Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-11-20
FOREIGN NEWS.
English Contradiction OF War Ru


LoNnoN. Nov. 2o.-Careful coniradictioas
are published this morning 81 the recent ~
po1s 81 act witty az The Woolwich arsenal.
where. the Posi- on Saturday stated. an order
had been received for 40 .Ooo.o cartridges and
4O.ooO ammunition boxes. I'm which 10 pack
cartridges for transportation. The Increased
demand for cartridges l. solely IN come
oucncc 81 the adoption of the Martini Henry
rife i'm the Indian army.
I'm Route te souss auttaople.
LONDON. Nov. so.-fhe Marquis OF Sails
bury. who has bcen appointed special am
baSSadoT To act with Sir Henry Elliott as
English plenipot-ntiary az the coming co..
ference, len here to-day with his family aud
suite for Constantinople, by way OF the con-
uncni. He will stop at Paris. Berlin and
Vienna. presumably for consultation with
the respective foreign ministers.
Towns Submerged nv q Tidal wave.
LONDON. Nov. a4-A dispatch Ia the 7SBaoS
from Calcutta says ihrSsa large islands. name
ly, Haitian. Sundccp and Dakhin ShahabaE-
pore. and numerous smaller islands included
In the Rackergange. Nookholly and Chifta-
gong districts were entirely submerged by the
storm wave of October 3iSt, a. was also the
mainland for hNe or six miles inland. These
Islands are all situated in or near the estuary
OF the river Aecna. The largest nahkin Sha-
hahazpore was 80 square miles an extent. ft
had population OF about eso.coo Haitian
and Sundeep together had about Too Go popu-
lation. Up 10 eleven O'Clock on the might OF
the SlSt there were no signs of danger, but
before midnigft wave swept over the coun-
Try To a delih IN many places Of twenty feet
But before midnight a wave swept over tho
country Ia a depth i'm many PLACES OF twenty
feet surprising people I'm their beds. Dense
groves of cocoanut and palm tresS around
he villages enabled many Ia save them
selves by climbing among the branches. and
some took refuge on the roofs Of the houses,
hut the wapr burst the houses aSunder aud
swept them ont Ia sea. Some were carried
thus aCruSs the channel. ten miles 10 tho
Ghittagung district. but a vast majority were
never heanl Of again. The country - per
fcctly fiat. and almost every one pershcd
who failed Ia reach the trees. There IL scarce
" a household i'm the islands or ON the ada
cent coast but lost many members. The cat
tie are all drowned. The boats are swept
awa<, and means of communication with
other districts IL destroyed. There is much
distress among the survivors, which the gov
eminent il relieving. The Government Ca
1cffe SAYS wherever the storm wave passed
il il believed not Third of the pOpu ton
survived. The islands have barely one fourth
OF their former inhabitants. The stencil from
the purifying bodies l. inSufferahle. and n
general outbreak of cholera l. hourly eNpect-
ell. The Tones correspondent SAYS this fear
u happily not Yet realized except AT Nook
Holly, whore the disease has appeared. News
from the famine Threatened districts OF Ma
draS il somewhat better. Rain has come i'm
time To do some good. In Bombay the pros
poets are Still gloomy; actual famine m two
or three districts seems probable. and great
distress i'm four or five more.