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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-11-01, Page 7Wou..•.;•ano, RAILROAD HORROR AT ATLANTIC CITY. Three lectric Cars Plunge from Bridge Into the Thoroughfare. Sixty or Eighty People Go Down to Death in the Awful Catastrophe, Accident Due to a Turned -in Rail -Heroic Deeds -The Work of Rescue. Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 28.-A rail- road aeoident even worse than the ISIS dow wreck of July 30,, 1800, sent about 00 people to a sudden death this after- noon. The ors of the 1.30 o'clock train on the West Jersey & Seashore Rail- road lines, due here at 2 o'clock, jumped the track on the trestle bridge over the Thoroughfare and. before the passengers could escape they were hurled to a watery grave. The entire city was thrown into a state of excitement as the news reached dowel a few minutes after it happened. Fully 5,000 people crowded the Mea- dows and. the trestle, many relatives and friends being in despair over loved ones. Chief of Police M. Maxwell set a cordon of police around the place and. Chief Block of the fire department call- ed out his men on an emergency cal and made them ad as police temporarily. A Turned -in Rail. The accident was due to a rail "turn- ing in." It appears that this rail; which was an outside one, must have been out of plumb about an eighth of an ,411!: inch. The sharp flange of the electric train caught this and twisted it inwards'. Had it spread instead of twisting in- wards the accident never would have happened. This twist threw the first car off the track and into the water. The result was that the second and the third. cars were dragged. with it while the third car was descending the rear por- tion of it struck a piece of the abutment, hung there for a short time and. then slid into the water. But this brief stop eaved several lives. A number of men and, a few women leaped out of windows and the rear door either into the water or caught hold of a post and. were res- cued. It is said that fully 80 or 100 pas- sengers. were aboard, mostly all in the first and second ears. These lost their lives. When the rear car of the train caught on the abutment a the bridge, where it hung poised for a ininute, there was a frantic rush of the passengers for the rear door, Probably •a score got out and as the car plunged over the edge otherleaped into the water. The car fell upon the others and slowly slid off into the water. The moment's res- pites, however, gave several passengers an opportunity to leap into the water before the car was altogether submerged. Trainmen's Heroism. Motorman Scott stuck to his post. and went down with his train. Conductor Curtis also perished. The third trainman, Brakeman Wood, proved himself a hero. When the train left the Tails and was bumping over the ties Wood eau to the rear door of the lost car, threw it wide open and. held it for the passengers to escape. He held the door open until the car slid off the bridge and went into the water with it. He then awam to the ahore. His action in holding the door open probably saved many lives. Work of Rescue. When the third car dropped. into the water Henry Roemer was in the act of crawling from a window. Freeing Idiu. self with an effort and being a strong. swimmer, Roemer set about to help others. Swimming along the side of the fast -sinking car ,he kicked out the glass and thus gave several passengers an op- portunity to escape. One man was caught in a window and. was drowned before he could. extricate himself. The accident was witnessed by many people and. rescue work was prompt. Strong swimmers endeavored to dive to the sub- merged ears in sear& of bodies, but so strong was the rushing tide that they were forced to desist. Professional div- ers wore then called upon, who donned their armor and went down. But even aleathey were unable to do anything against r> the tide that swirled around the sunken coaches. Among the passengers were tweety men of the Royal Artillery Band, who were on their way here from Philadel- phia. One or two bodies of the bands- men were recovered early in the after- noon. Chas. Kessler, a local merchant, was the fire tto arrive at the spot and. dis- played. a cool head. He got an axe, jumped to the top of the submerged car and began to hack in the roof to liber- ate the imprisoned passengers. Ho did good work, but could not release many under the circumstances. It is believed however that he did get some of the women out. T. C. Smith, of Newfield, and. A. It. Kelley, of Jeffersonville, N. Y., who were passengers on the ill-fated train, got off at Pleasantville for no oth- er reason than that something told them to change their minds about coming to Atlantic City, They heard of the acci- dent afterwards and came over, thank- ful that they did change 'heir minds. Scene at the Wreck. A sickening scene at the wreck was When one of the men at work on the top of a submeeged car discovered a womau's jewelled hand sticking through the roof ventilator. He worked heroically to get her body out, and finally succeeded in drawing it through the aperture. It luis not -yet been identified. a. S. De Ford, a railroael man'saw a man clinging to the trestle, crying for help, and succeeded by crawling along the edge in reaching down and pulling him up safely. Ile was cut and bruis- ed, and declined to give his name. An Italian named Marco Bona was rescued from the third ear, but died hi - ter from. his injuries. Nate swarmel about the spot where the ears went down, their beention being marked hv the tops 'of their trolley poles. Although the ears get power from a thirrl they also carried trolley poles to take power from above if necessary. Official StateMent. