The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-08-22 00:00:00

FEARFUL ATTACK ,ON A STEAMER ET
ALLIGATORS.
Tana S lnvocazD.

The Pitatka (Florida) licrall publishes 3 ,
extraordinary *amount of • desperate attack or. sn•
steamer by alligators. " The steamer whilst
the Ocklawaha river, and on rounding rischett's 1=
where the steam widens and deepens, suddenly eri...:
tared awe of alligators, floundering and sil ishing ra
In all directions. The captain of the vessel up
never saw such • scene, and never wishes si .; s
again. Before tb• speed of tbs. little vessel C 0133 2
checked, she waa in the midst of the monsters Ts
back or go ahead was impossible. The passenger e
deavoured to shire them away by shooting, rein
hands on board beat them with handspikes. mitt!
were determined to obstruct the vissage of the
The situation became more critical, and the aria'.
passengers more and more exhausted, and diadem
, tion of the boat seemed inevitable. Already Msi
I the crew had been destroyed and several rimers wo;:iia
Several of the planks Isere torn from the Lan, sO-
- was with difficulty kept from sinking. jb: a
this period • source of relief canto. A Weer/6
appeared making his way from the lakes —the iil:W.,
Is supposed, that was seen at Devil's Eibis Mira
The alligators soon disappeared, following the IM`tri'
and such fighting never was witnesaed. lc:S:OmA
where the river suddenly narrows, soon baxme 13:."
with dead alligators, and the river was Tel
It is difficult to account for the number I'S r•ga
appearance of these animals, but the lee,: do!
may throw some light upon the subject. I: '.3 'N...0
by many that there is a large subterrauess ',whit
_t.
water between the head waters of she Ocklassi.o
the waters of the Okeebobee Lake, anal tint DO
monsters have found their way here in great c533c,
and if not soon exterminated will obstruct tisso#
tion of the Ocklawaha."
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BIRTIL

August 13, at Bradford Peverell, Dorchoskr, the
Joseph Napier, Ely., late Captain 23r1 Royal Welsh
of a son.

MARRIAGES.
August 5, at the pu:sh church Roldemest, Edmund to
Milton Abbas, Blaadfonl, to Sarah Jane Flipping, id P. 4
August 6, at St. lames' Church, Poole, by the Ik
Fantker, Mr:Alfred Edward Dugdale, to Elisabeth Vos
August 8, at Wellington-street Baptist Chapel, Lutoo!' -
Rev. A.G. Gno,Mr. David Strounl,ol liarapden
to Annie Freer, eldest daughter of Mr. Jiunes Anson.,"
Farley Villa, Luton, late of Poole.
August 10. it the Glouixister.street Congregational
by the the Be.. Robert Ashton, wstiate I by the go. 6.
Alfred, third son of Mr. John Deverell, of C•P
Teteworth, Oxon, to Mary, second daughter of Mt 06,".

of Weymouth. 11.3
August 10, at Bt. Cuthbert's, Bedford. by the .
Waller, rector, &foisted by the Rev. H. 11. Baker.
the Ironmougera'Coaspany, uncle of the bride, tly dhe
Travers Park, M.A., Assistant Master of Kos:.
borne, eldest ~on of A. Park, Est., of Ms.W.I. :
Jane, eldest ourriving daughter of the Into V.
Minn, Brittany. sat&
Augusts 10, at St. Peter's Church. Bouniem
Rev. Ambrose C. B. Cave, Thomas George J..,
only child of the Lite Mr. G. Jaeloon, to 1140
child of the late Mr. Thomas Fry, yeoman, .1. a1.d.0
Dorset, and granddaughter of the late Mr. Wilma
builder and ship fitter, of Poole. No card& tk,
August 12, at St. Paul's Church, POOltr •
Morgan. Mr. George Francis Faulkner. of
mm 7 lirances LSOTIMICe, Of Poole.
August 15, at the parish church. Dilsicn,
Cluiyen, Gerald Stephens, of Basing.toke, tooth s.
Stephens, Esq., of flillskle, Briddort, ..wn
daughter of Chios: lloopea, Eaq., of Lan4d.urn
Auguit 16, at the parish church, !beton PAM/. •• .00
Mr. Watson, William Abbott, to Swan, youniot
Mr. W. Gobbing. .

DEATHS.
June I , at her son's residence, Brownhill
South Australia, Sylvia Whittle rehct of Ow

Whittle, Brodie'', Dorset. - ~ ts•
„.. r....
August lat Walter's-n,al, hwanscs, ,c .., ioraa'b
Rlizabeh, widow of theta... Joseph Bello,, k:',.l ," •
Dorchester, Doreet. l IV
Au= 1, Kt Rad Lulwortli, the inan ft .1.1413ter,
4 Ann Rowland, aged 9 month, .."
'y
2. at V,etOria, VSLIC My es Islaud Au:4444

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July 2, _
eon a the Late Mr: liuniley, of oboror MO,
Auguk h &t Seliabury.street, llvre, Mr.
of Hill Butts, Wlmberne, in his 90th 'ea(. , 4
44.1ust 10, at Bridport, Doniet, at the rv0.`',",,,,11.
tor. Hannah, relict of tho late Willis:a Tail.
of covli, Somerset, aged 74.
August 11, at Longbredv Rectory, Fanny
daughter of the Hay. L. Pool. rector of I.ooft.'.lY'.,
Atiguet,l2, at 14 Victoria Terrace, Weymouth. k:••,'
daughter of John 'Mord. but P•:-.
August 12, at fligh-stroet, Poole, after a
'lineal, Emily, the beloved wife of Mr. Joeih
and only daughter of Mr. James Enclik),
)0.

ran.
August 12, at 131mport-stroet, Shattowbu,i,
1115hin".Pain, penile,,
:1;
ppenham, Chuies Richard 111,1• p
August 12 at C ,
INlcheat Itannor, eldeet son of the late Mai r
and Sophia his wile, of Weymouth, aged ti• Etgote
August If, st Bmedwey, of
daughter of Mr. George Bowditch, In her t;,vg•
August 14, at &Mown Near Lindwil,
much remected by a lan; circle .4 friend, o.ppo'
ANNA 15, at Button Points, after a long Site'.
young's,' son of Mr. Jamm Puckett, med 20•
Sir Ndward Hughes,Haronekel Nast Bend." s•
. Bend."',
JeO.
died at Lind6el6, on the tith md-
Baronet, we are informed in Debretes illudrand
for tide year, was unman ied, and the title bc0n0....
WM/ aged 64.
Mr. C. Buxton, M. P. for Eau Sauey. al •
Loeheanbead Hotel noir Kuhn. Perthdere, U thc. -
of atrophy of the heart. The g,entleman,
formed In Drones Heraldic and twjniplomn a
COWWWO4B. WM, the third we of the late our Ilea., .•
Buxton, lst Barooet, and a partner In the celebralod
Truman, Banbury, and Co., brewers.
was In hi. 77th year, according toDebfl(t'S
the Royal Navy 1606.

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