for
miles, and it will be months before the
survivors can proceed with the work. The
lose in money is estimated at $6,000,000.
Relief has been sent to the ruined district,
but the suffering is intense and in the out-
lying districts many will die from starva-
tion. The same rain which ruined the
western part of the Province of Kii by
flood, also wrought a most similar disaster
on the eastern section of the same Province.
The rivers rose rapidly and the people in
the neighborhood of Amanogawa, fearing
an inunde.tion made preparations for the
emergency. While they were thus em-
ployed the
MOUNTAINS SUDDENLY CIIMIBZED AWAY,
obstructing communication between Tara
jido, Mara and Sakamoto Biwa, and the
waters in the rivers which rose in conse-
quence covered the houses in Tenjido Mura,
the people fleeing to the temple on an
elevated pieoe of ground. The mountain of
langitams, at the back of the temple, and.
denly oame down in an avalanche, burying
the entire village under ground, only the
upper nalf of the temple being left to view.
The villages of Nagato Mura, Taniae Mira,
tlyenoike Mara and Hayashi Murk along
the Totsugawswgo were all buried under
ground by the orunabling away of the
Unaiyabara Mountain. All the villages of
Ui, Nagatorio, Numata Hera and Amble
at the entrance 01 the Totsugawago, face
Tam CURB SNT FAALEP.
Irleetrte ear Ituebes Down iin Inelineee
Many Delete -ed,
A. Chattancoge, Tenn., despatch eeye t
ear on the Electric Railroad op Mission
Ridge had nearly reached the top ou the
eteep track todley wino the eleetrut (torrent
failed, The ear at come etexted down the
roeuntein at great speed. The conductor
talented to the paesengere to Pampa', The
ear contained 50 people, visitors to the re.
union of the Array et theCumberland. one.
belt at the party being ladies. A peuio
seized the pant:agora and they begau leap.
ing from the car. Five or eie pereoue
remained on the car with the conduetor
teed raptor man, and all were uoinjured, as
the car WAS etopped before rettobing the
foot of the ridge. Mrs. Mary Ademe, of
Caeey, Ill, who jumped off, etrilekt a pole
and was thrown in front of the car, striking
on her head, gma was throwii to the aide of
the track, Buffering injuries from which she
die& William Muutord, of Ceeey, ill.. in
junapieg from the ear struck on * mese of
barbed wire and was badly en, One eye
being literally tore out. .About ten rename
were eeribeely bert and num bait dozen
badly bet not dangerously inured.
Double Murder aud Attempted Sulettlea,
A Philipsburg, Pa., despetele of Sunday
says: W. Seely flopkine, aged 25, has en-
gaged in uunteroue quarrels with hie wife
during the past two or three moutha. Two
weeks ago he left home, reterniutt yeater.
day. They had :mother quarrel this morn.
bag, in the course of which Hopkins pulled
a revolver and ebot his wife dead. Thio
occurred on the floret floor of their boom.
The frenzied man then rushed to the ehtrd
story, where hie mother.halaw was, and
abet her, too, killiug her instantly. Hop -
Wine afterward left tbe house and went to a
livery stable, where he attempted to kill
hinutelf, firing two shote at hie bead with
hie revolver, neither doing much damage,
however'beyond ploughing a couple of
grooves in the top of his skull. He con-
feeaed to killing his wife and her mother to
Dr. Pierce, who pronounced him out of
&Alger. Jealousy and a belief in the faith-
lesenese ot his wife are the supposed rem -
sons that incited Hopkine to commit the
crime.
Figh ting a Cotton Blum
A London cable says: Energetic action
is being taken by those emploeed in the
cotton Industries to defeat the Liverpool
con:wren who has ant:weeded in buying up
tbe great bulk of actual cotton winch will
be on the market at the end of September.
As the new crop in any quantity will not
be here until the middle of October the
content who is a Dutch Sim, will have
the market to biinself for three weeks, and
if his move is euccessful will be able to run
up the price to his own figure. Both em -
plot era and employees have agreed to take
joint action in order todefeat dieting. Two-
thirds of the mill -owners have decided to
run on short time. The remaining third
xvill be 'unable to work at all, as the Opera-
tives' Union will call out the aptnnera from
ail the mills where short time is not ran.
