Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-01-06
EASTERN EELEGRAMS,
MARINE Ulsasters.

d., 80 sad accounts of dis
...u.Es during the recent storm
come In. Many additional
,..urt,l on the scotch coast
,tI ,t,,s all hands lost On
. so, unknown vessels. one of
....... harl,n. disappeared oil Arbra-
.r, -.ulu.cI to have fuundercd.
.u,ur unknown. was wrecked
..... Bly ant seven seaman
itrt,,fman bark Lossilsmith,
...,.. loot. brig Sopic, OF Holmes
.I lana, Palmetto were wrecked
,r...- lI,td nnl al OH board drowned.
Imam vessels were lost with all
.I ,l. ma .ajh oi the Tay. II il he
.r.,, hty, been vcral wrecks Of
..,,,v. viii be- obtained Ii is cs-
r.,l ld vessels and 80 lives were
Do tie recent gale
I.>. l.iA>p, Dec, D.-M A. NJ. the
..,t,I,.,...l IN went ashore on the bar OH
Hamilton. on the south shore OF
..lt ,rl and was broken up by south
,...,. ,fr. and lost, together with :?
Ia, tucaSsian went ashore IN
.hi 81 the nth inst Az that
. ,D. rev and officers were saved.
-. ..,riu Of Yesterday caught ~ men,
,,,..,r,. II the Coast Wrccking Com
.1 board and short time after
.... .I,t the ship went 10 pieces with an
,o'..,a.h According to account Tour
,,.,.r. washed ashore this morning,
,.r,.l.ld than alive, On fragments OF the
,. No ono of the remaining "a has
ham -,o.r or heard from up 10 the present
,..... ,pl there i nut little doubt all have
,..l,l The Circassian was insured for
slni ou in London, aud her cargo Tor
.ntnt, N this city She was consigned
:, >NanA Go. Only about 400 tons of
X1r-p Wa stvcd.
\lN YnEk. Dec. 3l.-Ot the % persons
..,L, Tie wreck Of the Circassian, IL
v,r,. If the crew and the remainder
or,r vr,ckcrs Capt Richard Williams
arl hind mate, Evans Jonson, of the Cir
,..i.n. and Capt, .lno Lewis and EnSi-
rr,r. PM kcans, Luke Stilman and Pat
Dunohoc, wrcckcrs, are among the
u,,
lover 100 Persons Burned and
brow ned.
tll,lLNNp, Dec. 30. "A special train
Nitl PLY -iCilns, nurses and everything Tor
Ahr comfort of the wounded ut the wreck
II ,i | nion depot at 1890. The weather is
ull growing colder nj Ashtabula and only
iilf iiutlli~ 81 lat iliNt btNH iiOh
d,hri,. The nigh. there is quite clear,
md now that the 81 Nv has almost stopped
axes il almost like day. Ii is estimated
here were - passengers on the Inflated
balm 4, least third Of these were
urn,d 10 death or frozen. tp TO 10 O'Clock
bodies had been taken from the wreck
Huta, very few Of these will ever he iden-
r tied The mayor of Ashiabu,a, w. ii.
hnlIipr fha
inquest al y Tomorrow morning. 1t is
Impossible 10 get the names Of the killed.
hr Ii, of wounded will be swelled con
idcrlbly. Public and private houses are
hIuwn open 10 the wounded and desti-
rc As near rs can be asccrtaned 52
oundcd are reported. The fire is still
Gning The train is known as the Paci-
c Express.
The fine. Cleveland special says: At
O'Clock this evening an express train on
hr Lake shore railroad. went through the
JTllgc "a quarter of n mile east of .tshiaS-
Ia creek The train included 1 cars and
as drawn by two engines. \ binding
now storm was falling end driven before
be furious gale, making il impossible to
re more than short distance. Of the
even cars six were coaches and contain
dining room cars, all Of which went
WI the plunge of - feet AS far rs can
nw be- learned, there were l1j passengers
IN the train, OF whom between 30 sand 40
ere killed outright. A special train,
It'll The officers of the road and all the
physicians that could he hastily summon
aud appliances for the care CT the
pounded, left Clcavelard at . o'clock.
be conductor Of the train was in the
baggage car, and is safe. The driver of
nc OF the engines, Folsom by name, has
Is leg broken No cause for the accident
an be asceI,ancd. The train, while
Epving slowly, broke through the bridge
he cold and storms are very severe, and
c work Of recovering the bodies pro-
Ares>cs slowly. The scene is described lis
rIiblc beyond precedent. One of the
blurred is Edward Unworthy, of Oakland,
aliiornia. his wife and daughter are both
reliably killed
The storm has somewhat abated, but the
leather is fast growing cold. 1t seems
lie falling train and bridge smashed the
e in the creek, and those not killed by
he fall or burned up by the burning cars,
ere held down by the wreck and drown
before they could ne extracted. Many,
20, will be, or have been frozen. All the
rgc hearted citizens of Ashtabula are ut
he wreck, and as many rs can are work.
~ 10 rescue those not already dead.
lille hundreds Of strong arms stand
eady 10 relieve those who become cx-
austcd. The work goes on very slowly
y this time we are unable to learn the
amcs Of the killed, except u little baby
Mrs. Bradley. 1t is known that there
(ere large number of Eastern people on
be Inflated train. and it is said the coach
were all well filled. The express mes
Engcr for the American Expreas Co., is
ilssing, and the local agent at Ashtabula
ears he is among the killed.
Preparing for war.
New York, Dec. 30-The Worlds special
avs: Mali advices from st Louis received
Pday bring news that the Government is
cmovlng arms, ammunition and artillery
pow stored in Jefferson Barracks at st.
.ouis. Near $4,000 stand of small arms
ave been moved to the arsenal at Rock
sand, III. Over 800 pieces of artillery
we're packed in the same place and have
Peen shipped by rail for New York to be
iounted in the harbor. They are now in
lhcinnatti en- route. The war department
eGed all knowledge of an intention to
axe these removals, or even of their pro-
ress but information from the staff of
ae General OF the army makes it ccrttin
lAi these shipments are part Of an
fsanized plan to employ the senal in
'emocrailc cities. Information has also
Yeeh obtained that orders have been given
supply batteries now ia Iowa with 80
ouhas OF ammunition. or twice the usual
mount, nearly all the extra rounds being
arapnel, canister and grape. With
uese signs OF preparation for . possible
ar comes the Republican announcement
ia, The House of Representatives will be
'ohen up at the point of the bayonet If
attempts to exercise its constitutional
sh, 10 elect President in default of a
sa' election by the electoral college.
FIRST Telegram OF ls77..Chinese
Mtnlstcrs.