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When within fifty feet of each other the Polynesian blew her whistle to signal the other to take the opposite side of the channel. Brunet accordingly put her about, and endeavored to cross in front of the Poly- nesian. but seeing it could not be done he gave the order full speed astern. It was a vain etfect, however, for before she had even stopped the was full of water the captain decided to try and run her ashore and save the cargo. The engines were accordingly started, and the ship went slowly on her way, but al- most immediately the bow went down, causing the screw to project above the surface of the water, and at the same time she capsized on her side. Seeing there was no further chance of saving the vessel POLYN’ESIAN WAS DOWN ON HER, strikino' her on the starboard bow. After the collision the Polynesmn kept on her course, and as the Cynthia’ s‘ foyegit gnly There are, as can be readily imagined, as many versions of the frightful disaster as there are people saved to tell the tale, and as there are people saved to tell the tale, and as the Allan boat proceeded down the river that side of the story re- mains yet to be related» the otficers and men took to the boats, the pilot being the last on board. REASON FOR THE COLLISION. Brunet ascribes the collision to the fact that the Polynesian was not in the proper Course, and he says that if she had not blown her whistle and thereby caused him 10 change the course of his vessel, the ac- cident might have been averted, as there was more room for the Polynesian to pass on the south side than on the north. Be ”At half-past four the Allan mail boat Polynesian backed out of her dock and steamed out of port. She was commanded by that well-.known seaman, Capt. Hugh Wylie, havmg on board as pilot Mr. Louis Z. Bouille, who is considered one of the nest men on the river. Coming u from below was the steamship Cynthia, of the Donaldson line, loaded with freight only and coming from Glasgow. She was commanded by Capt. John Taylor, a mid- dle-aged Scotchman, and said to be one of the most careful and competent officers of the Atlantic service, Mr. Celestin Brunet was the Cynthia’s pilot, and he, too, came near meeting a watery grave. The scene attending to attempt made by the struggling crew of the doomed steam- ship to reach the shore, and the drowning (:flthose who could not swim was graphically described to The Empire this morning by a French-Canadian milkman who was near the bank when the fatal accident took place. It appears that no sooner had the crew got into the boats than the sinking steamer's mizzen came over with a. crash, knocking the men into the water, and very likely killing some outright. In an instant they were all battling for their lives, and endeavoring to reach the north shore, some twenty-five yards from where the ship went down. but owing to the rapid current at this particular spot the task was an exceedingly difficult one, and the water being bitterly cold, only render- ed the chances less for the poor fellows to save their lives. MONTE-3A1" M-ay 22.7-It is not very often that a manne occulent has to be chronided as happenmg at this port of the river St. Lawrence, yet those who were astir early thlS morning witnessed one of the most sad and harrowing scenes which has ever taken place on our inland waterS- Longue Point is situated about six miles below the city and it was in the deep current which flows rapidly past this parish that two steamships belonging to weuknown ocean hnes came into‘ collision, destruction to one of the ships brmging and a sudden and dreadful death to eight members of her brave crew, 0‘ ‘ was not sure whether or not the Polynesian was wing at full speed when she struck the Cynthia, but he? was inclined to think 80. The Cynthia. carried no passengers, Rev. Father Lacour and a farmer nam~ ed John McVey, who lives next to the church, and who happened to hear the cries of distress, immediately ran to the river bank. and as two of the men were Seem to sink the cleryman raised his hands and accorded absolution to the unfortun- ate strangers as their heads passed forever beneath the waters of the St. Lawrence. Mr. McVey with the greatest alacrity got into a. flat bottomed skifl‘ and be: 11g f1e1Uhted with 500 tons of coal, be- sinks :1 general cargo of hardware. -A- ‘I.1‘I PULLED OUT AMONGST THE SAILORS. and after hard pulling saved the Plot who was being carried away in the current and who would have sunk in a few seconds and also two other men who, it appears, could not swim. The captain of the Cynthia and most of the crew were, how- ever, excellent swimmers, and after a hard fight reached the shore, where the roll was immediately called. It is said that the scene was indeed a heart-reading one when it, was discovered that from a crew of 