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct, 28. -Late to. night the Pennsylvania Railroad niade the statement showing that, amoral:re, eet to information received here, not mor`o titan 57 of the 80 persons on the train lost their lives in the Atlantic City fled - dent. The statement follows: Electric train No, 1,003, eoneisting of three Mello, whieh left Camden at I p. it., left Pleasantville on thoe, and run- ning at a speed Of about twenty miles an hour, left the rails at the weet end. of the drawbridge over the thoroughfare near Atlantic City at about 2.55 p. m., and plunged. lute the water. The first two cars were entirely submerged, and the third ear partially submerged, with the rear end. resting on the cribbing un- der the drawbridge. The drawbridge was found properly closed and locked, the signal showing a clear movement. The track was in good conditiou, and until the cars can be raised out of the water it is not possible to determine the cause of the accident, It was necessary to procure divers be- fore the train could be raised, and these are now working on the wreck. Divers not being available in Atlantic City, they had to be procured from Camden and Philadelphia. The equipment of the train is entirely new, having been in service but a few weeks, and it is believed to haat: been perfect in every particular. The train had. leaving Pleasantville 70 passengers, of whom 23 have been accounted for as being safe, and it is be- lieved that several more escaped. Running et High Speed. When the train left the rails it was running at a nigh speed, according to some persona as fast as forty miles an hour, A defective rail is believed to have been responsible for the trahl leaving the track. Although the work of rescue was begun immediately after the news of the catastrophe reached this city, the recovery of the dead was retarded by lack of facilities and dark- ness. Not until daylight to -morrow will the full extent of the tragedy be- come known, and not until then can any headway be made in recovering and identifying the dead, It is believed that at low tide the cars will be only partly submerged. A wrecking crew and sev- ertil divan were at work to -night en- deavoring, to lift the etibmerged cora, but results ete not looked for until to- morrow, :Details as to just how the terrible ac- cident occurred are most 'ague. A cir- cumstantial story cannot be obtained from any of the rescued passengers, and perhaps a clear idea will never bellaa. Two causes have been assigned for the derailment of the train. One is that the rails spread, and the other is a sup- position that the rails were not pro- perly locked when the drawbridge was closed after a pleasure yacht which had just passed through. • . The Bridge Tender. Daniel. Stewart, the bridge -tender, whose work is to look after the draw- bridge, is in so) condition to talk to- night. The horroe of the aceldmeat hal temporarily bereft him of ags reason. Stewart is .65 years of age, and the shock may end his life before he is aiele to give his evidence. Ito was the only person who witnessed the plunge of the train from a close point of vantage. Who the train pallid out of Cam- den the coaches were eenefortably fill- ed, women and eholdren being in the ma- jority. They occupied the two forward was. FifiTell 111011143C1'S of ToseaSe Artil- l'ery Band, all Italians, -were .among the pessengers on the rear coach. At Newfield Junction, a few utiles from here, about twenty passengers were taken aboard, naking the total number on the train a few less tlmn 100. The conduetor deo not appear to be certaiu. aR to the exact number. lie had eighty-eight tickets in his posao- sion when he was brought to this city, but he thinks that several tiekets were lost. On leaving Westville the third -eel electric current was applied and the train howled along at its eta:tom:my speed. Not the slightest incident •occurred to cause the motorman to slow down. When the drawbridge which crossed the stream popularly known as "The Thoroughfare" was approached the motorman saw a elear track before him . There was moth. ing to warm him of danger. So the train bounded along over the bridge with the pae.sengere' stover dreaming that death would come to SO many so suddenly. It is doubtful if nore than a hart - dozen persons escaped from the forward COaCille.S. An /tamest miraculous, escape from the first coach is that of David S. &ley, of Camden. Enley reached Atlantic City suffering from bruises Tarrying in his lacerated arms eight- year-old Helen Gilbert, /deo of -Camden. At the fleet intimation of danger Briley leaped to the platform, taking the child with bun. As the teach plunged down- ward he sprang into the water, and by treanendous efforts succeeded in swim. tiger Royal Artillery Band, Angelo Fanzeita Philadelphia; .