THE CHINA MAIL.
Among other distressing instances of a whole farfly "being carried away by the accident is that of the household of Mr Alfred Alesbury, of the firm of Aleabury, Major, and Barrott, brace and collar manufacturers, of Jewin Cro- rent, City. Mr Alesbury, who was about forty years of age, and resided at 11, Valentine-road, South Hackney, left Lon- don on Saturday for the purpose of joining his wife and family, who, with their gor vant- young woman of about eighteen. years, had been spending a six weeks' holi day at Southend, anff Intonded returning home on Tuesday. The children were four in number-three girls and one boy-their ages varying from seven months to ten
No. 4772.-OCTOBER 19, 1878.]
the same words, of those who came out that offciat is not to be complimented on were brought on shore, until in a few hours water, and struck by the side of the saloon, ing, and its last tune was Nancy Lee. Fearing that he might be sucked under this Upon the pier stood throngs of people, try his success to-day. I have already men- no fewer than night bodies were laid in the At this time he could hear the windows All went well and quietly until about vessel be avoided her and made out of the ing to see the funnels of the Princess Alice, tioned the imperfect arrangements at the Ferry Boat public-house. Of these one is a cracking. As he came up out of the twenty-five minutes to eight o'clook, when way. He then perceived at some distance à which were wrongly stated to be visible at pier, but those at the Town Hall were little boy, probably about four years of age, wreckage, be was struck over the bridge of it was anything but dark. You might not life buoy to which several persons were low water. They could not have beheld simply scandalous. Whilst recollecting and his appearance, as compared with all the the nose (the gentleman was bandaged on have been able to read amall print, but you clinging. He made for this, and attempted them from this place had they been there, that the edifice was built for no such pur- rest of the bodies, is most painful. He is the face). Be thought the vessel went would distfuetly see the picture on a photo to secure himself by this means, but the but numbers made them out, and silently pose as that to which it was turned, one dressed in a blub serge drese, trimmed with down within two minutes of being struck. surveyed them, As the ferry boat left for must
graphi. We were near North Woolwich, additional weight appears to have over- feclare that childish common sense white braid, straw hat, with blue necktie. Mr Fred. Love, another patient, said: and had seon the powder magazine. The turned the buoy. North Woolwich, another steamer passed it might have prepared a better system for Next to him in the row is the body of a Directly before the collision
He subsequently struck steamer captain was standing on the paddle-box, out for the shore, and was eventually picked close. In front of the helmsman lay an meeting the emergency when it arose. The woman aged about 70, somewhat poorly passed quite close to us, but did not touch looking ahead and giving directions to the up by a bout in a most exhausted condition. ...object scarcely hidden by a fing, and upon street was thronged, but no policeman tried alad; the next is the body of a robust as, and directly after that had gone, we hands. I am
the deck long bandles were disposed side by to keep a passage.. Two powerful con-woman, who is dressed in a maroon-coloured saw the other coming on. At that time it slackening spood and going very slowly, others, he for some time clung to the aft perfectly certain we were As the boatmen were busy picking up side. A sailor, pipe in mouth, was unroll-stables atood before the door, resisting by dress, white stockings, and now boots, aged seemed to be in a direct line with the one Some of the people around us were straining part unobserved, but was eventually got in. ing over them a sheet of canvas. This score main force the rush of people who tried to about 45. She was wearing six rings, some which had just parsed. When I looked their eyes and looking ahead in the name The party were then rowed to Barking, of corpses was the fruit of an hour'e drag- enter, but no way aiding the egress of those of them of value, and in her pocket, were again, it seemed to be coming in our direc direction as the osptain. My wife and I where, aftor some delay, he was able to ing, and she slowly passed across our bows who came out. The door opened, and five two parsas containing 4. 168. 8. The next tion, and would, perhaps, then be at a turned to look sa the others did; we were undress, and wrap himself up in warm to the Arsenal Wharf. At North Woolwich or six persons emerged distracted by grief is a woman, aged about 32, dressed in a distance of 200 yards from us, There was then standing at the extreme point of clothing. Bad ho been in the water a fow the procession of mourners and idlers was or auxiety, to fight a road through the mass plum-coloured dress, with grey serge petti-a deal of shouting and much confusion, the desk, looking up the Thames. I saw minutes longer he imagines that he would scarcely thinner than on the south shore.. of human beings. A like number of these coat trimmed with braid. The fifth on the but in an instant the collision occurred. Ia largo vessel, a screw steamer, several. have aunk from exhaustion.
