Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-12
'APPALLlNGCATASTROPHE Eight Hundred People Fall
 Into the Water. HORRIBLE WORK OF A MADMAN. Frightfu|' Boiler Explosion
 in Chicago.
 ---- ----- ---- TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN VERMONT. The Proceedings of House
 and Senate.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN VERMONT,
FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE


 Several Hundred People Precipitased ints she Water from Ferry Landing Stage-Many Believed to Have Been Drowned-Heroic Attempts at Res cue Several Injured by Flying Boards Flock to the Scene-List of she Victims Recoy. cred.
 HALIFAX, July 11.--A terrible disaster happened in Dartmouth to night. The ferry landing stage,- while crowded with hun- dreds of persons, collapsed and precipi- tated the throng into the water, causing an immense loss of life. Five bodies-those of a woman named Silver and her child, 8 woman named Synott and two soldiers have already been taken out.
 The exact number of the victims will not be known till tomorrow. The disaster was caused by the chain attached to ferry float slipping out of place, allowing the front of the bridge to sink and preoipitate six or seven hundred men. women and children into | the water. The people were waiting for the new ferry steamer Annex, just arrived from New York, to dock. The outer end of the bridge went down suddenly, and the horror- stricken crowd slipped off into the harbor as though they were descending slide, piling on top of one another, shrieking for help and scrambling for means of safety.
 BRAVE MEN TO THE RESCUE.
 A dozen brave youths and men leaped to the rescue without waiting to throw aside their clothes. The drowning people were rapidly passed up to the men standing above l x,ho nE those who fell in were saved from death. | There were many able swimmers in the par- 1 ty, and these worked till exausted, helping 1 the people to land until there were no more in sight on the surface. When the crowd slipped off the landing stage, the people around, numbering some hundreds, crowded to the sides of the wharf and threw sticks and boards to the struggling people, while a number of life preservers were thrown. Many people were struck and injured by fly ing boards, and all the bodies recovered bear cuts and bruises. Most of those who fell in were women and children. Several men and their wives were thrown in and the former struggled heroically to save their loved ones, succeeding in every instance as far as known. Harry Silver managed to get his wife out safely. A man named Brodie saw his wife struggling in the water, and lesping in succeeded in saving her life. A | woman named Logan was thrown into the l water with a young child and her efforts to preserve the babe's life were heart rending. Both were finally brought ashore alive. An daughter fell in together and the former wal saved just In the nick of time, but was SC frantic over the loss of his daughter that he could hardly be dragged ashore.
 aRAPPLINa FOR THE BODIES
 When all those in sight had been brough to land the work of grapplipR for thu drowned was commenced. Within two hours four bodies had been recovered, bu up to midnight no other victims had beer found. Is ia believed at least three or foul hundred were lost. Intense excitement prs vailed in Dartmouth and Halifax when the news spread and thousands Hooked to thu scene, where they remained until a lat hour. Owing to the confusion 1t ia impos sible to tell who are missing, but the numbe l cannot be large. Divers are now searchibl under water for further victims. The name of those whose bodies have been recovere' are: Miss Bessie Foster. daughter of Edwar' Foster; Peter Boyle, a Crimean veteran Miss Allie Synnott, daughter of Michae Synnott; John Bundy, a colored boy.
 His Wedding Day.
 LONDON, July 11.-Henry M. Stanley i suffering from severe attack of gastritis an Ia confined to his bed. It is feared that hi marriage to Miss Dorothy Tennant whic was arranged to take place in Westminste Abbey to morrow will have to be postpone , on account of his sickness. Among th numerous wedding gifts presented to Mi Stanley is one from the queen of miniatur of herself set with diamonds. Accompany ing the gift is @ letter from her majesty praii ing in the highest terms the work of expls t ration carried on by Mir. Stanley and wishin him much happiness in his welded life. 8 Stanley is somewhat better this evenin 7 and if he has no relapse the wedding wi take place according to program. His secrt tary has begged the dean of Westminster [ ? curtail the wedding service as much as po sible and to permit Mir. Stanley to be seate during the ceremony.
 The Races at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, July 1.-The meeting { the Philadelphia Driving Park assooiatio