Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-12-30
FOREIGN NEWS.
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ID&DL3g D6E-21&t III
The manager n TIE Worth British Rail
way, tsaeyrsrhsnz frOra LsaeAzrs ~ 4
O'Clock this morning szys EzTeyzI large
girdsrs, siong with The Iass train frena Rds1-
burTh, mere pseesydsxted into sh< rsgey lszs
night, There rsss nearly no p-zsserzaTs,
besides the eonpxn7ss servants, all a
whom are bzlisvsd 20 have zerlzhed
A dhp@.eh from Ed5nburgh, dated 4
O'Clock this morning, ssys the pxtaon a
the bridge which FIJI consisted N seysrSI
large supsr1neumbeDs g5fdeys 81 tie rem
tysI asa Hayigab8e portion n the river,
widen averages fsom ~ 10 ~ fes. IN deyth.
The train would sxgi about W feet be1ose
reaching the water. Some time eIxpskd
before tbs nature n the disaster uxz AZ
certained. The damage n the wires On the
bridge and bad weather interfsred With the
Transmission N the nerve IL ID not knDvn
whether the gfrders we're blown dopn N-
fore the train entered upon the bridzs, OK
we're carried apay with IL, agd IL will prob
ably peyer he sscsftsined, a. there are no
survivors. The bridge was only opened
for trS1ae In May. 1878. II was c1nslcered
. triumph VI engineering skill. IL MAS
about two miles long and had 10 spans, the
widest u which wzs rs feet. At the high
eat point II WAS 40 feet above high water.
The train left Edinburgh at 415 ia the
afternoon, and consisted N four third-cIass
cars, M frzt-eiass and One secopd-cIz@s.
At the iast station L4forc entering upon the
bridge the tickets we're taken, and tie train
was then crowded. Vast quantities u
wreckzge, such a. the doors and roofs u
carriages, pieces u bridge and articles Of
wearing apparel, are coming ashore. The
entire 100 girders u the long central
spans u the bridge arc gone. The
night was ma 81 bright moonlight,
but the wind was blowing = hurricane.
The Provost u Dusdee, and a party u cit
liens who accompanied him Ia the steamer
70 the scene u the disaster, have returned.
Search was made about the bridge In small
boats, but no trace u any survivor could
DO found. The gap In the bridge IL half
q mile long, comprising eleven " the
largest spans, each z45 feet In length, and
one LAB feet In length.
DUNDEE, December 20.
Tho appalling catastrophe Of last evening
has thrown the city into q frantic state Of
excitement. and tho ~neighborhood Of the
fatal bridge 10 thronged with horror strick-
en- visitors. Not 0 soul escaped who was
on the Inflated train. The gallantry Of
James Roberts. u Dundee, locomotive su-
p~erintendent Of the North British Railroad,
and station Master Smith, on entering tho
bridge, IL highly commended. In spite
Of the fury Of the gale. which rendered the
attempt doubly perilous. after tremendous
exertion, their hands laceratcd by cIinging
10 rails for dear life, they reached the edge
Of the fatal gap Here they discovered
that thirteen girders, each 2f5 feet wide
and weighing 200 tons, all forming q kind
Of tunnel In the middle Of the bridge, had
been carried away. Nothing remained but
bare iron piers, about one-third Of the en-
tire structure having vanished. Thirteen
brickwork stumps we're TO be seen In the
midst Of the waves. 1t IL positively assert
cd that 9l5 people were lost.
CALCUTTA, December 20.
General Roberts telegraphs an account
Of an attack by Afghans, on the 23d, and
their repulse, with heavy loss. He had in
formation from the Afghan camp that a
general attack would be made at daybreak,
and was therefore fully prepared for 1t.
The Afghan force numbered 5000, while
that Of the British In in~trenchments was
$500. The attack was made on three sides.
The assailants were repulsed and fed, u
sued by the British cavalry. The British
loss was three killed and SO wounded.
Bwalahissar and the city Of Cabul were taken
possession Of on the Gath, General Coughs