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THE THAMES DISASTEa. DETAILS OF THE TERRIBLE ACCI- DENT AT A LAUNCHING. A nngti WkTC Swamped a gtase-Bundrcdi «r WamrB and Cklldrea Burled Into the TarbaleBt Watrrt - Heartrending Hoeneii and Brave Deed* orSeaone. In describing the disaster that at- tended the launching o£ H.M.S. Albion, at Blaokwall, on the Thames, on' June 81. The London Daily Telegraph sajs : All the preliminaries ot the launch were conducted In the usual way. Their Royal Highnesses were taJcen into an Inner elevated draiied stand, and a Hoyal salute was fired. On a table there was stretched a silken cord of red, white and blue, which held the weights su8p«n<led above the two dog shores. During the customary short religious service, performed by the Ven. Archdeacon Stevens, vicar of 6t. John's Stratford, and the Rev. Canon ^ Pelly, vicar of West Ham, the blows of the hainuner oould be heard ae the men under the veissel's keel knocked »waj ^he last blocks, until, wUi!.it y- Psalm cvii., '"They that go down to the •ea in ships," was being song by the fthoira of the two churches, all that held the ship was the silken cord. Aft- er the Old Hundredth h:ul been given ind prayer offered, a silver-gilt knife, with enamelled haft, and design of Tork roses and May blossoms entwin- Bd, and the monogram V.M.Y., was h&nded to the Duchess of York by Mr. Hills. The blade was inscribed with the date, and set forth the occasion. With this knife Her Royal Highness, at ten minutes to three, severed the cord at a third attempt. Immediately the heavy weights fell, knocking away the remaining supports, and the Al- bion was in such haste to get away that she did not give the Duch-.-ss time to christen her, by breaking the bottle of wine, which had a richly worked cover, that was afterwards presented to Her Highness, against the bows. It wa« Mr. G. C. Mookrow. naval architect to tha company, who smashed the bottie on the rail of the platform. But the Incident passed unnoticed in the cheering and general Jubilation as already described. FORGOT TO CURTSEY. It seemed, too, that the Albion, ivhich went graoefully down the ways, forgot to curtsey. She took the wat- ir quietly, though the strain on the sables was very great, as three of Ihem parted. But everybody was of opinion that it was a very successful launch, for its difficult cnaracter, iwing to the narrowneas of the creek, ivas fully recognUed by experts, and Indeed, the point had been noticed by Ihe Duke of York, immediately he sa.v the ship. No one on the head stage ivas aware that the wave caused by lud<Ien displticsment, consequent up- n> the launching of some thousands »f tons of dead weight into a confined irea was overwhelming a stand occu- pied by two or three hundred sight- Bers. Certainly nol hing was perceiv- id by the Duke or Duchessl or by Mr. !oe<-hen, with whom they remained chatting tor some minutes. There were no shrieks, no cries, no panic; but then the syrens fille<l the air with discordant sounds enough to drown any hum.'iu voice. Very slowly the ele- vated reserved enclosure, .surrounding the Royal stand, where the ceremony had been performed, wiis vacated, and the guests retired to their steamboats laughing and congratulating each oth- er upon h.'iving witnessed a spectacle which, in the beautiful weather, seem- ed to be without a blot of any kind. SCENE OK THE DISASTER. But at that very moment, hidden traax view by the newly-launched bat- tleship, the terrible disaster. took place A dridge acro.'« the end ot an old disused slip, and part of the staging beneath the counter of the Shikis- hima, on an adjoining slip, had been crowded with sightseers, anxiou.s to view the launch. This was iu defiance of all the rule.s of the yard, and it is stated that on former occasions th<53e wooden erections had been kept clear by the poUce,in accordance with the notices on the danger board in the yard. As the Albion entered the water, a great wave w;is raised ini the narrow creek, and the backwo-nh caus- ed some eighty feet of this bridge and â- tagjing to give way, thereby immers- ing some three hundred people. The staging gave one swerve, and then fell outwards. A scene of terrible con- fusion ensued, the .shrieks of the drowning, mingled with the cheers of the thousamls who were quite unaware ot the accident. The police boats in- stantly mode tor the S[X)t, and, with the aid of several dockyard hands, n number ot the people were pulled out, whilst many more scrambled ashore themselves. • Jl'he unfortunate people who were thrown into (ho water ere for the most part inhabitants