This will enable the masters to make their
present etock last out nntil the new cotton
comes hap:market, and so leave the cur-
nerer with the whole purchase on his
hands.
ODEBEVS TERRIBLE CALAMITY.
Porty Persons Killed end Injured by a
Land -slide,
SEVEN EOUSEB BURIED.
A Quebec despatch of Thersday says
Abort halt -pat 7 oadook this evening &
terrible land -slide occurred immediately
below Dufferin Terrace, by which sevea
houses were °regaled out of shape and from
twenty to forty people killed and armada
Those who witnessed the falhef the rock
say that they Meted a long, teed report, as
of several eannon, and op 'looking net to.
wards the terrace and citadel werehorrified
by the sight of an immense mass ot etonee,
rook and earth breaking loose and rusbiog
down the three hundred feet of a declivity
upon the doomed houses, below. Imme-
diately the air was filled with cleat, so that
no one could see ten feet in front of hint,
and breathing was made difficult. This
was followed by the mounds of timbers
crashiug and yielding to the immense
power of the avalanche, and the shouting
and serearoing of men, women and children
in all the agent) of deepidr. The avalanche
Was caused by the hot weather of the peat
few weeke cracking the earth and rook,
wbich were loosened and driven down by
the heavy rain of the last few days. Imme-
diately the men a the water police, whose
atetion is near the scene of the accident,
set to wora to
RESCUE TRE neereeettee,
while tlae general elarM was sounded, which
celled out the fire brigade and police, for
what between lerripa and stoves treaking
the helms won caught fire. A teleptette
message was aleo sentto the Citadel
requesting the aseietaoce of a deteclunent
of B
"Battery, 11,0,A.. The damn were,
however, soon extiuguished, and the men
tram the Battery began the work at extri-
eatiog the unfortenatee from the reline
eseeleterl by many of the eitizeoe. de each
of the sufferers was retweiea be WAS eerried
into the quarters of the water police, where
a laege eteff of mei-lice) =tea was on hand
aa well as a prieat, who did all they could
to alleviate their sufferings. All eorte at
wild, rumors were soon flying sebent the
city. and conflicting reports were met with
everywhere. At times it would bosaid that
as away as twenty were killed, and at
others that; the irjered were few and far
between. Thie is ail accounted for by the
reason that it was mett to impeeeible to
obtain particulare, awing to the fact tbat
when the rock fell it covered the romibedto
the depth ot about twenty feet, est that in
order tc geeat the thine one muet pees
along the whervea at the foot of the cliff
over huge piles of ceal, and throegh
innuenee erovecla of horror atricken rela-
tives and sympethieing onlookers.
tr littiDOWINO SCENES
occurred as the dead and wounded were
carried in, Keene with broken limbs, others
bruised and many badly burnt. tiere an
old woman would be brought in, frentio
with griet and calling for A brother or hue -
band or A child. Young chileren followed
by weeping mothers eud distmeted fathers
were carried in the AIMS of strong, reeolute
Elea almoat melted into tears.
°comma; OP VIE Rams.
The occupants of the destroyed houses
were the following with their families:
Chas. Allan, Thee. Berrigare Tim Berrigau,
Heury Ditto's, Mrs. W. Bracken, James
Bradley, Stephen Burke, Michael Deolley,
Thomas Farrell, Petrick Edtzgerald, Henry
Lemon, Robert Lawson, Ricbard Leahy,
Frank Carlow, James Hayden, Joseph
Kemp, Luke Erwin, Henry Maio%
Richard afaybury, Mrs. 'Widow, John
O'Dowd, John O'Neil, William Stephene,
Thomas Power, jam Reedy, John Henry.
The dead bodies recovered and recognized
aro those of Thomas Farrell +tad
daughter, his wife aud other children being
still in the ruins; P. Fitzgerald'a two chil-
dren, two children of Stephen Burke and
one of James Bradley.
Big Public Pratuds in the tdotelli.
A New Orleans despatch says: The in-
vestigation by the State officials and par-
ties interested in State securities continues
to develop new cases of trend every day.