Leaving on our right the Gardens, where nearest the portal forced their way in, and hat is a very stout female, about 44 years am a good swimmer, and was in the water lengths ahead, and coming directly towards advertisements for a grand Barmaid Show the door was shut again. The task of ex- of ago. She is dressed in a black alpace about twenty minutes before I was picked us. It appeared to me that our vesaul had were torn across, we tramped through the amining three swollen faces and that ripped dress, with velvet body, and white stockings. up Several of those in the water caught then altogether stopped, and was standing barren fields, and by the riverside towards sadden clothing, took some twenty minutes, The sixth is that of a woman supposed to be hold of me, but I had to strike out for still in the water. Every one around us Beokton. An the Thames is unrivalled so that a score of persons could scarcely be the wife of the captain, as she had in her myself, I was at a disadvantago, an I was anxious, and inquired one from the for beauty above bridges, so its ugliness admitted in the hour. I heard a woman possession an onvelope headed Orders," jumped away from the boat, and got carried other what was the matter; but two or below is incomparable. Our path was a say her face was grimed with tears" We and addressed to Capt. N. Grinstead, away by the stream. I was picked up by three of the men belonging to the Princess lofty causeway, so narrow that two could have been here three hours, and there are Princess Alice. A free pass from Sheerness & email boat and taken pa to a barge, where Alice who were on the deck looking out scarcely pasa, intersected by stiles that had fifty people before us yet! The police, was also found upon her. The man is an I was treated with the greatest kindness told us not to fear, for we would go by all Ho-raison d'étre in a continuing fence. On also, tost teroper, and behaved with violence. elderly person, evidently named Wright, as during the night. I lost my adopted right, and that there was no danger. My one side lay the poor and weedy fields, out At one time the whole crowd took to flight a letter from Messrs Hollington Brothers mother, Mrs. Lawa, in the scadent 1 wife expressed a fear that the great vessel, up with water courses and aimless bits of it was largely made tip of women-and was found upon him bearing that name, and think that whole families must have been towering so much above na, would comme broken railing; on the other the muddy cries of "murder" rose. Barrying up to also a letter from his son in America, ad- drowned in the saloon, bucaune numbers into collision. She was some lengths off, stream. There are neither houses, ships, see the cause of disturbance I found a tall dressed to N. Wright: He is an elderly had gone inside complaining of it being a bat coming nearer in a direct line. I am nor wharfs, nor two miles of road on this young fellow, whose face was pale with person, and rather stout.
chilly evening. When the collision occurred quite sure she was coming straight on. I bank, but on the other lics Woolwich, in aanger und discoloured by blows," whem a The saloon of the ill-fated vessel has also the struggle upon the paddle-boxes was looked, but could see no lights on the large dim canopy of smoke. Vendora of fruit and brother tried to restrain. It ain't no been washed ashore at this point, and now something awful, each one endeavouring vessel, nor could I ses any men in the fore cakes sat on the bank holows and called at us," he said, "old chap, they will only lies on the beach. Every few minutes the to save himself. tention to their wares. The very latest knock you about again. My inquiries dead house was visited by numbers of persons Henry Totman makes the following state part of her facing towards us. I jumped years, the boy being about two years old. edition of the papers hung across a broken were answered civilly, and I learned that in search of missing friends, and some of the ment was a passenger by the Princess vessel approaching na; but one of the hands the Valentine-road with her husband, an up on the seat, still looking towards the Mr Alesbury's mother, who also resided in tail and sold at fanoy prices. Our unending these youths had three sisters aboard the scenes witnessed were of the most distress-Alde ateamer on Tuesday afternoon, which called upon me to come down, by the oil and colour dealer, likewise went to array looked strange when one drew off the Princess Alice. Their father was with ing character. Up to this time none of the left Sheerness at a quarter past four. I captain's orders. I observed that the Southend on Tuesday for the purpose of track and surveyed it moving in single file them, and they had patiently worked their bodies has been identified. The body of a should think there were about 600 or 700 captain of the Princess Alice was still on joining her son's party and returning with high up against the sky. At the new works way to the doors, whon, as I was told, and child has also been washed ashore near the parengers on board. Everything wont the paddlebox, and that our lights wore them at night. But, unhappily, instead of of Victoria Dock a crowd assembled, and as bystanders testified, the police, without Dagenham Candle Factory.
