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Every year brings its story of heroism and disaster in the South Wales coalfield. The entombment of seven men at Ynysr-1 ddu, beyond all hope of rescue apparently, serves to remind us of the perils which l every day and night confront the coal- worker. In the sinking of the pit, as afterwards in its working, there are unex- pected dangers, and when they arise they call for courage, coolness, and all the qualities that go to the making of the best manhood. One of these unex- pected dangers came upon the sinkers at Ynysddu on Saturday evening. It did not find the men lacking in that patient, dauntless spirit which has written page after page of splendid history in South Wales. Not the history of a nation or a race, nor the simple annals of locality, but the deep and soulful history of humanity. The story of the Ynysddu disaster is; full of human pathos. It had incidents of mighty tragedy, mingled with flashes | of dry humour that penetrate to the furthest depths of sorrow. The tragedy j was ineffably painful. It is impossible for a healthy, vigorous man to realise what it is to be buried alive. Yet seven; men were so buried at Ynysddu, with little or no hope of coming out alive. It would be merciful if from the Very moment they were buried in the falling earth and masonry these poor fellows lost! their consciousness. If any of the men should by a miracle be alive to-day they will know that all human efforts are going on for their release. For it is one of the traditions of the coalfield that a! "butty" in distress is never abandoned. The rescuers at Ynysddu were a gallant band, who almost lost their own lives in the attempt to succour their buried com- rades. It was a case of seven or all at one time, and they wisely chose that the seven should be left sooner than that all j should be killed. It is difficult to imagine the feelings of the rescuers as they turned away from the falling debris, believing that they had seen the last of their comrades. Hope never seems to have failed the-so: men or their rescuers until the second fall unmistakably proclaimed the doom of the seven. And when that fall took place some of the poor fellows were on the point of being rescued. One was about to be hauled out of the debris when another fall put an end to all his hopes.! What the feelings of that man must have, been in the last few seconds in which Providence gave him to think it is impos- sible to imagine. The South Wales coal- field will sink all its minor differences to-day in order to mourn with Mon- I mouthshire the loss of some of the best j spirits that ever breathed. The Maybrick interview with a press representative contains many | pathetic touches, and will be read with no little interest on both sides of the Atlantic and in far-off Australia and New Zealand. This unfortunate woman has suffered much, and it is hard to believe that she is guilty. It is charitable, at, least, to believe that she was innocent of the crime for which she was condemned to death, and then sentenced to life-long imprisonment. Her observations about her prison life and her prospects breathes a spirit, not of vindictiveness, but of sub- mission and restraint seldom met with in persons who have endured as much as she has done. Of course, it must be borne in mind that she is out on ticket- of-leave, and that she has carefully t-ol weigh her words. But it would be unfair to conclude from this fact that her I words do not express her real feelings. They bear the impress of sincerity, and all those of a high-minded woman whose soul has been chastened by affliction. If she ia innocent, she is the greatest suf- ferer of our time, and an object of deep I and universal sympathy. The Russian people have already expressed their joy for the birth j of a son and heir to the Czar in a solemn thanksgiving. The Russians are intensely! religious, no people in Europe are more; so, though they are steeped in ignorance; and superstition. On this interesting; event their religious fervour has been ¡ stirred to its depths, and they hastened I to give vent to their gratitude. The ¡I birth of an heir to Russia's throne is of some interest to us in this country, for I he is a great grandson of the late Queen Victoria. His birth has already pro- duced some changes In Russian politics. [ The Grand Duke )ii-hael, for.instarice., who was up to now the heir-presumptive, descends to the rank of an ordinary duke. The infant Prince will receive all the honours and dignfties and the money allowances of the Czarevitch. Our funerals are of so monoidnois a character that a little change and variety would be hailed„witb satasfactioa-te- most people. This remark is made in view of the remarkable funeral which has just taken place at Merton. It was that of Mr. John lanes, J.P., a wealthy farmer and landowner. The coffin was conveyed to the grave in a wagon drawn by four farm horses. A large party of farm labourers followed in their working clothes. In the wagon were placed several sheaves of wheat. This, in fact, was an ideal agriculturist's funeral, and its picturesqueness was quite in keeping! with the life, character, and tastes of the deceased and the rural district where the burial took place. Ecclesiastics are buried with some signs or tokens of their office placed in the coffin with them, and the practice might extend to the laity. A square and compass might be put in the coffin of a carpenter, for instance, a trowel in that of a mason, a hammer and tongos in that of a smith, and so on. A teacher might be buried with a book placed at his side. Soldiers are buried with military honours, and the sight never fails to interest people. In uncivilised communi- ties a dead chief is buried with such honours as belong to his tribe. His arms are placed with the remains, and in many countries food is deposited in the grave, for it is thought he requires it in his journey in the land of spirits. Arthur Holloway, a man living at Bridgend, has discovered a new instru- ment of punishment. With those old and time-honoured instruments — the birch road, the cane, the ferule—most of us are more or less acquainted. Some have tasted the leathern belt, or strap, while the boot has done duty in innumerable instances. It has remained, however, for Arthur Holloway to discover the punitive uses of the shovel. It is an instrument which is well adapted to certain parts of the human body, but some portions, more especially the head, bad better be avoided, or the administrator of chas- tisement may come to grief, as did this Arthur Holloway, who has been sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for his cruelty to his little son. The sentence, probably, would have been heavier had not the ruffian's wife come forward and tendered evidence intended to show that the lad was struck with the shovel accidentally. The Bridgend magistrates believed other- wise, and expressed disapproval of the man's conduct, only the punishment cannot just yet be meted out to him, for, having been let out of prison on bail, he has ajbsconded, and nobody knows where he has gone to.
IMainly About People.