In eddition to the $303,600 of consolidated
bonds npon which interest payments have
bean stopped, and many of which (presum-
ably all) have been surreptitiously putupon
the market, instead of beingcancelled,
there have been discovered in private hands
a number of 4 per cent. " constitutional "
bonds tbat are clearly an over -issue made
in fraud. The highest legal issue of the
5100 series of these bonds is No. 200, yet
numbers at least as high as 242 are out-
standing; and of the $500 aeries, the legal
limit of which is No. 30, bonds as high as
No. 56 are afloat. Opinions differ as to
whether ex -State Treasurer Burke ia to
blame for this state of affairs.
Yacht and Pleasure Party Lost.
A Cleveland, 0. despatch says: The
steam yacht Leo left Loraine for this port
on Sunday afternoon, having on board
John B. Tante, J. D. Lawler, T. P. Ritter,
Benjamin Kline, S. D. Knight, D. A. Law-
ler, Capt. Sam Root, Fred Pelow and an
engineer from Detroit, name unknown.
Nearly all of them we e prominent and
well-known business men of Loraine. The
yachtwas a small one, and had just been
purohased at Detroit for a550. She en-
countered a heavy sea on Sunday night,
and -was probably boat with all on board
near Rooky River. Nothing was learned
of the yaoht until this morning, when
the bodies of Ritter and Lawler were
found by the life-saving crew floating in
the lake. The remaining bodies are being
searched for.
Brigge—" I had. a dickens of a time to.
day, I tell yon." Bragge—" What was
it ?" Brigge—" Just for fun I shook my
fist at a blind beggar taoroes the street
and he chased me three blooke up an alley
before I could get away."—Terre Haute
Express.
—What do yon mean, sir, by swearing
before my wile? You must apologize
Pardon, monsieur I Pardon I I do make
ze apology. I did not know ze lady wish to
ter are in every sense of the weed, heert-
rending, Here a mother Reeks a child and
a degolate male dip in the debris in hopes
of finding hie wife.;
sedans Axe clues
'
fill the air, • It is ea filet no pen. aim
describe it. The ofacers and men of the
Royal Soheca of Cavalry. ale coming to the
meows with ropes, melte and ehovelee
About 600 men ore new working with ,it
heart clearing out rooke and debris of all
desoriptione. Three bediee are jest taken
ant from the oatacembe. Moot; names are
not aseerteitied. Two are dead, wbile the
third's heart is still beating. One has his
lentil °rushed in, another has an area
missing. The bodies are coyered with
coagulated blood and dost, and are a sick-
ening speotaole to behold. The workers
are cheered tp work by some prominent
citizens.
The mole of the terrible disaster isbeing
visited by thousend.s, who blook up the
narrow street and make it a difficult task
for any one to .move in any direction, there
being but one narrow street between the
rook and the river. There & complete
stoppage of traffic) except by climbing over
the debris of rook and dwelling Itensee in-
termixed. So great is the mass ot material
which bare to be removed that the
Allan Steamship Company's and other
business houses whose eetabliehments are
west of the elide are ocoupying temporary
offices in the eastern part of thelower town.
The work of searching the mina is goiny,
on elowly, though a large force of men is
engaged in the labor. Tile shipplog office in
theDeminionGoveruraentbuildinghas been
turned into a temporary morgue. Over
twenty bodies lie in it. It is difficult to
identify some of there, so much have they
been disfigured and etashed, The follow-
ing leave been identified ; Thonnte Farrell,
Ben., Bud his obildren litewrenoe Parrell,
Stella Farrell atia Awe Ferrell n hire,
Stephen Burke, Mies Allen, Willie Bleck,
Airs. MoKenua, Micheal Dolly, Um.