well until we left Gravesend-in fact, until hung out. As the large vessel onme nearera joyous household re-assembling around many went no further; for here could be warning or apparent reason, had commence! The Coroner, Mr C. C. Lewis, will hold we were just off Barking. I was standing to us, while I believe we were standing the family hearth, desolation reigned there. seen the barges of the Thames Conservancy, an attack with fists upon the crowd. Of the inquest on the bodies found here at abaft the paddle-box, and all I know of still, I distinctly heard the captain aboating The servanto-corpse was washed ashore moored bow and stern of the wreck, and this feot there could be no doubt, whatever. Barking.
the matter is, that I heard the captain from to her in a loud voice, Where are you near Woolwich yesterday. displaying the ill-omenet tag, Around the provocation. A young foreign gentle-
the bridge shout out, "Hi hi hi! Where aoming to I came down from the seat then a swarm of boats pulled gently to and man, whose unusual height enabled him to
are you coming to?" He had no sooner as ordered, when I found my wife and I fro, sweeping the bottom with their drags, peor above his neighbours' heads, was
said this, than the vessel out us down were the only passengers on the upper fore A steamer smoked lazily near by: from amazed by what he saw almost beyond the
amidships. The captain gave the order to deck. The large vessel was then close upon time to time a boat drew towards it, and attarance of coherent words. No doubt the
stop the engines when he saw the ship us. My wife, who had not lost her self delivered a ghastly freight. The entrance police had a trying task, exposed all day to
coming, and I believe he stopped as quickly possesion, said, 'Do not leave me, and I to the Beckton Gas Works was guarded by pressure and annoyance. But they could
as he possibly could, when the big ship took her hands to keep her by me. I looked two policemen, who refused admittance to have established their barrier at a distance those whose looks did not furnish them with froin the Town Hall, and prevented mere
Mr Claude Hamilton Wiele, says: am struck us with a sort of gentle crush. It up at the vessel close upon us, but could a clerk in London, and was returning with came on like that (expressively waving his see no persons in her fore part, not hear A passport. Across the enormous area of idlers from blocking out those who had my brother, after a three days' holiday at hands), and then you could hear the any cries from her; but her great height ocal dust and sidings, tramways, rails and such a dreadful interest in approaching. It sheorness. I was standing on the lower timber ornnah up together. As the ship above us would probably prevent our doing sheds, directed to left or right by watchful is said there were not men enough to do part of the after gang-way at the time of came over us, it looked higher than the so. The collision must have occurred at averseers, we threaded the labyrinth, more than was done; but this fact, if true, the accident, having left my brother some veiling (about 20 feet). In five minutes that moment, for although there was no and reached another causeway beyond. does not absolve the superior officials of where on the top of the saloon deck, We there was not a particle left of our boat, crash, we felt the Princess Allco tremble Twenty minutes more trought those who improvidence. As things were managed, had come up slowly against tide from beyond a few pieces floating in the water, under usa kind of strong shivering remained of our prosession to the Creek, each time a vehicle passed up or down the Gravesend, which we left at six o'clock. owe my life to catching hold of a life motion. We tarted, looking aft, seeking lough of mud and water. Speculative boat street there were rushes uncomfortable, and The captain was in his usual place on the buoy that was thrown from the Bywell for means of safety, and I observed the men awaited us below, and sturdy roughs even dangerous, in the packed crowd. deak, All the grow were sober, and every Castle, When I was picked up I saw a lot captain was no longer on the paddlebox. lay in ambush to help the women and the
thing appeared to be in good order. The of people clinging to the ropce, and they never saw him again. Screaming bad nervous down that elimy bank of mud and sharp-edged stones.
