NEWS OF THE FORTNIGHT.

Evening Star, Issue 6479, 21 December 1883, Page 4

NEWS OF THE FORTNIGHT.

• [Fbom Our London Correspondent]. London, November 8, November—dreary, dull, foggy November—has once again arrived, bringing with it the usual contingent of early winter horrors. Explosions, collisions, shipwreck, murders, starvation, and suicide—all the catastrophes and all the crimes-have made their preliminary bow ; In fact (to quote my facetious friend “Dagonst”) “ the horror season has been started with complete eclat” Several of the most notable sensations of the fortnight will be found duly dealt with hereunder, but such comparative trivialities as the railway smash at Watford, tho attempt to assassinate Lord Lansdowne, and :hu failure for a solid million of that mighty “cotton cornerer” Mr Morris Ranger, you will already have road about in the newspapers brought by the Tongariro, I think the collapse of Ranger is perhaps the worst of all the catastrophes recently chronicled. It seems to have struck at the very root of Liverpool’s prosperity. Firms that have withstood bad times both in Europe and America for more than a century are now tottering, and every day we he-«r of some well-known name dragged in tho “ slough” of bankruptcy. Ranger seems to have be«o believed In implicitly. For more than a decade he had shown himself a veritable Napoleon of cotton finance, invariably correct in his prognostications, and always generous even to those he « cornered.” Firms set their faces against him for years, and than one by one gave way and consented to do business. He came, he saw, he conquered, and now through a small miscalculation the man is ruined. FRIGHTFUL COLLISION IN THE IRISH CHANNEL, , The last day of October was signalised by ftnotw of those fearful maritime disasters * which will make the twelvemonth now drawing

to a close for ever memorable in mercantile annals. The catastrophe this time occurred in the Irish Channel, and the vessels in collision (both of which sunk in a few minute’s) were the Loudon and North-western Railway Company's steamer Holyhead and a German sailing ship tho Alhambra— -bound on a voyage from Liverpool to New York with coal. The liners Which conduct the mail service between Holyhead and Dublin arc renowned all the world over for their speed, strength, and power. The Holyhead was a recent addition to the fleet a magnificent twin-screw boat of 842 tons, and built specially for tho carriage of cattle. She loft Dublin at 8 p:n on the evening of tho 80th with four passengers, uxten horses, 800 pigs, and a crew of twenfey-.-evor f»U told. Rnrj thing wont well til! ".bout half-Way nCfoai, whrn tho Alhambra w?> sighted.- The night acorns to hsv.* been ?ns, and noth vesrcls clearly saw each other, ily some moans, however, tho sailing ship got into the t;ack of tho steamer, and a dreadful collision cinuod. The engines of tho Holyhead wtre quickly reversed, but tho Alhamb-a was cut down to the water’s edge and sank immediately, with the captain, his daughter, and several sailors on hoard. Tho Holyhead was also found to bo sinking fast, and whilst two of her boats stood by tho Alhambra, two more were lowered for ter own passengers and crow. All were saved with the exception of two deck bauds down in the forecastle, and r.f:er the Holyhead aar-k the boats shaped a course for the Wu.-lsh coast. They ttcre picked up eight hours biter and s*.