Widow Bracken, an old lady who had.
passed leer 80th year; Elize Bradley,
Esther Fitegerald, aged, 4 years; Petra*
Fitzgerald, aged I year; bre. Lethey,
Charles Allan, Tare, Charles Allan, Novell
Zennedy, an adopted daughter of Mrs,
Richard Leehey. Teem Are several bodies
not yet identiffed, Two of them are suppeasd
to be the little denghtere ot Mrs. Stephen
Burke. Several at those pereone repotted.
misaing.heve turned up, but it is thought
there will be ten or more victims to be
added to the above list, list of the in.
jetted has yet been motile up. They were
removed to the differeut beepitals and to
Weird& botatee AS they were removed. from
the ruins. Ouly one or two are supposed
to he fatally initired. The City Counoll
are bolding a special meeting tbis morning
to consider what their beat eourae of ac-
tion will be to oomplete the work of mom
eriug the rest:mining dead, and ot opening
up the street. It ie feared that a
large part of the rook adjoining the site
et the slide will come down, as large
creviees have appeared, atid the rain ieetill
falliug and may repeat the operatione
which caused lest night's disaster. People
are moving out of the neighboring bowies.
There bee been no leek ot volunteers for
the work at the ruins, but there is a lack
of intelligent direction, as there ia no per-
il= in authority. Among the most uaeful
laborers are two 'ergo gangs from the
works at the Louise &take, who were sent
up by the contractore, Messrs. Larkin ett
Conuolly. Severe] citizens, including
Ron. Ur. Mercier, have aent sums of
money to Mr. Gregory, agent of
a Marine Department; to be
used by him to relieve any immediate dia.
tress rimmed the bornelesa women and
children. Ube cliff being the property of
the Dominion Government, application
was made by telegraph to Sir Hector
Lengevin at Ottawa, who promptly
responded, giving direetions to have the
clove and exptessing-huf sorrow
at the calamity to hie native oity. There
were several femilies of strangely from
brevefonnalaud bethe houses destroyed; the
loss of life among them is ancertam.
BESCCING THE WOLNDED.
A later despatela says: Some scenes were
witnessed which were extremely heartrend-
ing. A yonng bay named Power was re-
leased from the ruins. He, however, begged
piteenely to be allowed to remain and, die
with his mother and sisters, who were ale°
in the ruins near by. He as well as his
parents and sisters were removed alive but
badly won.nded. A man named Berrigan
watefound neer by pinned solidly twat a
huge rock. He was speaking to friends
around him, who were unable at the time
to remove the iramenee bonlder and relieve
him from his agonizing and perilous posi-
tion, aa the rock was in such a position tbat
it was feared when it was moved it would
MUSS his death. Up to the present hour,
11.30 p.m., there bave been sixbodies taken
from tbe ruins, namely ; Thomas Farrell
and two of his cbildren, two children
named Burke, and one unknown child.
FarreWs mother-in-law, Mrs. Allen, and
her husband are still in the ruins. About
twenty-five persons have been removed
from the debris badly injured. Some have
broken arms and legs, others being badly
crushed and mutilated in all shapes. It is
supposed that Est lee.st fifty persons are yet
under the ruins. The roadway is blocked
with solid boulders to the height of fifteen
feet in some places.
TEE "MOUNTAIN STILL CUMMING.
Midnight.—Under some of the houses
crushed cries of "Help, help," are heard,
but no immediate aid eau be given. An
old soldier named Iflaybray, bearer of seve-
ral medals of merit, who fought in the
Crimean war, is heard shouting, "Por
God's sake, do assist me, please." Although
soldiers and citizens are working to the
relief like Trojans, very little progress is
made in recovering the bodies owing to the
stupendous mass of rock and debris encum-
bering the ruins. About 175 bodies are
supposed to be buried under the debris.
The body of a woman named Mrs. Berrigan
has just been pulled out. It was mangled
and bleeding, and presented such a sight as
to affect the etrongest man. More rocks
are still crumbling down, and the people of
the locality are fleeing with dread lest the
whole boulder forming the highest point
of Quebec will give way. Help is coming
in abundance from all quarters of the city.
Accidents are occurring every moment to
the rescuers. The crashing of timbers and
the rolling of huge masses of rooks put the
life and limbs of the volunteers in continual
danger.
DLTEENIN =REAMS UNDERMINED.
The mass of rook detached from the
dliff's side left a vacant space of extraor-
dinary dimensions. :It has worked frame-
diately under the Duflarin terrace under-
mining the support of . that great
promenade, so that it is now unsafe. The
northeast testion of the citadel is perpen-
dicular with the cliff sides. Huge rooks
are still menacing the locality, hanging as
they are on the flank of the mountain.