[iii de Bali Florence, N. J. Edward Mergiulti Neranton, Pa.; (basica Roy, Made!. pliia; George Me(lee, Of those injured it is believed most evil die . They are suffering from brok- and other serious injuries. Atlantic City., N. 3., Oct, 29. -As the sickening details of yesterday's terrible Wee& on the tilectrieline of the 'Ant Jersey & Seashore Railroad developed during the night the disaster became enore appealing. The total number of perms whoee lives were enuffed out al- most instantly is probably 00, with near- ly a score injured, several of whom, it is thought, will die. Forty-eight bodied have already been brought to the surface. There were 91 persons oit the train, 15 passes and 70 fares. Twenty-five of this Oumber have been accounted for, which with the bodies recovered, bring the to- tal to 73. This leaves 18 persona not ac- counted for and who are supposed to have been drowned. It is posedele that some of these may never be found as it is the belief of the divers that some of Mao bodice floated through the broken windows into the Thoroughfare and were ar cried by the swift current out into thd Atlantic. At the police headquarters this morn- ing it was stated. that the effects found on the bodice were not sufficient to per- mit of identification of more than six and that identification will have to be mule by personal inspection. The police officiate worn out by their vigil went to their homes -early in the day saying they would not return to headquarters until after 0 o'clock. In the meantime all of the bodies are being embalmed. The early morning trains brought many persons from Philadelphia and other points, who were anxious to learn If a dear one had been swept to death by the awful disaster. The list of dead identified, includes the following addi- tionalt Mrs, Frederick Booked, Philadelphia. Clarence Benekart, 12 years and Har- ry Benekart, 9 years, sons of Mee. Fred. eel& Benekert, Philadelphia. L. Ceder, Philadelphia. Miss Cora Biddle Brown, Eastport, Me.. Laura Lawrence, Philadelphia. Mrs. Broadish, Atlantic City, N. J. Sam Ifell, Germantown, Pa. Da A, L. Ituddene Roxboro, Phil% Mrs. Catherine Hudders, his wife. Atlantic City. -Dr, Paul Felsberg, Philadelphia; Mrs. Frances Felsberg, bus wife; Eddie Neiss, 5 years old, Philadel- phia; Mrs. Eveline McElroy, Philadel- phia. Olivia McElroy, 5 years, old; her daughter; Mrs. W. L. Carter, of Phila- delphia. John. Zimmerman., Philadelphia; Mrs. Ella llittenhoffer, Philadelphia; Ella Ritteithe ler, 18 .years old, slaughter; Miss. Martha T. thee, Philadelphia; Wm, Edward, Woodbury, N. J.; Mia. W. IL Stewart, Wenona, N. j.; Wm. Stewart Klyne, 7 years old, Wenona; Albert lies - set Ciundeu, N. da. Albert L. Gotham', Philadelphia; II. II. Finleston, Ready, Pa,; Freak 21. Heyward, Phidedeiphia; Joseph Heyward, Philadelphia; Vincenzo Deniable, Atlantic City; (koege Turner, colored, Atlantic City. The number of identified dead ifi 42. The wreck occurred at the drawbridge which opens the Thoroughfare, a small water way about one mile outside of the city, just on the eastern edge of the Meadowe, and was directly due to the failure • of the bride* to Close properly. The fishing es:homier Sinbad had just passed through. .As she was .entering the draw an 'electric train of three cars came in sight across the meadow in the direction of Pleasantville, and before the bridge -hail swung back into position the train, mining at a high rate of speed, dashed into the trestle. 'With a lurch the foneard ear deft the rails and dashed into the guard rail, the other eats. fol. At the point where the cars jumped the track the trestle is noany 20 feet high. Had the ears been open it is doubt- Tul if many of the passengers would have ceeztoed„ because they must have been stunned by the dive from the trestle. The first two care were instantly sub- merged, but the third car caught on an abutment and remained suspended. It Wafi this ear from which nearly alt of the injured escaped. The news of the awful disaster was quickly telegraphed to this city, and in lees than an hour the work of rescue had begun. At the.thno of the aecident the tide, which rises about ten feet, was running ia, and the work of the divers •was necessarily 1:11w. It was not itutil several hours later that the divers were able to make any progreee. Then the awful evidences of the disaster becam'e more apparent. When the two ears struck the bottom the th.c waterway, they stood almost on end, and the filet num to amend reported that the vic- tims were Tacked in the lower .ends of the submerged cars so tightly that it waa difficult to !IWO them. The bodies of men, women and children, many of them badly cut and bruised, bore grhu proof of tho terrible sufferings of the victims. One, by one the bodies were carried to a. waiting train and laid side ) by aide later to bo borne to this city and •placed in the old Empire Theatre, which was used as a temporary morgue. Thousands of persons quickly gathered at the scene of the disaster and a score of boats soon surrounded the spot where the ears disappeared, but they