Mainly About People. Marienbad, where the King is to spend three weeks, lies over 2,000 feet above the sea level, and it is surrounded on three sides by pineclad hills. Marienbad now reckons on welcoming over 20,000 visitors every year, but at the beginning of last century the spot where it now stands was fn the centre of a trackless wilderness. It is but a little place-a little place containing big houses. A prominent feature of its strasses are the statues of the men who discovered the place and brought into it thousands of English pounds and millions of American dollars, Dr. Joseph Nehr and the Abbot Rtrtenberger, who look down on the cosmopolitan array of promenaders that their researches into the medicinal virtues of waters—researches made years ago-have now caused to come to Marienbad. Lhasa is the beggar's paradise and the woman's stronghold. Of the 10,000 inhabi- tants quite two-thirds are women. Save that they do not actually rule. women may be said to "run the show." This is chiefly due to the number of celibate priests, and per- haps to the same cause may be ascribed polyandry and polygamy. The ideal condi- tion, we learn from G. T. Tsybikov. who has been there, is the marriage of several sisters to one husband, or of several brothers to one wife. Women are actively engaged in all the business occupations, and the clerks in the shops are mainly women. With the gentler sex so much in predominance it is little wonder that they obtain their rights without recourse to agitation. Lord Dundonald, who has just returned to his home, Gwrych flastle, on the North Wales coast, will find a pleasant reminder of his South African feat in relieving Ladyemith. A new avenue has been made leading from Abergele Station into the town, and this has been named Durid-onald-aventie. It was intended to call it Ladysmith-avenue, but the countess preferred the other name. GwryA Castle, a modern building with the impressive appearance of an ancient fortress, belongs to the countess, and was built by her father, the late Mr. Hesketh, from his own designs. Lord Dundonald's nearest neigh- bours are Mr. Herbert Roberts, M.P., and the Hon. Laurence Brodrick, brother of the late Secretary for War, who married, like Lord Dundonald, the daughter of a Welsh family, and lives on the Coed Coch estate. One of the secrets of Mr. Bufus Isaacs's success is his power of combining gtrenuous- ness with affability. He never gives the jury the impression that he is bullying a witness, yet he can turn a witness inside out" in a manner that is the envy of men with three times his experience. Sometimes his dark eyes flash out indignation, and a curl of scornful contempt appears on his lips, but these displays of emotion are reserved for the final appeals to the jury. The more intricate a caee is, the duller and drearier its details, the more Mr. Isaacs appears to be in his element, although he is the antithesis of a dull and dreary man. One of his recent triumphs was his conduct of the prosecution in the Whitaker Wright case, when day after day he showed himself master of mazes of transactions the meaning of which baffled the understanding of all ordinary intellects in court. It was Mr. Justice Bigham, the judge at the Whitaier Wright trial, who advised Mr. Isaacs to take silk directly his qualifying ten years had elapsed, a bold step for one so young in the eyes of the Bar. He: What is your favourite flower for per- sonal adornment? She (shyly): Orange blossom. I Mr. Justice Kekewich, the senior Chancery judge, who has just attained his seventy- second year, has been an occupant of the bench for nearly eighteen years. It is to this judge that a well-known barrister, when corrected from the bench, is said to have made the ambiguous apology, As your lord- ship pleases; your lordship is right and I am wr,ong-as you always are." Sir Arthur Kekewich is (says the London Echo") at onoe the most popular and the most criticised judge of the Chancery Division. Courteous, rapid, and wrong," is the epigram which originated with a legal wit of Northern fame, and which is quoted almost daily in the courts. As senior Chancery judge he takes tbe cost complicated and the most novel cases in a branch of law which is proverbially complicated. Mr. Perdicaris, the gentleman who was recently captured by Rasuli, the brigand, has apparently a pretty wit. One night recently, in telling the story of his capture and ransom to his friends, some of them commiserated with him. Oh," he is, reported to have said, my little affair was never as hopeless as that of the lady who was once captured by brigands in Italy. We shall keep you,' said the leader of the band, till your husband ransoms you.' Alas! alas!' cried the lady, 'I wish I had trea. trd him a little better. Csuxfoal VannatetU. in the reception the Lottery-day at- the Axcbbishcjjla Bezant minster, no doubt, met some of the descendants of a cardinal who was still living when he was born, sixty-eight years ago. Cardinal Weld has many descendants in the Catholic community in England through his daughter, who was the grandmother of the present Lord Clifford of Chudleigh. Cardinal Weld, I like Cardinal Manning, took orders in the Catholc Church after the death of his wife. Cardinal Weld, however, unlike Manning, was always a Catholic, and it was his father who presented Stonyhurst, in Lancashire, to the Jesuits at the close of the eighteenth certury. His father, it may be mentioned, came to the Weld estates through the early death of his brother, whose widow was the same Mrs. Fitzherbert who figures so pro- minently in the life of George IV. General de Negrier, whose threat to retire recently caused a, stir in France, was, in his boyhood, rusticated from Saint Cyr and sent to serve as a soldier of the line as a punish- ment for fighting a, duel with a fellow student. He returned, however, to win his commission, and served with distinction in the Franco-Germaji war. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Metz on October 29. but escaped on November 1, and received a second wound while fighting under Faidherbe with the army of the north. Doctor: Good morning! How are you to- day? Patient: I apologise, but I'm feeling I remarkably well.
PERIL OF THE -SEA-I
PERIL OF THE SEA Steamer's Exciting Run to Ilfracombe The steamship Dun raven, of Bristol, belong- ing to Messrs. Pockett's Steam Packet Com- pany, whilst proceeding from Bristol to llfra- combe, yesterday, under the command of Captain Davis, with a general cargo, struck the Copperas Rock, just above Combemartin, and immediately sprang a leak. Despite the high wind and a heavy ground sea, she wag run with all speed to llfracombe, where the perisha.ble goods of the cargo were removed as quickly as possible. With the high tide she was taken inside the harbour, the water rapidly gaining on her.
IYACHT SMASHED UPI
YACHT SMASHED UP I Two Gentlemen Drowned in Clyde I The yacht Iris was driven ashore at Mill- port, in the Firth of Clyde, during the heavy gale this morning, and two gentlemen named Robertson, cousins, residing in Glasgow, were drowned. A third young man who was on board swam ashore, and is now lying in the local hospital. The yacht is a complete wreck, having been smashed to matchwood on the rocks.
" JACK TAR" STOLENI
JACK TAR" STOLEN I Constables Scour the Roads on I Bicycles During the early hours of Saturday morn- ing a daring robbery was committed at Alva-ston Ha.11, Nantwich. the residence of Mr. Arthur Knowles. The stud groom, on going into the stables at half-past five, ipissed Jack Tar, a famous local steeplechaser and a valuable hunter. Information was immediately telegraphed to the police, and a number of constables were sent out on bicycles to soour the district. It is believed that the robbery is the work of a gang of expert horse thieves operating from Manchester, and the circumstances suggest that the perpetrators were familiar with the stables and the horses.
