The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1877-09-14 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

SUICIDE OF A CLERGYMAN'S WIFE. An inquest has been held at Walton-on-Thames, aefore Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, on the body of Mrs. Susan Rose Lushington, wife of the Rev. E. H. Lushington. Jatnes Clark, a fisherman, stated that on the previous Wednesday morning, shortly after five o'clock, he saw the body of the deceased floating in the Thames near the weir. He got it out, and at once recognieed it as that BRILLIANT EXPLOIT OF noßArr lA. of Mrs. Lushington, whom he hod known for upThe Times correspondent at Constantinople ttle. wards of twenty years. The wedding ring and graphs that Hobart Pasha has submitted tot he Porte keeper of the deceased dropped from her finger as tlie following account of his last gallant exploit at be had the body on the bank. She was fully dressed. Sebastopol On the 2-ith of August 1 saw about Her hat and a pair of white kid gloves were found fifteen miles distant a Russian strainer, 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 mislug an unfortunate merchant brig. I immediately • tress alive on Tuesday evening at about six o'clock gave chase, taking the Folks Bolend with me. At The Rev. E. H. Luabington was absent on his holmat I closed on the enemy very fast, getting within hay. She was not aware that the deceased had left five miles of her. Then began a most inteiesting the house, and, as usual, ohs laid her breakfast for chase. Our speed was thirteen knots; the enemy'. eight o'clock on the following morning. Dr. Reece, exactly the same. We had left two engineels 0. surgeon, of Walton-on-Thames, said he had examhind to buy oil at Varna. The firemen and engin ined the body, which did not show any injuries. He eers were much exhausted, and the tubes get ting had attended the deceased professionally. She sashay, speed was reduced to twelve knots. stal we fercd from nervousness and hysteria. The jury nearly maintliined 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. tope', which was now in sight. At last he seeceeded 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 i The Hamburg-American mail steamer, which has tambour of Sebastopol. On our beginning to fire on arrived at Plymouth brings details of the terrible Fort Constantine a tremendous tire was open. d on disaster in lowa on August 30, by which twenty perus 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 occident occurred, at half-past two in the morning, like bail. 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 Clank. Tremendous rain the splash of the bugs shot from the 35-ton guns prevailed, and the Creek, which in ordinary weather reached on to our decks. We heist 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- en engine, Barnum's advertising car, one luggage tam n destruction to one or both of my ships, I steam- car, three coaches, and a sleeping car, anti was 'lined out of range. A steam torpedo vessel was lying sting at ordinary speed. It approached the culvert, under the protection of the batteries, ready to at- and the engine partially ran emir, when there Was tack in ease one 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, arid engine was thrown against the embanktnent, 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 firsl 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 micron eth.ich I bank. The sleeping car remained on the track, and saw frequently flash in the rays of the aux:* , the occupants escaped unhurt. Twenty persons , were killed outright, and a large number were