38, all told, 8 had been either killed on board the ship when the Poly- nesian came crashing into her, or hadheen drowned in trying to make the shore», It, was fortunate, however. that the planner Was so narrow, or the others would , have very likely been unable to swim much further and would probably have met the A Great Disaster VVVVVVVV De , Q There Were on board 38 men, all told, a: the time of the collision, and of these seven were drowned While attempting to geach the shore, and one was crushed to eath. Collision of Steamships. THE STRUGGLE FOR in the St, Lawrence. same and fate which Providence meted out to the poor shipmates. NAMES OF THE LOST. The following is a list of those of the crew of the Cynthia who lost their lives: Hugh Irving, chief cook, Glasgow. Alexander Nichol, sailor, Glasgow. Andrew Vance and Charlas McCracken, trimmers, Glasgow. «5 James Low. fireman, Glasgow. James Ferron, boatswain. David Young, a. stowaway from Glas- gow. Charles Blackstock, mess room boy. It appears that there were four stow~ aways on board, but three were fourtunate engngh to get to the shore. VALUHS“ W 5‘!“ UV U IJU uuv5uc The captain and his crew at once came up to town, and were cared for by the officials of the company in this city. CLEARING THE CHANNEL. The harbor commissioners went to work at once to provide for a survey of the place where the Cynthia went down, and to remove any obstruction that might be in the way of ships entering or leaving The extent of the Polynesian’s injuries cannot be ascertained here at present, but particulars will be learned upon her arrival at Quebec this evening. was carnm’s s'romr. Capt. Taylor, who has thus met his first accident in 28 years of seafaring life, has lost everything, and had to borrow a suit of clothing. He had his watch with him when the ship struck, and it was twenty mimutes past four o’clock. His watch stOpped just sixteen minutes after, when he leaped into the water from the top of the main mast, then level with the shore. It was from this main mast that so many escaped. “I called the whole ship’s crew to the main mast, ’, said the captain, “but the steam and the smoke and the spray flying in all directions made. it hard _to -.- hear. A great many followed me up the the main mast, and when the vessel turn- ed the main mast was level with the water I ran along the main mast and jumped for the shore. The others followed, and I stood there up to my chest helping the poor fellows who leaped from the mast as long as there was any of them to be help- ed. There were a number on shore who could have helped, but they did not come down even from the bank to the water’s edge. When the ship was filling I called upon them to man one of the boats on shore and come to our help, but they either did not understand or would not.” THE POLYNESIAM DAMAGED. As to the Polynesian, the captain could not tell how much she was damaged. “She was damaged, though.” said he, “be cause some of her cargo tumbled out up- on us as she went clear of us. I had too much to do to look after myself and my boat to pay any attention to her. As we were passing up we were as nearly as pos- sible in line with the shore. The Poly- nesian struck us on the starboard bow. She was almost in line with the shore, too. She crushed in our stern and tore away our sides, as if we had struck an ice- berg. One of the men was killed when he was coming up from below. He was a quartermaster. When the collision oc- cured our foretopmast went by the board.” SKETCHES OF THE OFFICERS. Capt. John Taylor, of the Cynthia, is a Scotchman about 40 years of age and has been with the Dondaldson line nearly all his life, being one of their most trusted officers. Capt. Hugh Wylie, of the Polynesian, is a brother of Capt. Wylie, who was com- modore of the Allan liner ' He is very highly spoken of by his employers and has a splendid character in every way. 1 Both pilots are high up in the ranks, as is evidenced by their being in the special employ of the respective companies. Mr. Gelestin Brunet, of the Cynthia, is 46 years of age and has held his certificate since January 16, 1878. Mr. Louis Z. Bouile, of the Polynesian, is 40 years of age and lives as Deschamhault, where many of the pilots reside. “He has held his certificate since February 28, 1872. Both men are spoken of careful and sober, while the fact of holding the certificates speaks for their ability. THE VESSELS. The Cynthia is comparatively a new ves- sel, having been built on the Clyde in 1880 by Messrs. D. W. Henderson, of Glasgow, for her owners, the Messrs. Dondaldson Bros, of the same city, and comprises one of a line of five steamers built for the Glasgow and Canada trade having Montreal for their headquarters in in the latter country. She is classed The channel' where the accident hap- pened islin summer 300feet wide and 27 