Ten corpses and Sixteen wounded are new
taken out. The work is still oarried on
cheerily, but it will take several days to
haul out all the bodies. The damage will,
it is said, exceed $100,000. The houses in
the locality were built of stone and brick,
and inhabited by ship laborers, etc. The
being a sight to try the nerves of the
strongest men.
Preparatione are heing made for the
funerals of the killed, whtr will be burieaat
the joint experisa ot the oity toad the,Local
Government. '
Antoeg those b•ariea by the rooks are a
young couple named.Nolan, vibe weremer.
ried: a few weeks ago. Nolan could have
esoaped, bualoet his life teymg th, get hie
wife out of the botese-
It is thoeglit, the King's Bastion, on the
Citadel, will hitee to be removed, aa it le.
now ea muctle nearer the edge at the reek,
with uneafeterevices fnent of it, As a
precaatioeary measure all omannunieseion
with the Beistioa has beexe cee off and the
morning and eveningstme no longer be
fired from ite
T/ais afternoon it was decided ta use
sraall charges of pewder to break un the
huge boulders oovering the roadway, as it
ia a certainty that there Can be nothing
living beneath them.
The horrors ot the dreadful day are still
succeeding each other. While workers
were busy °leering the debris of a crumbled
builaieg faint groans were heard at inter-
vals from under the huge pile of rock. The
efforte of the volunteers were concentrated
to that point, and after three hour& bard
work the bleeding body of Joe Kerap was
extricated from the mars Of rook. The
poor roan was in the moot miserable condi,
don. Both legs wore broken at the knees,
the left arm was fractured above the elbow,
and several ribs were also fractured.
Kemp will lett live two hours
longer., Ile is. unconecious, and a
livid pallor and deaehlike appearenee
prevail ne the man's litOe. Two ktoure
later his wife's bode' was taken out
of the wreck. Her laetea was almost
severed from the body, sna indicstiona of
the moat revolting and violent (loth were
tieen on her corpse. Berther away another
hideous spectaele was offered to the sight.
The corpse of a young woman, Dire. Law-
son, who bad. been admired iu her lifetime
both for her beauty and itmiebility, Was
extricated, from under a refter, on whiele
ebout ten tone of atones and matter were
lying. The eight was mare thou noway
could bear. She was meshed almost flea
The abdomen was ripped open, her entraile
vrre nattered elate% Her Matted, at the
eight of his beloved Miele remains, bectiono
trend% and is now inealie for perhaps the
remainder of his life.
A man named Michel Bradley, who bad
gone alraost crazy when told that all his
family had periabed in the landslide, dia.
covered while working over the wreck of bits
house his 5.year-o14 daughter still alive ;
hie joy was indeearibeble. He kissed and.
patted the mangled form, celled her by
endearing names, fondled her as a mother
would her baby. It is thought the child
willlive.
Up to this time the number of °upsets
found le twenty-five, and the wounded is
eighteen.
Ths site of the landslide of last night is
almost identical with tbat in the year of
1811, when eight buildings were crushed
and thirty-two persons killed. To pre-
vent n repetition of tbat disaster the
Dominion Government purobeeed the
buildings along the base of the cliff and re-
moved them, putting up a heavy revetment
wall, which has served its purpose well in
preventing accidents from email slides,
rebich were common enough to attraot
but little attention. In foot, some of
the people who have now lost their lives
saw premonitory symptoms of the disaster,
one or two small elides having taken place
before the great mese of rook started. The
houses now deatroyed all stood on the river
side of the roadway, and were not thought
to be in danger, but the immense mass of
rock swept clear across tbe roadway and
over the brick buildings, demolishing them
like cardboard. The place from
which the greater masa of rook fell
is just below the King's Bastion at
the west end of Dufferin terrace instead
of doe gradual alone from the foot of the
terrIce wall to the street below which
appears a perpendicular rock rising like a
well from a huge mass of debris at tbe
foot close np to the wall of the terrace. It
rises so straight and clear that it might be
taken for a part of the wall itself until a
proper examination is made. It is hard to
speak positively, but from present appear-
ances there seems little doubt but that tbe
westerly end of Dnfferin terrace will have
to be abandoned or very much narrowed
'1down.