Princesa Alice was fully loaded, and the took some of them in. When the vessel then begun, and I saw a lot of people So numerous were
ERITH, Wednesday?
PERSONAL HARRATIVES.
The following are the thrilling persons) descriptions of some of the passengers of the ill-fated vessel who were fortunate enough to escape-
Lloyd's agent at Gravesend telegraphs that the Bywell Castle brought up off Beckton on Tuesday night, and was going up under her own steam yesterday morning to Blackwall apparently injured. Dicke was her pilot. The Hugh Taylor stopped. off the collision, lowered boats, but only succeeded in picking up four females, who all died before landing. The Princess Alice was hit on her starboard paddle-box, and sank immediately. One of the Company's Diréotors, with three children, was lost on board of her. One man awam ashore on the Essex side, and was seen in the train at Barking on Tuesday night.
RUSSIAN TROOTS AT CONSTANTINOPLE The Daily News correspondent at Galata announces that the departure of the Russian
horus awaiting orders to embark the troops at San Stefano. 70,000 men are to proceed to Russia, and the rest of the army will retire towards the Balkans.
It was rumoured on different parts of the the passengers and so impatient that boats river that something like fifty bodies had fore part especially was crowded. I did began to sink the after part went down quite ajthick and excited crowd-rusb, as troup from before Constantinople is pro- were ferried over, blimbed the other bank and this may in some measure account for ship which struck us until I was in the away from under my feet. When I heard there might bava boon a ladder there, for I left. Several transports aro in the Bosp
the hundreds of persons who visited the water. Our vessel seemed to be almost cut the captain call out 1 looked round, and I sad reached Lawes's Patent Manure Fuc polico-station during the day. Persons who in two, and in a few minutos she seemed to saw the coller's red light quite plainly, but I tory, of which one large room had been dead been unsuccessful in finding their de- double up in the middle and sink in deep really do not know whether we had our voted to the reception of the curpass ceased relatives or friends at Woolwich, water. The people rolled down the decks lights burning, as I had taken no notice,
Through a huge shed, lined along one side with boilers, so murky, that its further Barking, Rainham, and elsewhere, came to towards the opening, it was so steep they When she sent I followed the screw. I did not wait for her to The steam came up, and I thought the end could not be seen, the incomers were bodies were picked up. So far as can be sink, and after giving a peculiar whistle boilers would have burat. I esr not des
Erith as a last resource; but only fourteen could not stand. directed by voices from the darkness. Bo guided they went on, pushed open a door. I gathered none have yet been found below which my brother might recognise, I cribe the scene that ensued, as it was tuo abock we found ourselves, my wife and will probably supersede all other methods of and beheld one of the most painful sights the point. The first intimation of the ca- Jumped into the water. Presently I found awful to think of. I am not a swimmer.
James Lynn says:We were going along that ever man could witness. I have ridden lamity which was received here was brought my brother swimming about; we are both
the lost ones.