feet deep, but to-day an experienced pilot said that there is fully 500 feet wide of 37 feet of water. Foreign companies only are in~ terested in the insurance on the steamer and her cargo. Mr. Kennedy, chief engineer of the Harbor Board, returned this evening from the inspection of thescene of the accident. The collision oc- cured a little above Longue Pointe church and the unfortunate Cynthia drifted down stream until she sunk just below the church. Had she steered away from shore she would have run aground in shoal water, but the deep water runs in right under the banks which are precipi- tous. As the channel here is a natural one and both deep and wide, there is no obstruction to shipping, there being plenty of room outside the Cynthia’s hull. Talk- ing with shipping men as to whether the Polynesian ought not to have stood by the Cynthia and rendered what assis- tance they could, they say it was utterly Impossible with the “way” on her, caused by full speed down stream. She could not have ped, and even if she could have 3170 m a short distance she would have been unable to turn in the narrow channel so as to get back to the scene of the accident. Lloyd’s as “ A 1.” Her regisistered tonage is 1 400, or gross, 2,152 tons; length, 329 feet; breath, 39 feet; with a. depth of hold of 25 feet INSPECTION OF THE SCENE. THE WATCHMAN, LINDSAY, THURSDAY, MAY 30,1889. When 001. W. P. Rend saw the body this morning he exclaimed: “ That is Cronin! He was the victim of a most foul and awful murder. I can lay my hand upon the head of the man that inâ€" stigated the crime. 1 can oint him out and make no mistake.” . Qend subse- quently had an interview with the States Attorney. CHICAGO, May 22.-â€"The' dead body of Dr. P. H. Cronin, the Irish-American who strangely disapeared from his home in Chicago two weeks ago, was found this evening some distance north of the city in a sewerin Evanston-avenue. A bloody towel was wrapped about the head. The rest of the body was stark naked. A Cath- olic emblem which the doctor wore next his skin suspended about his neck was untouched. On the dead man’s head were a dozen deep cuts which had severed the scalp and indented the skull. It is the opinion of the police that Cronin was murdered by some man who would not bring himself to disturb a Catholic trinket Laborers in the employ of the Lakeview suburban Government have been cleaning the ditches along Evaston-avenue during the week. Today as they neared a catch basin they noticed a strong smell of pu- trifing flesh and pried OE the top of the basin and uncovered the body. It had apparently been hastily pitched into the ba- sin for the head was underneath and the feet and legs were up in the opening. The place where the corpse was discovered is about 300 yards from the station of the Chicago and Evaston branch of the Chica~ go, Milwaulkee and St. Paul Railroad. 1t is but two or three blocks from the lake and nearly a. mile north from where the the blood-stained trunk was found the day after Cronin’s disappearance. It seems remarkable that this was not sooner discovered for the Lakeview police started to search all the catch-basins in suburb the week after the trunk was found. 01d Maxwell of Lakeview, who was one of the searching committee, said the searchers worked 5 or 6 days, but stopped a few blocks from the basin in which the body was found. Chicago’s Bloody Trunk Mystery Near. ing Solution. , CHICAGO, May 23.â€"â€"Further examina- tion this morning goes to strengthen the theory that it was the body of Cronin and not that of a woman which was carried in the bloody trunk. In addition to es- tablishing the fact that the hair found in the trunk corresponded with that of Cronin, that the cotton batting found in the trunk and that found with the body correspond, it has been shown that the towel found wrapped around the head corresponds closely with the shred of stufi' found in the trunk. It still remains to connect the fragment of cloth clutched in the dead man’s hand with the piece from which it was torn. The States Attorney says regarding the murder of Dr. Cronin: From all the in- o rmation the police have we are convinced there was a great conspiracy. Right at this moment officers are on the track of a man who we know almost beyond doubt was a principal in the crime. In twenty- four hours I hope and believe he Will be behind the bars, and then the Whole hel- lish business will come out.” The body was taken to the morgue and Cronin’s friends notified, and before midnight at least 40 had indentified the body. Among these were Dr. Brandt. President of the Cook County Hospital and Cronin’s dentist. Dr. Brent’s examin- ation shewed over the left temple 8. cut 4 inches long through the scalp and into the skull, over the left parietal bone a. cut 111; inches long which also marked the skull, also a cut 1% inches long over the frontal bone, and at the junction of the left pa- rietal a cut 3 inches long. A great hubbub was caused in the sub- urb by the finding of the corpse. The po- lice had hard work to keep back the crowd who tried to enter the morgue to see the remains. The tumult continued far into the night. Woodrufi’, or Black, the prisoner who con- fessed to having helped carry OK the trunk containing a corpse from a barn the night of Cronin’s dissapearance, manifested no discomposure when told that the body of Cronin had been found" He talked freely but would not go outside the story he originally told. ' What is more valuable when it is up- side down ?