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#%*% Gen. French is in command of the mctive operations in the whole of Cape Colony, while Col. Haig conâ€" tinues to control them, as before, in the midland and eastern provinces. The detailed reports from Middleburg, Unpe Colony,show that Col. Wyndham, «f the 17th Lancers, after a vigorâ€" ous night march, covering over forty amiles, attacked Yan Reenen at Ruigte Nel, southeast cf Heynesburg. The epemy, who were completely taken by surprise, mado but a feeble resistâ€" awnce. Twentyâ€"two prisoners were captured. _ ? In the fight at Diepfontein, northâ€" awest of Barkly East, Lieut.â€"Col. Scoâ€" Moell, having with him Lukin‘s Cape Mounted Rifles, besides a detachâ€" ment of the 9th Lancers and other Aroops, made a night march and autprised the Boer laager. Lukin‘s men charged impetuously, and the enemy fled, panicâ€"stricken, making but _ little attempt _ at _ fightâ€" iAng. The British captured 20 priâ€" woners, besides horses, ammunition and rifles, a quantity of clothing, saddles and blankets. iÂ¥ General Randlie‘s Work. | London, June 21.â€"A despatch from Marrismith, Orarge River Colony, reâ€" ports that Gon. Rundle, with Gen. Campbell‘s and Col. Harley‘s columns, bas returned here, after traversing the mountainous district situated in the â€" triangle between _ Ficksburg, Bethlehem and Witzies Hoek, during the past seven weeks. During the operations all th> mills in the district were blown up, ovens, ploughs and wther implements for the preparation of foodstulfs beiag brokon. Fiftyâ€"live Boers were killed or wounded. _ Our total casualtios woere five officers and eight men killed, forty wounded and five missing. ‘Tae district traversed by the columas is one of the great grainâ€"pro«tucing and milling centres < the colony. During their march fhe columns met with continual oppoâ€" eition from Prinsloo‘s, Rautenbach‘s and other commandoes, who pursued Â¥heir usual guoriila tactics. ‘ London, June 21.â€"Mr. Brodrick inâ€" formed a questioner in the House w Commons toâ€"day that out of #©3,000 persons in the concentration «amps of Sonuth Africa, 34,000 were ‘ London, June 21.â€"Mr. Rrodrick anâ€" mounced in the House of Commons, Un reply to a question, that it has Breen decided that volunteer offiâ€" s#ers who have served in South Afâ€" The Times‘ own correspondent at Middleburg, Transvyaal, cables: "I have been able to learn the opinions wof several prominent Dutchmen in Pretoria with regard to the present conduct of the war. These _ men, who are old inhabitants of the Transâ€" vaal, have no inherent love for us, but for their own sakes and their «country‘s are anxious for the terminâ€" ation of hostilities. They agree «that the only chance of bringing the war to a speody end, is to prociaim that after a certain date the farms «wof men still on commando will be conâ€" fiscated. This would bring _ about #the surrender of a larga number of sgommandants, though it would not awlfect the foreigners or Boer leaders such as Botha and others who have mo property. _ Delarey, they believe, will fight to the end. _ The opinion entertained of Botha by those who know him well is not favorable. A Standerton despatch says: Dr. Exverard, a Boer doctor, who has been brought in, states that the burghers are heartily tired of fighting, and would surrender to a man if their leaders would permit them to do so. "Two colonial troops aver that they found in the pockets of two dead Boers copies of a proclamation signed BDby Louis Botha, stating that he would not be responsible for any Dburghers who had not surrendered by the 10th instant. London, June 21.â€"A despatch from Pretoria say®: A serious railway ident occurred in the vicinity of ;?etorls on the Pietersburg line. MA train full of troops was run into Bby a train coming from the oppoâ€" wite direction. The latter, travelâ€" Nine Soldiers Killed and Sevepal Wounded in a Railway Collision â€"Work of General â€" Rundile‘s Column â€" Everything Destroyed on the March. Tondon, June 21.