were un- able to render aid, and could only await the arrival of the divers. At the morgue the scenes were path- etic. Persons who had friends on the train crowded about the entrance and ming ashore with the little one. were with difficulty restrained from fore - Silenced by Death. mg their way Into the building. On': of the most heartrending incidents was The cries of the imprisoned passel'. furnished by Frederick Benekert, who gere as the coaches plunged into the Jolt lus entire family, a wife and two water did not last long, and when the tops of the first two cars disappeared children. Benckert was not informed n Philadelphia of the accident until too from view not a sound more -was •heard i from them. late to catch a train and be hurried here in an automobile. When he sew the The living at once began the rescue of dead bodies of his wife and two little those yet imprieoned in the la,st coach. Most •of the passengersin this teach boys lyitee; side by side on the floor he collapstd and had to be 'carried from were .able to help themselves, and with the building, Benekert had intended to Mao arrival of ateeletance from the city accompany his family yesterday but was they wen removed and hurriedly taken to lioapitals. Storks of tellable expeo. unable to, get away. Walter Scott, the dead motorman, lost his life through Isis anxiety to spend a part of the day with his wife here. It was his cuetom to run only as far as 21illville, but yesterday lie swapped runs with anether motor man and his terrible death WAS the result. General -Manager W. W, Autorby, of the PenusYlvanirt R. R. Co., which ono Atlantic Cm ity. otorman; Fraud: de pany owns theline on winch the acei- LsKs ecno, Wival Artitkry BanP d; .1. . dent occurri ed, s here but has declined Iseegseey asta'aere, oenesee; yeana seen. to make any etatmdent with reference roe and wife..Cnniden; Vincent. Donelli, to the wpick. Ite intimated that a state - Royal Artillery Bend: P. Auguroso, mont might be looked for later in the Royal Artillery Band; Mrs, Brodieh , any. Simnel T. Viet, Philadelphia; two lin- I ex Bodies Recovered. uttlamtifted ma"; 1 A ilantie City, Oat. 20. -At 11 .0"Cloek Mrl• t W°11th'r: °man; 'rat" toelay 31 bodies had been recovered from Eon, Atlentic City: Chaps Menus, ihe two ears of the electric lino, and •one P°'; T)avitt I4161. New York 1 of the ears, the first to leave the traek, city; Mrsa Laura Laurence, Philad-elphia. bad been brought to the Abong the fainted. are; IL B. Joseph, Cot:tacit; Alec Reese, Scranton; on the trestle, shore. Of the dead, 20 bodies have been eneea are told by those who 'escaped deetts A Mrs. :McDonald, of Philattel. phia, who was in the third ear, and is a good ewinamer, eetaped by a window tie the ear toppled into the water. She dived four times for her husdand, and rescued hiin after she had brought to the :surface three 0001 Among the dead are Walter Scott, John Fortunate:, The Philadelphia; 1 feet that some bodice were reeovs PlillisdolPhift; ()rest' . erel tetteide of the ill-fated eare leads t.>Mabelo, Filletlelphia; ;Cohn Dougherty, the belief that poesibly all of thetse Who Au•Ir""' T'llY1°''' (.17'. • were drowned may never he reeovered. n ; Georoe Mee(te. Philadelphia; W. IL s Stewart. Weenonali. N. 1.• Frank 1),,- 1. ThiMan is Not There. coy, Philadelphia; Joseph yip°, man- Philadelphia, Oct. 20.-P, Anguerroso, a member of the Royal Artillery Band, who is reported dead, is safe. lie did not accompa»y the musicians yesterday, but loaned bis coat to a member who was without a uniform. Ile was drown- ed and Anguerroso's cards were found In the pocket of the coat. * Anguerroso said the dead man wake pro- bably Conatantantino Cervatore,44 years old, who joined the band two weeke ago. He leaves a widow and six children hi 4 • 4 - SHOT WIFE DEAD, WOMAN WAS SITTING ON A BENCH WITH HER DAUGHTER. Crime of George Lecouteur, Chief Of Police of Thetford Mines ,in the City of Quebec -Walks Down the Street and Gives Himself Up. Quebec, Oct. 28. -George Lecouteur, aged 60 years, Chief of Police for Tbet. ford Mines, shot and killed his wife, Katherine Yairan, aged 58 years, in this city yesterday morning at 10 °clock. The tragedy was enacted on the Wpm- ade, within a stone's throw of the Gar - risen Club and St. Louie street, and was witneesed by at least a dozen peo- ple, including Captain Petry, Secretary Treasurer, and the staff of the Garrison Club, who heard the report of the' pistol ehot, and, looking out of the club. win- dow, saw the murderer with a smokieg revolver in his hand, standing ever his vietim, who had fallen back on h bench beside her twenty-yearxold daughter, in the throes or death, Captain Petry and the club servants immediately rushed to the scene, when Lecouteur looked. up and coolly greeted Captain Petry, whom be was acquainted with, and said: "Captain, I have shot my wife; the thing is done, all is finish- ed, and 1 am glad of it, for she played me long enough." The murderer was the least concerned of all those present. He coolly looked at his victim and took no notice of the heart-rending grief of his daughter, and with the remark that he guessed he would go and have a drink he walked ftway, and, proceeding down