THE CHANNEL SWIMMERSI
THE CHANNEL SWIMMERS I Holbein has decided to start his fifth Channel swim at six on Friday evening next. Haggerty, the Stalybridge swimmer, will start at five on Friday morning, and Greasley, of Leicester, goes Z4 hours later-at five on Saturday morning. The last big swim Mon- tague Holbein will undertake before enter- ing on his fifth attemp-b to cross Channel was completed at Broadstairs on Saturday. Hol- bein entered the water at Margate a.t three minutes to two, with the intention of swim- ming exactly four hours without regard to distance. Bound the Foreland J.e wab accom- panied by several friends in a lugger Swim- ming at the rate of 24 strokes to the minute, he made wonderfully good progress until he encountered a strong current, which hung him up for some time. Once round the Fore- land he found smoother water, and finished the swim right abreast of Broadetairs pier at three minutes to six. Frank Holmes, the Birmingham amateur, and Greasley, made their first practice swim in Dover Bay yesterday, and were watched by a large number of spectators on the shore. Haggerty was also out, the three men swimming for about an hour and a half. The swimmers swam under the shelter of the Prince of Wales's Pier, and thus escaped the rough sea. Holmes's style of swimming was considered as most suitable for the long Channel swim. Mr. Frank Holmes, of Birmingham, who intends starting in the early hours of Friday morning on an attempt to swim the channel, and Haggerty, one of the three who are to make the attempt on Saturday, went for a swim in Dover Bay, this morning.
TOO-LOV;NG HUSBAND I
TOO-LOV;NG HUSBAND I On the ground that her husband was too loving, Mrs, Bryning, St jpenver, Colorado, has secured divorce.. Mr. Bryning is a t-ravelling passenger agent on the Northern Pacific Railway. His wife pleaded that he had "no back-bone," and that every request she made was at once granted without any hesitation. There was no satisfaction, said the lady, in existence of such a humdrum nature.
SMALL BOY'S BRAVE ACT I
SMALL BOY'S BRAVE ACT I Seeing a child fall into the canal at Fenton, a boy, named Thomas Wright, aged five, took off his. clothes and plunged into the water. He got hold of the body and struggled to swim with it to land, but was unsuccessful. Then a man went into the water and got the child out, but life was extinct. The jury on Saturday found a verdict of "Accidental death," and the coroner highly commended Wright.
MEMORY LOST IN THE RIYER I
MEMORY LOST IN THE RIYER I Since Shelah M'Pherson, a good-looking, buxom woman of middle age, was rescued over a fortnight ago from the Thames, in which she tri-ed to drown herself, she has been suffering from loss of memory. It was only a day or two ago that any information could be obtained about her. At Bow-street cn Saturday a lady friend said that Mrs. M'Pherson had been troubled about money owing to her. The would-be suicide was discharged on her friends undertaking to look after her
LIVERPOOL RELIGIOUS RIOTS…
LIVERPOOL RELIGIOUS RIOTS I At Liverpool to-day a young man named John Hague was sent to prison for three weeks for disorderly oonduct daring a religious disturbance last night and assaulting three policemen. Five other youths, who were ringleaders in religious rows in different parts of the city on Saturday night, during which a number of persons were assaulted and several houses had doors and windows smashed, were fined 40s., or a month.
FOOTBALL -I
FOOTBALL I Fixtnree wasted with good junior team.Apttv Gamlin, Sec. Merlin Stars, 30 Vxaghaa-st. Pontypridd. wift I
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I ALPINE FATALITY )
ALPINE FATALITY ) ENGLISH PROFESSOR KILLED I AT AROLLA I Evolena, Monday.-An Englishman, whose name is given as Gurney, set out on Satur- day without a guide on a mountain excur- sion and met with a fatal accident above Arolla. His body was recovered this morn- ing.-Reuter. A later message states that the deceased was Dr. Gurney, principal of Durham College of Science. He had evidently slipped in ascending the Ronssette, and had been miss- ing for two days. Innsbruck, Monday.—A man, named Wil- helm Sattleder, a resident of this ptace, fell over a precipice while looking for edelweiss, and was killed on the spot.—Renter.
IREMARKABLE SWINDLE
I REMARKABLE SWINDLE I A Countess and the Jewels J The Paris examining magistrate, M. Flory, is at the present moment inquiring into a daring swindle, of which Comtesse de la Tour du Pin is the victim. This lady desired to obtain an important sum of money, and entered into communication with a foreign lady, who called heTself Comtesse de Horn, a negotiator of loans. The latter and a Mime, de Marini, after several interviews, put Comtesse de la Tour du Pin into relations with a jeweller, M. Marty. M. Marty went to the hotel of the countess with LS,000 worth of jewels. The "negotiator of loans" had, it seems, told the countess that the business would be transacted according to the usual forms. "It is only a loan," she said. "No matter what you sign, it will have no importance." The jewels, in two sealed boxes, were left with the countess, who gave the jeweller the following receipt: -"Received on deposit from M. Marty, for the approval of my husband, or returned next day, jewels of the value of £ 8,000." The jeweller said he would return on the following day. Immediately after his depar- ture, however, Mme. de Horn appeared and demanded XLPW commission which had been promised to her. She took her commission by simply helping herself to one of the boxes of jewels, which included pearls and rings to the value of £ 3,000. Mme. de Marini took the rest and pawned a necklace for L120. When the jeweller returned the countess was ill; she realised that she had been duped. The jeweller said he would call again. Mme. de Marini meanwhile released the necklace, and the jeweller got back this and the L5,000 worth of jewels which Mme. de Horn had not appro- priated. Mme- de Horn disappeared, and an active search is being made for her. She is, it appears, not unknown to the judicial autho- rities.
I SEQUEL ro BIGAMY CASEI
I SEQUEL ro BIGAMY CASE The theft of a £10 ring was alleged at Croy- don against William Henry Wilson, a general dealer, under curious circumstances, on Saturday. Miss Mary MoRorie, said the prosecuting solicitor, some years ago went through a form of marriage with the prisoner. It was subsequently found that his first wife was living, and he was tried for bigamy and con- victed. However, he visited Miss McRorie from time to time, and on the occasion of one of those visits the ring in question was missed. It was admitted that Wilson had previously pawned jewellery for Miss MoRorie. He denied the theft, but was sent for trial.
ICHARGE OF FIRING A HOUSE…
I CHARGE OF FIRING A HOUSE An ex-inspector of the South African Police named William Reid and a schoolmaster named Andrew Finn have been committed for trial at Ballaghadereen on a charge of setting fire to the house of the first-named. The fire has already formed the subject of a malicious injury claim, when a man named Giblin deposed that Reid had offered him JE50 if he would keep his evidence back. At Saturday's hearing a girl named Rafferty said she saw Reid's wife sprinkling paraffin oil on the shutters and furniture of the house on the day before the fire. The pre- mises were insured for E840.
