The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1877-09-14 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

AMIA. 0 Mrs. Lushington, whom he had known for upThe Times correspondent at Constantinople tele- wards of twenty years. The wedding ring and graphs that Hobart Pasha has submitted to the Porte keeper of the deceased dropped from her finger as the following account of his last gallant exploit at he laid the body on the bank. She was fully dressed. Sebastopol On the 24th of August 1 saw almut Her hat and a pair of white kid gloves were found fifteen miles distant a Russian steamer, which after- on the bank about a mile distant from where the wards proved to be the yacht of the Emperor of body was found. Annie Moore, a servant in the Russia, employed in the ignoble occupation of burn- employ of the deceased, said she last saw her mislag an unfortunate merchant brig. I immediately tress alive on Tuesday evening at about six o'clock gave chase, taking the Fetht Bcdend with me. .gt The Rev. E. 11. Lushington was absent on his holfirst I closed on the enemy very fast., getting within iday. She was not aware that the deceased had left lies miles of her. Then began a most interesting the house, and, as usual, she laid her breakfast for chase. Our speed was thirteen knots; the enemy's eight o'clock on the following morning. Dr. Reece, exactly the same. We had left two engineers be- surgeon, of Walton-on-Thames, said be hail exam hind to buy oil at Varna. The firemen and engin. ined the body, which did not show any injuries. He errs were much exhausted, and the tubes getting had attended the deceased professionally. She suf dirty, speed was reduced to twelve knots. Still we fered from nervousness and hysteria. The jury nearly maintained our position with the enemy, who returned a verdict of suicide while of unsound was making every effort to gain the port of :Selitts- mind.  , . topol, which was now in sight. At lesi he stieceeded in doing so, while about six miles ahead. We fol- FEARFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN AMERICA lowed him in to a distance of 3,000 yards from the , The Hamburg-American mail steamer, which has hathour of Sebastopol. On our beginning to fire on Fort Constantine a tremendous fire was opened on ' arrived at Plymouth brings details of the terrible disaster in lowa on August 30, by which twenty perus from some new masked batteri,s on the ri,lit and : ions were instantly killed and many injured. The left of the harbour. Shot and shell fell around us like hail. Luckily, as we were always in motiontecident occurred, at half-past two in the morning, , , the Pacific express on the Chicago and Rock Island the range was not very accurate, but water from Railroad, at Four Mile Cs eek. Tremendous rain the splash of the huge shot from the 35-ton guns prevailed, and the Creek, which in ordinary weather reached on to our decks. We kept up a heavy fire has but little water, is spanned by an arched culvert, for a considerable time, but as I felt to rt main under supported by wooden piles. The train consisted of the tire of more than 100 gusts would have been cer- an engine, Barnum's advertising car, one luggage bin destruction to one or both of my ships, I steam- car, three coaches, and a sleeping car, and was runed out of range. A steam torpedo vessel was lying fling at ordinary speed. It approached the culvert, under the protection of the batteries, ready to at- and the engine partially ran across, when there was tack in case we were damaged, but a well-directed a sudden crash, and all but the sleeping carriage, shell made her retire into the harbour. The new which became detached, went down the chasm. The earthwotks at Sebastopol are most formidable, and engine was thrown against the embankment, clear lam of opinion that, leaving torpedoes out of the across the opening. Bainum's car, next the engine, question, the finest fleet in the world would meet was completely demolished, the first coach telescoped certain destruction if it attacked them. The guns the second, and both went half-way through the are all masked and quite invisible. I fancy that third, and the three lay with their ends in the water. many of the fortifications have been made since the The telescoping evidently was caused by the elevacommencement of the war. I remarked that the • tion of the rear end of each as it pitched over the 'enemy took our range by means of mirrors which I bank. The sleeping car remained on the track, and saw frequently flash in the rays of the sun:" the occupants escaped unhurt. Twenty persons were killed outright, and a large number were .