2 245 PERSONS DROWNED. Loss of A British Steamer Off the French Coast. THE VESSEL STRUCK A ROCK AT MID- NIGHT WHILE ON THE WAY FROM CAPE TOWNTO LONDON AND WENT DOWN IN THREE MINUTES--ONLY THREE SURVIVORS. Brest, June 17. --The British steamer Drummont Castle, Capt. W. N. Pierce, from Cape Town for London, * gollided at midnight with an unknown steamer and sank three minutes later with 144 passengers and 103 officers and crew on board. Two men were picked up floating on some wreckage by fishermen off Ushant, near which point the steamer went down. It is hoped, bokarss that some. of the passengers and crew escaped in the boats. The Drummond Castle belong- ed to the famous Castle line of steam- ships, running between South Africa and London. She was of about 2,350 tons register, and was last heard of at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, on June 12, Friday last. Tngs have been sent ont from this port to the scene of the disaster' in the hope of picking up some survivors. The fate of the steamer with which the Drummond Castle collided is not known, and hopes are expressed that she may be afloat, and that some of the passengers and crew of the Drum- mond Castle are on board of her, As the day wore on hope of reseuing any great number of survivers of the Drummond Castle began to disappear, and 2 dispatch from Ushant this even- ing announced that the steamship did not sink asthe result of a collision with an unknown vessel, but throngh _ running on asunken rock, while hug- ging the French coust too closely after heading towards the Britith channel fromthe Bay of Biscay. Ushant is an important lighthouse and signal station on a small island of that name off the const of Brittany, and about 15 miles northwest of this port. Near it are numbers of small islands. including St. Michael Molene, Conquest, and others of lesser importance. All these islands are being searched for survivors of the Drummond Castle, but as 'she sank and disappeared entirely in about three minutes after striking the rock, there is not much hope of finding many, if any, of the passengers or crew alive. Only two boats, it appears, were launched from the steamship owing to the rapidity with which she filled, and one of these is believed to have been capsized. According to the seafaring men here the Drummond Castle, while going at full speed, must have struck on a ledge of rock which extended sea- ward a short distance from Ushant, and the blow must have been severe enough to rip open the greater part of her bottom. It is added that she must have slid over the rocks while in this fearfully damaged condition, and have sunk almost like lead in the deep water on the other side of them, all her water-tight compartments having been torn open while passing over the ledge. This is the only explanation which can be furnished here of the al- most unprecedented short time in which the steamship sank. This also accounts for the few people saved, asa majority of those on board must have been asleep in tbeir berths at the time the vessel struck. The sole survivor at Ushant of the Drummond Castle is a man named MacQuart. Six bodies have already been recovered there. One is that of an officer of the lost steamship, and another is that of a girl six years old. Two additional survivors of the sunk- en steamship are at Isle de Molene. It is now ascertained that the rock where the Drummond Castle struck was very near the island of Molene, which is about half way between Ushantand the mainland of France. The six bodies thus far recovered were washed ashore on the island of Ushant. Anadmiralty tng has gone to aid in the search for the bodies of those drowned. London, June 18.--A despatch re- ceived from Ushant Lighthouse at 1.50 p.m. eays that the man Marquardt. who was saved from the wreck of the * steamer Drummond Castle and picked up at Ushant, states that there was no time to Jaunch boats after the ship struck. This being the case, he thinks that there is little hope of finding uny surviyorr, except himself and the two sailors who were picked up at Ile de Molene, at which place 25 bodies have been washed ashore. TWO SURVIVORS TALK. A despatch from Brest says that the two sailors belonging to the sunken Steamer Drummond Castle, who were rescued at De de Molene, state that the Drummond Castle struck at about 11 p. m. Juve 16. The captain and third officer were on the bridge at the time. A drizzling rain prevailed and it was very hazy. No lights were sven. Soundings were taken two hours fore the ship struck. A YOUNG AMERICAN DROWNED. It is learned that among the first- class passengers on board the mond Castle was a young Ayusiioan named Hughes, who boarded the ship at Durban, Natal. His place of resi- dence in America is not known. THE WEATHER WAS BAD, Southampton, June 18.