â€"The Sun this afâ€" ernoon again prints the sensational @nnouncement, which it made Jane 48, that General Botha, the Boer commander, after the receipt of Preâ€" #ident Kruger‘s decision not to conâ€" cede anything, decided to ignore the former President of the Transvyaal and surrender. Ang at some @eed, was rounding a ourvre at the time, and it dashed Anto the troop train with great force. A number of trucks wore sa#mashed and nine soldiers were killâ€" ed and several others injored. The Secretary of Mr. Joseph Chamâ€" Bberlain deciared that the rumors of the surrender of General Botha are unfounded. GONFISGATE The number of Boers killed, prisonâ€" ers and surrendered during May was 2,640 men. The Quickest Way to End the African War. BURCHERS TIRED OF FICHT. shall be granted bonorary rank War Service Recognized. For the Boer Campers. Raillway Accident. June 24.â€"Whatever may BOER FARMS. Boer Delegates Go Home. London, June 23.â€"Mz. Merriman and Mr. Bauer left England yesterâ€" day for Bouth Afica, materially conâ€" soled by the Queen‘s Hall demonstraâ€" tion for their failure to excite popuâ€" lar interest in their cause. ‘Their friends among the active proâ€"Boer faction were with them to the last, and there is much organizing ability among them, but more zeal than disâ€" cretion. Many erroneous inferences have been drawn on the contineot from the epeeches and resolutions of Mr. Labouchere‘s meetl.ng, and the Boer leaders in Holland have been greatly encouraged. ‘The war news, meanwhile, has remained virtually unchanged. De Wet has apparently been crippled, if not paralyzed, by the loss of his convoy, which is difâ€" ficult for him to replace, and the advantage gained by the Boers in :nrprhlnghan gated Australian dle- achment has n a temporary gain. Evidence that the British are ,g-radn- ally wearing down the resistance of the Boers is unmistakable when the enormous losses reported 'Ii' Gen. Kitchener in men, ammunition and cattle are added up. ‘There may be fresh surprises, but the fighting feâ€" sources of the wonderful Dutch warâ€" riors are apparently well nigh exâ€" bausted, Before sailing Mr. Merriman sald: "I believe the British workingmen are at last discovering that they Cradock, Cape Colony, June 23.â€"In an engagement at Waterklool on June 20th the British lost eight men killed and two mortally wounded, and had four m>n seriously wounded. In addition, 64 men of the Cape Mounted Rifles were captured. Capt. Spandow is reported to have been wounded and one Boer was killed. The correspondent of the Standard, writing from Pretoria, under date of May 30, speaks in almost as gloomy a vein in regard to the operations of Gen. Sir Bindon Blood in the Northâ€" east Transvaal. He says: "General Blood‘s movement cannot fairly be reâ€" garded as having proved in the main that the intention was altogether abortive." This is faint praise bestowed on the operations, while the corresâ€" pondent admits further on that if the primary object was to cnclose Commandantâ€"General Botha it was frustrated at the very outset. Afâ€" ter describing the scheme which alone seemed to offer hope of sucâ€" cess, the correspondent _ writes: "Unfortunately we do not appear to have troops available for so huge Recording the capture and sacking of Jamestown by the invaders, this corâ€" respondent says the amazing feature of the incident is that Jamestown is comparatively close to Aliwal North, where there were 8,000 British troops and an abundance of guns and transâ€" port. Hecontinues: *A glance at the map will show that alarge portion of the Colony is virtua:ly in the hands of the enemy. . From Dordâ€" recht to Willowmore and across to Kenbhardt anod on to Namaqualand, the Boer is the man in possession. The slow progress of the campaign from the British point of view causes deep dissatisfaction. The authorities allow next to no news to be publishâ€" ed, and it is only by interviewing reâ€" cent arrivals from the front that one can get any real conception of what is taking place." * a movement. Quite 60,000 men, half of them mounted infantry and cayâ€" alry, would be required to cover the vast area described. Where the 240,000 odd men now in South Afâ€" dica are distributed is a mystery to all except those at headquarters. But the enormous extent of country now held by us, the large number of posts, and the very extensive lines of communication which it is necesâ€" sary to maintain and the miiitary operations from one end of the country to the other doubtless exâ€" plain the paucity of men available for action on a large scale. Lord Kitchener might have 100,000 adâ€" ditional men at his disposal and yet have none too many to spare for mobile work." ‘The correapondent of the Mail says: ‘"The Boer invasion of Cape Colony is developirg in a rather