*o’V landed at Ho’yh c ad. One of the ufew of the steamer gives the following account; f tho catastrophe:— "Tho night was bright and starry when we started from Dublin at eight o’clock. On Tuesday there was a moderate brers- blowing from tho south, with a long heavy s.w.dl. Everything went on ail right until wo were within twentyfive m'les of the South Stack Lirht, when we sighted tills sriling vessel, ohobt 11.i5. The lights of the ■ bip Wore Visible for a long time previous io the collision, It was fire nod clear, and. our lisj’.us, <he usual ones, were showing all tight. When We sighted the vessel she was ticking across, but she did not appear then to ba coming In our way. As the vessel neared us she suddenly veered round, crossing our course, and before the reversing of tho engines could take any effect the collision, hid occurred. The bow of the Holyhead cut the vessel nearly in two amidships on the port sido right down to the water’s edge, and she appeared to sink almost immediately. The reversing of the engines took the Holyhead away from her. Captain Hicks, who acted with prompt decision, immediately mustered tho crew, whose discipline was remarkable. Two boats were lowered in as many minutes, and put off for the Alhambra, and four men were sent by Captain Hicks to put ropes over the bows The captain then ordered two other boats to be got out to take \u off. it having been found out by this time that the Holyhead was sinking, (me of the officers reported that the fore cornpaiument was stove in, and that there was a great rush of water into it through three large holes in the bow. We saw the captain of tho Alhambra on the deck of that vessel calling for .bis daughter. She ran up on deck in her nightdress and thou went drwu into tho cabin again. Her father followed her, and whilst they were below tho ship sunk, taking them down with her. The crew of the Alhambra told us that the bow of the Holyhead went through their sleeping place. The cook was asleep there at the time, and the poor fellow was cut in two. Most of the watch below wore drowred. Our boats succeeded in picking up seven, and on finding that no more were on the water they returned to the Holyhead, By this time the rest of she crew and passengers were in the othre two beans, the last man to leave ihe ship being Captain Hicks. Is was believed then that no men were left on board, but we afterwards found that the quartermaster, John Buckley, and John Evans, deck boy, had been left behind Somoni tae men shook them as they lay in tlu.ir hunks, but could not rouse them. Cur boats stayed by the steamer until Tae went down The Alhambra sank ten m’nuies after the collision. In twenty minutes the Holyhead also disappeared. She sank slowly, until everything was below water and only her light?, were visible ; then suddenly there Was an explosion .and she plunged downwards buv first, a cloud of steam and smoke drifting from tho phee where she had been, The four boats then made ’for Holyhead, the lights of which were visible in the distance, We were in the boats for eight hours. The wind freihenod and the sea increased soon after the disaster. It was with groat difficulty that we kept afloat, but of the many vessels we saw tho first that came near was the schooner Gertrude, of Carnarvon (Captain Willhnis), who tank us on bored about right o’clock and treated us with great kindness, providing us with dry clothes and giving us plenty of hot coffee and eatables, and, rather thou abandon us, he lost his fair wind to Hn'l. whither he was bouod with a cargo of slates ” The second mate of tho Alhambra gives tho following account of :ho affair: “Wo left Liverpool on Monday morning. ■When, the collision occurred the chief watch was cn duty. About a quarter to twelve I came on deck, hearing the captain shouting ‘Steamboat ahoy !’ The steamer was then a short distance away. I heard the captain shout out for his daughter, I ran to the ladies’ roam to call h~r. She came on deck just as the steamer struck ns, I ran to one side and she ran to the other. The captain told us to Hole out for life-belts. All of ns were crying out to the steamer. The lady went below to the cabin, and tho captain followed. The captain, in going down, threw his life-buoy to me. X picked it up and clung to the stays till our vessel wont down, which she did in about two rainuLe-s ''