BARKING, Wednesday,
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saw several people, women with children and men with women, drop over the side, but whether on to a ladder or not I do not know; but perceiving that there was a fierce rushing of steam up the side at that point I feared approaching it, lest we wight of working pankahs has recently been pR- INDIAN PUNKARA very efficient mode be scalded to death. Without any apparent tented, and for simplicity and cheapness still holding together, in the water, and keeping these useful contrivances in con- rose again. We sank again, I believe drawn tinnal motion. By means of an electric. over many battle-fields, I have seen death by one of the boats of the Bywell Castle,good swimmers, and we made for the screw very comfortably until the ship stopped down by the suction of the Princess Alice. motor, punkahs can be worked at the cost which landed three of the survivors boy steamer. The water was full of people, after leaving Gravesend. We then started When we ruse my wife was black in the of a few pence daily, and being very mo→ and horror in every shape, but none so dis- and two adults. These were taken to the especially about the hull of the screw, and again, and then I heard some one call out face and nearly insensible, I could not derate in price, it is probable that it will tressing as that. It is not good to dwell on
Of all sudden deaths that by Yacht public-house where they remained we had great difficulty in avoiding them, "Stop" again, and we "throwed our head swim, and could scarcely hold my wife np. era long be largely eraployed in military ouch scenes.
A vessel appeared to She told me to keep quiet, and to bold up: catablishments drowning is the one which most diefigures, all night. The work of identification has A woman clutched me, but I got away and towards the shore,"
The be beating down on us, and the captain of A plank was close by na and going past. I throughout our Indian Empire. The motor, and private residences existence, bad battered themselves one majority of the persons having been claimed Princess Alice sank as I leaped off, and I the Princess Alice called out to them to seized it, and holding on to it it carried us with the punkah in operation, can be seen. and these poor souls had struggled for gone on rather quickly at this point, the saw her go down like a stone. against another, had struck the floating by their relatives. A remarkable instance was one of the last left on board, working stop, but they took no notice of him or right behind the vessel which had come daily at the officer of the Howe Machine of mistaken identity took place here. Two my way to the stern before I jumped. of the shouts of the passengers. She was into collision with us. The. Prinosa Alice timbers of the vessel. The attitudes showed
The must then have been behind. All around Company, Limited, 48 Queen Victoria Street, with what violence they had died. Like Santlemen entered the station, total strangers took off my boots, coat, and waist-coat, and then within 200 or 300 yards of us.
City, and may fairly be regarded a very men killed suddenly in battle, their fats to each other, and having walked along the reached here in my trousers and shirt only, crew and passengers called to them to turn were people struggling in the water, scream-meritorious and useful contrivanco. We Mr Herbert Augustus Wielo, brother of their ship, but she still kept on, and dashed ing, and calling to the men whom we could believe that the motor can be employed to oroaked. Without the clothing it would stating that it was his wife, and the second the former, says: was on the saloon deck, right into our side, and nearly cut us in then ses looking over the bulwarks of the innumerable purposes, such as the working were clenched, arms boat, and fingers path they both identified one lady the one have been, almost impossibio for eye, how.saying she was his mother. It subsequent-aft, but looking ahead. I heard a about two. I had my mother and my aunt on other vessel. My wife and I also shouted, of sewing-machines, organs, harmoniums, ever keen with love and tear, to recognisely turned out that the husband's identitien- ing, when I saw the huge red hull of a board with me, but I do not know whether and ropes, I believe several, were thrown &c.; and, when its merits are more widely
I distinctly saw threa At least half of the twenty- was the correct one, the lady being Mrs steamer, coming upon us, towering high they are saved or not, as I have not seen over us by the men. five disposed upon the floor were still un-Brown, of North Hall, Mortimer-road, St. above our saloon. She struck us amidships them since. I tried to scramble up the thrown, and I believe there were more. 1 on the right hand side, and then we seemed chains of the ship, but I was kicked down grasped one of the ropes, my wife still hold- known, and four little corpses, white and John's Wood. The station all the evening flaxen haired, upon the window-ledge, had has been almost besieged with inquiries, to lie still for a minute. I ran down the off them by others. I did not think much ing on to me. Some four or five others also found no relative to claim them. In the