St. Louis street, he met a respectable citizen and coolly told him that at woman had been shot on the Esplanade, but in this ease did not reveal his identity as the guilty party. When be reached the St. Louis Hotel he entered the bar, called for awl partook of a glass of liquor, and then, leaving the premises, walked down Gar- den street in the direction of the Angli- Pan Cathedral, arhere he met Detective Thomas Walsh, and after greeting him in a friendly manner told him be had shot hie wife, and he presumed that he Would be n nor him soon. Detective Welsh had not heard of the murder that had been committed only eame fifteen minutes previously, and thought Chief Lecouteur was joking, but when the latter produced a five -chamber revolver from his pocket and said it was tbe weapon used, Detective Walsh pine - ed him under arrest, and conveyed him e willing prisoner, to the Central Police Station. and an hour later the prisoner, who still admitted his guilt in the same neconeerned mnnner, was committed to hill to await the coroner's inquest. • 0 LUTIN'S VICTIMS. SIX BODIES RECOVERED FROM SUNKEN SUBMARINE. All Terribly Destroyed by Action of Acid -Six Leaks Found in Vessel's Hull -Work of Removing Dead Not Yet Completed. Bizerta, Tunis, Oct. 28. -The bodies of six of the crew of the French sub- marine boat Lutin were removed from the yeesel to -day. The vessel sank off this port on October 100, with fourteen men and two officers on board. She was commanded by Lieutenant Fepottz. The work of removing the dead probably will not be completed be- fore Monday. It is planned to hold Mac funerals on Tuesday. All the bodies were in a horrible condition, owing to the action of acids. The only means of identification was by articles found on • the corpses. The indications are that the men met dealt: instantly. The opinion pl.:waltz that the Lutin tried to come to the sur- face too rapidly, and that consequently her stern struck on the bottom. This mused rivets to start and plates to burst. Six leaks were found in the 4** WANT MINERS TO PAY UP. Claim $350,000 Because Men Took Un- warranted Holiday. Chicago, 111., Oct. 29. -The executive boards of the Illinois Coal Operators' Association and of the Coal Miners' Union met here to -day to adjust certain differences. The operators presented to the miners a. bill for $850,000. which they demanded should be paid on account of the holi- day taken on Oct. 12 by the miners on Mao anniversary of the Virden riot. The deniand is based upon the agree- ment between the miners and operators, which declares that no holidays shall be taken except on certain specified dates, and that tho sum of $10 shall be paid by the union to the operators for every man who fails to work on other days. The assertion is made by the operators that the taking. of the holiday on Oct. 12 was contrary to agreement, and that they ere entitled to the full amount Against the 55,000 miners in the State. The arrangement regarding the holidays is, according to the operators, made necessary by the great number of for. donors among the miners who are eon- etantIy taking holidays other than those commonly recognized in this State. WEALTHY COLORED MEN. Left Prince Edward Island Almost Pea- ' niless and Returned Rich, Charlottetown, I), E. T., Oct, 20. - Twenty years ago Thomas nod Lemuel Stomped, entered natives of Cnadigart, P. E. T. left home with scarcely a dollar. They went first to "Atitine, working five as ship carpenters; thence they drifted to the ItIondike, suffering many hardships in the search for gold. From the Klondike they went to the Fair- banks distriet in Alaska, where they elertred three-quarters of a inillion dol- lars. They ere now on n visit to their eged mother in 'Cardigan, having in their pee. session nuggets of VatiOUS Sin% and bank bills bearing the eignature of proident and treasurer of the. First National Bank of Fairbanks, the first wiper money ever S0.011 in that eity. The barber .atid his razor generally pull together. e * - Mr. IL G. Reid, 1.,Afontreal capitalist, hns eontributed $8,000 to Queen's Uni- versity' endownment fund, THAT INDIGNITYwithite W" he ininek The horses fell aftorottilus,volinliva: ON JAPANESE wastbrijni aild d ure*Oaf tho Mao escort eby eonfeder- • 4' ales the house from which the boob The Wiled States Constitution to be Invoked .1•1•••••••••••••, To Compel San Nadu() to Respect Treaty Rights. Severest Blow to State Rights Since Civil War. New York, Oct. 20. -Washington ad. vices to the Tribune point out that for the first time in the history of the Un- ited States the sixth article of the con- stitution is to be invoked to compel local Authorities within, a State to respect the provisions of a treaty, and the doctrine of States' rights seeras destined to re- ceive the severest blow it has exponent - ed 'since the civil war. Previous ndministmtions have remain- ed helpless in the face of local action which has seriously embarrassed the na- tion in its relations with foreign pow- ers and outrages within the boundary of Mac States have gone unpunished by the Federal Government because of the belief that the Federal Government was with- out jurisdiction. It has remained for Elihu Root, the present