, 1876-10-17

~@A*< - NAAAN$
IN BANgRurrCY.
LONDON, Oct. 1g.-Tlc Alexandra Palace
Company has died a petition f., bankruptcy.
The Alexandra Palace Ia the wel1.kuown place
Of amusement on Muscvcll It'll.
4 7fsnssrS a'atgt's Sl'::9 SaAenDr'
saS' ?ss Rsa as e!effay %as cfe
by, which is some haf-lozen ,niles dtbtant from
Liverpool. widow Indy, named MIS-. Agnes
onv drps' Rss psds GttomnteS at We't H. Vs Far
all her children, five I' number, ana aftcrsyard
endcavorc1 to commit suicide. sic succcclcd
in killing two Ut tho children and In wo,lndlng
third, an!l then IN tntctng sct,blsinl upon
Rlx:barrcled revolver Mira. Morris is tho widow
Of Mt. james Morris, who died suddenly about
nine months ago. On Monday evening Mrs.
siorrfs and her eldest daughter, Ada Gertrude,
held IN vt. Lukc's seEool-rootl, Grcat Crosby.
At that time lIcr disposition was noticed to Gc
very cheerful. md there was nothing to indl-
cate that tn n very few hours she would be Ike
" to commlttlc sad tragedy which Inns been per-
pctratcd. On arriving hoino tho family retired
to rest, two Of the daughters, Ada and Anne,
sleeping IT. the same bed with their mother, thu
two boys sleeping together In an upper bed
room. and the gfrl Ellen and the Eoycrr,ess
the bedroom occupied by Mrs. Morris and the
other daughters. Mrs. Morris seems to hayo
got up about 6:3 o'clock In the morn
Ing, and, having procured a revolver which she
and ANNA tleii proceeded to tho upper room
where tho boys were sleeping, mud fired
Ct them. but only succeeded III woundIng
Henry, md after that she went into the
room whtrc Ellen WAS slecpiug with tho govern
ess, anil fired at Ellen but missed her, Tie
goycr,,css was awoko by tho SOUND ri the firing,
and saw Mrs. Morris leaving THO bclroon, whiei
she ttl'e gorcrncss) occupied. She Immediately
al hoin nf,fff fall 1Inr
ris eyadcd her BY entering 4 dressLng-room OH
tho Same landing, on getting Into which s!,o
locked herself In. 4 sllort time nitcr
silo entered that room the coyerness heard
whflo In this room Mrs Norris must have IT,
loaded some OF tho chambers Of tho revolver
After coming out OF tho room she went up
stairs to the bedroom In which tho boys ll.ssl
Ing mt her lend. Tho governcss followed her
and succeeded in taking tho revolver from her,
Alter tho EoVcEncss was aroused from her
sleep she went Into ttie room wllcro Yrs. Morris
The two girls were lying in he'd either dying or
dead She then went upstairs to tho boys' room.
The boy WHO lad been shot ra,l down to tho
Kitchen, but aftcrwarl returned upstairs, mud
iurcd children In her own bedroom. When
medical gentlemen arrived tho two girls wcro
dead, at,1 they directed their attention to atrs.
Norris mud tlc boy Henry. She llad fired twice
~ S!hIitf tn 1l!st sIlot IHeTelY ErQZluf3 nGf
temple, but the second bullet l, lodged n llcr
gSntI, a',l after some difficulty It WIS extracted.
Tho boy Henry was aleo shot Il, tho temple but
tho doctors were unable to extract the bullet.
lie lies In q most prccarfous condition, and It is
fcnrcd caHnot survive. Mrs. Morris 10 also III
u dangerous state, but there IL every prQba-
btlity of her recovery. Tho cnl,so OF tln dis
tressIng aud deptorablo trngetly would appear
to be owing to tho insanity Ut Mrs. Morris,
cause1 BY the loss OF her husband, wllDse dcntll
was OF n sudden and sal character. The rcason
given by thu lady herself for numbering her
children Is tint ate would sooner Iaye them
dead than tnt they should staryc, und she saws
It was her Intention to kill them all, and also
herself. She expresses her surprise that any Of
them. aud particularly tho boy james, aAould
have escaped.
TEl!R1nLE FEnRy-noAT DISASTER.
London Standard, Oct. s..
The fcFTy-boat swa!nred ut Yuugltal on Sattir-
day evening was MI open craft Of three tous
bnrtien' aud rowed with four oars. There were
twenty-five passengers on boartl bcsfllcs the
boatmcu, the passcngers being all farl,lora aud
their wives returning from market In Yougial.
A. strong etb tide was running In tho estuary,
which IL nearly half mile broad and 1t was
raining and blowing heavily from tha
south. 4 hundred yurl8 from tho shore the
WIVES broke over tho boat, and the passengers
rising In panic sho went over. Boata were nut
out at once, but the greater number Of the
people were swept away by tho tide beyond tho
rGach Of rescue. Eleven were picked up, tlvc OF
men pcrlsted, and 4 third Is missing. a fourth
boat1nan was no drunk that hB could gtye no In
formation as to tho cause Of the disaster. Fifty
years ago q similar accident occurred ut this
tcrry, anu twenty persons perishcd.