Weekly News. — 1889-09-07 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

THRILLING TALE OF THE SEA. Messrs. Donald Cifrrie and Co.'s steamship Drummond Castle, Captain John Winchester, which has arrived at Plymouth with the homeward Cape of Good Hope and Natal mails, brought from Lisbon Captain Jenkins and 11 of the crew of the steamer Odessa, of London,which foundered off Cape Espeetal after colliding with the steamship Homer, of London. The Odessa was bound from Hamburg to Ibrail with a cargo of cement, whilst the Homer was on. voyage from Taganrog to Bristol with wheat. When about 30 miles south of Cape Espectal, in fine, clear weather, the Homer struck the Odessa with great force amidships on the port side, nearly cutting her clean in two. The Odessa at once began to sink, and the chief officer and seven men jumped on board the Homer, the crew of which at once proceeded to lower boats, with a view of assisting those on board the doomed vessel. Captain Jenkins and the nine men who were with him were getting out the lifeboat when, within five minutes of the disaster, ,the Odessa gave a heavy plunge and sank, carrying the 10 men down with her. The boilers exploded under water, and the captain and six men were blown to the surface with • lot of debris. They sueneeded in catching hold of casks and other floating wreckage, and in this way saved themselves until rescued by those on board the Homer. Three of the men who went down with the vessel never rose again. It is thought they were injured in the explosion. The Homer was seriously damaged by the collision ; her bows were smashed in below the water line, and her collision compartment was full of water. She took the survivors of the Odessa into Lisbon, where she was surveyed. The chief officer (Mr. Bell) relieved the captain at midnight, and 28 minutes later seeing • collision inevitable, owing, it is alleged, to the Homer altering her course, he shouted, "All hands on deck," so that when the crash Came the crew were prepared to save their lives. But the Odessa sank so quickly that there was no time for even one boat to be got out. Captain Jenkins and crew proceeded in the Drummond Castle to Southampton, as also did three of the crew of the ship Sierra Pedrosa, which was driven ashore at Cape Town during • heavy gale.  At the Sedgley Police-court Ellen Naylor, brickmaker, has been charged with abandoning her illegitimate child with intent to cause its death. The child was buried beneath stones and dirt, and was discovered some 20 hours afterwards by some men who were blackberrying. The child was nearly dead. The prisoner, who cried during the hearing, was committed for trial. At the Mansion House, on Tuesday, two young men, named Wilkinson and Price, were sent by Alderman Sir A. Lusk to prison for three months with hard labour for picking the pockets of persons looking at the dock labourers' procession on Sunday afternoon; and Barney Price, a young man of 20 years of age, charged with the tame offence, was remanded for inquiries.  At Masonville, near Philadelphia, a woman has just died from lockjaw, the result of the prick of • needle.  , A tourist named Dowling, who was staying at Connemara, fell down a oliff whilst out shooting, and was killod.  James Foster, 28, and James Packham, 54, have been committed for trial at Faversham for the murder of a man named Smith, who was stabbed to death. Forty six Arabs who have arr:ved in New Yo': on board the steamer Calend have been detaire pending inquiries as to whether they shall be allowed to proceed.