AN ISLAND ANNEXEDI
AN ISLAND ANNEXED I The British cruiser Tribune landed a force of sailors on Aves or Bird Island, some dis- tance north-west of the Island of Dominica, on August 11, and annexed the territory. According to Ranter, a party of men, under the command of Lieutenant Threlfell, hauled guns through the surf to Aves Island on the 11th inst., and the British flag was hoisted. A Roya-l salute was fired by the guns. The Tribune has gone to Venezuela to protect British interests at Caracas. [Aves Island is a small barren islet in the east of Caribbean Sea, 140 miles west of Dominica.]
ITRAIN IN A RIVERI
I TRAIN IN A RIVER I A telegram from Figeao states that a passenger train which left tthwt place for Aurillac became derailed and fell into the I river. The fireman was killed and the driver seriously injured. The passengers had a. miraculous escape. No one was injured.
fAN INFANT PRODIGYI
f AN INFANT PRODIGY I Telegrams from Ashland, Pennsylvania, describe an infant prodigy, Grace Weiss- hold, aged three. Grace can speak four lan- guages, can read dramatically, and play many difficult works of the classic com- posers. Her father and brothers, who are engaged farming, refuse to allow the child to exhibit her talents on the public stage.
ILADY BATHER RESCUED ...w.I
I LADY BATHER RESCUED .w. I When some young ladies were bathing from the South Beach, Great Yarmouth, on Satur- day, one of them got out of her depth. Some gentlemen went to her aid, but she struggled to such an extent that they were compelled to release her. Mr. Redgrave, a visitor from Bow, arrived just as the girl was going under waAer, and he promptly seized her, and got her ashore. Though only 23, he has had previous experience in rescue work.
I CAPE TOWN POLICE SCANDALI
I CAPE TOWN POLICE SCANDAL I The trial of Sub-inspector Ostoerg, of the 0a,pe Town Police, one of the three members of the local police force charged under the Morality Act with living OlD the proceeds of immorality, has (says a Cape Town telegram of Saturday) ended in the acquittal of the accused.—'Renter.
I BRITISH SCHOONER SEIZED…
I BRITISH SCHOONER SEIZED I A United States revenue cutter has seized the British sailing schooner Teresa in the Behring Sea on a charge of carrying arms. The Terest, which is owned at Victoria (B.C.), has arrived at Dutch Harbouf. She reports that five other vessels, probably also Victoria schooners seized by the United States, are following her.
IELECTRIC CAR DANGERSI
I ELECTRIC CAR DANGERS Mr. George Reeves, hotel proprietor, of Great Ormonde-street, London, a visitor to Southend, was travelling on the conductor's platform of an electric car .on the pier yesterday and caught hold of the handle connected with the electrical equipment to steady himself. A jerk caused him to grasp the brake wheel where the circuit was formed, and Mr. Reeves cried out. He was immediately snatched away, but the fingers on his left hand were burned to the bone and the palm of the right hand was severely burned.
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SHIPOWNERS DESPAIR I
SHIPOWNERS DESPAIR I RUSSIANS DEFY THE BRITISH I GOVERNMENT English Flag No Protection for Mercantile Marine Russia's high-handed methods of dealing with British ships which are supposed to carry contraband of war is causing the gravest anxiety. An informal meeting of the Cabinet was held last Friday, when the matter was discussed, and two dispatches were drafted to be forwarded to St. Petersburg. They contained a further strong protest, and reiterated the terms of last Wednesday's dispatch, in which his Majesty's Government j made it plain that forcible measures wouli in future be used by Great Britain should British ships be unwarrantably molested by Russian vessels. Before these messages could be despatched, lale on Friday night, however, the reply of the Russian Government to the British com- munication of Wednesday was received The Russian reply is said to have been far from amicable. The Czar's Government claim that their action in sinking the Knight Com- mander was perfectly legal and in accordance with the Russian prize court regulations pub- lished at the commencement of the war. Moreover, the Russian Government hold them- selves at perfect liberty to act in future according to these regulations, and their reply to Lord Lansdowne is understood to state that Russia will not hesitate to act in a similar manner in future should the occa- sion arise. The staff at the Foreign Office is working late every night and on seven days a week. The Russians are still patrolling the ocean highways to and from the East. The P. and O. steamer Oceana, which reached Plymouth yesterday, reports having witnessed an act I of Russian inquisitiveness on the high seas. t I British India Liner Stopped. I The victim on this occasion was the British India liner Goorkha, bound, with passengers and general cargo, from London to Calcutta. On the 11th inst., the day after leaving Gibraltar, the Oceana, when 25 miles east of Sagrea Point, fell in with the Goorkha, which was stopped and was undergoing inspection at the hands of a Russian cruiser's boat crew. After a delayof about half an hour a signal wae hoisted ordering the Goorkha to resume her voyage. In addition to the many British companies that have suspended their services to Japan, it is now stated that the Prince Line sailings between New York and Yokohama have been partially suspended. The reason given is that the British flag is not regarded as suffi- cient protection for the vessels of the mer- cantile marine. The Russians are making A Startling Innovation I on all precedents with regard to ships voyages. It has always been considered that a vessel's liability to seizure was ended with the delivery of her cargo. Now the Russians intend to claim the right to seize a vessel on a later voyage if she has previously dis- charged a cargo which is regarded as having been open to suspicion. This is regarded in shipping circles as likely to do more damage to regular British trade than any of the previous Russian actions. Liverpool shipowners are in despair. They state that they cannot induce the Govern- ment to take action which will give them sufficient confidence to continue the trade to the Far East. A Liverpool firm, Messrs. Greenshields, Cowie. and Co., owned the Knight Comman- der, the British vessel that was sunk on the high seas by the Vladivostok squadron. One of the partners has been repeatedly in London to lay the facts of the case before the Foreign Office, but without any result. The firm have no longer any hope of compensation. The China Mutual Steamship Company, of which Messrs. A. Holt and Co., of Liverpool, are managers, have also been heavy suf- ferers. Their vessel, The Calchas I was seized while bound to a Japanese port with a. general cargo, on the assertion that it contained contraband. The contraband," in the case of the Calchas, was raw cotton and bridge-build- ing materials. This means that the export of Manchester goods to tht1 Far East—an enormous trade, employing the whole of the China Mutual fleet-is stopped, and the fleet is likely to be laid up. "The Calchas is seized, 2,000 tons of her cargo condemned, and the vessel herself is first taken with her crew to Vladivostok and then to Saghalien, with no promise of re- lease, redress, or even apology," said a mem- ber of the firm. Yet, at the same time, German vessels are allowed to carry the same class of goods with immunity." CABINET MEETING I A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office at noon to-day. Mr. Balfour drove tLp in his motor-car shortly before the hour for meeting. The majority of Ministers met previous to the meeting at No. 10, Downing- street. It is understood that the Attorney- General was in attendance at the Council.