All tho German crow speak in terms of high admiration of the prompt way in which the men of the Holyhead got oat their boat;., und say that they could not possibly have been quicker or smarter. Tho steward of Gie Alhambra, an Irishman from Armagh, makes a statement which may throw some light on the cause of the accident. Ho states that the mate who ia aim>ng the lost, mistook the masthead-light of the steamer i'or a hand-light, and trie look-out did not tell him that there were other lights to be seen. The mate then gave the order “ ’Bout ship.” This was being done when, by some means, the vessel was brought across the bows of the Holyhead. It is also stated that the captain, seeing that the mate was mistaken as to its being a land-light, called out to countermand his order, and the barque, which had boon going about, swung back again and drifted across the course of the Holyhead,

TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. On the eve of the departure of the mail a terrible explosion occurred at a colliery near Accrington, by which It is feared no fewer than sixty lives have been lost. The correspondent of the ‘ Dally Telegraph,’ wiring on November 7, '•’•ays: "A dreadful colliery explosion took place this morning at a local colliery situate at Altham, a nnall township in the Burnley Union, .which it Is feared has resulted in the loss of no fewer than sixty lives. The feeling treated by such an unexpected occurrence taking place in North-east Lancashire, where gas explosions are almost unknown, can scarcely be described. The pit, at which the calamity occurred is known as the aloorfiHd, being one of two owned and worked by the Alihsm Colliery Company. The second pit. the Whinney Hill, has been in operation about twelve years, but the Moorfield has only been working about two and a-half. The depth is 293 yds. and the seam of coal is from twonty-four to twenty-six inches in thickness, It has been sunk on the latest principle and is worked from the shaft by two main drifts, one of which towards the east inclines slightly upwards, and that on the north downwards' The main chain-way is fixed in the eastern portion of the works, and extends for about LSOy-is, Safety lamps are used, the quantity of gas produced from the workings being variable. Three firemen were employed in tins mine, and in the morning at five o’clock they wont as usual to their duties, which were to examine every heading and report If any danger was to ho apprehended. Tho men and hoys began to descend tbo pit from six o’clock, and by seven 111 had been let down, and had proceeded to their several working*. Coal began to bo wound up in ilm usual manner, the cages being a doublelift, and bringing eight tubs to the surface at once. Thomas Macintosh, r,bc manager, went down about seven o’clock. Generally tho firemen come out about eight o’clock, and at halfp;,r t eight it was remarked that they were later than usual. At ten minutes to nine the explosion took place at a fortunate moment, for those working on the bank, for most of them were e. short distance away from it emptying tho wsgsjons into the boats on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which runs beside the colliery. Tho first intimation was a loud report, as it a whole salvo of artillery had been fired. A shaking of tho earth was felt, followed by a large volume of smoko which ascended like a pillar into tho heavens; and the iron plates which surrounded thepit-rnouth were upheaved, and men won; thrown to the ground. o«e sitting at his breakfast in tho yard ninety foet away having his cap blown oil anci his isos peppered with coaid ust. When the explosion took place the cages were ascending and decouding, the full one being about sixty yards from the top, and the other a similar distance from the bottom, The former was undisturbed, but the latter, notwithstanding its momentum, wan stepped and blown back. One part of the cage left the conductors, tore up die framework, and became firmly embedded, ‘ Intelligence was conveyed at once by messenger to the Whinney Hill Pit, at which a very busy scene was soon witnessed. The noise of the explosion had been heard throughout this mine, which adjoins the Moorfield. and is conrccfcwl with it by a main road 1,900 yards long, known as the Billy road, Tho Whinney Hill is 183 yards deep, and 13d men and boys were at work there. The main road is a decline to tho ether p'-s and the Moorfield shaft being blocked, this was the only way that the miners bad to escape and by which they to aid i-« reached. The ‘ho ‘keys-on’ at the bottom of tho shaft very soon ascended, being driven from their posts by the fames which /rural tuoir way up the main road. An exploring party was at once formed, and staved down tho whole day. working to rescue their comrades. Among tho next gang that went down was * grocer, who had worked in tbo pit for twelve years, and left last summer through failing health. Ho was accompanied by Alfred Marsden and Thomas Clough, miners. These found Richard Walton, the firebeater at the bottom, acting as ‘ hooker-

on’ for the uninjured hands, Who were wound up with great rapidity. The resellers mads their way down tho Billy road, and met in their way several miners and boys, okbo were miking for the shaft-, AU who #er« encountered Weko iatcrhogftuud ;tb to Whether they could do without help, and receiving an affirmative reply the explorers passed on. The grocer, James Illshton, pressed forward, and obtain* d a view of the bottom of the shaft of tho Moorfield pit, when he met with a sufferer, and returned with him. A considerable number of men seem to have clustered about the shaft for four or five were blown into thq sump-hole, which contained a u nastily of water. Roi'tUnatclk these were drogire'd out Tho work of brit g;ng up tho Injured was proceeded with os quickly as possible, the dead being placed carefully on one side.

