Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-07-29


pitiable to behold. From them we learned that
the Arabs behaved very badly yesterday, killing
all the Christians they could ind. These fugitives
had hidden In cellars as best they could They
said the noise of the bombardment was most
awful, but even more dreadful still were the cries
Of the many wounded Arabs and soldiers who ran
through the streets cursng, screaming, and vocif.
Grating vengeance.
Presently there came along very distinguished
refugee, an Egyptian Bey, the successor OF that
project OF police who allowed the Europeans to be
killed on the 18th of June last He made demand
out terrible cont1agration close by. He also said
that the water works had stopped action since the
I'm left, and there was now no water in
the Town. would some OF us EngtShmen go
there and set the water supply in motion again 4"
we sent him on to the harbor masters old Office,
where q lot OF English marines and blue Jackets
were already assembled
THE ESCAPE OF THE KHEDIvE
linen In post haste came tearing along posse Of
the khed1ves servants to announce that the Khe-
alive himself was coming up the road from Ramleh,
attended by Dervish Pasha, in a carriage. These
called out that "the E1endina" was seeking
shelter on board one Of her MaJesty's ships
Among this party was MARITIME Bey. the Khedive's
prlvate secretary. just as he arrived and began
TO converse saw dust and heard the rumbl1ng Of
With Berv Maees ana very quickly the Knedve
put aboard OF the little steamer and Conveyed to
the harbor, where, thank heaven this faithful and
courageous Prince Is at last all safe.
THE BURNING OF THE CITY,
The European quarter is nearly all burned to the
ground and all the best houses In the Arab quarter
looted Our Calling gun was ofgreat assistance In
The street fight, quickly demolishing all resistance
shong and twice got separated from the marines,
ana the Few sailors with us had a somewhat mar
row escape. the Arabs coming up in large force
however, we managed to retreat to the boat and
got refnforcements, finally coming OF safely The
town was at that time still in the hands of the enc
not enough sailors and marines here to occupy all
tne streets at once.a The fires are spreading with
viii se one aad 40 not when they
within twenty feet OF where stood. Numbers OF
0thers, not lar offs were blazing and cracking.
There has befallen a vast destruction of property
everywhere
we captured ono prisoner with great bag
nlled with cigars on his back The Jack -tars took
the cigars away from him. and then let him 20,
with sundry kicks much frightened. - -;
.,, Eieven snots burst aboard the Alexandra and
twenty Event shots struck the ship One man was
Killed and four wounded in the commanders
own cabin Another shot smashed the captains
With regard to the city, again, learn that only
after saw and talked with an Arab yesterday
did the place begin to be pillaged. l am con-
WINGED that, If the admiral had only had at his
command as many as 1,OO or 200 troops here, we
might have saved this magnificent emporium OF
commerce. As thematter stands, it is destroyed.
SO are almost all the other English buildings The
destruction of property has been simply immense.
questioned native whom our party caught in
the streets. He says the Arabs in the forts ran
away In great numbers when the heavy firing
from the ships first began. Arabs officers had
great difficulty In keeping portion sof the
fellaheen soidiery at the guns but some OF these.
and especially some Of the black troops, fought
well. Large numbers OF these poor fellows were
killed. From all sources gather that as many as
2.OOO must have persisted by shots, Shells and ex-
plosiOns.
Alexandria q Beautiful City.
From the London Times.
The destruction OF so fair a city is terrible to
think of in its details. 1t was town so built that
destruction was comparatively easy task. All the
European houses lay together on the eastern, or
rather southeastern, side OF the city mot far from
the sea- The great square was almost the begin
ming OF the Frank quarter This square, known
telegram, OF which the long sides lay parallel to
the sea- The hotels and cOnsulates were all in it,
or close by it. The French consulate and the
while the International Tribunals occupied the
whole OF the eastern end. The English church,
with the huge pile OF Offices known as ST. Marks
buildings, which were built On the English church
property and paid an aggregate rent OF $4,000
year, occupied nearly one-halr Of the seaside.
Further out still to the east, four miles along the
seacOaSt, lies the Brighton OF Alexandria, where
the English all resided-Rameh. 1t is scattered
suburb mile long, full OF pretty villas. some of
the view OF the sea and desert, and in easy com.
mun!cation with the city by means of small
passenger railway, which was managed by an
English company. Three weeks ago poor kaineh
was as silent and lonely as q cemetery, but every
house was full OF furniture and pictures and all
y
love to collect.
Such is the European quarter. whose shoulder.
Ing ruins are now being travcrsed by exploration
parties from the fleet. Every house left ready
for reoccupation when its refugee owner returned.
Bedouin servants guarded the Ramleh houses,
Arab servants remained to protect those in town.
All the banks were. fortunately without any ex-
ceptiOn, persuaded to abandon their first intention
OF converting their establishments into small for
tincations- The barbados, the underground
chambers, the sand-bag concealmentl OF strong
boxes We're all thought foolish while there
were ships OF refuge in the harbor, and con-
se4uently, three weeks ago everything was
principal merchants followed this example, and
the consulates adopted, as far as possible, the
In any case the destruction of property must
have been very great vast city, whose streets
were lined with noble mansions has been reduced
to ashes. The loss, immense as it is to the owners
thieves would prot very little by European furni-
ture in place where there no organization of
receivers OF stolen goods. Cash they would not
! the shops contained very little stock The de-
struction would benefit nobody, not even the de-
StrOyers.
SOURCE or FUTURE LITIGATION.
One result is certain to come out OF this awful
disaster. long series OF claims will be made
against Egypt for the loss OF property Even be-
fore their departure in all the hurry of their ex
odus. all European owners of either house or fur
n1ture made staementOf what he owned and
lodged it at his consulate. Many even who had
not insured before went 50 far as to insure their
goods and chatteis not because they thought the
hands of mob, but because they would have an
additional proof OF Whatthey held to be the value
future before her in many ways.
During the storm In Norfolk, Va. Thursday AZ
ternoOn, Capt Phillip SimOnSOn OF the slOon Two
Brothers, was struck by lightning and instantly