END OF THE WORLD )
END OF THE WORLD ) An Extraordinary Situation A unique situation prevails at Wilmington, Nebraska. A negro preacher, who claims to have the mantle of a. prophet, has been declaring to excited congregations that fire from heaven will to-day destroy the world. Hundreds of negroes have been stricken with terror, and have fled from the town to the open country. Families have been left with- out a single black servant, and several mills have been closed through their black employes having taken flight. Probably, when to-day has passed without fulfilment of the prophecy, the frightened negroes will return to their labour.—Central News.
tHE CZARINAI
tHE CZARINA I The following bulletin regarding the con- dition of the Czarina and the Czarevitch was issued yesterday :— The Empress's temperature and Pulse are within normal limits. The infant Czare- vitch is doing well. The Czar has issued an army order appoint- ing the Czarevitch hetroan of al !the Cossack regiments.
CLERGYMAN'S SON CHARGED I
CLERGYMAN'S SON CHARGED I Henry Doupe, 23, clerk, of South Norwood, was charged on remand, at Southwark, Lon- don, on Saturday (before Mr. Paul Taylor) with Embezzling since July 23 sums amount- ing to 247 3s. 8d., the money of his employers, the executors of the late Lewis Levy. Mr. H. Levy, one of the executors, stated that prisoner had been engaged to collect money from three lodging-houses, which formed part of the estate of the late Mr. Levy, and failed to pay the money into the i bank. Prisoner's statement was that he had spent the money in betting. Mr. H. Levy said prisoner had previously borne an excellent character, and was much respected. During the remand his father, a clergyman, had re-paid the money. Mr. Paul Taylor thought the prisoner was under the impression when he used the money that he would be able to re-pay it within a few days. Prisoner was bound over to come up for judgment if called upon.
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NEWPORT ASSAULTI
NEWPORT ASSAULTI A' BOY KNOCKED OFF HIS BICYCLE Mrs. Kate Young, a respectably-dressed woman, of 25, Rugby-road, Newport, was before the Newport magistrates to-day on an adjourned charge of being drunk and dis- orderly in Rugby-road, and assaulting a boy named Edward Hill, and damaging his bicycle. When the case was first called last week it was found that defendant was ill and could not attend. She now appeared and was represented by Mr. Digby Powell, solicitor, who said Mrs. Young did not deny that she was drunk. The affair occurred on August 3, when Mrs. Young was alleged to have knocked the boy off his bicycle and punctured the tyre. Sergeant Miller, a recruiting officer of the Royal Marines Light Infantry, who lives in Rugby-road. complained that he also had been very much annoyed by the defendant, whose conduct periodically constituted a public nuisance. Mr. Digby Powell said the woman very much regretted what had occurred, and waa willing both to take the pledge and to put herself in the hands of the court missionary. She had been in Abergavenny Asylum for three months. As a rule everything went smoothly at the house, but when any quarrel occurred between the defendant and her husband or her sister she had recourse to a glajsa of whisky, a.nd did not know what took place afterwards. The Bench fined her 40s., or a month's imprisonment, and, though sympathising with her husband, asked him to endeavour to keep the defendant away from drink.
STEPDAUGHTER AND STEPMOTHER-
STEPDAUGHTER AND STEP- MOTHER Quarrel at Newport A young woman, named Alice Sullivan, of 6, Roberta-street, Newport, was summoned before the magistrates to-day for assaulting her stepdaughter, Catherine Sullivan. The complainant is a domestic servant, almost as old as her stepmother, the defendant. Her story was that she had never spoken to the defendant until the assault occurred on Thursday last. She met her brother, a lad of twelve years of age, outside Studt's show-gjound, and he complained that he had been ?rned' out of his home by his father and stepmother, and had had to sleep for a few nights in Studt's show-van. Com- plainant took him to her sister's house, and afterwards went to 6, Roberts-street, to se,6 her father and ascertain what was going to be done about the boy. Defendant said, "We don't want the boy here; take him away." Words ensued, and then complainant's father shouted to his young wife, "Go for her, Alice," and before complainant knew where she was she received the full force of her stepmother's blows. A piece of one of her teeth was knocked out, her mouth was cut, and the blow drove a hat-pin into the back of her head. The boy brother who was the subject of the visit to his father's house supplemented the complainant's version by saying his father held his daughter (the complainant) whilst defendant beat her, and afterwards he kicked j her in the thigh. Defendant said the boy was quite beyond control. He called her bad names and threw stones at her, which caused bruises and swel- lings about her legs. In the result the Bench considered that there had been provocation, and they imposed a fine of 10a. upon the defendant.
POINTS IN MARRIAGE LAW ¡
POINTS IN MARRIAGE LAW Husband Complains of Hard Lines John Humphrey, of LJandaff Yard, was summoned by his wife, Clara, at Llandaff Police-court this morning, for maintenance. After evidence of desertion had been given by complainant, defendant asked his wife, Were you not drunk daily for six weeks prior to the l&th of July? t No, I was not," replied complainant. The Clerk (to defendant): You take a woman for better or for worse, you know, and drunkenness does not relieve you of the responsibility of maintaining your wife. I am aware of that, sir," replied the de- fendant. I am prepared to live with her if she will be sober," he added, "but she is a thoroughly drunken woman. She is a reprobate." Why don't you try to reform her? asked the clerk. "I have tried, sir," said defendant. "I have tried every means that a man can. Why should a man to work and take home his money to his wife for her to drink eight or nine pints of beer a day? An order was made for the payment by defendant to his wife of 9s. per week.
