The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-06
He censures

were not disloyal to the CORE" He censures
the callous conduct of the Government who,
while they cannot spare money to avert an
Irish famine can waste millions in wars of
equivocal morality and contrasts strongly
the conduct of Prussia in dealing with the
famine in Silesia.
70 CALCUTTA. Dec, 2g.-Gen. Roberts tele-
craps under date of the 10Th as follows:
/ Bull Kaka has been reoccupied by force will
start for Kohistan Tomorrow to punish those
who participated in the recent movement
there.
PARIS, Dec. GA boiler explosion in the
st. Louis quarter killed six persons and
wounded two. .
LONDON, Dec. rs, 10 a. m.-Tle manager
of the North British Railway, teleeraphing
from Leucbars at 4o'clock this morning, says !:
:" Several large girders together with tile last
tram from Ediubulg were precipitated into
the river last light. There were nearly 300
passengers, besides the companv's servants,
all OF whom are believed to have perished." a
dispatch from Edinburg dated at 1 O'Clock this
morning, says that the portion Of the bridge
which fell consisted of several large super
incumbent girders at the central and naviga-
bic portion of the river, W hich averages from
~ to 10 feet in depth, and the train would
fall about SO feet before reaching water.
Some time elapsed before the nature of the
disaster was ascertained, as the. damage to the
wires on the bridge and bad weather utter
fcred with the transmission of news, and it is
unknown whether the Orders were blown
down before the train entered the bridge or
were carried away with it, and it will prob
ably never be ascertained, as there are no sur
vivors. The bridge was only opened for
traffic in May, 1878, and it was considered Il
triumph of engineering skill. 1t was about
two miles long and had S. spans, the widest
of which was 245 feet. AT the highest point
it was 1870 feet above high water.
The train left Edinburg at AIS in the after
noon. 1t consisted of four third-class cars,
one tirst-class and one second class. At the
last station before entering the bridge tickets
were taken and the train was then rowde
Vast quantities OF wreckage, such as tho
doors and roofs of carriages, pieces of the
bridge and articles of wearing apparel are
coming ashore. The entire thirteen girders
OF the long central spans of the bridge are
gone. The night was one of bright moon
light, but the wind was blowing a hurricane.
LONDON, Dec. 20, l p. m.-rhe Provost of
Dundee and a party of citizens who accom-
PANIED him on a steamer 10 the scene of the
disaster have returned. Search was made
about the bridge in small boats but no trace
of any survivors could be found. The gap in
the bridge is about half q mile long, compris-
ing II of the longest spans, each 245 feet in
length, and one span of 145 feet.
LONDON, 4:3O p. M, GA dispatch from
Dundee asserts the number of lives lost by
the Tay bridge disaster does not exceed nine
ty. The bodies of six victims have been re-
covered. The London STANDARD in an
editorial this morning says that when the first
feeling OF horror which hangs over the coun-
try shall have subsidized a strict and severe in
vestigation into the cause of the accident will
De demanded by the people and nothing
short OF a complete answer will be accepted.
lhe gale to which the bridge succumbed was
not exceptionally violent, the train of cars APP
parently having nothing to do with the acci-
dent which had occurred before the cars
reached the broken portion. National rep
utation is at stake and the investigation must
be searching Indeed.