Evening Express

FOREleN MAilS To be despsrteticd fmm London Sunday, ÍIar. M:— fUtWARD.Mofrthig- To United &e., via Soathamptob, pefc a George W ashingtcm. MONDAY, MA BOH 14. ft6pnift To Egarpt, by Italiap; Qacke*. To Tfeneriffe, via Spain. |»entt»g- To we-st Coftst of Africa, parcel maTifc OR tifOf^ool, per s. Mendi. #"WARD.lDUO »unt»ay— From USircd States, M., Via QueenMewit Due MoridTay— from West Ooa?t of vi4, 14ye p#g'bL !?m United S\a, &c., v?Pt?m?M. flow Now Zealaad, via San fraocjaoo.

MOVHMSNTS OF LOCA4. VfeSSELS. Ci-OBlee passed Lizard for Newport 12di Inrer arrived Pentlrth lwli Bocftefort left Port Talbot for 12th Mmldon lft, Cardiff for St. »alo 12t? Jan R??d<:???e Mt -Plkjii?t']*V a.lo lfth lith PaddingtoR passed Corisiafitiaopfe for WetJei 10th Bilbater let Saatoa 10\11 Silver Wings left BarbaAoea fOr €Wf Ports 9th Bosoawen on paasa,? to Lo??«n Larpool arrived La? Palnras Uth Coriath4A MTiv? Ram, loth Eton km passed Gibraltar 9tb BuSFbe?-n left Port?, ^a4d tat? C&rMtu?na pa?M4 Lixg?Pd 116h Nhiian St-na-rt feft Cardiff for IA&Iiov tttlt Moriel Wt Cardiff for li^ssc Baf tlth BeiiIMo a-rri??d Cardiff ^i^t^ <?rmriam arrtved CArdin llLC Dalby arrived Cienfa'e<? MM* In?by pM&ed Gt,a. for If?ryport m& 4 o-w f g q)oft lott Sefby ?Tt AYT.&R tHa?&w ?B Ttuy Mt Bwos ?yi?s F?:k okag IOU Dan?r pa?s?d Constantiaopl« we9twal., no M? m&X. J?? mbWt CoiMttortiB?? tr B,%#. r 0"

(Josnt Kisrieo itfktolii, a CTad- opera singer, who slipped on the afopW at tie Ijeioester-square tube station arfid injured hmwæl!, WM awarded RfO damitbi a.? ?? Weabrinster County-c?urt y.té7 1= tbo FMoa4»Uy Tab* C—g<Wt/.

STOP PRESS —— —— Latest Telegrams. FIN Alt 8CO&&— WEfSH BOYS 8 points. ENGLISH BOY" ML HALF-TIME SCORE- NEWPORT, 1-3 poiaits. BRY-=,\IA WR. IL I IRELLAXD, 3 points i WALficS N IL. [ r,-». I.. h.M NOnCES' RA« Balbn^rsan ( Kilsby Banoge 4.C-GLAZEBROOK HURDLE RESUFLT;- Mr Howard's Kilmucklin Coulthwaita 5 li 2 Ux T E Brooks's Chef D'CEuvre 5 11 10 TWO RAJS. L Betillg-6 to 4 ag-t Heatre«. Betting to 1 agst Le Viao. and -0 to 1 ng-st Gcien- OM. Hurst Pa,rk 4.0 Also ran—Sweet Cecil, Grexchen's PM. Car-niorrh, and Ducks and Drakes. g«tt:ng—5 io 5 agst Blooditcne. Betting—11 to 10 agst Girdle, ani lC to 1 g3t Cracky. 4.30-FLJXTúX 'CHASE. Result- Click Clack Admiral Nelson. TWO RA-N. ,4.3HAMPTON HURDLE RESULT:— F Hunt's Ga,lal Goaaip F Hunt a U 7 Mr Bui w's Prool)elt WaLw 4 11 5 TWO PAN. I i r- i*rrf I r tttti

horn All Quarters I Jlr. J. I1. Tufted; torvm-cierli of Lincoln, f [ died eifly io-tiay. [ 360a reached Ix>nkk>n yeefeerday from tke Obntin«nlk matl Atfri I^rttrJfcrt. Kiiifiy died at Cftifton, iriectcil, yg^ri&y in Iwf ftftet yiear. The Countess of Dudley passed a very good otgfet, and i* progressing satjsrfacfctcftity. The Brat Snsiiafr«rcrtrik oocmnbera of the season reached Coyent Garden yesterday. Karl and Cbtmtera Pousm left Londtm ').69- toirdxy roT a tb% maklibi' fouv round the wforTJ. 'the BIW. B. J. Ciklivbod will not be to ?coupy -he pntpit At the City Temple W- inisirro-w. MTà. Job Urirwdn, the wife of a jtamjehirs laSdsartf, In-mlt St SSahnsf, teas tfveit birth io ttffptets: T??jn?s WDW: a di?vei, f?41 froia &. 'rbry ? the Cz?tle Trawcilimpany'. yard, Sw?t?e*. to?a.y. -,aaid a8 kiHoo. --A good aeoorKKhand haajsom cab caii be MaSht lio'tfwtay* fot £ Ss" awithw?! declared at the CWrkee-well Coanty-oourt. i6t tbi; C r A mGtlœ! r.rlt the Battersea "Browiai bdl" MfcAoriai Pil" of^CTed in the law cfourta yeeterday to stand over. iaitiew B^nry of Pritosia; wbo retprhed to Germany to-day, paid a riait yeatetdftr to 1.. (JermaH ifdspiCai at Dalfifon. A/ietx&nd&r shot Joian lletiifedt, a, Serv«nt, in. Mhl^ttYs^h y€)&torday, died to.; day. Tfee fritf is iifcely to recover. Hifmi Pash'a, wds- Orand Vizlet of the Sn^w» until D^emJSer. visited the House of Commons yesterday. AXAbft taii P?trii«meirtaTy papers issued us&!f S & ik-li tost TOn'f a oensrB for nd orr. Aspril 2, next year. I :& B. 3. o? ?' ?wrn? ? <? JPq?? ?o??-a dad a. str?o? ?To- a.-C Maid- ?t<m?. 9,mw--z4? g -v4fte Y o? t V 0 ittnor At ? w,: ?M'?Mf y<?e?b.y ? V?nor. iski of, it was d?eM?d to.?bemd?n the ?Btcot?t PSIAmr aeS?MMt on the 9TO-d of !?$B<Mt ? IK. y&m I&mmi w-1tõ «: Sngflon J«st«#daty, roeef ithe position of 'Ù1 Wat of aianager of the St. A main w'So was actewsed at OTioydom y t?r?ay o? bèiftg.cä<T OclAr,-d he w" ahle to say coBereutly to the police 4octor, '?M to say ??j ereial y to P-9 ii 4?,e 4o;r-*?r, in." JL