serious manâ€" ner. The Boer bands are getting re cruits, and what is more, they are getting horses. They picked up no {ewer than 500 at the remount camp near Colegsberg less than a week ago. The invaders are swarming all over the eastern and midlands districts. They number anywhere from 7,000 to 10,000, and are having a merry time. They wreck traing, kill colonâ€" ists, and play havoc generally."" V have been the extent of the gradual attrition of the Boer forces and reâ€" sources and the consequent improveâ€" ment of the British position in South Africa during the past month, the general sit@wation has been so little altered since the end of May that reâ€" ports mailed by English correspondâ€" dents which are printed toâ€"day may probably be taken to represent the condition of affaire now as accurateâ€" 1y as when they left Cape Town. The corre*ondent of the Daily Mail at Cape Town sends a statement that is calcdlated to dispirit the most opâ€" timistic if it can be regarded as well founded. The letter was written about three weeks ago. Who are being commiserated with because so far all their family are girls, while they long for a boy to inherit the throne. I / ////"// TRA t L.A;’":,:’l & 1 Ne t i ( 1 14 tm ds :‘.\ s sWn %"/, ’/-3?- ‘ M s â€" n i| \\ \\‘\' M Boers Strike Heavily Again. THE CZAR AND C ZARINA Captain and Several of the Crew Drowned. London, June 23.â€"Thie fourâ€"masted British barque Falkiand, Capt. Gracie, which sailed from Tacoma, Wash., February 7th, for Queenstown, in atâ€" tempting to clear the rocks of Scilly, Ireland, toâ€"day struck on the Bishop rock, her mainyard actually strikâ€" ing the lighthouse. She turned over and sank in a few minutes. . The baggageâ€"smasher now begins to geot in his fige work. ; | ; :. , : ; _ At the beginning of the year the British squadron in the Mediterranâ€" ean and Red Sea, under the command of Vizeâ€"Admiral Sir John A. Fisher and Lord Charles Beresford, â€" conâ€" sisted of:â€" Eleven battleships, eight cruisers, fifteen torpedo boat deâ€" stroyers, three torpedo boats, three gunboats, two sloops, six special serâ€" vice vessels. In the number of the vessels, together with the comâ€" plement of its personnel, this fleet should apparently be a match for any hostlle fleet that could be opâ€" posed to it in the Mediterranean. It has always been the policy of the British Admiralty to maintain the reputation of the Mediterranean fleet as the "star" squadron of the navy, and Lord Charles Beresford‘s styrictures will be considered a seriâ€" ous indictment. Two lifeboats put onut from the coastguard station. One rescued 20 members of the crew and the capâ€" tain‘s wife and child. The second lifeboat which went out yesterday to rescoue the remaining members of the crew of the British barque Falkland, which was wreckâ€" ed off Scilly, returned toâ€"day, after a fruitleas wearcti for possible surviâ€" vors. The captain mate, steward, and three seamen of thie barque Night Watchman Suffered Intense Agony for an Hour and a Half. Toronto, June 24.â€"S. Hughes, night watchman in Taylorâ€"Scott‘s broom factory on Bay street, was manipuâ€" lating a macnine on the fourth story of the building this morning, when his finger was caught in a cog wheel. He remained there for an hour and a half a prisoner, and endeavored to get someone to him by shouting. Fiâ€" nally P. C. Cathers heard him, and, with the aid of a passer by, a winâ€" dow was broken and the imprisoned man reached. Hughes was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where his badly mangled finger was dressed. He was fearfully faint from his long and painful imprisonment. Since his appointment as second in command of the squadron, two years ago, Lord Charles has been devoting himsel{ with great energy to the task of bringing the fleet up to the utmost pitch of efficiency by drill, manoeuvres and discipline. The ground of his indictment wi‘l be found in the failure of the Admiralty during the last year or two to keep up to the shipbuildiag programme laid down, so that England has lost her relative position of being able to put onto the high seas a fleet equal to the combined fleets of any two other naval powers. X ly. MHe further says that he has communicated his views on the subâ€" ject to the proper authorities in as strong and clear Angloâ€"Saxon lanâ€" guage as he can comgmnd. London, June 21.