--Capt. Tan- query of the French schooner Hiron- dello, which arrived here from Bor- deaux this morning, reports that at 8 o'clock yesterday morning he passed _Ushant, off which place the British steamer Drummond Castle was sunk at midnight on June 16. The sea at the time the Hirondello passed Ushant was runing very high and there had been a heavy rain and thick fog. In such weather, the captain says, it would have been a very easy matter for a vessel to get ont of her course. Capt. Tanquery says that there was no trace of wreckage to be seen, HOW THE DISASTER OCCURRED, Brest, June 18.--A reporter of the United Press obtained an interview to-day with the two members of the sunken © steamer Drummond Castle who were picked up at Ne de Molene. One of the men is a seaman named Goldbolt, belonging to Yarmouth, and the other is Wood, a native of London, who was quarter-master of the Drum- mond Castle. The men agreed in the statement that the night of June 16, when the steamer was lost, was a fine night, though there was a slight fog. The captain was on the bridge at the time the ship struck, and Lieutenant Brown was forward. Theadult passen- gers were all on deck only the children were sleeping. and WENT DOWN LIKE LEAD. Suddenly there was heard beneath the vessel a prolouged scraping, and this was followed by a ghastly silence. The forepart of the ship began to sink immediately. The captain, at first, be- lieved the settling of the ship by the head to be caused merely by the filling of one of the forward compartments, but nevertheless ordered the boats lowered. There was no time to do this, asthe ship rapidly filled and sank like a huge body of lead. The survi- vors said that they could not remem- ber exactly what did happen when the ship went down. Goldbold sue- ceeded in grasping. a door panel and a plank, and Wood also caught a loose plank as it was -washed past him. Fora long time after the ship sank despairing shrieks filled the air, mingled with cries for help, to which response was impossible. The cries gradually ceased and there was a grue- some silence, each man believing him- self to be the sole survivor of the ill- fated ship, and felt iu constant fear of being washed off the panel or plank under him. Ultimalely Wood saw Gold- bolt andswam tohim. The two men remained together thereafter and were tossed by the waves for ten hours, frequently being turn by the force of the waves from their rough plank and panel raft, which they would fortun- ately succeed in regaining. RESCUED BY FISHERMEN. At 9 o'clock on the morning of June 17, some of the fishermen in boats es- pied themand rescned them, landing them at Le Conquest. Besides the pas- senger Marquardt, who was picked up at Ushant, it is not probable that a single one of the passengers Was say- ed. The passengers on board the Drummond Castle were mostly women ind children, including the family of a tea planter, 18 in number, who were returning from South Africa. A FATAL ERROR. The keeper of the Usham lighthouse witnessed the disaster. When he first saw the vessel he was surprised that a large steamer should enter the sinn- ons and rocky Fromveur passage, which separates the Ushant from the Molene group of islands. It is believed that the ship entered the passage by mistake, instead of keeping inthe open sea, through an error in navigation. A New Club. NAME SUGHESTED FOR A NEW SOCIAL ORGANT- ZATION EN LOS DON, London (Special) June 22--1t has been favetiously sugie sted that anew social club in process of ORgauization in this city should be entitled + The Dodd's Kidney Pill Cinb" as the present members are all inthusiastic advocates of that remedy and in common with many other citizens declare that in all cases