Two engineers Of the White Star liner .Republic have been killed by the explosion of the twelth boiler on the starboard side, which took place in Xew York;Harbor.on the ,27th January, ind .bju firemen, and swp, other, engineers were siiociiingly . scalded..., A pitable sight aaei? the rescue's' when they got down stairs. '; In the : boiler•oom the'meuky in heaps with bJackoned faces nv hot, steaming clothes. Some of them ware unconscious, and iooked like dead men. Those who were strong enough were helped uptairs and .carried to the surgery. Some were, top weak to be moved. The flesh bung from their arms iu <ureds, and one man ( MeFarlane ) lay back with, his, mou,th open trying to »«*t a broath of air. Th,t?se men.were sliang in blankets apd hoisted upstairs, t'be explosion Was due, it was presumed, to the collapse of the boiler rurnace —a class of accident which is i becoming very frequent, though seldom accompanied by such loss of life md serious personal injury as in the present case,' An enquiry will prouably take place in, connection wi-th the disaster. ijlollqway/s. Pills ar QStrongiy rocprnmpnded fco ' afl persona wh o a, r Q .™ft°U reduced in power' and- whose stomachs arcweak, and whose nerves aro shattered, The beneficial effects of'these Hills will "be perceptible after a few. days' tyial, though a .uore extended irial may 1)0 required to reestablish perfect health. Hollbway's incdioino acts on tho organs of digestion, and induces complete regularity in the stomach, liver, pancreas and kidneys; This treatment is bath, safe and certain jin result, and ■ is thoroughly with qbsprvatjpn,, experience and common sense. The purificaiion of the blood, the removal of all 'noxious , natter from the secretions, and the oxcitement of gentle action in the bowels arpthe urices of the curatiye powers of Hollow y's (•ills'. '."'.' ■'" ' . :; ' '• ;
A, Cairo, cable message states that news is to band of the greatbattlo batwcon Johannes, Negus Of Abyssinia, and tho dorvishos, which took place early in April* The battle lasted hree days. On tho first day the Negus captured many prisoners. E»rly on the second lay the, dervishes niado a surprise attack on Menolek's foroes and the latter was wounded. While, suffering from the effetcs of a raging fover, brought on by his wound, llen'.'lek ordered the captives to bo beheaded, and 2000 corpseg ■were heaped before him. On the morning of the third day Menelek,attirod in sumptuous ■ robes, mouutod his horse, and doojariug. himssU ''the elect of God," and that he was invincible, rodo out at fcho head )f bis troops and invited a battle. In this oncounter he was'again wounded, and suceumbod to the wound, his army being completrly routed by the dervishes, and 30,000 killed. It is reported that tjbe dervishes were command,Jed, by pa iSngl'wbww»
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Western Star, Issue 1354, 15 May 1889, Page 4
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