The thousands of tone of rock have fallen
away at the narrowest point of tbe terrace,
where it was crowded towards the river by
the citadel work. The mese moved. is,
roughly speaking, about 600 feet frontage
by 80 feet in depth. . „
Some of the masses of fallen rook band
weigh nearly twenty tons, and there are
ao many huge blocks that it makes the
work of clearances very difaonit.
The working parties. are now better
organized and equipped and are making
more headway with the work. '
The list of those kilted and wounded, so
far as known, is as follow : Killed—
Thos. Farrell, three Farrell children, two
Burke children, one Bradley child,
one child of P. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Bracken;
Mrs. Stephen Burke, Henry Bleak, Wil-
liam Black', Thomas Nolan and Mrs.
Ready. The wounded are: Mr. and
Mrs. Carlson Mr. J. O'Neil, Mrs. Luke
Kerwin and child, Thomas Berrfgan, Den-
nie'Berrigan, James Hayden, Wm. Stevena
and son Nally Deehey, Patrick 'Fitz-
gerald, son,
Ready, three .of. May.
buty - children, Stephen Berke ' and
hid mother, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Thee:ate
Grahana, William Power, wife and child,
Mks. Thomas Farrel. Some dead and
wounded are now being taken' out of the
ruin's. The names of some are not yet
ascertained.
A last Friday nightie despatch from
Quebec Bays: Some 20,000 persons have
visited the scene of the disaster during the
day, have crowded into the morgue and
seized every point inside and outside the
building where a glimpse could be had 'et
the bodies of the victims. Many wonien
who obtainetd an entrance had to be removed
swear ze fnt —Boston Tunes. scenes witnessed around the place of dims- in a fainting condition, the mangled bodies
She Rept a Thieves' Den.
A. °Weep deal/Alicia nye: Emma 'Meyer
was brought betore jestide Neaten thie
morning to answer to the chargeot burglary.
Three of her friende were aluo in come,
&aged with disorderly conduct. Eon° of
the girls is over 10 yeara ot age, Officer
Lerch had wed° the arrests, and, in Ida
etetement to the °curt, Raid that Emma
Meyer bad confessed to him that a lire.
Hoak bad tam her to steel, "1 investi-
gated the ohild's story," said the officer,
"and found it to lei true. I find that this
woman hes half a dozen girle living with
her, and, as for as I can discover, ehokeepa
them for the purpeee of making them steal
for her. The ato/eu geode were found in
her possession, and of the fact that she has
induced thee° girls, Emma Meyer, Lucy
limber and Annie Geisenbeek, to leave
home nua stay at her house I have ample
proof." "Then get a warrent for Mrs.
liatik's street," said the court. " The
charges against these girls I will continuo
until their parents can be brought into
court."
'The Dangers of the Sea,
A Friday's Rockland, Me., despatch
says: Yesterday in a gale 70 miles south.
east of Mattinicus the schooner Aroostook,
Capt. Bradford, passed the St. John
schooner G. L. Cotter, Capt. Durant, lum-
ber laden, and in a bad conaition. The
Cotter had no signals set when first die.
covered, but after proceeding two miles the
Aroostook was signalled. Capt. Bradford
and Geo. Colson, in a dory, started for the
Cotter, which capsized and righted again
before they reached her. They suoceeded
in getting four men from the rigging, Joe.
Smith, the mate; James Shapher, James
Fagan and John Hanson. The Cotter had
been leaking for two days, with pumps
working badly, but Captairillurant refused
to set signals or allow the deck load to be
oast away, confident that he could manage
the vessel. His wife was looked in the
cabin, and just before the Cotter capsized
the men had smashed the door in and re-
leased her. When the vessel keeled tbe
captain and his wife wore washed away
with the deck load.