of the neighborhood. Several iiersons were taken out in an apparently lifeless con- dition, and immediately conveyed away to the sheds In the yards, an<l attended to. Then several dead bod- ies were hauled otit, one of the first being that ot a baby. During the next half hour eight bodies were recovered and taJcen to a shed, which was turned into a temporary mortuary. The half drowned girls and women were removed to the fitters' shad, and there attended to by the firemen and sev- eral nurses, who wore soon on the scene. HEART-RENDING SCENES. Meanwhile heart-rending aoenes were taking place at the approaobea to the yard. The wildest rumors soon got afloat, and every one who hadi (risnds in the yard rushed to obtaia news of tUem. Motbars sought thsLr acas and When Hot Don't sweat and fret, but keep cool and take Hood's Sarsaparilla. This is good advice, as you will find if you fol- low it. Hood's Sarsaparilla la a firat- olass summer medicine, because it is so good for the stomach, so cooling to the blood, so helpful to the whole body. Make no mistake but get only. U ^^^^^'a Sarsa- nOOU S parilla C anaila'a (Jreatext Medicine^ Hnorl'c Oi lie •â- '"â- â€¢ LivrlU;; eaay to I lOOU b I'll IS taijo a^,y to oyarato. daughters, husbands their wives, and brothers their sisters, but as nobody knew who was on the staging that had given way the greatest anxiety was manifested. People ran about wildly asking everybody they met for news of their friends, and many touching scenes occurred when some lust one was found to be safe. The police and their assistants worked splendidly, liut as the tide was at its height the depth of water rendered their operations very difficult. One eTtraordinary circumstance at- tending the disaster was that the chief guests on tha stands at the head ot the slips ware totally unaware that any accident had tokan place, and the ma- jority left Bluokwall on the return journey without having heard the news. This was also tha case of the Duke and Duchess of York, who left on the Beatrice, and arrived safely at Westminsier about half-past four. THE STAGE "DANGEROUS." In an Interview with Mr. Hu.ssey, secretary of the Thames Ironworks Company, that gentleman said to a Central News reporter : "There is always a return wave at such launch- es, and we Invariably label adjacent .stages which this water is likely to reach with the word 'Dangerous.' To- day we followed the usual custom, but although police were posted about to warn people.and although the warn- ing word was fn-inted in enormous let- ters, about 200 people got on to this particular staging, and were washed into the water. Most of them were women and the majority escaped. It was a most lamentable aocident, es- pecially after such a successful launi^h. The Duchess. I think, knew nothin;^ of the disaster, unless she just caujiht a glimpse ot the scene as she sped away in her steam launch; but that is not likely." In 1888, when Ber Majesty's ship Bsnbow wns launched, the back-wash 3wept nine people into the water, but all were rescued. TIMIDITY OF CHILDREN. The first uatural duty of a mother is to protect her young ; to create around it a shelter, in the midst of which the tender thing can grow, se- cure from shocks and seeing and hear- ing only what is good for it to h.'ar and see. ... By learning the signs of fear in a young child, and knowing how to distinguish true fear from wil- fulness, they will be able to exert a soothing and protecting influence at the right moment, and avert danger whose consequences are serious almost beyond belief in the case of our high- ly organized excitable, modern chil- dren. It is the mother, rather than the father, who is called upon to .secure the blessing of a second imagination to her children. She ought to begin away back in the beginningâ€" with the very first surroundings of tho new-born in- fant. Let it find its early life i<eace- tul, quiet and unhurried. And when infancy merges into Ihnt older period when young f.acuUios are siiringing for- ward in rapid development, and each day the little one takes on more of the hue ot its larger fclUyw-creutuies, let her be doubly careful that no un- tLmcly scare stunts its intelligence. It ia said that to be afraid of shadows is an inevitable pns.sing experience ot childhood. Yet I know one small tod- dler who never has shonvn any such disijosition, but whDse great delight is to iday with h'r own shadow and other shadows when the lights are brought in each night. She is a pecul- iarly sensitive, syraiiathetio, litlio thijig, and could easily bo made timiil. by unwise treatment. But. under the