Secretary of State, to enunciate the principle that the constitution of the United States affords ample authority to compel observance by a State of the provisions of an international treaty. Article 171. of the constitution of the United States declares: "This constitution and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the au. thority of the United States shall be Mac supreme law of the land; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary not- withstanding." Confident that Secretary of State Root is correct in his belief that there is full authority under the constitution, the administration will promptly endeavor to put a atop to thoso discriminations against Japanese citizens which local au- thorities within the State of California have been and are practising in violation of article L of the treaty 01 1804, be- tween the JapaneseEmpire and the Un- ited States of .America. DARING RESCUE. -- OIL-LADEX STEAMER SAVES CREW FROM BURNING VESSEL. Victims of Southern Hurricane Build Signal Fire on Drifting Houseboat and Are Almost Bunied to Death by Spreading Flames. New York, Oct. 20.-A thrilling story of the rescue of half a dozen men in the recent storm off the Florida, Keys was related by Captain Rudolph Rubelli of the Standard Oil Company's steamer Captain A. M. Lucas, which arrived here to -day after the most tempestuous voyage of her career. The rescued men were fishermen,' whose house -boat had been swept to sea y the gale. Coupled with the tale of the bravery of his own men, who risked their lives at the height of the gale, he told of the wonderful fortitude and daring of the sailors of a British vessel who lowered themselves in small boats in the midst of the fiercest storm and picked a dozen or more bodies of the living and dead from the wreckage in the gulf. The six sailors who were taken aboard the , Lucas had, built a fire on top of the house -boat in which they were drifting oceanward, and when the vessel was brought alongside to take them off there was momentary danger that some of the huge oil tanks would explode and blow up the entire crew and storm sufferers. It was the fire that called. the atten- tion of a watchman on the Lucas to the plight of the fishermen. Before assist- ance could be sent to the men the fire had spread to the house -boat and the men were in imminent danger of being burned to death. There was no time to lower a small boat, and so the steamer was run alongside the burning house- boat and the men rescued. A DARING THEFT. TERRORISTS CAPTURE LARGE SUM OF GOVERNMENT MONEY. Waylay Treasure Wagon in St. Peters- burg Streets and Carry Off Gold and Notes -One Robber, Killed -Hun- dreds of Arrests. New York, Oct. 20. -The Sun's St. Petersbudg correspondent cables: The revolutionary terrorists achieved to -day in the heart of St. Petersburg an as. tounding victory over the Government's protected treasury. The scene was be- hind the Kazan Cathedral on the street leading to the Catherine quay. Along this route collies twice a week a carriage drawn by two horses and bringing notes front the printing hotme of the Imperinl 13/ink for distribution by the Treasury Department. At 1.30 this morning the carriage paesed the end of Forornaia lane on the Catherine quay. It was escorted by four mounted gend- armes, and inside were two bank clerks armed with revolvers, and two commis- sioners, also annea with revolvers. They guarded three leather portfolios. The first contained 24,000 roubles ($18;480) in notes of the Imperial Bank. Mao second. 214,000 roubles ($104,780) 11 Government seenritive, and the third, which was a leather bag, held 4,000 roubles ($3.080) in geld, A man who was standing in the door- way of c house on the canal when the menage turned from the lane threw a bomb at the horses' feet. The manikins epraeg from the aide of the equippage, leaving it unprotected. Then a woman, who was /witted in an open eab across the foot bridge, cried out to a youth beside her: "Take them, boy, and ruoi" The boy rushed, aeross the bridge and seized the three leather eases. but in re- turning he dropped the stecoed one, con- taining the Government securities. The other two be gave to 1110 WOMati, WhO drove off end is still et liberty, although hundreds of arrests have Wen made this evening, mid all the railways mid ship. ping exits from St. Peters'imrg are muted:et The boy ran along the street into the marts of a polieenian. who thought he was ft PielCO,V4Vet. 110 altnoet es- caped the policeman when a soldier, who was passing, felled him with the butt of his rifle, and ho Was taken to the hos. was thrown. The eeeort °seeped injury. the attnc1du One)tg ;raiz; ,‘ortu was killed soidlera. Ile also was a Jew, The boy thief when interviewed at the hospttal sitid: "We got the money; we are preparing for Stolypin." The act was unquestionably one of re- volutionary terrorism and not canna% robbery. e SUIT OF THE KING, AGAINST THE UNITED STATES FISHING TVG WILLIAM. Toornto, Out., Oct. 29. -(Special). - Papers have been forwarded to Osgoode Hall in, connectioxz with a snit of the King against the U. S. fishing tug, "Wil- liam," of Erie, Pa., which was captured in Canadian waters in September last with fish on