* SIMI:PL./AB COUNSI&L, FEB,
Bow the Arkansas .1.egtelature Paid Oar-
,
• A. Washington despetali nfait0 -Exe
Attorney- General Goland has been classing:
deer and having a,good time et. lieminy
Hill. He wrote the other dee, to a friend,
to Ray that he bad just killed- two Ante,
bnolte. He explaitise also, his, aPparent- •
die regard for the game WO; The State, ,
of arkaneas ()wed hira some$5,000 ler legit'
services. ale put in a bill for bait that
ailment, and fetid he would oall Wegner§ if.
the bill was paid as presented. At tbat
meeting of the Legislature moneyshould.
have beep appropriated to pay bim, bu
unexpectedly the bill was defeated. There
was no dispute over the ieaebtedness, but,
some of the cad Legielatures were simply
oppoeed to paying. The reasonsthey gave
for their opposition were verified
and ecceutrio. One old fellow, Wean-
ing a chalter collar and a. foil suit,
ot blaele, said that cluriog the hot.
caropaigu he had littera Garland tell ethriew
that were off color, and be did not think.
that the State should vote money to a mao.
who would do such a thing. Anotber man -
gave as bis reason for voting againet the.
Bill that the ex -Attorney -General played
poker, tied that to pay hire the meney
would be to encourage vice. A friendly
member ultimately suggested; Garland
is always here along during the month of
August, and lies to be a-gebog home about
the middle of September. If he does,
chase deer with hounds lee'a a mighty good.
abet, I propose that we just chimp the,
lee? so aa to allow the shooting of deer tc.
begin the lst of August instead of the tat -
01 September. That wilt allow bim a.
month of shooting."
Thie proposition met with approval and
the game law was amended aocordingly,
All during last month Garland was clasisitlg„
deer under the new law, and he says be is
perfectly satisfied with the settlement ot
his elaim against the State,
A etandleate Dor the fasting faiceesetem
A Home cable says : The candidacy ot
Mgr. Zigliere to emceed Leo XIII. is now
a publio =eater. Hie Eminence is the,
youngeat et the College at Cendivele, being:
telly in his 56tle year. Be was born at
Benifeettie, Corsica, and took orders as a
Dominican monk, The Italians affeet to
look epee. Mgr. Zigliara as the candidate of
the armpit, Government, bat elthough, berri
in Comics, Hie Eminence bee alwaye
repudiated his Frew* citizenehip. Bit
candidacy is supported by the Dominioane
and oleo by the Jesuits, who at trot were
inclined to pupped Caramel Parcechi. Re
is elm on the beat terms with Lee XIII.
The moat formidable oompetitoe of Mgt.
Zigliara for the triple crown is Mgr.
Senfelice, Cardinal Arebbiehop ot Nettle,
who ia hacked up by the Italian Govern.
mut. The party of conciliation in the
Seered College favors Cardinal Monaco de
O Valette.
'Work of the Life Savers.
A Washington despatch says: Along the
coast of Massaohnsette during the late
storm 19 vessels in distress were rescued
by the life -Baying crews and either assisted
or their crews taken ashore. Thirty-five
persons were rescued along that coast.
Along the Rhode Island coast two crews,
aggregeting nine men, were rescued. Seven
crews, comprising 24 persona, were rescaed
on the coast of New Jersey. At the Dela-
ware breakwater 22 vessels in distress were
assisted and 164 persons taken ashore. At
Ceps Henry three stranded vessels wore
reached and -24 lives rescued. When the
full returns of the work done by the life-
saving service during the recent storm
reaches Superintendent Kimball he intends
to compile them and submit them to Con-
gress with the recommendation that these
mugged heroes be recognized to tbe extent of
at least giving them adequate pay for their
courageous service.
A British Steamer Wrecked.
A Baldwin, L. L, despatch of Tuesday
says: The British steamer Vertumnus of
the New York and Jamioa steamship line,
ran ashore last night in o dense fog opposite
the life.saving 'station at Point Lookout.
She had a oargo of frnit, most of which was
thrown overboard. Four passengers and
the crew ofleighteet were taken off safely.
The vessel is being badly pounded by the
waves and the ohanoes of floating her are
poor.
A Trinidad Mutiny Suppressed.
,, A New York despatch says: Advice
from Bolivia, state that a mutiny occurred
some time ago in Trinidad, the tospiteil of
the Beni Department., The revolting
troops were .joined by the citizens, and
they offered a stubborn resistance for some
hours. The - mutineers surrendered after
the lossof twenty.fonr of their number. Of
the attaoking force eleven were killed or
wounded.