of kidney trouble no other agent has been so completely effective. Most Londoners have at their fingers' ends the particulars of the many marvellous cures through the use of this specific. In every drugstore in the city the medicine is kept in large quantities and warmly reccom- mended, 'TANDARD June 26 Boilers of the Steamer Titus sk i Bl a 4 - SHE CARRIED A PLEASURE 2 pmo LITTLE FALLS TO BICYCLE RACES AT TAYLOR NEAR ec N. WERE OTHERS ite we ats B= i= Vem ' Utica, N. Y., Tua Is, (e ! boilers of the pleasnre steamer Hon. Titus Sheard exploded while the boat was carrying passengers from Little Falls to the bicycle races at Taylor Driving Park, one mile west of the city at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Eighteen per- sons were on board at the time. Ten of the passengers, nine men gnd one woman, were either instantly killed or.died soon after they were taken from the wreck. Two are probably. fatally injured and four are suffering from severe injuries. Two passengers are missing. The explosion occurred just as the engineer shut off steam at the Taylor landing. The dead are : Gaorge White, aged 52 years, Super- intendent of the Hon. Titus Sheard mills, head blown off and killed in- stantly. Charles Wormouth, aged 35 years head blown off and left breast split open. 'Charles Wormouth,, aged 35 years, ribly _ 'tured and instantly killed. . Tresselt, pilot of the Titus siege, left arm blown off and nght leg missing at the hip. UBtesselt's body was thrown several feet in the air, landing on a hawser hook on a pass- ing boat, disembowling him. Thomas Hall, aged 30, right leg blown off and died at the Little Falls Hospital at 3.10 p. m, William Symonds, aged 35, head blown off and left arm terribly. lacer- ated. Elon Walker, aged 35, head split open, left shoulder bone terribly crush- ed, died immediately upon arriva! at the hospital. t Miss Anna Golden, aged 18, badly scalded about the face and neck. Death caused by drowning, heroic efforts were made to life. Van Buren Young, Titus Sheard, both th ken, scalded severely and injured in- ternally, died at the Little Falls Hos- pital at 7 p. m. William Wormuth, aged 30 years, compound fracture of both legs, flesh wound on "ae leg, died at the hospi- tal at 7.30 p. Missing : Two unknown persons, supposed to be in the canal. The injured are: George Denman, aged 28, both hands badly mangled, legs fractured, body badly scalded, two holes in right side of abdomen, in- uries wil] probably result fatally. Irving Stroup, arms and legs injur- ed, severe cut in the back and badly sealded. Stroup will probably recover. Mrs. krving Stroup, aged 23, com- pound fracture of right knee pan, and = left arm, lower jaw -- and possibly internally injured. Mra. Stroup' sa yl is serious. tingston, big toe cut off, scalded about the face and head, will recover. Rhoda War ren, aged " scalded bad- ly about the face and All the dead and injured are from Little Falls and as far as Known, the list is complete. A Phenomenal Increase. The Grit newspapers and oiators from end to end of the Dominion are proclaiming that Canada under Con- servative rule is fast going to the dogs. The following facts extracted from the Blue Book clearly show the falsity and deception now being practiced by these purists : Gross trade, exports and abort, in 1878 4 $I 53,455,082 de do 1894 F $224, 638,803 This is an increase of 3) per cont. --no fall- ing off there. ial carried 1878 50,455,000 1894. '130,830,000 Dep. banavtnige bak 1S78 $14,128,185 do do A894 35,933,590 Cireulacion of Money through chartered banks 1878 $20,856,253 do do Is $30,800,000 6,684 Seagoing | tonnage 1878 1 4 Coasting 'rade under free trade 11,047,661 do do under National Policy 1,04) 1895. 96,560,968 Liie RoearEnoe 1878 $84,751,937 1805 328,000,000 Wages snail to artizens ISS] 59,401,7 do under N. PL 1891 rythetn Raw material consumed 1878 .. 8179,929,193 ? . z. . 256,119,042 Railway mileage in 1878 6,484 miles de do 1894 15,627 miles These figures are indisputable, and we challenge any Grit newspaper, cam- spouter or layman, to show that these wonderful increases do not prove the prosperity of Canada, in f the decadence and blue ruin they are claiming exists. LL2 .336 DROPPED DEAD. Hon John Beverley Robinson Expires Suddenly. WHILE STEPPING ON THE PLATFORM OF THE GREAT CONSERVATIVE MEETING IN TORONTO, Toronto, June 19.