Connecticut western news., 1883-08-01

The funds of the second Suez Canal are assured.
 APPALLING DISASTER. OVER sEvENTY-FIvE EXCURTIONIsTs
 DROWNED.
 A Party of Anxious People Crowd upon a
 Pier which Gives Way-DeseriptiOn of
 the Scenes.
 A most appalling calamity occurred on Monday night at Northpoint, Tivoh, an excursion resort about sixteen miles down the river from Baltimore, Md.
 About 200 people had gathered out near the end of the long pier for the pur- pose of getting on the excursion barge to return to Baltimore.
 Suddenly the wharf broke, and over 100 of the excursionists were thrown into the water, fully 75 of whom were drowned,
 There is a gate way near the outer end of the pier for the purpose of keep ing the crowd back when trying to get on the boat that Is just disembarking her passengers.
 The crowd, however, had huddled close together near the gate, and these were waiting impatiently for the passengers on the barge to get off, when the wharf gave way with a crash, and fully half of those in the crowd went down. The widest excitement followed. Men, women and children went down together and after them jumped num- bers of brakemen, who made desperate efforts to save some of the perishing people. All was wild confusion, and in their efforts to save some of the drown ing ones it is thought that several of those who went to their rescue also lost | heir lives.
 The excursion was given to Tivoli un- der the management of the Mount Royal Beneficial Society of the Catholic ists went down on the barge Cockade City, which was lowed by the tug Amanda Powell. The barge was form erly an old canal boat, which had been fitted up with several decks for excur- sion purposes, and used as such for several years. Monday she made three trips, the last being made from Baltimore between six and seven o'clock Monday evening. and reached Tivoli be- fore ten o'clock. During the day she had taken down about five hundred per sons, and on her last trip about one hundred. A large number of those who went down during the day had remained intending to return on the last trip. When the barge approached, all those on shore made rush for the end of the wharf, which is several hundred feet long, and were closely packed together at 8 gate about twenty five feet from the end, inn patiently awaiting admittance through the gate. As the barge came alongside and struck the wharf it suddenly and without warning gave way, and large portion of the crowd were precipitated into the water, which is about ten feet deep.
 YOUNG PEOPLE DROWNING l Most of those on the broken pier were young people. Anumber were rendered unconscious by injuries from the timber of the pier, others from fright, but there was a large portion of those thus thrown into the water who struggled desperately for their lives. Many sank in the water from exhaustion, others were pulled down by those who were drowning, while, by the efforts of their friends, g l large proportion were rescued and brought safely to land. Herman Wal ters, an expert swimmer, saved severa. women and children, and other swim. mers labored hard in rescuing the living and bringing the bodies of the dead to the grove.
 | SAVE MY CHILD.
 The following story is told by MT. William Newman, who gives his expe- rience, and is worth reproduction:
 ''Myself and children were in the crowd of 150- people who went on the outer platform when the Cockade City arrived. As soon as the gate was shut the crowd began to accu. mulate on the pier. All at once heard an awful crash, followed by heart piercing screams and supplications ot mercy. Without hesitation I at once hurried my children on the boat. Then I joined in the excitement. The scene was terrible The consternation was so great that everybody lost theil heads.
 "From the boat stools, lines, hooks, gates and settees were thrown. saw young lady swimming near the boat. l OO4AO OliO UAAO" ofOADOdIu u S0bU60. 1t struck her on the head, and she disappeared to rise no more except as a corpse. I saw a number of people who were struck by the missiles so inju. diciously thrown. I saw man who had nearly rescued lady caught by two other women. He struggled to free himself, but with no purpose All were drowned. You could not imagine worse condition of affairs. The lamps were put out, there was nc light and the darkness made it all the more horrible. Life preservers were very scarce. One lady in the water cried, For Gods sake, save my child A young man pulled off his coat and shoes and jumped into the water, but several grasped him, and he wa. obliged to let go and save himself. Botf mother and son were drowned. One young man swan around the boat fo, over an hour crying, 'Mollie.' He being a good swimmer, saved him. self, but she was drowned. On the barge when the bodies were laid out, ther, was another scene of grief. The recog nitions and tears were sorrowful beyont description, and shall never forget tn, strange feelings that crept all over m, frame"
 In Russia.