â€"-The figure 6. Before slates were in use people multi- plied on the face of the earth. Teach boys and girls the actual facts of life as soon as they are old enough to understand them, and give them the sense of responsibility Without saddening them. Postage-stamps know their places when they have been licked once. Teafcher (natural history class):;“You will remember, will you, Tommy, that wasps lie in a torpid state all the winter?” Tommyzâ€"“Yes’m; an’ I’ll try to remem- ber that they make up for it in the sum- mer.” Winkszâ€"“Has your Wlfe a cheerful dis- position ?” Winks:â€"â€"“Oh, yes; very cheer- ful. Last night when I was dancing around the room on one foot, after having stepped on a tack, she laughed till her sides ached.” “A soft answer tumeth away wrath.” Not necessarily. When I have been ask- ed for the arrears in my board bill I have Invariably answered softly, so that the other boarders wouldn’t hear but the land- lady’s wrath didn’t seem to diminish much. Where ladies swoonâ€"Apropos of faint- ing, I came lately upon a curious statistic: â€"“Out of 612 young ladies who had hysterical fits last year more than one-half fell into the arms of gentlemen. Only three had the misfortune to fall on the A WEE BAIRN.-â€"-“ Weel, Maggie” asked a teacher of a little girl, ‘ “how is it you are so late this morning in coming to school ‘1” “Please, sir,” was the reply, “ there win a. wee bairn cem’ to cor hoose this morning’." “ Ah,” said the teacher floor. ” Foul and Awful Murder. Wit and Wisdom. NEW GOODS! NEW PRICES. The Major, who has just- proposed:â€" “I am not very old, Miss Daisy. King Solomon was over a hundred, you know, when he married, and I’m sure he made a good husband.” Daisy:â€"“ Yes; but; he had so many wives at a time that theâ€"er â€"-care of him was nicely distributed, don’t you know!” GIVING. â€"-There is a great mistake in supposing that giving is concerned only with material benefits. These form indeed but a small part of its mission. Whatever creates happiness, whether by a kindly greeting, or tender sympathy, or inspiring presence, or stimulating thoughts, is as true a giyer as he who empties his purse to feed thB hungry. --â€"â€"TO GETâ€"â€" Room Papers, Picture Frames, Self-Rolling Window Shades and Picture Hanging Mouldings is at Lindsay, Jan. :6, 1887. with a smile, “ and wasn’t your father very pleased with the new baby ?” “ N 0, Sir; my faither’s awa’ in Edinburgh, an’ disna ken aboot it yet ; but it Wis a. guid thing my mither Wis at home. for gin she had been awa’, I widna. hae kent what to dae wi’t.” “Poor J ohnâ€"he was a kind and for~ bearing husband,” sobbed John’s widow on her return from the funeral. “Yes, said a sym athisin neighbour; “but it is all for the est. gou must try to comfort yourself, my dear, with the thought that your husband is at peace at last.” THE RIGHT PLACE IANITOBA, B. COLUMBIA. CALIFORNIA, And all points in the United States For TICKETS and full information apply to Orders delivered to any part of the town- Dealer in Fresh and Salt Meats T. C. MATCHETT. Agent C. P. R. OFFICE in Petty’s Jewelry Store Kent Street, Lindsay. PACIFIC RAILWAY, East 8: West. McINTYRE 8: STEWART, Barristers and etc., Lindsay. AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES, INTEREST PAYABLE YEARLY. Terms to suit borrower. W m. A . Goodwzh’s, The Best Equipped Road on the Continent. P. TULLY, Lowest Rates General Groceries. Shopâ€"5th door east of the market. MONEY T0 LOAN. TO ALL POINTS near the market. HAS NOW ON HAND A LARGE STOCK 0F . CAMPBELL, wnnLEsALE RETAIL, unocEn, KENT STREET LINDSAY. A large STOCK of GOODS .. CAMPBELL, FRAMES, SASH, DOORS, MOULDINGS, Etc. at PLAIN IN G MILL. IN FUTURE N0 CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN. W 001 W am‘m’ as usual. V Accounts required to be settled without Prices right and satisfaction guaranteed. Made fresh every week and sold in bulk at 30 cents per pound \ Ingle ,Ryley. To be Sold Cheaper than the indsay Woollen Mills Parties intending to finilzi Me coming season would call andget prices for DREAM BAKING POWDER. Again in Operation. .INDSAY Cheapest. A. HIGINBOTH. delay, and WALLACE, MANA. GER. Drug Store. w