Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1879-07-19 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

EXCURSIONISTS AT  LINCOLN. On Sunday the Oldham and Ashton Anglers' Association had their annual trip to Lincoln. The train started from Oldham, and arrived at Lincoln at half-pact nine o'clock. Another excursion train arrived from Manchester shortly before. Throughout the day was beautiful, and the excursioniets thoroughly enjoyed themselves. As a finish up for the day'e programme a party of between 200 and 300 proceeded to the Pyewipe by steamboat, and having spent. about a couple of hours in that interesting locality got on board the steamer for the return journey It is said the steamer was only registered to carry 160 passengers, and elle bad therefore about doutne her usual compliment on board. The steamer stared, and no one dreamed but that there wouid be as pleasant a return journey as the out one bad been. It locum that a long polo was used for the purpose of pushing the boat from the bank, and while one of the men was so employed the boat rolled from one side to the other, but no alarm was felt by anyone. It is nece sssss y to explain that the steamer bad a lower and upper deck, both of which were crowded. The boat first swayed outwarde and again inwards toward the bank, when, without au instant's warning, the tip deck, with all its paosongers slipped off, and the passengers found themselves in the water. rho lower portion of the steamer, weighted with the machinery, at once sank to the bottom, and the passengers in this part also found themselves with the struggling mass. The shouting an screaming, especially of the females, was frightful. One half at leatit of the passengers belonged to the gentle sex, and this added materially to the difficulty et the situation. There were about 100 spectators of the accident on the bank, and these exerted themselves as much as they could in getting the people out. The bank was difficult to climb, and this fact nearly led to the loss of a portly Mane cheater dame of ten or eleven score, who fell into the deepest part of the water, and who for some time had a struggle with a young man for the pea. session of a form Heating close to them. A rope had been flung Co her and she was towed to the side of a boat, but it was found utterly impossible to drag her on board. Then a young man who had previously saved several others swam to het assistance, and got her landed safely en the bank. After much ado all the passengers, we understand, were. get to the bank, and most of the men stripped and wrung out their clothes as well as they weld. There w. • great deal of merriment indulged in when it was found that no lives had been lost. Some preferred to slouch back to Lincoln in their wet clothes with the water pumping out of their shoes at every step, and these stayed in Lineo 1 ad night rather than return home in such • ridiotootis ' plight. The poor females were muck the worSt off as most of them had to return by the tntin about six o'clock without having had coy chance of dry. log their clothes. As the excursion train was returning from Lincoln the pawners had a view of tne river, and noticed that grappling was actively going on. Had the boat thrown the pas angers towards the middle of the river instead of towards the bank, there can be little doubt scores would alive been carried away with the current and drowned. Fortunatoly, the ludicrous predominated Over the tragic, and we hope it willonly be remembered as a burlesque of the Princess Alice disaster.  The Queen yesterday invested Lady Napier of Magdala, wife of General Lord Napier of Mariala, with the Imperial Order of the star of ladiii.  THE EUSTON SQUARE RUttllEtt. The Treasury offer a reward of &LOO for muck I—information1—information as will lead to the discovery of the murderer or murderers of the late Mies Hacker.  AT