“Tho scene on the bank of the Whinncy Hill Pit way heartrending. The wives and mothers of the unfortunate miners gathered round the mouth, and made anxious inquiries about their near relatives, Tho operations cn the surface wti’a conducted under the superintendence of Mr MacHpino, tho managing partner, to whom the news of the accident Was made known as he was driving to the colliery. Mr Alderman BaiToW was also summoned, and he and his daughters were soon p.u the spot, and rendered valuable aid to, the sufferers* There was a large staff of medioai gentlemen soon in attendance. Ove*r aa hour elapsed after the explosion before the first batch of the injured w. re brought to tho surface. Thc-y numbered half-a-dozm, of whom two were boys. All of them were burnt, tome rather seriously. They w r ero carried into the engine-house, close by, and after being attended to were removed home. To those on the pit bank, to whom a minute seemed an hour, the wo«k of the explorers appeared to progress very slowly. After a time, however, move of the injured wore brought to the top. They were covered with blankets, and tea or stimulants were administered, everything being done to relieve their sufferings. Among the early arrivals was a poor boy, who seemed to have sustained only slight hurts, but who, unfortunately, had lost his sight. Asked if he could recognise his comrades, he replied that he could not see. and became fretful. The doctors consoled him as best they could, and assured him that he might again possess the use of hia eyta, Another little fellow was so terrified that ha covered his head and face with the blanket, and the medical men tried in vain to induce him to release his hold. A third jouth, who had had a wonderful escape, reported that in coming to the shaft he had to walk over dead bodies, which were lying about in all directions. Then for a while very few of the wounded were brought to the surface, but after twelve o’clock the efforts of the explorers were more successful, and by one o’clock about forty miners had been taken out, all more or less hurt. Two of them were suffering from fractures in the skull, and others from broken limhs and cut logs, but the nrejarlty from burns about the head, face, hand), and legs. Their bodies wore almost entirely without clothing, and presented a pitiful appearance. Some of tho sufferers were able to proceed home unaided, but the bulk of them were conveyed in cabs, “At two o’clock it was reported that all the injured, thirty-six In number, had been brought to the surface, A painful time followed, and the crowd, increasing hourly, continued to watch the cage come to tho top of tho shaft in the hope that other bodies might be recovered, but in vain.

“Latest telegrams state that the first dead body was brought up at a quarter to five, and was followed in quick succession by seventeen others, all being carried from ihe cage to the smithy, where they were laid out for identification. About half-nast six o’clock, when more than an hour had elapsed, It began to be realised by the anxious crowds at tho bank that the rest of tho unfortunate mon who went down to work iu the morning must be given up as lost. One of the saddest incidents related by the exploring party is the case of Mr Thomas Macintosh, the certificated manager, This unfortunate gentleman was traced to a spot behind a mass of fallen coal, where he was practically entombed. The explorers could hear his cries for help, but notwithstanding their furious efforts to remove the obstruction they were unable to rs:» B h tho poor fellow before he succumbed to his injuries and the foul gases which had accumulated where he lay, At ten o’clock it was known that sixtythroe lives had been lost. Twenty-four dead bodies had been taken out, while a similar number awaited bringing up. Some days may elapse before the whole of tho corpses are recovered. As night approacbed bonfires were lighted on the banks and in the pit yard, and their lurid glare lent a weird appearance to the s;ene.”

Another account states The Moorfield Pit is not a deep one, the shaft being less than SCO yards. It consists of two main headings driven through the thiu coal. One of these runs about ISO yards in an easterly direction, and the other to the north. Most of tho men were In the first heading and the branches which had been ran off it, .and there, at four o’clock, they remained, the explorers having been un&ble to reach them. They are imprisoned by a large fall of roof near tho bottom of the shaft, which has completely blocked them In. In the north heading several injured men were found. One of the survivors from this part of the mine expressed the belief that the full force of the explosion was felt in the other heading, and that the concussion, which was severely felt where he was, was only an afterclap. The seam of coal which is hero worked is not generally considered fiery. It is known as the Gaunister seam, which crops up very early and gives off much less gas than is encountered either ia the Wigan or Barnsley fields. Nevertheless, safety lamps were used, and every precaution was taken to secure adequate ventilation. Whilst the explorers wore down the pit two blacksmiths descended the blocked-up abaft. They were let down by a single wire from a central pulley, which was attached to tho head-gear. They found that tho cage had been driven out of the conductors, had broken through the brattlciug, and had wedged itself fast against the timber below it. The side plates which held up the shaft were blown away. The exploring party in the meantime sent up the Injured as fast as they wore able, and by throe o’clock forty-eight had been rescued. All of these were more or Jess burned, and had suffered from the effects of the afterdamp. In addition to this, they had sustained generally revere scalp wounds and cuts on their limbs, caused either by being thrown down by the shock of the explosion or falling in their hurried attempts to escape over tho wreckage which blocked the way. Until three o’clock the injured men and boys were being sent up, but after that time a long interval elapsed, and It was feared that none of the others in the pit had escaped. There wore then sixty-seven men in the workings, Including the certificated manager and tho three deputies, and it is believed that all of them are imprisoned in tho main level which runs from the bottom of the Moteficld shaft.”