COURTSHIP AND SEQUELI
COURTSHIP AND SEQUEL Order against a Taibadh Man At Aberavon County Police-court to-day Catherine Rees, a youngsingle woman, living in Mill Yard-row, Taibach, summoned a quarryman named Evan Llewellyn, recently of Port Talbot, now of Caerau, to show cause, Ac. Mr. Ivor Hunter appeared for com- plainant, and explained that defendant had courted and promised to marry complainant. An order of 4s. per week for fourteen years, with all oosts, was made.
TH E FISH I STOLE THE FtSH
 TH E FISH STOLE THE FtSH Joseph Jackson, of no fixed abode, was at Bridgend to-day sent to prison for 21 days for stealing some fish on Saturday night from the shop of Mr. Hawkins, Dunraven-place, Bridgend. Prisoner went into the shop and slipped the fish under his coat. The pro- prietor watched the performance, and gave information to Police-constable Phillips, ,who arrested the prisoner.
WELSH X100 SPRINT.
WELSH X100 SPRINT. The entries and starts for the X100 Welsh sprint, which takes place at Pontypridd on September 3rd and 5th. are to hand. They exceed by seven, the number of entries received last year, and the class ma.y be con- sidered superior. T. F. Keane, the world's professional champion, is among the entrants, and if he acpepts, will certainly give a fine performance, as he is now running in good form. There aire many rumours flying about as to the winner, but as only one individual can win, it is evident there will be many disappointments. Entrants and Starts. G. Bowlstonje, Dartford (dø); Isiah Whitehmse, New- port (9); Peter Ring, Mountain Aah (14V; G. Robinson, Cleator Moor (114); Fred Lewis, Hopkinstown (16); Arthur Edwards, Merthyr (18); James Smallwood, CocXermouth (9); Fred Coombes, Tonypondy,(12i); D. Thomas, Aberama.n (10): B. J. Futse, Barnstaple (9i); W. H. Harrison, Cardiff (10); Hector Capuoci, Edtn- burgh (9); A. J. Pickering, Aberdare (15); A. T. Jen- kins, Bedlinog1 (16); J. Clements, Mountain Ash (18); E. Ryder, Cambridge (Id); C. Trenchard, Cardiff (18); W. King, Sheffield (10); T. Jeaki-As, Blackwood (144); D. Hyde. Swan-sea (1'H); W. J. Brace, Pembroke Deck (14); Victor Soott, Penygraig (18); Joe. W, Elswiok (7); J. B. Parker, Ystrad (174); Jack Sheen, Aberdare (18); J. Ferguson, Dundee (Bi); W. Growcott, Banbury (7); Robert Jones, Bridgend (124); J. Jenkins, Ciydacb Vale (154); Dan Evana, Tonypandy (16); Eddie Harris, Treorky (174); A. J. Graham, Cardiff (154); Joseph Cavanagh (late Leeds) (124); C, Evans, Tonby (14); W. Isherwood, Cardiff (lli); G. T. Lloyd, Maesteg (18); W. M. Jones, Bridgend (134); T. W. Nekrews, Bridgend (17); H. J. Morgan, i'ontycymmer; Ernie Long, Cardiff (114); T. Thomas, Barry (16i); W. J. Harries, Cross Hands (1&4); Harry Butler, Barry Dock (164); William Hands, Capcoch (18); Sam Pagett, Abercynon (17); A. J. Russell, Cardiff (12); J. M. Thomas, Haverfordwest (154); William Thomas, Pontlottyn; G. E. Betterton, Bridgend (12); E. F. H. Williams, Lydney (144); Erneet Tolley, Heywood (12.1); James Elliott. Blackburn (114); Llew. Wride, Pontypridd (18); H. Mills, Merthyr (144); H. B. Dexter, Preston (10); D. Davies, Tonypandy (164); J. Fish, Warrington (10i); H. Howden, Edinburgh (84); W. Craven, Garloch-head (13); W. Struth, Edinburgh (134); Harry Cullum, Cardiff (17); Thomas Bath, Long- ton (10); Cecil Hill, Aberavon (171); James Barr, Tyldesley (9); T. F. Keane, America (2); and W. Evana, Treforest (18).
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ONE SOVEREIGN EACHI
ONE SOVEREIGN EACH I Copies of the Evening Express were pur- ohased on Saturday at one sovereign each from the following persons at the addresses given:— j OADOXTOiN-BAEUT.—'Mr. James Hoare. 1, Morlais-street. CARDIPF.-Mr. John Evans, 22, Catherine-st. FERXDAItE.—Mr. John Daowe, 98, Laifee-street. MiAERDY.—Mrs. Diavies, 13, Wood-street. XEWPORT. —Mrs; J-ame Knapman, 24, Oomas- sie-street, Pill. PENAE.TH.—Mr. Edward Davies, 70, SaJop-st. PENTRE .—Mrs. Mary Ann Mordemi, 32, Albert-stre et.
PORT TALBOT DROWNING FATALITYI
PORT TALBOT DROWNING FATALITY I Mr. Howel Cuthbertson (district coroner) held an inquest to-day into the sad circum- stances of the drowning fatality of Alfred Tudor Williams, the nine-year-old son of Mrs. E. F. Williams, of 49, Conway-road, Cardiff, which occurred on Saturday evening. Captain Williams, uncl4 of the deceased, gave evidence of identification. Thomas Jones, ship's steward, deposed to seeing deceased on board shortly before the boat waa found adrift and the cap picked up. He did not see deceased get into the boa.t, or what happened afterwards. DtavidMorecomibe said that he, in, com- pa.ny with Polioe-sergea.nt Phillips. (Docks), used the grappling irons, and recovered the body from near jthe bow of the steamship Ramsey.. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidentcal1 drowning." The Funeral. I The body of thet deceased was taken to Car- diff this afternoon, and the funeral takes place at the Cardiff Cemetery, lea-ving deceased's parents' home, 49, Oonway-road, Cardiff, at two p.m.
.KENFIG HILL CHICKENS I
KENFIG HILL CHICKENS I At Aberavon County Police-court to-day W, J. Jones, sixteen, John Evans, thirteen, Thomas Howell, fifteen, John Tame, fifteen, and James Heatley, all of Kenfig Hill, were charged with stealing six chickens, valued 9s., the property of W. Jenkins, Tynomyo Farm, and W. Jones, Old Vadog Farm.—Jones and Heatley pleaded guilty, and were fined 308. each, inclusive.—The others were discharged.