whilst trade in the district seems at a stand companion ladder and got to the extreme of it, as I did not believe she was going to took hold of the same rupe, but I could not stili, all the shopkeepers and work-people after part of the boat, and I took off my sink so rapidly. I then ran down to the see how many took hold of the other ropes, same case was a boy, more happy, who having turned out in the streets to gather boots ready to dive. The passengers were lower deck to try and save my friends, but as they were thrown behind us. The vessel bad escaped whilst father and mother were drowned. He seemed to be dull with terror groups and discuss the sad news. More frantio and I tried to pacify some of them, no sooner had I got there than it was moved on, and holding by the ropes wa for I did not think we should sink, and swamped. The screams were something floated down the river along with her, one and grief, and could only say that it taken but generally the sight of the living is much in three or four minutes our vessel again on the deck, when the boat went the while. I believe she had lost a child. than one tale is told of providential escapes, think the people got a little quieter, dreadful to hear. I managed to get hack of those clinging, a woman, screaming all to Kensington he would find his aunt. A more distressing than that of the dead. good-natured working man was preparing to
parted in the middle, and she seemed to down. When I was in the water-I could We must have floated in this way for more accompany him thither. The most of those
doable up. The part where was rose so not swim-1 struck out as well as I could, than half an hour, going down the river sixteen carried alive to Creek Mouth have
The excitement and sympathy manifested high in the air that I was almost afraid and I don't exactly remember what became with the ebb. We were shouting to the niready gone home, but Mr Haggar and Mrs at this somewhat out-of-the-way place have to dive. I shut my eyes and plunged in, of me. I got hold of a piece of wood of men above, and could hear them shouting, Golliver cannot yet be moved. The former increased, and during the whole of to-day taking a long dive to get clear of the some sort, and I seemed to be a long way but could not hear what they said. Many has a terrible gash behind the ear, received wero na intense as the feeling exhibited on people in the water, I had seen them off from the vessel that struck us down. 1 vessels passed us at a distance, and we could he does not know how, and bruises and the opposite shore. When it is known that sliding down the decks before I lesped, managed to keep up and struck out towards see a good many boats moving about us; wounds over all his body. Mr Haggar can no less than 20 bodies of the unfortunate Our vessel seemed near the north shore it, and kept along for about two or three but noue of them approached us. We could pcarcely talk, and the little extracted from passengers are lying bare, only 13 of whom just before the accident, and we were not minutes. I got near to it, and then they sea the lights of Greenwich, when a small him leads to the belief that he does not real were, up to seven o'clock to-night, identified, steaming at all, for the saptain had stopped threw a rope out, to which I hung on for a boat hailed us and took us on board. It ly reollect what pusssed between the soothie is easily accounted for. Train after to avoid another vessel which had just few minutes, till I was taken up by a boat, was a two-oured boat with three mon in it. dent and the resone by a boat. Mire Gul-train brings anxious and inquiring friends ebaved us, and before she could go ahead The water seemed full of wreckage mized We were taken on board with all those liver, however, and the boat's crew bear from London and elsewhere, to see if they this other one came upon us. The captain op with dying people, women and children, hanging on to our rope; some of those witness how the gallant fellow supported can recognise one, or, in most cases, more and officers shouted, "Where are you was taken ashore to Barking, where the clinging to the other rope must also have and lifted her into safety whilst half uncon- than one, who was dear to them; and fail-coming to," and she drove into our aide. people took me into a cottage and put me been taken on board, as there were twelve or sions what he did. Engaging a boat Iing to discover those whom they seek, their When I came up after diving the Princess on somebody's dry clothes.
thirteen of us altogether. I do not know the visited the scene of the disaster. Many anguish is augmented by having to cross the Alice was not to be seen, but I wiped the Inspector King, of the Thames police, names of our rescuers, but from the fact watermen from London have come down to water, only to meet a sight more horrible water out of my eyes and saw my brother, states that be had a week's holiday, and that they were bailed by a passing vessel I get a few shillings by a ghastly work, and perhaps than the one they have lately quit- We swam together to the screw ship and went down to Gravesend yesterday for the believe they belong to hor. They rowed us one of these crews I tempted to convey me. ted.