board. The vessel was tak- en to the harbor of Port Dover, where Mac is now forfeited to the &own in virtue of an act respecting fishing, la foreign vessels. The plaintiff's elann to have the tug, her nets, taekling, rig- ging, apparel, furniture and, stores con- demned and forfeited to His Aajesty the King, and sold. rapers have been sent to Osgoode Hall as tlw place of trial of the action. DEATH Or XL ED. SANDY% Well -Known Author and Magazine Writer -Native of Chatham. Chatham, Oct. 27. -Word has been re. ceived here of the death in New York, of Ed. Sandys, the popular magazine writer, and a well-knowu Chatham "old boy." Edwin Wiliam Sanays was born in this city in 1800, the son of the late e'en. Archdeacon Sandys. He received a private education, and became editor of Ihe Chatham Sportsman, and journal- ist to the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr. Sandys removed to New York to be. coine editor of Outing, end special writ- er for other publications. Ile is author of "Upland Game Birds," "Trapper Jim," "Sportsman Joe," a,nd other sporting sketches and articles. Deceased was a brother of Mrs. Deni- son, "Lady Gay," of Saturday Night. STARK TO GET FRANCHISE, Niagara Falls Gives Company Preference Over Bell. Niagara Falls, Ont., Oct. 28. -The special ceentnittee of the City Council which bee been considering the offers of tl:e telephone companies for a Iran- chiee will recommend. to the Council that the' offer of Stark & Co. he accept- ed. The company does not ask for an exeluelve franchise, the city can take over illa plant at any time a.nti the rates are considerably 'cheaper than those of the other companies compet- ing. The Bell Company withdrew the five- year monopoly clause in its agreement. CARETAKER GETS FORTUNE, Receives Twelve Thousand Pounds Through Death of Father. Winnipeg, Oct. 28.--sPrivate G. Stan- ning, of the It. M. C. R., caretaker of the Drill- Hall here, received word to- night sthat hie father, Thomae J. Stan - nine, manager of Barclay & Co's. Bank, at Plymouth, England, was dead, and that he was heir to :02,000, a dozen horses and two handsome residences. Stanning says he intends to remain caretaker of the Dell Hall, though he may go to England to wind up his af- fairs. at. STRIKERS PREPARED TO FIGHT. Union Men Had Arms Ready, One of Them Swears. Ottawa, Oct. S. -The inquest. at Buck- ingham on the dead strikers did not con- clude on Saturday. Adjournment was made to Tuesday. Sensational evidence was elven by Jos. Mercier, a member of the Allmen's Un- ion, who swore that at a meeting of the union the proposal to fight with arms was broached. Hs also saw rifles stack- ed in ancl 'around the room This damaging evidence rather serious- ly affects the moral position of the strik- ers at least. NO PRIVATE FRANCHISE. Edmonton Council Will Not Consider the Proposition. Echnonton, Oct. 28. -At the last meet- ing of the City Council a communication was received from the Stmtheona Radial Electric Railway, asking if the eity was prepared to consider the question of a franchise for a street railway for their company.' Ald. Griesbach moved a resolution that it is not advisable for the city to part .evith a street railway franchise to a pri- vate corporation. The resolutioat was carried. 0 • JOSEPH PHILLIPS , Will Appear in Court to Plead on Two Indictments. Toronto, ()et, 215, -Joseph Phillips, for- mer President of the York County Loan & Savings Company. will appear in the Cottrt of General 'Sessions, before Judge AVinehester. on Wednesday to elect aml plead on the two indictments returned against him hy the grand jury. One charges, him with stealing 0,000, beteg the tintottat ol a cheque on the Liszt Piano CempenySe itecount with the Bank of 'Andre -II, alleged to have been applied to Vie purelmee of a. house on Macdonell e venue, and the other eltarges renseintey in the matter of York Loan affairs. • ••.• •••• ••••••••1 MONEY FOR THE_ CHURCH. New York Man Leaves $80,000 for Build- ings and Missions. New York, Oct. 27. -The will of Opt Henry P. Martin, formerly eommander of the 7Ist New York Regiment, .filed in Brooklyn to -day, bequeaths $500,- 000 to the American Church Building Fund Commission of the Protestant Episcopal Chureli in the United States and $100,000 to the Domestic and For- eign :Mission:try Society of the Pro. testant Epiecopni Church. The Week of the latter fund is. to be divided am- ong the missionary Bishops in foreign lands anti in the United States. The elerlis of the Toronto Postoffiee have decided to eels the Postoffice De- partment fer inereliers. of salaries,and two repreeentetivee 'of the elerkx will pa esent their rase. ttl ITOil. Rodolphe Le .inieux, Post-numter-General, in a kW ALEX. KAM FIRED SHOT. 8. Clement's Evidence at the Buckingham Inquest. Miss Ileaudry Describes the Strikers' Warlike Advance. Coroner McMahon Inquiring Why Riot Act Was Not Read. A Buckingham, (Nag deopateh: At the opening of the Belanger and lheriault inquest this morning the jury wee em- • panelled. The jure,- is half English and lsnZ French, but as all are familiar with the English language, the Vorouer de- cided to proceeirin English. The burden of the Coroner's address wale that responsibility