â€"The Daily ‘Mail publishes a letter from Rear â€" Adâ€" miral Lord Charles Beresford to a correspondent, complaining of the want of proper strength and effiâ€" clency in Great Britain‘s Mediterâ€" ranean fleet. In this letter Lord Charles sayse that his duty as secâ€" ond in command of the fleet preâ€" vents his giving his reasons publicâ€" African war, the war stocks at the naval arsenals at Gibraltar and Malta have, from objects of economy, not been repienished with guns and ammunition so fully as they would have been otherwise, while Russia‘s development of her Black Sea fleet and fortresses has steadily advanced. The recent assembly of the Italian and French fleets at Toulon, with the presence of the Russian squadron in the same waters, drew the attention of British naval authorities in the Mediterranean to possilbiities of a coalition which would endanger Britâ€" ish supremacy between Gibraltar and Alexandria. days again. POSSIBLE EUROPEAN COALiTION. had been tricked into the war. They have had to do all the fighting ‘ and all the starving, but are getting few rewards. South Africa will be poorâ€" er and wages will be lower. Johanâ€" nesburg will never see her former MEDITERRANEAN â€" FEET. Lord Charles Beresford Com* plains of Inefficiency, Then, again, owing to the South HELD BY THE FINGER. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO BARQUE COLLIDES. OF RUSSIA, From the front, Mrs. Jessup and her busband dropped from the winâ€" doiw: of their home to the sidewalk. They were seated at dinner, and toâ€" fetber ran to the front window and eaped out. Jessup says the exploâ€" sion seemed to force the fire through the floor under their feet. _ Firemen Rescued Many. Others ol the tenement were meanâ€" while hanging from the windows ready to drop. The firemen came 'u.L a few minutes, and twent ne were taken down tmfi g:-o‘.d smoke by the firemen. Mr. Daniel Doeley‘s Heroism. Daniel Dooley was in the yard when the explosion took place. He saw the two Rittenberg children in the rear room, and ruehed into the flames for them. He got one of them and carried it o@t, and tried to go back for the other, but the room was then one mass of fire. Dooley was badly scorched in rescuing the first child. Every building in the neighborhood was stripped oi glass. Families seatâ€" ed at their dinner were thrown from their chairs to the f:oor. Frightiul Scene in the‘ Streets. ‘Then there was a frightful scene in the streets. Parents lost control of their children, and were soon rushing about looking for them. _ Rumors spread that a score of children were being carried away from the ruins by police wagons, the ambulance and grocers‘ wagons, which were pressed into service. Meanwhile the flames were bursting from every part of the wrecked building. Every window seemed to be emitting flames a minâ€" ute after the first explosion. ‘Those who approached the building from the rear saw a frightful sight. _A woman appeared at one of the winâ€" dows. She was a mass of flames. She leaped out and fell through the flames to the yard boelow. At great risk she was dragged farther into the yard, but it was too lats. ‘The flesh was dropping from her bones, and she was dead. She later proved to be Mrs. Williams. The exp.osioa occursed shortly afâ€" ter the noon hour, and mauy of the occupants of the building were out for aqinner. ‘The building ia which the explosion occurred was a frame teneâ€" ment, four stories high, with stores on the ground floor. The middle story was occupied by Riddenberg. Ten families occupied flats in the buildâ€" ing. School Building Damaged. Hal{ an hour later the results would have been frightful, and might have roiled up a death list into the hunâ€" dreds, for adjoining the building was No. 3 school, in which were hundreds of children. Not only was the school damaged, but large quantitiee of wreckage were hurled into it. As it was, some of the school children playâ€" ing near the schoolâ€"house were inâ€" jured. Stunned and Burned. Those who were on the upper floors of the building vhen the explosion took place were either stunned and then burned to death, or their esâ€" cape was cut off. After the explosion there were a series of smaller ones, and then came the second big explosâ€" ion, which was muffled and deadened and occurred in the cellar. The injured :Mr. Jessup, Mré. J. Jes sup, I. Bamber, George Soder, Nich oas Hillman, fircman; Ed4ward Slin gerland, Mr. and Mro. Join