got hold of a rope, which soms one threw day's excursion, and returned in the ill to Greenwich, where we landed, My wife They stipulated for liberty to "drag" as Within an hour after the disaster took over to us. The gorew had stopped, and fated vessel. He had with him his wife, and I, after procuring refreshments, took they went along, and the many armed an-plass the first of the bodies was landed at did what it could to save life, but it did two children, father, mother, and brother, train to London, arriving home a few thors were thrown overboard. "Other boats the Creek, and conveyed to the plumber's not lower any boats. I saw four or five the latter being an old Waterloo pensioner minutes before eleven. The men in the Bar Silver, 17 dwts. B., 100% nom. all around us were thus employed, for a room of Messrs Lawes Factory. During the moh on board, and they said they had no with a wooden leg. At the moment of the boat told us we were picked up two miles
Bycet, ** body is rewarded with five shillings in any night one after another was brought in, and boats. The money-taker of the Princess collision, 7.50 p.m., they were all on the from the scene of the collision. Waneither Mexicans, event, whilst additional fees might possibly at eight o'clock this morning twenty-one Alias climbed up the chain of the funnel upper deck, when he was thrown down by of us lost consciousness during the whole Gold Leaf, 39; Eins .... be obtained in this case. The spot the bodies, chiefly those of women, were laid on when the accident took place, and get on the Princess Alice being strucks a fearful time,"
Discount, Princess Alias sank in is now marked by sacks, alongside each other, waiting to be board the screw as she came Bashing in, blow, and upon regaining his feet daw the
Two hours later six other and I also saw one of the stewards catch collier towering high above them, and their his experience of the early part of the dis
Mr Brown, of Mortimer-rond, describes
Shares. swirle, and eroze currents, and tnevez wa recognised. ter. No other sign is there on the surface bodies were brought achore, one being a hold of the aucher chain. I believe these vessel immediately commenced to sink, and aster as that of à very unpleasant dream.
Hongkong Bank, 69 % pœam.. of the maddy stream. A lifting tug of the well-dressed young lady, who had several two afterwards came achors. My brother went down in about six or eight minutes. He was sitting in the saloon, when he heard China Traders' Ins. Co., $1,650
Union Ins, Society of Canton, $1,700 Thames Conservancy is mooted at her bows rings on and three little children, who, con and I got faint clinging to the rope, and Be could not attempt to describe the and a barge at her etern, both bearing the trary to the shocking sapest exhibited by lot go
a crash, and he then said to his wife, "Bit We swam about till we got hold of frightful scene which ensued, or the perfectly still, and it will be all right." Im
Yangtase Ina, ARBOG., Tle. 725 well-known dag with wreek" in white the other bodies, lay side by side, as if a boat, and dragged on there for a while, shrieks of those drowning or injured by mediately afterwards the steward rushed
Chinese insurance Co., $315, letters on blue ground. Close by another leaping, Only two of them have been iden until at last the man in charge of the boat the shook; and used as bo is to dreadful into the soloon, and said, "Get on to the
North China Ina, Co., . 1,260 fing of the same device is attached to the tiled. The heads and fases of some of the took us in. We were taken on shore at sights, was so thoroughly overcome that it deck for your lives; the boat is sinking."
H.K. Fire Ins. Co., $925 test of a barge which sans this morning poor creatures were terribly gut, and as the Barking zoekt and lodged as the Crooked as useless to try to think more of it. He He rashed cut of the saloon, but could not
China Fire Ins. Co., $280- with its brown call spread; the two men on work of recognition proceeded, and that Billet. We were in the water about was a good swimmer, and on anding him get far owing to the crush of persons, we,
HE. & W. Doak Co., $20 % preti board have joined that great shoal of corpses slowly, owing to the distorted features of twenty miantes. Before there was any self in the water, caught hold of a woman women, and children all shrieking and
H.K. Ú. &M, S.-boat Co., 311 prem. rolling with the tide betwist London and the victims, the scenes of distress were apparent danger I saw two clergymen on whom he thought was his wife, swam screaming together. He turned to his wife
Shanghai Steam Navigation, Tla, 20 the Bes. Our own efforts to grasp one of beartrending. Shortly before two o'clock the saloon deck singing hymns, and the ashore with her, and then discovered for and said, my dear, this is the last minute
Obian Coast St. Nav. Go., Tls. 101 them were fruitless, but I was informed that the bodies of two men, respectably dressed follows dowu aft were singing songs. The the first time that she was a stranger. All of our lives," and directly after they were
Bongtong Gas Co., $97 six bodies onlared bed been dredged up some were brought ashore, and lodged in a shed captain and grew were all steady.