I I ! NEW CARDIFF STEAMER…
I NEW CARDIFF STEAMER There was launched from the yard of the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company (Limited), Howdon-on-Tyne, on Saturday the screw steamer LadykiTk, built to the order of Messrs. John Cory and Sons (Limited), Cardiff. This vessel is the seventh built for the above firm, and is constructed to the highest claes at L!oyd'a. She has a single deck. and was built under special survey. Her dimensions are 305ft. overall, 46ft. breadth extreme, and 21ft. 7Jin. depth moulded. The machinery will, be supplied by Messrs. Richardsons, Westgarth, and Co. (Limited), Sunderland. with cylinders 22in., 36in., and 60in., by 39in. stroke, and two large boilers 14ft. 6in. by 10ft. 6in. in diameter, with a working pressure of 1601b. per square inch. The vessel is designed to carry 4,000 tons on a light draft. During construction the vessel has been superintended, on behalf of the owners, by Captain Hodge and Mr. Maxwell Hill, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
SUNDAY STREET CRIES AT BARRY…
SUNDAY STREET CRIES AT BARRY At Barry Police-court to-day (before Mr. J. Lowdon and Captain F. Murrell) George Coward, milkman, and Thomas Donovan, newsboy, were charged with causing an annoyamce to the public by shouting their wares for sale on the street on Sunday, the former at Cadoxton and the l&tter at Barry Dock. Both defendants admi#ed me otence. Dockw. ere diwbarsed with oL caut4oxi,. | Dockw.. ere diaclmr?ed with ? ctmtttm?
SEVEN MEN BURIED I -
SEVEN MEN BURIED Terrible Disaster at Ynysddu FILLING UP GRAVE TO-DAY. Extraordinary Measures Necessary. HOW BODIES WILL BE GOT OUT. Heartrendin g Incidents in the Shaft. A colliery disaster occurred at the new pits at Ynysddu, in the Sirhowy valley, on Satur- day, by which eeventeen men engaged in sink- ing a shaft were entombed by falling debris. The men were preparing what is known as a bottom upon which to work for the purpose of walling this piece, when suddenly one side of the shaft gave way and buried them all, with one exception. One of the men—Matthew Smith-had the presence of mind to jump on a bowk which was on the point of starting for the surface, and was thus able to give an immediate, alarm on top. Smith heard the stones coming down just as the Bubsifiehce took place, He covered his head with his arms as best he could, and succeeded to making good his escape, as described, with very few injuries. TO THE RESCUE Smith's story of the mishap was soon com- municated to the manager and the men at work in the east pit. With the promptitude and heroism which are characteristic of miners, rescue-parties were ,soon formed. Mr. Falcon took charge, and got down to the bottom with a number of willing helpers, numbering altogether about a dozen. They could see none of the men at the bottom of the shaft owing to the mass of debris. It must be borne in mind that the fall occurred from one side of the shaft only, and the men had for the most part crowded under the side from which the fall occurred, so as to be out of the way of the stuff when it fell to the bottom on the opposite side. They thereby avoided to a large extent the actual impact of the falling timber, rock, and brick- work, but were wedged and buried beneath the pile of the ruined shaft side. The work of the rescue-party was not only an arduous task, but one calling forth the utmost courage, as well as nice discrimina- tion in dealing with obstacles and the removal of the mass of material which had fallen upon the sixteen buried men. There was no time to send all. this stuff to the top-men's lives were in too much jeopardy to allow of such a thing. So the rescuers had to push and throw all the elements of the confused mass on one side, taking care that they did not do damage to the bodies of those they were attempting to save. Only one by one were the poor fellows come to. Their struggles in the first onset of the fall had separated them to some extent from one another, and the fall iteelf had flung them hither and thither. One by one the animate beings were separated and released, from the bodies of the inanimate, and carefully sent to the surface. Work of this description had gone on for about an hour and a half, and the manager and his brave helpers had high hopes of bringing the whole sixteen men who had been caught by the fall out alive, when they were warned by a trickling, and trembling, and crunching of stones that another fall was about to take place. It wae a moment of great anxiety. Should they stop below and be eDgulfed "in, perhaps, a greater disaster than the first or abandon seven poor comrades to their fate? There were a few seconds in which to make up their minds. Already one of the rescuing party had been injured in the early stages of the second fall — a. man named Henry Williams. It was a moment for resolution, and, sad and distressing as it may appear to a person who know? nothing, or next to nothing, of the peril of the position, the dozen rescuers had reluctantly to choose the lesser evil, and get out of the pit while there was a moment to spare. To leave seven men in absolute despair cut them to the quick. but it was a case of seven or twenty sharing the blackest fate. Down came the second fall just as the rescuers had escaped from the eha.ft. They had a very narrow escape, but their mental anguish at leaving seven comrades entombed was more prostrating than their own peril. And so, exhausted and baffled, and themselves only out of the way by a matter of half a minute before the second downpour of all kinds of debris occurred, they had to bow their heads to the inevitable and abandon all hope of getting the last seven men out. There in the bottom of the shaft those seven poor fellows now lie as they were engulfed by the second fall, and there is no chance of getting their bodies out for some days to come. Their fate is beyond question. Not one of them can by any possibility be alive. THE TEN SAVED The ten men rescued from the pit are as follows:— Christopher ("Scotty") M'Guirk (41), single, a native of Dmblin, living art, Ynyeddu. Mat Smith (41), single, Seaham Harbour, Durham. John Jones (27), Llanidloes, Bwloh House. Ynysddu. Martin Jones (42), single, Pontypridd. James Perks (33), married, Wistern, Dews- bury. Evan Jones (24), single, Cardiganshire. David Jones (32), single, Flint. Thomas Thomas, single. William Davies (43), single, Mount Pleasant, Abercarn. John Ham (48), married, Pontypridd. I THE SEVEN DEAD MEN I The seven whose fate is absolutely sealed Iare as follower— W. Everson, married, Ynysddu. J. Gabb, single, Ynysddu. W. Bideout, single, Bedwas. W. Jamee, single, Ynysddu. Thomas Richards, married, Llanbradach. Sam Wall, Sheffield. Joseph Norman, Bedwas. THE MANAGER INTERVIEWED The Statement made by the general manager, Mr. M. Falcon, is as follows-- The shaft where the accident happened was the west of Burnyeat, Brown, and Co.'s Ynysddu sidings. We had got down about 170 yards, and the men were putting some curbs in to continue the walling. A big fall occurred just before six o'clock on Saturday evening on one side of the shaft whilst Seventeen men were working in it. They would have been coming up to finish their work at six o'clock. It is not easy to say how much material fell down, but it may have been about 200 tons, consisting of bricks, rock, timber, and loose earthwork. About fifteen yards of the brickwork with which the inside of the shaft—twenty feet in