sheltering care of fond ami judicious I>arents, she is remarkable for not knowiag what it is to be afraid ; and although^ she is given to nnplcasttnt dreams, as many young children are. and often awakened with a start, a low word cir touch sooth 's her into serenity. Haiii)y aliove others is the little, child who thinks ot his mother as a veritable refuge from trouble, a bulwark against danger and a sympa- thizing presence. OLD SHOE TRANSFORMED. It Is surprising what a number of useful articles can ha made out of ol>- Jects that we generally discard and re- gard OS altogether useless. Many are the things that are thus thrown aside, and it denotes the careful housekeejier or the handy person who can turn to good account articles which are usu- ally thb prey of the junkauan. In every house there are bound to bo severa. old sboea lying about in corners liUix cupboar<la, and these, by a pair of cltver hands, can be metamorphosed in- to something that serves at the same time for use and ornament. A lady's workcase nxade out of an old shoe sounds rather funny, but any one fol- lowing the directions here given for making such a ease will be aaUinibhed and aelighted at the result. Take the shoe and remove with a sharp knife all the upper except that portion at the end known as the toe- cap. Thun trim very carefully with the knife or witTi a sharp pair ot scis- sors the rough free edge of the toe- cap until you have the projecting edge quite smooth. Next stand the shoe on a piece ol cardboard and mark the outline in pencil. This ia to be cat out, as ia also another iriece of exactly the same size, fijich piece thus obtained is plac- ed one inside and one outside the shoe, and the whole covered very neatly with some pretty material, velvet or s:itin preferred, the stitched side being turn;'.d under. Cut out some piece of flannel to put needles in, and sew them to the front of the shoe, just under the ribbon bow. Now for the toe. Cut a i»leco of paper like the toe of your shoe, see that it tits the cardbimrd sole, and then use it for a i^ttern to cut the cardboard with. You will only need one inece, and this is to be covered with material to match the sole, lined ntuitly and sewn to the sole. A pretty cord is then to be sewn right around the edge of the shoe, a loop left to hnn^ it up by, and a rib- bon bow tied in the middle of the shoe. Put scissors and cotton in the pock- ets needles in the flannel and pins in the top, just under the hanging loop, and you have a workcase that will not disgrace any room. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. T»ke I,ai«ti»e Bromo Vni"!"' Tublpls All Dnif. zM'-i r«/tind the muuer if it faiU to Cure SM. SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. Dixon â€" Biffkins seems to l>e enjoy- ing the fortune his aunt loft him. Hixonâ€" Why, I understand ho lost it all ia a. wheat deal six months ago. Dixonâ€" So he did ; but it has suppli- ed him writh a never.^aiUng topic of conviersatiou ever since. OFTEN THE CASE. Sheâ€" As a rule a man judges all other women by his wife. Heâ€" Yes ; and a woman judges her htisband by the worst things she hears about other men. CAN IDA'S GREAT EXPOSI'lTON. Many new and interesting features will l>e offered at the Toronto Kxhibi- tion this year, which is to be held from tha i9th Augudt to the 10th Septem- ber. The harvest throughout tha Dominion is good, and w ith the return of better times and the unusually low- fares now bein« given by the railways, many >vill be induced to visit this great exhibition who perhaps would not oth- erwise do so. The entries in all de- partments will be great, and the at- tractions offered will be of a character to draw. Among the many will be realistic representations ot tht pre- .sent Cui)an- American \Va.r. the block- ade, bombardment un 1 battles of Santi- ago, or Havana, firing and explosion of shells, explosion ot sub-marine mines and blowing up ot vessels on the lake in front of the exlubilion grounds, ex- hibitions by Maxim an:l (iatling machine guns, etc., all of a specially inteieating nature at the present time. The programme of attractions promises to far excel that of last year, which id saying a good deol. The exhiliits will include many from Great lUritain, France and the United States, whilst almost every section of the Dominion will be repreisonted. NO TESTIMONIAL. Advertising Agent â€" Your pardon for intruding, madam, but I understand that you have been sick and are now perfectly well, and that during your illness six bottles of Dr. Curein's Elislr was bought at the corner diui;; store. Madam â€" Yes, The nurse