Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-30

The FIRTH or TAY DISASTER. Not soul
escaped who was on the i'll fated irair. Eleven
grders, each 245 feet vide. and one narrower
ooe, weighing $50 toLs ali forming G kind Of
tunntl 10 the middle Of the bridge, half mile
10 length. were washed away The fall of the
train was about IS feet Nothing remaned
but the bare iron picrs. About Que third OF
the whole struc' ure has vanished. Tho traio
lett EilOhurg at 4:l5 10 the afternoon. 1t
COZ sisted of four third class cars, one first oass
and one second class and the brakcmsn's VEG,
and Was crawded. many of the passengers being
children. The entir1 thirteen girdcrs Of the
lorg central spa0s of the bridge arc gone The
nlght vas one OF bright moonlight, bat The
wnd wes blowing hurricane.
The government has sent two inspectors to
ascertain the particulars Of the dis sister. and has
also directed formal irquty ibto the Occult
reuce. Divers have thus far been unable to
d s.over The wrecked train. The place where
the train Sank is full OF quicksauds, aud il the
bodies 0! the drowned are not rfc vcrcd within
a few Gays they will btclmo embedded with
the cars beyond recovery.
n QuCc0 has telcgraphed to the Prov s.
# Du' dec rendering her condoeDc, with the
bcrcaVed
The bridge is the largest of the hind in the
world. 1t crosses the Firth Of Tay about q
mile and a half westward of the city OF DuuGee,
which it connects with tho North British raj!
Way system in Fife, luc!ud!ug the ex cnsior
Oh the Der horn ehore, the exact length Of the
Structure ls 10 6l2 feet, or little ov. TWO
EaiIes. At tn. point whtre It is located tha
river Is yearly .wJ miles 10 width, sb ut forty .
i've feet deep, aud hiss current Of five knots
an hour.
INCREASED CONTEMPT FIR SYC rHANTs -
By the enlarged facilities Ct the rress men dis
!ingulshed fo- their great wealth, talents or pub
lie services, are kept much more conspicuously
before the public now than they were formerly,
So are their tosdies and funkies. When the
name OF the grea: man is mentioned, tho nam es
Of MS followers and hangers on who happen t.
De Win MN 81 The time are apt to get into print
also. thus we see IL announced that Mr. Bill
llonsire md Mr.. Nsught are spending few
DAYS 81 sucn watering pace; or that General
So-and so srd Private Something else are stop
ping 81 certain ho:el The Nsught and Fr-
vste imagine thai by obtaining constant mention
IN Inc papers, IN connection with the lumlnsries
about which they resnectiVely rsvolve, they are
themselves con handing no common share Of
general esteem.
These persons could not make greater mis-
take. lnstesd of being looked Vi on with even
.-S.i OoSlec ". IespeSb LuSN hEs
with The utmost contempt. The borrowed lignt
IL which they bssk serves only TO snow the sy
couhaLcJ Of Their OVID natures.
1t is The rule which manhood lsys down and
to which manhood sssents that men should be
content TO appesr WIS. they are snd not stfect
to be something quito diff rent. The greeur
conspcuousn; given TO THE class only serves
to make the CO tempt for them more pronounced.
Ard by no one are these obsequiuus followers
more deapised !hsn by the very msn-if he hiss
any sense-srouad whom they cluster. He is
nsuseated By their .ttelies snd he sees through
their hollow professions of friendship an admir-
st!on. and be knows tow quickly, ii his fortune
or fans should vanish, they would ali quit him.
ORPHAN BcYS FOR VIRGINIA. i'll
.talnent OF orp IAN boys from the New York
Children's Aid Society will arrive in Peters
burg, Va. early in January. During the past
two or three yesrs homes nave been found in
That section for about two huL dred Of these boys.
About tn 20 thirds Of these have done we'll, snd
now have good and permanent homes. The
other ii ird, becoming dissatisfied. found their
way back North. As : general thing, the New
ork society reports that tae boys sent South
have done halter and farai easier nan those sant