The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-05-28 00:00:00

DR. LIVINGTONE NOT YET
DESPAIRED OF.

Sir Roderick Murchison, in the course of his opening ad-
dress at the anniversary turetind of trio HAI al Geographical
Society, held n London, on Monday,

That he was grieved at being unable to off e some
encouraging sentences on the prospect of speedily
welcotniog Dr. Livingstone home. At the same time
(he proceeded) there is no cause for ile,p indency as
to hie lire awl safsty. He has been for some time
at Ujiji, on the Lake Tarigaiyka, whence he wrote
home On the 31th of May last, though modile
make any movement for ascot of carriers and sups
ldies. These wen% indeed, forwarded to him by Dr.
Kirk hem Zanzibar, when an outbreak of eholera
stopped and paralyzed the relieving party. Itecent
intelligence, however, has reached the Foreign Office to
the effect that the peatileuce had subsided to so
great an extent that we may presume the commu-
nication between the coast and Ujiji has before now
been reopened. The work which still lies before
Livingstone has hi-en often adverted to, and it is
hoped that he will live to advance to the north end
of the Tanganyika. and there asoirtain if its waters flow
into the Albert Nyanza of Baker. If the junction
should be proved, we in ty indulge the thought that,
informed as Livingstone mint now be of the actual
carrying out of the great project of Sir Samuel Baker,
he may endeavour to meet his great contemporrry.
The progress of the great Mgyptian expedition of Baker
having been delayed in its outset, we know that it only
left Khartoum to ascend the White Nile in Fehruarv.
After reaching Gondokoro, as was expected to be the
case in the first ilaya of Msr,b, some time must fleece-
ssrily elapse in eatablishing a fact ry above the tipper
rapids, and beyond the tributary Asua, where the
Steam vessels are to he put together before they are
latioched on the Nile water, on which they are to peas
to the great Lake Abort Nyanza. As soon, however,
as a steamer is on that lake, we may be assured that
Baker, with his well.known energy and promptitude,
will lose not a moment in the endeavour to reach its
southern et el, in the expectation of there giving hand
and /alp to Livingstone.

THE SHOCKING ACCIDENT TO A PIC
NIC PARTY IN INDIA.

The flowbu?, Guzette of 1,111 3,1 gives the P,llosluFt par-
ticulars of Ms deplorable occurrence, e blob has already
been reported by te/egraph:—

With the deepest regret we report a fatal accident
which toruted the tragic climax to a pie-uic—probably
the last of the reason—which took place at Itantioras
hill last Saturday evening. The party, which was
composed of about thirty ladies and gentlemen, left
Botubay at five o'clock, in two omnibuses and several
private carriages, and after pll,Bll .g two or three hours
vely pleasantly in the bungalow td the Hon. Byramjee
Jejeehhoy, at Bandors.hill, which bad been placed at
their service, began the return j ,urruy about eleven.
Two or three private carriages went on front, fol.
lowed by the muitni.es, in each of which there were
about ten persons, sortie on the top and come inside.
The horses of the first rnmibus soon became some-
what unnianagea'.le, and at a slurp turn at
the foot of the bill the vthicle came in contatt
with the panliet of a well and upset. Madame
Vinay, Miss Phillips, and Mr. P. A. It. Oldfield
were thrown sheer into the well—a depth, to the star.
face of the water, of about thirty feet. Mr. Oldfield
waa rescued by the valiant exertions of Mr. Briscoe
(of the P. and 0. service), but the two ladies, who had

no doubt been stunned by striking the wall of the well,
were drowned. %Vhen Mr. Briscoe, after enabling Mr.
Ohl&hi to ;_et out, heard that-two ladies were, be
lieved to hare fallen is, he dived down in the impure
anti eta.mant water and did nut cease his exertions till
utter exhaustion obliged him to yield to the entreaties
of those above. The depth of water was tome twelve
feet. NO mitive could be prevailtti upon to dive ; but
after the isose of some time, when drags had heon
procured, Mr. Briscoe went down again, accompanied
by several peons arid succeeded iu tee vs-ring the
bodies. As about three hours had paesed since the
terrible accident occurred, of course life WAS extinct.
'the others who were in, or on the omnibus, were more
or less bruised. Captain White. RE., and Dr.
Lutue.daine were severely but not seriously hurt.
An inqutst was promptly held before Mr. 4. R.
niCtioliald and a jury, and the bodirei of the two um
fortan,tte ladies were afterwards cain-u in &miles to
Mr. Va ay's residence on Malabar.nill ; Mr. Justice
Warden and Captain Watts accompanying them. Mr.
. %rarity vim one of the party, but being in the second
omnibus wits not a witness of the accident.

The interment took place at Colaba Cemetery on
Sunday evening, in the case of Madame Vindy accord-
isg to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, and in
the case of Miss Phillips with Presbyterian ceremonies.
There was a large attendunce. Mi,ai Phillips was a
near relative of Madame Vinay, and resided with her.
Mt Oldfield, wnose escape was marvellous, was well
enough to attend the Nutria. The °there who were
bruised have been getting on well.