the members of his family were drowned; washed of their feet, and amid the most
Hongkong Hotel Co., 065 Ingmiente before. They were all those of opposite. On one of them was a watch which
Obias Sugar Refining Co., $159 young women Waterside people know no had stopped at twenty minutes to eight.
Benjamin Smith, of 37, Market.street, Mr Henry Reed, stationer, of 57, Oxford. heartrending eries for help and shrieks ke
Chinese Imperial Loan, £108 batter than others how the calamity osobr Crowds of people assembled the whole ar Edgware-road, one of the survivors in the street, says My wife and I had been was plunged fest foremost twenty feet
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of 1877, 2107 sed, but they have a strong conviction the day outside the factory, and were de bus of the accident was hearing some one did not go down by the Princess Alice, and bodies, logs, and arme beneath the Woolwich infirmary, states that the first he down at Gravesend spending the day. We below the surfars, The sensation of
Temperature founded on experience; They say that atted to view the bodies and although shout out Good God, there is a ship down our return by her was quite accidental surface of the water is better imin (Taken at Mare Falconer 26 06.'s Promigurj the officers of the London Steamboat many failed to find their friends many on us, and, on looking up, he saw a huge We were during the voyage on the upper gined than can be described. Beneath Company are careful beyond all others tearful eye turned from the awful scant vessel strike them under the paddlerheel, fore dock, where these were other first alaas the water Mr Brown remembers to have
Queen's Rond,) That the watch is always kept with especially as they turned their gate on the The lights of the Princess Alice were burn passengers-mon, Tomen, and children; thought of his bhildren and bis will. Being
Howezone, Outober 19, 1876. vigilante, and the ore are picked men. three children, who lay on a bench juct hesing brightly, and he had hotload them bus the deck was not crowded. The other good swimter he instinctively strusk out BAROMETER. Upon the other hand, it in dotlared that the low a window in the full light of day.
Do being lighted about 30 minutes earlier. portions of the ship seemed to me to be for the surface, and it then seemed like an crew of colilers leaving London are always
Batsian, Wednesday Evening, When the collision took place one man very much srowded, ablefly by plesaurs ago before he could reach the top of the worked out dead with sleep, and that the Although nearly five miles distant front held out his arms and said that they need teekers, I never before saw so many water. In his journey upward he appeared lookout, always careless, is in no state to the scene of the adllision, a nataber of bodies not be alarmed. The speaker, however, children on beard a Thames steamer, and to have passed through a dense mass of coal do his duty so he goes down the river 1 were washed on to the shore and past this mounted the side of the saloon by a rope, the proportion of women on board seemed and einders, as he was almost smothered give the statement for what it may seem spot. This is accounted for from the fact so as to take him a little higher and within to be very large, but throughout the passage with the debris. Having arrived at the worth to those who are concerned in such that there was a strong ebb tide at the time reach of the ladder at the side of the ship from Gravesend there was perfect order, surface of the water he struck out, and in a It was doom etter 9 pm, on Tuesday, thes that had struck them. There were, how? Lid got see one person under the influence for strokes found himself alongside of what Whoever wer responsible for public order, the Arst victims of the disaster was picked ever, dve or six hauging to lh, and is gave of liquor on board. Up to within a few be described as an immense wall of steel, and convenisare la Wesleich, | up, and then in quick resession the bodies | way bodlip. Se me thrown into the | remonts of the pelikalon n band ens plez, joud which proved to be the Bywell Castle,
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