Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-08
The Great Disaster.

Fourth Officer Brown cOrroborated the evil
dence OF MI. Brady, and stated the leads were
not hove on account of the clearneSs of the night
The captain and officers were all temperate
men.
Joseph Carroll, seaman, testified that he
saw the breakers, and gave warning eight OF
nine minutes. before the ship struck. Had the
engines been reversed then, the ship could no.
have been prevented from striking. Patrick
klels, another seaman, gave similar testimony.
GETTING OUT THE DEAD BODIES.
Divers at work yesterday report the paSsen-
gers and cargo so mixed that the bodies cannot
be got at Two girls were found living in their
bed in the lower after steerage. Holes will be
blown in the ship to facilitate the recovery OF
the bodies and cargo. Eleven bodies were got
gu. yeSte dC OF which i've were grappled. Up
10 night 20 have been recovered.
Sad Romance Of the Great Wreck.
HOW WILLIAM GLANFELD WON AND LOST HIS
BRIDE.
The New York San of yesterday, describing
the scenes at Castle Garden after the arrival o.
the survivors OF the Atlantic dsnster, SAYS.
Seated before bright stove. which burned in
the middle of the room, was a dark, slightly
bullS young man, with his foot and arm swathed
IN bandages. He was one of the few who es-
capped from the after steerage. And his story l.
one of the saddest yet told. About three wear,
ago VIM. Glanfield was employed as a mason IL.
DeNonshlre, and he was engaged to be married
but he was not prosperous, and the wedding
was deferred from time to time. At length
Glanteld determined to cast his fortune in the
New World. ard, renewing their vows,
THE YOUNG COUPLE SEPARATED.
IN chicago Glanield found abundance of
employment, and rapidly saved money. Short
~ after the lire, he found himself able to re-
turn TO England and claim his bride. For three
long years the young Devonshire girl had never
wayered i'm her devotion to her absent lover
a1d on his return she joyfully became his wife.
ana fortnight atterward the newly welded
par set sail III the Inflated Atlantic for Amari-
ca, taking numerous articles with which ~
keep house: three boxes containing plated
ware, linen. ami other things for the equipment
OF their home in Chicago. When the yesse!
struck TIE rock Glanfeld had been living awakr
Tor half an hour; his young wife, who was
sleeping by his side, awOke and he told her
they had come to anchor i'm Halifax harbor a
few moments afterward some one shouted that
the snip was ON the rocks, and Mrs. Glanfcld
asked her husband to 90 on deck, and see what
was the matter.
YOUNG WIFE LOST.
lie accordingly assembled the companion lad
DER and gained the deck, little thinking he had
looked his last upon his wife. On his attemDt-
ing TO reenter the cabin he found the water
pouring IN SO last as to render his return Impos-
sible. No hope remained for the doomed mas
sengers below, and almost distracted GlanfieId
assembled the hurricane deck. and to save him
self from being washed overheard he seized "a
dayit; moment afterward a tremendous wave
dashed the boat against the davit and crushed
his arm terribly. The boat was torn from il,
lashings and carried away, with four of tn
crew who were in it,. Notwithstanding h
injuries, Glanfield contrived to climb into tn
miZzen rigging, and there he remained four
hours. He then got into the main rigging and
held on three hours longer, during which tim
becoming exhausted dropped into the sea.
ABuRsLAR Snor DEAD.-An exciting affair
took place in Newtown. Long Island early Sat
day morning, which rufiled the usual quiet OF
that village. burglar was shot and killed by
an old resident, and up to the present time the
dead mans identity has not been established
BetW cen Tand O'Clock William T.. Furman a
reputable merchant of Newtown, while standing
In his bedroom, saw a man notwithstanding
a m tTr En-
man, and lodged behind feed-house. The
merchant procured his pistol, and after par
TALLY dressing himself, went down stairs and in
to the street. where he met the man. whom he
ordered to stand. The stranger placed his hand
IN his pocket and drew pistol. At the same
instant Mr. Furman fired toward him, and the
man returned the fire. They exchanged fDur
or 1--WE shots, and then the man called out; ..ua
shot me; kill him'' Mr. Furman after firiny
tour times, went back to his house to get a gun
and call his boys. After doing so he returned
and found the man terribly wounded with a
bullet in his abdomen. Doctors were immadi-
ately sent for, and the man was removed to tue
courthouse, where he died at IL a. m, without
having given the slightest clue as to his name
or residence.-N L. Tribune, 7h.
PENNSYLVANIA COAL TRADE.-yessels are
In more abundant supply, though still scarce
and freight charges are gradually lower, though
stlll high. While the market is quoted steady
there is fair amount of business i'm coal, and
information from Boston, Providence and otner
coal centers at the eastward, as well as from
III.
There Is some little holding OFF OF orders in the
nope that coal may be lower about the first of
May, as has heretofore sometimes been the case.
but Is not hkely to be now, from the fact that IT
require all the coal that there is CARRYING ca
pacity to put into it-Pdiia. Ledger.
ELEcTIos RIOT IN CINcINNATI-In Cinein
natl last evening, while attempting to queli .
disturbance In the Sth ward, at the close of tn
rolls, Omcer Gleason shot Luke Leonard In the
right breast. Leonard, it is thought is mortaliy
wounded. The crowd subsequently beat Glea-
son about the face and ribs, and the surgeons
fear he will die. Officer Murray, while attemrt-
ing TO get into saloon, was knocked down ane
beaten by the crowd. The riot alarm va,
sounded, which brought sixty policemen, An
prevented additional boodshed.
@At Denver, Central City, and Georgetown
COL, six inches Of snow fell ON Saturday after
noon, and was still falling.
The dramatic critic of the New York T.
bune thinks that Buffalo Bill and TexasJa,
as drivers Of the peaceful omnibus might atta
lofty eminence.
~ Burlington, Iowa, had a number Of hon
n,ooo Sa Sy the Saturday storm, one Sc,
very sericuely injured.
HDr, 8. C. Snyder, Of Memphis, burned
TOTAL OF four hours during the month OF Mar.
10, 10, winch the gas company's bill was 81
Inc; Inc doctor observes that there are "vilain
The following notice was recently ms.
on the premises of a very rich Kentucky farm
II any mans or woman's cows or oxens girs
these here oats, his or her tail viii be cut on
the case may be-"
s0The Manchester Mirror tells Of ,ch..,
asslrics In Andover, N: H., where there are n
republican voters and no schoolhouse. An ]
naynt been for ten years. 1t states the fact
ences. wv 'e'