MeGlone So great was the force of the exâ€" plosion that a boy playing in the street half a block away was lifted from hi feet and hurled _ against an iron fence, and one of his legs broken, There was a trolley car uiâ€" rectly in front of the building when the explosion occurred, and the burst of flame blown out into the street scorched the sides of the car and finged the hair of those who were n it. Harold Rittenburg, 18 months old, on of the keeper of the Tireworks store. Henry Elsasser, six weeks old. ‘Those missing and almost certaialy dead are : Mrs. Bert Bamberg. Charles Bamberg, six months old, child of above. Half an Hour Later School Pupilis Would Have Been Caughtâ€"Narâ€" row â€" Escapesâ€"HMeroism of the Rescuersâ€"Firemen Injured. New York, June 21.â€"Many persons were killed and a number injured toâ€" day as the result of an explosion among a large quantity of fireworks in the store of Abraham Rittenburg at Paterson N. J. The cause of the explosion is not known. The property loss wil} not exceed $35,000. Kuown and supposed Dead. The dead are: Mrs. Lucinda Adamson. + Mrs. Charles Wiliams, burned tryâ€" l1g to rescue her husband. PROBABLY FOURTEEN DEAD. Two nephews of Mrs. Lannigan, were with her when she entered her rooms, their names not yet ascerâ€" tained. 1 Clarence Burns, six years old, son of above. Mrs. Annie Lannigan, seen to enter her apartments a few minutes beâ€" fore. explosion. en K 9 & Charles Williams, cripp‘le, unable to get out of bed. Mrs. Andrew Elvin, was in house and not seen since. Mrs. Mary Elsasser. Joseph Eivin, two weeks old, child of Mrs. Andrew Elvin. Mrs. â€"â€" Burns, not seen since exâ€" plosion and kaown to have been in the house. 2 Mrs. Aun Fenteman, not seen since expiosiqn and known to have been in the‘ house. Many Persons Killed and Injured. FIREWORKS Eight Injured. EXPLOSION. es i enc in i ACoR Not the Helladotherlum. London, June 23.â€"Prof. Edwin Ray Lankester, after examining the skulls and skin of the okapi discovered in the Bemliki forest by Sir Harry Johnâ€" ston, the British Commissioner to the Uganda Protectorate, says it is not the helladotherium, but a distinct Bearing in mind the small number of stoppages made when royalty travels betwean the metropolis and Balmoral, this is a matter of serious concern for the railway managers, who have been acoustomed so long to take things more easily than the King is inclined to allow them. Whis is a matter which is very much exrerciging the minds of differâ€" ent railway officials, for no one but they can guess how much work, nay, how much anxiety, such an order enâ€" taile. It will, for one thing, require more careful attention at crossings and junctions, because the interval available for danger signale will be shortened. At St. Joseph‘s Hospital it was said toâ€"day that the injured who had been _ taken there are doing well, and that all ef them would recover. They are Mr. and Mre. Jassup, inâ€" jured about the head, burned on body ; Rose Connelly, suffering from shock and contrsions; I Bamber, burned _ a@bout _ the head _ and face ; Jobin Aimens, &a school boy, cut and burned ; George Zoder, a school boy, badly cut about the head ; Niâ€" cholas Hilman, cut on the head ; Edâ€" Ward Slingland, a fireman, hurt by falling walls. Mr. and Mrs. John Mcâ€" Glone, who were burned about the face and body, and wtheo were taken to the hospital, were alle to go home last night. It is said that Rittenberg had stored in.the cellar of his store a number of dynamite torpedoes, such as are used by the foreign population of Paterson and Passaic in celebratâ€" ing. When the body of Mrs. Patâ€" rick Burns was recovered her six montbs‘ old baby was clasped to her breast, and so tight was the emâ€" brace of the almost fleshless arms, that mother and son were placed in Uhe same coffin. Fortyâ€"five Miles an Hour Too Slow for the King. London, June 23.â€"The King is deâ€" termined to have something more rapid than the rather moderate runâ€" ning trains. Of late His Majesty has been accustomed to travel fortyâ€"flive miles an hour, but this is not fast enough for him. Mrs. Zimmer, motherâ€"inâ€"law of Ritâ€" tenberg, is known to be dead. It is said she wuas standing at the rear of the store talkiog to a travelling salesman when the explosion occurâ€" red. What became of the salesman is not known. Many persons slightly injured had their wounds dressed at the hospitals and went to their lyomes. The search of the ruins was continâ€" 1ed toâ€"day by the po ice and firemen. 