The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-25 00:00:00

SERIOUS FLOODS IN IRELAND.

The rains which have fallen for some days have caused
heavy floods, in some parts of the provinces. In the
counties of Louth and Meath the fields in many places are
submerged, and the cabins of the poor cotters have been
inundated to such an extent that the inhabitants had to
seek shelter in the farmsteadings. It is asserted by some
of the farmers that the rains have been more copious and
constant than for the past twenty years.
From the overflow of a watercourse near Derry a
poor woman and child were drowned in bed. Great
damage has been done to property. The Traffic on the
Lough Swilly Railway has been stopped. The large
bridge on the county road, at Buncrana, has been carried
away by the torrent. It is onit of the most important
structures in the county.

THE LOSS OF THE CAMBRIA.
(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.)

The latest intelligence received from Londonderry in
reference to the loss of the steamship Cambria is that
large quantities of the wreck have been washed ashore on
various parts of the coast at Antrim and Donegal. A
boat, supposed to be one of the lifeboats of the Mated
vessel has been observed floating rapidly to the westward.
It is confirmed that the body of a lady about twenty-five
years of age, elegantly dressed, has been washed ashore
at Dunluce Castle, !Portrush. This is supposed to have
been the lady who was in the boat with McGarland. An
inquest on the body was held yesterday.

Including eleven children, there were 108 passengers,
of whom there were 38 cabin, 16 intermediate, and 54,
steerage on board the Cambria when she was lost. Or
these 40 were destined to Glasgow, 25 to
Liverpool, 23 to Londonderry, 3 to London, 2
to Belfast, 1 to Galway, 1 to Antwerp, 1 to
Copenhagen, 1 to Gothenburg, 1 to Rotterdam, 3 to
Christiania, and one to Christiansund. Among the cabin
passengers, in two cases, were a husband, wife, and two
children, besides a lady and two children, and among the
steerage passengers were, in one case, a husband, wife, and
child, and in another, a husband, wife, and no fewer than
four children. With respect to the crew of the
Cambria, which numbered 66, the bulk of them
belonged to Glasgow. The chief officer, however, Wil-
liam Johnstone, was from Aberdeen ; the second officer,
Joseph Read, belonged to Waterford; and the third offi•
cer, Richard M. Williams, to Yarmouth. The surgeon,
Dr. James Woodrow Flemington, belonged to Glasgow,
being the son of the late Mr. John Flemington, at one
time partner in the firm of Flemington, Matheson, and
Co., Trongate, and latterly a well-known mer-
chant and shipowner in Glasgow. Dr. Fleming-
ton, we believe, ranks as " commodore " surgeon
of the Anchor fleet, having been longest in the
company's employ in that capacity. He is about 42
years of age, in the very prime of life and health, and nV
gentlemen in the profession could be or deserved to be
more trusted and esteemed in every way.
Miss Margaret Ann Adamson, the stewardess, was
a daughter of Mr. Robert Adamson, ship-
master, and latterly part owner with Mr. Hastie,
formerly M.P. for Glasgow. She was stewardess
of the Hibernia, and received universal com-
mendation for her conduct during the tryind
circumstances on board that ill-fated steamer, and after-
wards while in the only boat that escaped. Her mother
was drowned at sea in a sloop bound from Hamburg to
Port-Dundas, perishing in sight of her husband, from
whom she had parted on his outward voyage to Arch-
angel, during a severe gale. Captain Adamson died
shortly afterwards at Havannah, of yellow fever.
The Shipping Gazette says:—Coastguards along the Derry
and Antrim Coast are picking up bits of the wreck of
the Cambria. It was rumoured yesterday morning that
the body of a lady dressed in black had come ashore at
Blackrock, but no confirmation of the report has, up to
the present, been received. Amongst articles which
have been washed in at Portstewart are two boxes ;
one of them evidently belonging to a seaman. They were
marked " Wm. Maea, Oba,n." The stern of a boat,
marked " Glasgow " has also been found ; a looking-glass
with the name " Henry G—n," supposed to be Gillan, on
the back ; a lifebuoy marked " Cambria ; " the legs of a
cabin table, and some pieces of furniture. At Blackrock
an empty boat has also come in. No other survivors have
as yet turned up.

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