Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09
TRACEDYISRECALLED
Proposed sa's Of anvoigh Castle Re-
minder of ~ ~ Former Owner,
POPp' " ESTATE WAS BANlSHED
adair Took Terrible Revenge for
- Death Of His Herdsman.
SOLDIERS DROVE FAMILIES FROM HOME
Houses of Tenants lsveIed to Ground and
People LepOrted
SOLDIERS DROVE FAMILIES FROM HON
RIVER BRAY MENACLS TOWN OF Thai NAME
EnOrt to Improve HnrbOr ana
Restrain Stream Results In
Damage which Government
il Asked to Pay.

DUBLIN, Dec. s.-(SpeciaL)-The inten-
ton of Mrs. Adair to sell Glenveigh castle
County Donegal, which has been leased
this season to the earl of Eglinton, Will
recall one Of the most dreadful eviction
scenes in the whole history of Irish land
lordism, which for its peculiar cruelty at
tracted universal attention. The beauty
of the scenery OF Glenvegn attracted the
attention of john George Adair, a queen
county landlord, while on a sporting Visit
to the locality. and he resolved to buy the
property. There were disagreements be-
tween him and his tenants and finally one
Of his herdsnIen was murdered. Mr.
Adair.s revenge was the banishment OF the
whole population. Dublin castle even made
preparations for assisting him in this act
Of brutal and wholesale tyranny as eN-
tensive a small campaign as was ever
planned. Mr.. Adair's bailiffs were supplied
with the services of a large number OF
soldiers and police. on Monday, April g.
lgGl the work of eviction began, and the
inhabitants Of the whole countryside were
turned adrift on the world, being expelled
from their houses, which were, leveled to
the ground. The poor, starving people re-
mained on the bleak mountains and were
eventually sent to Australia by the efforts
Of charitable friends.
The tragedy excited the attention of many
people and it made Issa Butt, a conserva-
tive member then sitting in the House OF
Commons, take the decisive step In es-
pousing the cause of the Irish people. When
at length a sufficient sum was collected,
largely through the exertions of Rev.
James McFadden, then young curate in
the district for their departure to new
land not held I'm bondage like their own
| the poor people were sought out and gath
cred together. Some by this time had
| sunk under their sufferings. One man named
Bradley had lost his reason under the
shock; other cases were nearly as heart
| rending There were old men who would
keep wandering over the ruins in view
OF their ruined homes fun Of the idea that
some day Mr.. Adair might let them re-
| .urn. but who at last had to be borne to
| distant warehouses; to die.
Town of Bray Damaged.
! The meeting at Bray In furtherance OF
demand for marine works act in the
interest of the harbors on the east and
south coasts had very strong argument
placed before 1t by its chair the other day
Joseph w. Relgh Bray's claim in con-
nection with the movement is for restitu'
ton A local expenditure of SSS,OO has
left the town with harbor that Is prac'
tically useless in connection with the hsh'
ing industry and river that is danger
to the lives of the inhabitants. The floods
of last year are remembered In this con
nection But as Mr.. Reigh showed these
foods were the result Of an interference
which Parliament sanctioned with Bray
river Formery the floods disported them
selves at will over the broad reach Of Bray
commons. Then came the construction O
the railway and the enclosure of the Bray
commons lands, which were allowed to b'
sequestered for the purpose of improving
the waterways. The property of the peo
IpIe was sold, but instead of improving thu
river, the 'fmprovers" shut It up in so mar
row a bed that in times Of flood and higl
tide the waters burst into the houses o
the poor people. The report OF Mr. Comber
the engineer who has been consulted
clearly shows that the works and plan
sanctioned by Parliament are the cause o
this dangerous condition OF things "A
long as the commons were commons an
waste land" reports Mr. Comber, "au
there were no houses or railways to in
tercept the floods and prevent them from
Dispensing on the beach, It did not matte
very much The railway embankment wa
built In 1894 and was the first serious en-
croachment on the free disposal Of tn
| storm waters.
'AIl of the foodlngs that have taken plac
have been caused by want OF sufficient ca
pEcity In the channel of the river, con
{ structed by the proceeds OF the sale Of tn
common lands. The cross section Of tn
channel has an area OF 4O1 square feet, an
: II would require an area Of 200 squar
: feet to carry on the flood waters. FloOdln
{ must necessarily occur again il the preseu
/ conditions be not altered"