attaelted t� 50850 persons :for the fataities of the strike affray. The eases when killing vets juetifiable were very rare in law. Coroner MeMahon then read Judge Rochon's judgment, allowing the inquest to proceed. without exhuming the bodies. Dr. Rodrigue was put under severe examinntion by M. Mayen, counsel for the Maclaren Onnpany, as to his pree- elm in the buggy with the rifles. The doctor denied that he knew anything about the rifles being in the vehicle un- til he heard it from rumor afterwards. He also denied that he tahl any per- sons there would be bloodshed that af- ternoon. He swore Albert Maclaren used a revolver. Coroner Mc:Mate:1n said he would ex- amine all, the Magistrates to learn eity they did hot read the Riot Act, Magis. trate Pearson explained that he was out of town, and Magistrate Gorman, WI)0 IVOR at the affray, said he did not anticipate serious trouble until the firing became furious. J. B. Clement, it striker, swore that Belanger did not, have a revolver, and that Alex. Maclaren fired the shot width killed Belanger. lie wae positive that the police fired the first shot. Louis Lendry, in whose rig the rifles were found, said. that he did not know the names of the men ivho had the rifies. He is Seeretary of the union, and said that the strikers' rifles were not loaded, being.designed as a bluff to frighten the other 'people. Miss Beaudry's Statement. Maw Aurore Beaudry was the first witness when the jury resumed, as well as the first lady to testify. -According to her the union men, to the number of one hundred, marched to the boom, whore the Maelaren 'nen were working, ant kept, trying out: "Shoot, elsoot; kill!" She maintained her story, despite unsparing cross-examination. Recorder F. a. Beaudry, of Bucking- ham, was on the way to the boom arm- ed with the Riot Act, because be had heard 'before there might be trouble. He heard the shooting when he got half- way, and he turned back. Earlier in Mac day he had seen Xavier Hamelin handling a pistol, and saying that 'it would do for those English fellows." Gilbert Brazeau, who was in the audi- ence, respande4 to the Coroner's invita- tion for someone to come forward who saw Belaneer fall. He was sure the fatal shot came from the police. Frank Smith, fanner, rowed the ire of the strikers' chief counsel by telling that be saw three men -George Robert- son, George. Gaudry and Calvert Bas - Gen -taking part in the fight on behalf of the strikers. "They will all swear that is false," declared Mr. Marechal, George Robertson went in• the box and made the contradiction. ALCOHOL AS MEDICINE. Use Condemned at National W. C. '1'. U. Convention. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 27. -At the Na- tional Convention of the W. C. T. U. here to -day Mrs. Martha M. Allen, of New York, spoke on "Medical Temper- ance," and asserted that inany people die of alcoholic disease from the steady use of small doses of liquors takeu as medicine. She alluded to the passage of a patent medicine clause in the pure food law as a great victory, as it de- stroys secrecy hi all medicines. She up- held the contention that alcoholic liquors are never necessary and are sften dangerous in the treatment of disease. 4 - • KICKED OUT OF CAMP. Correspondent of London Paper Says Workmen on Railway Are Swindled. London, Oct. 28.-A correspondent of Reynolds' Newpaper, Parry Sound, Ont., says Englishmen on the C. P. R. construction are swindled, fed unsound meat and preserves, drink putrid wat- er, and when stricken with typhoid fever, or maimed at their work, are kicked out of camp to find their way back to -civilization, or perish in the bush. Reynolds' says the charge is laid to the account of big labor contractors, who find they can kick and bully for- eigners, and get more out of them, while Britishers will not stand the injus. tiee. 0 • • WILLIAM HAS A COLD. Berlin, Oct. 20. -Emperor 'William is suffering from a cold which issufficient- ly severe to require him to give up his projected visit to -day to Prince Phillip Zit Eulenburg's country place, at Lieben- berg. The eourt circular in announcing the chanee in his majesty's Mans says his cold is "light." LUNCHED TOGETHER. Berlin, Oct. 20.-M. Iswolaky, the Rus- sian Foreign Minister, hitiched with Em- peror William yesterday and afterwards had a long -conversation with His 'Maj- esty. The Minister had another &inference with Chancellor Von Buelow baday, and will dine with him to -night. COCiii3iIRN RESIGNS. Toronto, Oct, 20.--(Special)---At the mord meeting of the Consumers' Gas Company to -day, R. R. Cockburn, presi- dent of the ruined Ontalio Hank, form- ally resigned the presidency of the coin - pony. J. b. Blatikie was elected presi- dent in his stead; .A. W. Austin, Vice - President, and Herbert Langlois to the Board of Directors. i• - Hartford, Conn., Oct. 20. -(Special.) - Henry O. Ilitiley;of St. Catharines. Can - Ida, is a.rengml of killing his empinyer. G. It, Goodall, of Middleton% with an exe on July 0. Bailey was arrested at Mao home of a telatire in the town, an I was returned to Middletown, where h., is now being tried for murder in the 11 st degree. No motive SaNV rob. leery is known that waathi aoadatar far the crime.