1t is believed there are still several bodies in the wreckags. The persons known to be dead and whose bodies have been recovered are as follows : Mrs. Lucinda Adamson, Mrs. Patrick Burns, Clarence Burns, a child about six years old ; Charles Williams, Mrs. Charles Williams, Harold Rittenburg, 14 months old, Annie Rittenburg, 8 years old, Willie Elsasser, and Mrs. Andrew Elvin. A head, supposed to be be that of Mrs. Eivin, was found ; the trunk is missing ; Mrs. Isaiah Bamber, Burton Bamber, six weeks old. The missing are: Joseph Elvin, two weeks old ; Mrs. Annie Fentman, Mrs. Annie Lannigan, 18 years old ; Mrs. Mary Duffy, Mrs. Mary Elsasser, Mrs. Simon. Paterson, N. J., June 22.â€"With elevea tedies recovered and with six persons missing it is believed that 17 lives were lost in the fire which folâ€" lowed the explosion of fireworks in Rittenburg‘s store at 440 â€" Main street, yesterday. While the rossues were going on the firemen were fighting the flames. Capt. Allen led with a hose line in an effort . to keep the fire from the upper floore, where it was said many were pinned in. The men had bardly taken their position on the _ sideâ€" walk behind a pile of boxes to ward off the bheat, and began to throw wuter into the upper floors, Wwhen, without warning, the whole upper part of the building sagged _ outâ€" ward and fell. The captain and two of his men were buried under _ the debris â€" which was blazing. _ Two streams were Ins#tantly turned . on the wreckage, Out of it in a moâ€" mont crawled Captain Allen and Fireâ€" man Delainsy. Both were bruised and burned. but instead of seeking safety they ailtacked the debris with their hands to rescue Eddie Slingerland, who was still beneath it. . He was finally draggod out badly hurt. Husbanda Was a Cripple. Mrs. 8. Williams‘ husband was a cripple. His wilfe is supposed to have remained longer than she could with safety in an effort to save him. He was found burned to a crisp. end Mrs, John McGlome cimbed to the top. story of the tenement, and found~ their a-enr_e eut ~off. ~He climbed out of the front window and hung on with one hand while he held his wife withp the other until a life net was secured. Then he dropped his wile into the net and followed bimself. Both were badly burned. KFiremen Buried by Falling ‘Timber. The flames had the building doomâ€" ed long before the fTiremen arrived, and for a lime it looked as thongh the building would not only be desâ€" troyed, but that the flames would burn down Main street. and swing inâ€" to Slater stree!, . and the ocâ€" cupants #o threatened: moved out. The firemen fought the flames back, and, although the two buildings beâ€" tween the wrecked one and Slater street â€" were #omewhat damaged, they â€" woere saved. The building in which the explosion vcecurred _ was burned to the ground. Fourteen Thought to be Dead. Alter a ecouple of hours‘ work the firemen bad the flames out, and beâ€" gan the work of cooling the reins 1o get at the bodies. At first it was thought that but three persons were lost. Mr. asd Mrs. Williams and one of the Rittenberg children, but it soon became apparent that others had lost their tives, and firally it became almost a certainty that fourâ€" teen were dead. The entire Btreet Department force was ordered to go to work clearing away the rubbish. Rittenberg will probably be arrested, pending the inâ€" vestigation. DEMANDS FAST TRAINS. I8% Dynamite, Too sik aryar n t ONE KILLED, FOUR INJURED. T D& 2& 02 OOPECCECC MECEC IBC SUHHâ€" fold, and the men went to the ground l:l&w;h-o-a heavy timbers falling at a barnâ€"raising on the farm of Mr. Bamue! Shields. Mr. Jo-:h Johnaton was fatally injured, a died at 4 o‘clock this afternoon, and â€" four others were injured. The extent of thieir injuries as yet cannot be asâ€" certained, although the doctors have strong hopes that none of the four will die. The five men were standing on a scaffold, and some sudden jar t')f‘:be l;iq’ timberse broke the scafâ€" with them., having Bad Accident nnâ€"lnn-nlotu Near Shelburne. Shelburne, June 22.