who came to take care of me got sick, and ordered the bottles for berself, I did not take any ot it. Humph < Can I see her I ghe'g dead. SH!P YOUR PRODUCE, Butter, E|g>, Apple*, Prult, *c., to THI OAWMN MMMIttlOH OS., Umltsd, (ar. af Vaat Marhst and Oalborna SU., TOBONTk ITftTe Tou written OB th« ENTRANCE or P S LEAVING MifttTiiDftt:i)D th.a ' e^r ' 1^ »c Mad u^iar, ,k.l 'ratt, t*^4k 'r and (choal. tc tlie Prtrciptl a? tbt OtNTRAL BU8I> MEM COLLEGE, yonob a obkrakd sts , nv KONTO. i-uJ r«c*lrt ftiU p»rtlcnlkn •K.ul 'kr Ft*. :holMr(lliptIht> school wi.lgiTatt. «uu:«M^.:; 0*iid.dftt4e tortile y;s' How's Tbla? Wo ofTler O >a Hiindrad DoUan Heirard fo> any omo n( ostarrli that oannot bo ctirid by Hail'H Crttarrh (°ur«. F. J. CHJiNEY JC CO.. ProM.. Tole-io. O ; We. thrt iind«r«lgned, Unv« known F. J. i Chenejr for t-ia laic 15 y^ar», and bel.tiTe him parfeotlr honorable In all huaintu tranuc* tons itnd tlnitnuiillT able to carrj out luij oVtiiKaliott made Inr tbotr tlrro. WKart TatJAX. whilesala DmrBlHff. Toludo, n. WALDiNO. KiNNiN ft Marvi:!, Whu eeale rr'iBgliite, Tolodo, O. Hali' Catarrh Oun ta taken Intei^allr. arâ- ^ Inicdirco'lr upon the bloo<l and muooua sun fat:aaor hoayxtam. Prloe 7.->c. pa: bottle . Snld bT all DrOKRlat' Tealimoniaiii (re* Hall't family I'lla nra Uia baat. THE ANGLO-SAXON CHORUS. God Save the Queen.' soma sang so free. And some,' My Country, 'Tis of Thee! Thi-n, like uiifettBred binis. They rai/!ed ognin with might and main The old unstudied, sweet refrain, Noi thought about the words. i# P C S>3« ASi,«i.iHnm.Tre»t. |;|SFA82S of WOMEN lui III tor Chmnic ,,,, , , , "'""""'•" WrIU Da. J. J. QBE, le; i;«r:ton .St.. x>i)routo, Oul. LAW Mllla, Milla Ji Halaa Uiu-:'l»len^ Btc.ienioTod Ufa., I Torw RECRIMI.VATION. Listen, Ilaxry, it costs ^l.fiOO a day to run a battleship. Yea; and cjur courtship would have cost that much if I hadn't held vou in." CORN SOWiHO Is a pix)cess conducted by the agency of tight boots, all the year roiiml. torn reaping is best cunductf<l through the agency of I'utiiajn's Poinless Corn Extractor, the only Kife and sure-pop corn cure. I'ul nam's Extract(ir is now widely imitated. Iteware of all iMjis- onou.i and sore producing substitutes. I-'liLFlLLINU HIS DESTINY. UwillianiH â€" .Slickinger has disapiioiut- ed me. Ho was a young man of great pronii.se. livorybudy thought he would be a l)ig gun some ilay. Sflintâ€" Well, he did become what you might call a pretty .smooth bore. He's a life insurance agent. " Quivkcure " removes all pain, and reduces all inflammation. Its effect is wonderful. DIDN'T •WANT MUCH. Would you not, asked the earnest woman, like to occupy a seat high in the councils of your country? Naw, said the fat man, as he adjust- ed himself to the hammook. Tho end seat in the summer nar ia good enough for me. The Sisters of Charity, "Grey Nuns," Guy street, Montre<il, write : â€" " Having made use of your " Quiokoure " in our oatablishment, we are happy to add our testimony, also in its favor." FAITH. Have you any faith In the sea ser- pent story? asked the touri.st. Well, replied thje landlord, I used to have, but it doesn't seom to attract people any more. I guiess we'll have tn think up something else. mood St. W., Yoronto.* FIR lALI-Hlzhty Impnivad Farm near IWInnlpag;; J2i' aoroi ; .N'o. 1 noil ; lnit<ruvc*muniHHiouu c -^r |9.0fXJ; pric«4H,'i(iO, aay two thouttHOd (thrIi, bAlHnoo iri ttin vwuriy piixint.-nts: Inture li por o<-'i( ; wlil itoll iii'Diemanta co'ting (1.360 for $ 0), Ma/ live buntlr.;d ca«h, baltinoo J yearly pu/ini'nts; iatcrtiii d per tent.. Adlreuo. Frank 3 NuK"tit, UturUter. Winnipeg. IHJRONTO CirrXINO 5CnOOL oflbri spadai * induoHmeota to young mon deoiroaa of toJUsg up Cut tiiiK. f^uU partioulnra oo appU •atio* IIJ YONUU ST., TORONTO. PAINT «o CHEAP .Hj.1^r,r..'V?^..'t} bnlldiur. UiKsl 2-2 j.»rf. W ih . lood «pri.ji-r t..u can uauiOlonMii half » <i«j Wriw ua Ivt clrctilu. and Infomiwiun ^iiout piiiilln«. Tli» Fluoh Wood Praaarra- Ufa k Paiut Cuinpan), SiOQuaoo Waat, Turoalo. iHi l\U)L?i^tt H>«»M«)e â-  ONE HUNOREB ACRES OOOD CLAV LOAM - whII lot*I6d ; conv-inion to choose factory, chiiioliHnil â-ºcho'ih iinrwr-falllnK â„¢oll of water; guod buildiuka; Yarmon'h, Ki«lfi County. Apply ANliUSMcl.NTVr.E. St. Tlioniiui, Unt. THE TRIUMPH^ AnJCSTABLIt STOVK PIP Kb R:t«r put up lioil tiUaQ di>wn. Can ba oWiOfid. OMted, ,u<l aut away 'u a mall anaea. A>li ;..ur daalan fur them. ManufMturMby 0. B. BARCLAY, i48 AdalaldeSt. W.. roronto. CTAMMERERS. Only tnttJtuUoD to C»n»dft for 111* •ar*<il •very ptaiue uf 9pe«Qb dofcet. 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