The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1877-09-14 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

BRILLIANT EXPLOIT OF HOBART PASHA. of Mrs. Lushington, whom he had known for upThe Terme correspondent at Conetantinepie tee. , 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 tlie 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 I now about , Her hat and a pair of white kid gloves were found fifteen miles distant a Russian steamer, which after- . en 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 Rues* employed in the ignoble occupation of burn- , employ of the deceased, mid she last saw her misiug an unfortunate merchant brig. 1 immediately tress alive on Tuesday evening at about six o'clock pee chase, taking the Fetht blend with me. At The Rev. E. H. Lushington was absent on his holheat I closed on the enemy very fast, getting within ; iday. She was not aware that the deceased had left live miles of her. Then began a moat interesting the houee, and, as usual, she laid her breakfast for chase. Our speed was thirteen knot.; 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 he had exam. hind to buy oil at Varna. The firemen and engin• ined the body, which did not show any injuriee. lie eves were much exhausted, and the tubes getting had attended the deceased professionally. She nutdirty, speed was reduced to twelve knots. Still we ; fered from nervousness and hysteria. The jury nearly maintained our peaition with the enemy, who ' returned • verdict of suicide while of unsound was making every effort to gain the port of Sebas- " mind. topol, which was now in sipht. At last he succeeded , in doing m, while about six miles ahead. We fol- FEARFUL RAILWAYACCIDENTIN AMERICA lowed him in to a distance of 3,000 yards from the , The Hamburg-American mail steamer, which has harbour of Sebastopol. On our beginning to fire on arrived at Plymouth brings details of the terrible Fort Constantine a tremendous fire wee opened on disaster in lowa on August 30, by which twenty per. us from some new masked batteries on the right and sons were instantly killed and many injured. The left of the harbour. Shot and shell fell around us secident occurred, at half-past two in the mot ding, like hail. Luckily, as we were always in motion, the Pacific express on the Chicago and Rock island the range was not very accurate, but water from , Railroad, at Four Mile Cieek. 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 keut up a heavy fire has but little water, is spanned by an arched culvert, for a considerable time, but as I felt to remain under supported by wooden piles. The train consisted of the fire of more than 100 guns would have been cer- on engine, Barnum'a advertising car, one luggage lain destruction to one or both of my ships, I steam- car, three coaches, and a sleeping car, and was run. ed out of range. A stems torpedo mew; was lying ming at ordinary speed. It approached the culvert, under the protection of the batteries, ready to at- and the engine partially ran acres when there was tack in case we were damaged, but a well-directed • 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 earthworks 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. Barnum's car, next the engine, question, the finest fleet in the world would meet was completely demolished, the first coach telescoped certain deetruction 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 tho The telescoping evidently was caused by the elevacommencement of the war. I remarked that the then of the rear and of each as it pitched over the enemy took our range by cleans of mirror, which I bank. The sleeping car remained on the track, and saw frequently flash in the rays of the sue."' the occupants escaped unhurt. Twenty persons ' were killed outright, and a large number were .