A FASHIONABLE MARRIAGE. The groat social event of the present autumn took place on Saturday last, wkon Lord Woolmer, son and heir to our Liberal Lord Ohan-c-llor (the Earl of Selborne), was married to Lady Maud Cecil, eldest daughter of the great Conservative loader Lord Salisbury. How such a strange union came about no one seems to be able to say. Naturally neither family felt particularly anxious for It. Professedly, of course, politics are not carried into private life here hj England; but whether Liberals and Conservatives can be closely connected by family ties without inconvenience and occasional discomfort arising, is, I think, doubtful, The olla podriida of swelldom, which met together at St. Andrew’s Church on the wedding morning, was fearfully and wonderfully composed. Mr Gladstone, a very old friend of Lord Selborne’s, came up from Hawarden specialty to do honor to the occasion, and those who watched him shake hands with his great rival (the bride’s father) say it was a “ sight for tho gods,” Lord Salisbury hud naturally to welcome ns guests many other Liberal statesman, but ho is nothing if not polished and urbane, and got through his duties in tbo happiest fashion. Amongst tho 300 odd guests at the wedding breakfast were. I notice. I3ir Arthur Gordon and Sir Samuel and Lady Wilson, erstwhile of Melbourne. “ The bride, 1 ’ says the ‘Court Journal, “ wore a very beautiful dress of the richest white satin duchesse, trimmed with fine old Brussels lace and orange blossoms. A small wreath of orange flowers was arranged in her hair under a fine tulle veil, fastened with five diamond stars, her mother’s gift:. Her oth-rr jewels included a diamond brooch, given by tho Prince and Princess of Wales; diamond and sapphire bracelet, given by the Lord Chancellor and Countess Selborne ; and diamond earrings. Tho bridesmaids were attired alike in simple dresses of coffee-colored lace over white silk, tho bodices and drapery being of white nuns’ veiling; bonnets composed entirely of the same lace, with small white feathers; and each wore a jewelled pin of different design, tho bridegroom’s gift. Tho bride’s travelling dress was of pheasantbrown velvet, with bonnet and mantle of tho same material. The wedding presents were very numerous. They were displayed on numerous tables in the small drawing-room for the inspection of friends who had not previously viewed thorn. Her Majesty the Queen presented tho bride with a beautiful cashmere shawl; tho Prince and Princess of Wales sent her a valuable brooch, consisting of a sword and coronet composed of brilliants ; Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein sent her two silver castors, The Marquis and Marchioness- of Salisbury’s presents to their daughter included a handsome dressing-case with silver-gilt fittings, a suite of five diamond stars, and a pair of single-stone diamond earrings. Among tho Lord Chancellor and Countess of Selborne’a presents was a gold bracelet sot with five flue sapphires surrounded by brilliants; from L'-rd and Lady Eustace Cecil, a gold bracelet set with pearls; the Earl and Countess of Derby, magnificent pendant and bracelet set with diamonds and pearls; the Duke of Richmond, a diamond brooch ; the Duchess of Bedford, a pearl brooch; the Earl of Eldon, diamond bracelet ”; and countless others, the list of which fills two columns of the official journal. AN UNDERGROUND TRAIN WRECKED. Ever since the frightful explosions at tho Local Government Board Offices in April last smashed out windows and shattered our nerves people who (like myself) reside opposite tho Houses of Parliament at Westminster have listened to any noise in the shape of a con-

