Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11
THE ENGLISH DISASTER.
Awful Scenes at Sunderland Where 0 Many
 Children Were SmOt hefed.
From the London Times.


 dent at Sunderland telegraphs:
 ''I found laid out five rows of corpses, the number by this time reaching about sixty, many having already been re- moved up stairs at the back of the dress circle. Upon the floor at the west Side of the dress circle was 0 long row oi twenty corpses, nearly all girls, and on the east side there were twenty-one boys laid out dead. Judging from the appearance of these their ages varied from five to thirteen. Looking along the different rows in the hall below saw some dread ful evidences of the sad nature of the event. In the first TOW only two bodies, both of girls about eight or nine years of age, remained, the other children who had been deposited there having all been identified and removed. In the second row the first body was that of little boy about six years old, his face slightly discolored. Next to him was a lad whose face was terribly swollen and blackened, and then came three girls, the first about nine, the second about five, and the third about seven, all bearing signs of suffocation. A little space, and then two girls about eleven and six respectively, were placed to. gether, the next bodies after these being those of two boys, one about six and the other five years of age"
 Tn thn fhirJ rD.,, 4Lo n..~L 1:LL1 girl about five, then boy about six, with his hands crossed in front, then 8 girl of eleven or twelve. whose clothes and lower garments had apparently been torn off in the struggle that had taken place, her remains being covered with a brown apron. After Q short interval were three children, two girls and 8 boy of about five or six. Then came little girl with her face dreadfully blackened Her sufferings had evidently been in tense, and blood had flowed from her lett ear. Next to these in the same row were seven bodies, five boys and two girls, all, with one exception, bearing traces of having died horrible death The exception referred to was boy whose face was white and placid, and very different from the swollen and darkened countenances of the bodies on each side of him. At the end of the row lay a girl about nine years of age, whose face was painfully swollen and distorted. Many bodies had been re- moved from the fourth row, but there still remained corpses, mostly boys. One little fellow of five years of age, lying at the end, had his jacket torn from his back, his vest was torn open in the front, and his mouth was cut and bleeding. Next to him lay boy very black, but otherwise very composed looking. Then came five dead bodies, one poor boy in the group being a dreadful picture, his face totally black, his mouth bleeding, and his clothes torn in the struggle. It must have been a dreadful death. truggle for those poor little children. It was afterward noticed that the boy just referred to was one of the last four to be identified. In the center of the batch was an affecting spectacle. It was the corpse of a little fellow who could not be more than four years of age. He had on top coat, much too large for him his little face was white and almost unmarked, ap- bearing to be simply asleep. On close examination there was to be seen a bruise on his right eyelid. He looked quite composed, and did not appear to have suffered beyond the slight bruise, or whatever had caused the discolored eyelid. Two others of this group bore plain traces on their countenances of a severe attempt to free themselves from the deadly crush above them.
 The last of this group was girl of eight or nine years of age, whose clothes were torn to some extent. A short dis tance further were four more bodies, three girls and one boy, the boy being about six years of age, and the girls evi- dently about five, seven and nine years. one of the latter having blackened ap- pearance. In the fifth row, partly re- moved, were two girls about eight years of age, one of whom was in dreadful state, her knees being covered with blood. The other one was 8 taller girl of about thirteen years of age, and then after short interval were five bodies, all of whom but one were boys, and all of whom were more or less blackened and discolored. This finished my inspec- tion of the saddening spectacle down stairs.
 During this time-from seven to eight o'clock-some painful scenes took place. One woman fell down before the pros- trate form of her boy, crying out, "My son, my son !" in loud tones of lamenta- ton. It was at times heartrending to hear the screams of mothers as they recognized their children in the corpses before them. At f-past seven woman who had come into the body of the hall recognized her daughter, a girl twelve or fourteen years old. She instantly be- came frightfully distracted, and for time had to be held by policemen and friends, her shrieks being terrible and her agony intense. She could scarcely be got away from the corpse.
 A CATFISH CAUSES TROUBLE. For several days the Rock Island water-work have been practically useless. The au- thorities telegraphed to Ira Holly, and he having concluded an examination, made special report to the City Coun- cil. He found that the pumps were working with power that should produce 27, ,O0O, ,O00 gallons per day, but that the city was only getting about 6,OOO,OOO gallons. Taking the pumps apart he