--Honorable John Beverely Robinson dropped dead to- night just as he was ste, ping on the platform at the great Conservative mass meeting held at Massey Hall, at which deceased was tohave been a speaker. Mr. Robinson was born Fehrurary 21, 1820, and was the second son of Sir John Beverley Robinson, at one time Chief Justice of Canada, and a prominent figure in what was know as the family compact. Mr. Robinson was one of the best known men in the country, was prominent in connection with athletics of all kinds, and was one of the best after-dinner speakers in Canada. He was educated at Upper Canada College, and when 17 years old was appointed aide-de-camp to Sir way an Bond Head, the then Govern- r, being such at the time of the re celtign of 87. Hehadastrong inching: tion for public life, and in 1851 enter- ed the city Conncil as alderman, and in 1857 he became Mayor. In the same year he was elected to represent Toronto in the House of Commons con- jointhy with Hon. Geo. Brown, and was re-elected at intevals for different constituencies until in 1880, when he was appointed Lieut.-Governcr of Ontario, a position he occupied for seven years, achieving great popularity therein. Since his retirement he bas lived privately. Mrs. Robinson prede- ceased her husband by about three years. Mr. Robinson was 2 younger brother of Sir James Lukin Robinson, who died recently, and the senior bro- ther of Christopher Robinson, Q. C. His death to-night was not made known to more then thefew in the im- Mediate vicinity, and and the meeting proceeded in ignorance of the event. Wonderful Freak of Nature. st. Louis Republic. Among the many wonderful freaks in naturethere can be none in' the geological line that can possibly ex- cel that knows as "The Giant's Head."', It stands, or rather reclines, against the face of the Cliff at Point Pinos, in Monterey,counts, California, and all who have viewed the wonder declare it to be the most colossal as well as the most marvelious freak in natural sculpture 'in existence. of the "head" except the black (which appears to be "'blocked" into the met- amorphic rocks against which it seems to be so naturally reclining). are as perfect as though fresh fromthe hands of some giant sculptor. Tke chin, mouth, nose, eyes and brow are' all perfect, asis also the hair, which ap- pears to be gracefully "roached"' back from the forehead. The earsare not so "true to life' asthe other features are but even in this respectno stretch of the imagination is re yuired'in order to see tolerably perfect auricular ap- pendages. Thebold features, black- ward wave of the hair, massive fore- head, mustache, finely chiseled nostrils and deep-set eyes, are all reproduced onanatural yet gigantic scale and with wonderful exactness. The freak stands near the Point Pinos hght- honse, veing but about 500 feet from that building in « northeriy direction. The "head" stands almost at tide level, thelower portion of the face being pratially submerged during high water. At time of low tide, how- ever, the wonder is high and dry, an is at that time a marvellous marvel from whatever direction it is si Manitoba's Crop Outlook. THE WET SEASON FOR SEEDING ENSURES A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST. ° Winnipeg, June 17. --The first offi- cial crop bulletin for sages year was is- sued by the } t to- day. Snmumarised, it shows the acre- age to beas follows: Wheat, 1,081,- 960 acres ; oats, 442,445 ; barley, 127,- 885 ; flax, 20,325; rye, 3,130; peas, 1,103; corn, 760; potatoes, 12,260; roots, 6,715, making the total area under all crops, 1,696,585 acres--a decrease of 191,213 acres compared with last year. This is due to the very late opening of the season. Not in fifteee years has there been such a wet season for seeding. Though the area under crop is less than last year, it exceeds 1894 by 100,000 acres. The wet weather, though retarding the season, is declared to be of great bene- fit to the province as a whole, and almost assures a bountiful harvest. Flour thrown upon burning oil will instantly extinguish it, while water only spreads the flames. 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