husslon with feelings of the liveiisst apprehension. Judge, then, what our alarm d - aa wheil abodt eighs o'clock on the 30th tret., there came froth the region*; of thp underground railfray (Ij’itih Innrqehifttoly beneath rhy stiffly window) just such auoiilei s followed first by an ominous silence, and then of .1 pandemonium of shouts and shrieka. In reality, of course, the blast was a mere toy affair compared to the appalling blow-up in Charles street; but It occurred so near to us (in fact, as 1 shall explain presently, in the tunnel barely 100 yards aWay) that We Palace Chambers folk fancied C3itJoth.lt! j; fretetnStdrftlly dreadful must have oveuxiiateu. fitjr first idea, I confesS, was that the long-threatened Fenian pledge to Injure the Houses of Parliament had been redeemed, but a glance at the clock tower still standing oalra and unhmt in the same old place speedily dissolved this suspicion. On reaching the street I found an immense crowd already collected, the entrance t-» the underground railway station block d by & cordon of police, and eveiybody asking everybody what had happened. The first explanation 1 heard was given by a porter tvho averred that an explosion of gas had taken place in the tunnel between Charirjg OfdsS ahd VTestrhihater Silage, btit without hutting anyone, as luckily no train had chanced to bo passing at the time. This seemed such a feasible solution of the affair that most of m went back to dinner relieved, and it was not tiil our party locked in at the National Liberal Club some hours later that we learnt the truth. There the wilcest rumors were prevalent. The Central Nows telegrams armour ced that within a few minutes of tae luckily harmless blow-up at Westminster another most disastrous explosion had wrecked an underground train and injured a number of passengers in the tunnel between Praed street, Paddington, and Edgware road. Moreover the directors feared dynamite had been laid down in several other parts of the line, and, in order to make everything safe, had suspended traffic. Though all sorts of strange stories floated about between 10.30 and midnight, no absolutely reliable reports were received, and it was therefore with keen interest people looked forward to the official accounts in the morning newspapers. One of the injured, James Turner, aged sixteen, a porter, of 85 Abingdon road, High street, Kensington, gives the following account of the occurrence: —“ After we had left Praed street station I saw a very bright light reflected upon fchs side of the carriage. I was going to put my head oat of the window to seo what it could be when I felt my face severely scorched, and was thrown back into the carriage, I was stunned for about a minute or two, and on coming to myself there was a strong smell, more like gas than anything else in the tunnel. I was half suffocated by it. I thou went to the other side of the carriage, but tbo door was locked, so that I had to remain Inside, Part of the door was quite blown in. I was in the last carriage but one. in which there w*s a brake. The side of the door where it is fastened was blown quite away. The train continued its course amidst the cries of the passenger# in the other carriages, who kept shouting‘Help !’ We were in the most complete darkness until we reached the Edgware road station, where we pulled up. Only one other person was in the carriage, a young man, hut ho was not much hurt,” John Hodnett. who sustained severe injuries to the head and face, says ho was travelling in a third-class compartment in tho roar of the train between South Kensington andMoorgate street. Oji arrival at, Praed street a lady got out, and he removed his position, to the seat she had vacated, which happened to be nearest tho window. The train then moved out of tho station, and he was laughing and talking with some friends, when all of a sudden he felt n dreadful crash, and he was thrown violently towards the side of the carriage. Tho next moment tho gas lamp was dislodged, and fell, tho glass cutting hu eyes and face. The windows, window panels, and sides of the carnage wore forced in, and the gas in all tho compartments was extinguished. Ho thought at first that a collision had occurred, and aakad whether the train was in motion. Ho was stunned, and bleeding profusely, and could not tell wbat was happening. He was told the train was still going on. Many of tho poopla endeavored to get out, but the train being in motion they were reassured that no collision had occurred, and accordingly kept their seats. Had the train stopped a number of persons would have jumped out, and the consequences might then have been disastrous. In tho meantime the cries, groans, and shrieks of the passengers were heartrending. Many of them were crushed and bleeding, for the compartments were closely packed with people from the Fisheries Exhibition, On arrival at Edgware road the greatest confusion prevailed. Injured passengers were being assisted out by the officials and oth#rs and taken to the waitingrooms. The doctors dealt with tho c tsss as rapidly as possible, sending the worst to ino dt. Miry’s Hospital for treatment, and there Hodnett was eventually taken. It is s*id that about three months ago the Metropolitan Fail way authorities were warned by the police that intelligence had been received from America indicating some such outrage, and special precautions were accordingly taken. The damaged train was visited at the Company’s bieasden workshops by tho chairman, Wir Edward Watkin, ns also by the Government Inspector, Captain Oundill. It was apparent that the explosion had occurred under the hindmost carriage. Hero the end of the footboard was torn away for a couple of feet, the panels and windows were blown out, and one partition completely shattered. The two carriages next to this sustained damage of a similar character, but to a less extent. Every square of glass was shivered, most of the lamps were blown from their places, and the advertisement-plates shaken from their frames. The. interiors of the carriages are strewn with broken g'ass, splinters of wood, bolts, umbrellas, hats, and here and there a blood-stained pocket-handkcrobirf. Most of tho injured passengers appear to have been the occupants of the middle carriage. The door of one of tho compartments as well as the flooring is stained with blood, and the cap of Warren, tho injured soldier, was found, hearing marks of a heavy blow.