diameter —is lilmed went down, There was a fault in the strata just Above. One of the zaen-, Henry Williams, I think it was—caught an early bowk, which was coming up, and gave the alarm on the surface. A rescue-party. of the men from the other shaft was soon formed. I was on the spot very soon after the accident happened, and went down with the rescue-party. We have to get the men out singly as best we could. We had got nine of them out—and one of the rescue-party was injured-when we found that a second fall was coming on. I think the first fall must have come on quite suddenly and all the material fallen simultaneously. Whilst we were working to get the men out there were signs of the second fall, and we barely had time to get away before the stuff came down, and we had to leave the other seven men in the shaft. Even if there had not been a second fall I think we could not have recovered more than two or three mora men alive; but when the second fall occurred —about equal in volume, I should say, to the first-we were bound to leave the place, aa the wall was absolutely insecure. We have been working from the time of the second fall to make the shaft secure, as it was inJe possible and absolutely dangerous to go down whilst the big cavity existed in the side and the wall was down." THRILLING EXPERIENCES Several of the poor fellows who had been injured were lying in the huts at the bottom of the valley, and just below the winding- house. The first man that one of our repre- sentativea saw was Mattie Smith, a pleasant* faced fellow from Durham. He had had the narrowest of escapes from being buried with his "butties," and came up on the bowk with a dislocated knee-cap and some crushed fingers. He said the first warning of disaster that he had was the falling of a few stones and a little earth- a fall which quickly increased in volume until he saw a gap yawning in the side 01 the shaft. Meantime "Mat" jumped on to the bowk, and Scotty lil'Guirk shouted a cheery Good day, matey." The bowk waa full of material re&dy to be raised, and Smith started climbing up the chains so that. he got level with the mark in the curb from which the stones and brick were falling. He, of course, was in the centre of the shaft, and practically out of range of the fall. Two stones, however, struck him, one on the hand and another on the knee. Directly after he saw the brickwork give way. Down came a tremendous mass of rubbish, filling the pit with a fearsome roaring noise, and. as "Mattie" pathetically and simply put it. I saw all my butties knocked down and buried." "As soon as the fall stopped," he went on, I shouted to them to pull me up, and got back into the bowk. They hauled me up, and the pumpman, when I got to his station, came with me. I was almost faint* ing, and he held me up. When I got to the top I told them what had happened, and very soon volunteers went down to get the men out." A PATHETIC STORY Tommie Thomas, a sturdy young fellow from Ferndale, told the most tragic and pathetic story, and yet its sadness could scarcely check his naturally exuberant spirits Like all men who risk their lives often and bravely, he had a philosophy which made him smile in trouble and speak cheerfully of things that would make most men weep. "When the one side gave way," he began his tale, "of course we rushed to the other. But the fall of atone grew heavier and heavier, and soon we were all buried in six or eight feet of 'muck.' Some of the stones struck my head and cut through the leather hat I was wearing. I was knocked down in a crouching attitude, with two men on top of me. They were Jack Jones and Jack Gabb, and I had my foot under Gabb. I thought when the rescue- party came that I was going to be left behind with him. Jack Jones got out first, and then I had a chance to release my boot, but I could not get it away. So I asked Jack Gab)), 'Can you, cut the laces of my boot. because you can't get away until I get out.' tie said, 'No, I can't; you know I am fast here.' They had got him out up to his waist, and had a rope round him to haul him out, but he was quite fast, as a bit of the curb was on his ribs. And then, as they were going to saw the curb off him, another fall came down and buried him again. We got away just in time. We had to leave him there, and there he is now." ENTOMBED FOR AN HOUR Evan Jones, a native of Pontrhydyfen- digaid, Cardiganshire, was the last man unearthed from the debris. He was subse- quently found lying in bed, with the bandages covering his cut head and his arms covered with new scars. "I was buried at once as soon as the fall came," he I said, on the bottom floor and under about five or six feet of stones and timber. A great mass had fallen from about nine yards up the side of the shaft, and I was sent down on my knees. My legs were pinned, but I conld move my arms and body a bit. I worked very hard to get my legs free; but it was no use, and I stayed there, for over an hour, they tell me. "Well, what were your sensations?" "Well, I was thinking of nothing but getting out, down there all alone, just as a sailor thinks of coming home to port. A man thinks of just himeelf at a time like that. I could hear the other fellows shouting for help, and I spoke to a man once; but very soon it was all quiet, until I heard the rescue- party at work above me. Then there were-, minutes of great suspense. I doubted if they would reach me in time, for the water had gradually come UP I to my knees, and I thought I should be drowned. But there waa a good 'sump* in the pit, and that's what kept the water from coming higher and saved me." The experience of "Scotty" M'Guiry, who., despite his nickname, comes from Dublin.. gives a vivid idea of the rapidity with which one fall of earth succeeded another. His story ran thus: —"First of all big lumps came down as big as my foot, and as they came down I would raise myself above them. In that way I got up about two feet. Then there was a big rush. and I was buried up to my waist. Another rush buried me up to the chest, and then another lot buried me altogether." One of the men severely injured is William, Davies, better known as "Will Pentrepica. When the rescuers went down, only his hat* was visible. This being so, they were sur- prised to find that Davies was alive, and on Sunday morning he was progressing favour. ably. YNYSDDU FOOTBALL CAPTAIN: KILLED Everson, one of the entombed men, was tho captain of the Ynysddu Football Club, PIT MANAGER'S THRILLING; STORY, Mr, Griffith Griffiths; the pit manager tells a thrilling story of the work of rescue. On reaching the bottom of the shaft," he said, it was with the greatest difficulty that we. could see the entombed men." "On one occasion I was standing with one, foot on the head of one of the poor fellows. He had a hard felt hat on, but I did not know he was there. We pulled him out,, however. I assisted in getting four of the men out, and then we found poor Gabb and another man amongst the splinters of the curb. Two of us conimenced to pull the splinters away to relieve Gabb, but the other man shouted, For God's sake, don't do that, you are jarring my arm.' We then turned our attention to him and got him out. Whilst busily engaged in removing some timbers there was another crash, and a great pile of bricks fell down upon the other fellows. We had not cleared the spot more than fifty yards when it fell, thus showing how near we were to being killed oarsetves." < OOimKTJED fAG#