â€"A rery sorl~ ous accident happened yesterday afâ€" ternos‘n about four miles from hbere On account of the very high water which has flooded the region and prevented _ communication. anything like a correct estimate of the loss of property is impossible, but from the best information obtainable toâ€"night the loss to property will easily reach $2,000,000. At Landgral,. the beautifal home of General Manager Ord, is reported gone, but his Samily is said to be safe. Passenger train No. 4, of the Norfolk & Western Railroad,. reachâ€" ed Vivian about 8.20 a. m.. met the flood and was unable to proceed further. ‘The waters reached =uch a depth that the Coaches Had to be Abandoned, the passengers being rescued by means of ropes struug from the windows of the coaches to the tops of remaining coke ovens some disâ€" lance away.> Between Elkhorn and Vivian yard, a distance of 10 miles, 100 care are said to be washed from the tracks, and many of â€" them were carried down stream. A rough eslimate places the number _ of bridges washed away between Bineâ€" field and Vivian Yard, a distance of 28 miles, at from 15 to 20. and from present indications it will be impossible to get trains through to Vivian and points west of there under a week or ten days. This will render it impossible to get relief into the stricken district, and with those who escaped with their lives, homeless and without food, indesâ€" cribable suffering is inevitable. The trainmaster of the Norfolk & Westerr: Railroad walked the track between Vivian and North Fork, a distance of 12 miles. He discovered 80 bodies floating in the river. The Posahoatas coal ficld is lociated in a basin, with high mountain ranges on either side, Elkhorn creek TNowâ€" ing through the centre of the basin, which ranges from onefourth to one mile in width. From Ensis, W. Va., ta Vivian Yard, W. Va., a distance of sixteen miles, miners‘ cabins, coal company â€" commissaries . and | coke plants line this basin. Elkhorn creek, being fed by numerous small strea ms coming from the mountain | eides, rises very rapidly, _ and this waterspout came so suddenly that the eniire basin between the two mountain ranzes was fooded, and beâ€" fore the terrorâ€"stricken people realâ€" ized what was up>n them, they were carried down by the flood, which swept everything in its path. The littls town of Keystone, with a popâ€" ulation of about 2090, seems the greatest eufferer, practically the town being washed away. This towr is the principal one in the Pocaâ€" hontas coal fields, near its centre. It was to a great extent headquarâ€" ters from which the mining populaâ€" tion purchased supplies, and was also the only place in the field where whiskey could be purchased. At this place there were all of which were washed away. The report comes that the mining popuâ€" lation are now occupying the banks of the streams below, catching the merchandise and barrels of whiskey and beer as they float down. A great number of coal and coke plants throughout the Pocahontas fiel4 are reported practically destroyed, and in some instances entirely washed away, Loss of Life Exceeds 200. Ssome of the drowned are among the most prominent citizens of the coal fields. Bluefield, W. Ya., June 23.â€"This en tire section has just been visited by a flood, the extent of which in all proâ€" bability will equal or exceed that of Johnstown in 1889, so far as the loss of property is concerned. Early yesterday morning, shortly after midâ€" night, a heavy downpour of rain beâ€" gan, accompanied by a severe elecâ€" tric storm, and steadily increased in violence until 10 o‘clock a. m., then ceaging for several hours and beginâ€" ning again with renewed | violence. Many miles of the Norfolk and Westâ€" ern rallroad tracks and many bridges are entirely destroyed, and communiâ€" cation is cut off west of Elkhorn, so that it is impossbile to learn the ful! extent of loss of life and property, but officials of the coal operations located in the stricken district have gent out messengers to Elkhorn the terminus of both telegraphic and railâ€" road communication, and have roceivâ€" ed a report that a conservative estiâ€" mate as to the VILLACES SWEPT AWAY. Pocahontas Coal Fields Delayed by a Storm Which Rivals That of Johnstown â€"â€" $2,000,000 Loss â€" Railway Passengers Rescued by Hundreds Drowned by a Flood in West Virginia. KEYSTONE Mr. M. & 64 for the Legisiative Assemâ€" 12 to 15 Saloons, WASHED AWAY. id lole, of _ Napanee, by the Liberals of 48 > CE Ceylon aml t in & day *If 4 mea ns visit : altion soorn1 movi * *TÂ¥ Mr. s worth up . w $100, flow *The add~ tel } Th mile« oat f freso and en fjor croq Ltle clin able etre Mr t>