The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-17 00:00:00

RELIGIOUS FACTION FIGHT IN IRELAND.

A telegram from Enniskillen says :—" After the an-
niversary of the 12th of August, a party of Orangemen
were attacked by Ribbonsmen, at Pettigs. One Orange-
man, named Lewis, was killed. An arrest has been made
by the constabulary."

THE MINERS' AGITATION IN FIFESHIRE.
A great meeting of miners was held on Monday at
Lochgelly when the men, whose representations for an
advance of wages have hitherto been unsuccessful,
resolved to bring the question again before the
coalmasters on Wednesday, and to give them
fourteen days for consideration. Should their demands
not be acceded to, the miners are to work only six instead
instead of eight hours a day as at present, thus limiting
the production by one-fourth. An enthusiastic meeting
of the Dysart colliers was held the same night at which
the Lochgelly resolutions were unanimously adopted.

THREE SISTERS DROWNED OFF THE WELSH
COAST.-INTENSELY EXCITING SCENE.

On Monday evening a fatal occurrence took place off
the Glamorganshire coast, near Swansea, by which
three sisters were drowned, about a mile from the shore,
in the presence of at least BO persons, and notwithstanding
the most courageous attempts made to rescue them. It
appears that about five o'clock three children, the
daughters of poor parents residing at Llansamlet,
were engaged on the Dulwich sandbank picking mussels,
and on turning to go home they found themselves
surrounded by the tide, which rises at that point with
extraordinary rapidity and force from the current of the
Bristol Channel. They were discerned from the shore,
and several good swimmers immediately swam out, a
boat being sent for in the mean time. No boat,
however, could be obtained, and horses were
procured. One of the swimmers, named Enwright, by a
great effort managed to reach the sandbank, where he
found the three children running about 'in the most terri-
fied manner, and imploring for help. He took the eldest,
a little girl named Phoebe Phillips, fourteen years of age,
and swam out towards the shore, leaving the two
other sisters, one twelve years of age and the other ten, on
the bank. About midway between the bank and the
main land he met a man and horse swimming towards
him. He handed over the girl to the man and returned
towards the other children. The horse that was carrying
the man with the child got exhausted and sank and was
drowned, the man and child being thrown into the tide. The
man himself, subsequently getting exhausted, was forced
to let go the child, who, after frantic efforts to regain her
hold of him, sank, and was borne away by the current,
the man being subsequently picked up half drowned
and almost insensible. All efforts to reach the other
two children were unavailing, and the sandbank be-
coming overwhelmed, they stood their ground till
the water reached their armpits, their piteous cries
for help being heard by the people on shore, when
they were eventually submerged and washed away.
by the tide. A copper smelt.er named Corin, a Belgian,
exhausted himself by reaching the bank at the last
moment, just in time to see the little hands and arms of
the drowning children frantically waving above the water.
In striving to lay hold of them he nearly got drowned, and
was eventually fetched from the bank nearly dead and
insensible. The excitement on shore was intense. Yester-
day morning the bodies of the two eldest children were
recovered, but that of the youngest is still missing. This
sad occurrence has created quite a painful sensation in
the neighbourhood, as with the assistance of a boat all
might have been saved.