Advice has tome frora Europe to the
ewe that Mrs. Langtry has finally secured
the consent.of her husband for a divorce.
She has paid him $20,000 as a present for
the matrimonial release.
Another Bouhinitha Zeiantreeto,
A Paris cable eitya : Gen, rsoulanger has
issued a manifesto to the electors of Mout.
raertre. In it he pays: If I ask the
suffrages at the people,it is because 1 repre.,
sent, not the personality depicted by tny
calumniators, but a national sentiment
aspiring to throw off the burden of a grow-
ing debt and the intolerable iniquities and,
humiliation to which the country is sub.
jeoted." Deapite the reftteal of the Prefect
of the Seine to receive Gen, Boulangeee
deolaretion of candidacy ,• for member Of
the Climber of Deputlee, efiaoarda were
posted in Montmartre., in the Departracrit
of the Seine, announcang that he would be
a candidate. The police bay° torn. down
the placards and arrested the men who,
posted them.
Almost Driven to Cattnibalbuth,
An Auckland deepetch gives the follow-
ing : The Tonga steer:ter Wainui has
brought here the captain and crew of the
British ahip Gersten, vthich foundered m
mid -ocean. The shipwrecked ateliers were
22 days in an open boat without food or
water. On the 22nd day the men, driven
to desperation by hunger and thirst, de-
cided that one of their nuraber must be
sacrificed to *aye the lives ot the others.
They were casting lots 10 see who should
be the victim 'when they aighted Wallis
Island. The natives of the bleed aesisted
tbe exhausted men to land and treated
them moat kindly. A, mission boat took.
them to Tonga.
Bid Bur mime Murder Ber
A Waverly, O., despatch says Chalkier
LeConey, of Merchantville, has been
erreated here charged with murdering hie
niece, Annie LeConey, near Merobantville
last Monday morning. Chalkley LeConey
brought the remains of bis niece here to
the residence of her father, James LeConey,
and the arrest was made on a tegegraphic
ordet from the District Attorney at Cam-
den, N.J. Chalkley denies the obarge, and
James says the arrest is an outrage. It is
stated that a pair of bloodstained trousers,
which were identified as Chalkley Le -
Coney's, were found in the house near
Merchantville, and. that a pair of shoes
which LeConey had worn were also found
with blood stains on the bottoms. There,
is said to be other evidence against him.
stashed to Death with a Butcher Knife..
A Zanesville, 0., despatch of last (Mon-
day) night says: Frank Amos, one of the.
moat prominent citizens of Morgan county, ,
was murdered at his home in the weetero
part of the county to -day by Pare. Hamton,
his niece, who hacked his face and head tot
pieces with a butcher knife, which it
appears she oarkied for weeks avcavedly
for that purpose. Amos was picking
berries in the field with his wife when the
attack was made. Mrs. Amos and a raan
passing by were attracted by Amos' ories,,
and reached him only in time to see bim
breathe -his last, and to see, Mrs. alemton
and her daughter 'run away. ' The murder. ,
grew out of a law spit in which the testi-
mony of Amos threw the goats on Hamton.:
The British Warship Lily Lost. ,
•
A St. John's, Nfld., despatch of Friday- -
night says: The British_ war ship Lily
streak a rook off Pobat Armor and sank.
Seven of her orew were lost. The vessel he
a total wreck. Considerable money and ,
valuables went dowa, with her. , Nething
was saved. The Lily was a Oomposite gun-
boat of 720 tons burthen and 830 horse-
power and carried three guns. She
belonged to the North American and Wee*
Indies station.
Finland has very cultured society.
There is:so intioli Finnish to it.
Mr. George Thatcher has determined for
the present his suit against his hornier
partnere, Mesers. Primrose and • West. ,
Messrs. Rich and Harris, of the Howard
Star Specialty Company; have made Mr.
Thatcher, an offer to pin their show, and he
has accepted it. ' , ,
Mr. P. Armstrong, of Chicago, formerly
of this oity, is here on a visit. Mr. Arm-
strong has charge of the calcium light
effeote of the Chicago Opera House and hag
made a great success of that department of
the show business. His friends here are
delighted to See him looking so well and to
know of his mom.