Oh, Yes, That is Right" I EX-POLICEMAN ACCDSE0 OF BIQAIIV I Daniel Peesey, painter and glazier, forteerty I a member of the Birminghaia City Police Force, was charged at Birmingham yesterday with bigamy and with neglecting hi8 flrifltf and three children. Inspector Wheeler said the prisoner was arrested at Dartford, Kent, and when charged at Birmingham with neglecting his wife and cMCSreti said, "TOM iMy its WM enter, auutihci charge against me. I baLV6 oordnnitted bigaaoy in Ldndon." Prifiomer then gave witness cer- tain particulars, remarking tliM oN. EaatSr Sunday, April 23, 1905, he was married to Emma Swadling, a widow, at Christ Church, West Green, Middlesex, adding, "Wè have ofle child as the result of the ntartiage, and she has one also." He was charged with bigamy, and replied, "Oh, yes, that is right." Wheeler produced copies of the certificate# of the first marriage, at St. Margaret's Church, Birming- ham, on April 9, 1898, and 01 that with YriI. Swadling at Christ Church, Weet Green. Ifi the latter certificate he was described as Daniel Timms. Emma. iSwadling, of Ponder's End, Kiddle- sex, said she met prisoner in a house wheNi she was lodging as a widow. She went through the marriage ceremony with him on April 23, 1905. Prisoner had always, treated her well, and she had lived happily with him. He was moderately sober, and -was industrious. Prisoner said nothing in salJ'ilf« to thfe charge, and was committed to the assizes for trial.

BRECON COUNTY COUNCIL LORD GLANTJSK. Who has been elected chairman of the council.

LIVED WITH HIM AS WIFE." I There was a peculiar case of theft at New- port to-day, when a woman. natoled. Annie Maud Rayson. was charged with stealing ap iron bedstead, a bed, and a qualtty- of be elothes, valued at 3Ds. Edward Thomas, a labourer, of Had ley- stret, Rogerstcne, stated that for th-6 past seven years he. had kept the prisoner in food and provided nfT- With a Shelter. Oil the 23M of February she left. She eaad he turned h?r out, because it was alleged that she had kept company with undesirable. men. Pro- ffgeutor s'aid when he returned from work at ntglht he would find artic-lefi misSing. He always locked the doors, but 6htrance was effected through a window at the Back of the house. On bSing que»fioKe3 dfii éi5d dite had pawned some of thferfl to buy food. D,-r-end,a,iit toM the bfeiich that sBe hid lived with piS^Seoutor as his wif4 f6r eevMl years. He had been cruel to her. and inflicted more than one blafek ey,& One night when he came home drunk he todd heT to clear out. and she took hiin at Iris word. She contended that she was juet as mrich entitled to th-e articles which fortmtf the Mqts of the charge as he was. The case Was dismissed. Prosecutotr: What about my ttki^^r? The Olerk: You clear off. IT you are not satisfied with this go to t-ho oounty-eourt.

30,000 ACRES TO BE SOLD I Lord Colebrooke has decided to, diepoafe of his eatajes on the southern bordens of doot- hind. They extend to nearly 30,000 acres, Olnd mclud-e villa^e^ of A-bington, Cra-wford- iohn, Elyaiifoot, and Crawford, besides Gleiv gonnar House aind Oiikersoteagh Bous*. With their respective grouse moots. The jrtxapprty runs through some fourtfeteh nlitee of th% moet beautiful scenery Ju the south of t- land, and both the King and the Prince of Wales have stayed at Glengonimr House. On the same day Wrétmtm and Breooles, two of the best-known sporting properties in Nor- folk, will also be offered by auctian. Wretham includes part 01 Bingmere and Powlmere, and all of Langmere, Homemere,. and St6kle- mere, the last named being one of the few working decoys in East Ang"lia.

THE ART OF LIVING I Of sill peoples it is the English that have most thoroughly mastered the difficult art of living. "tour foreigner is either a tow ft bird ora provincial, a backwoodsman or a houlevardier; while it is the Englishman'? crowning dreain and merit to be neither. If tie oiln afford it—and he works mainly to that end—hie has a pracfe of sonre sort in the country and a. place of another sort in town. 1n England this dual habitation ST^ells suc- cess. Everyone who is anyone inherits it. tries for it, or manages somehow to acquire itr-a. Bucking-ham Paiaoe in town, a. ffitndmig- ham in the country. To be free of eitbiftr world, the rural and the urban, is to double one's faculties, atancet to double one's life. The Englishman has-made this dis^oj^ry; it is his greatest contribution to civilisation t' and the arts.-The "Graphic." t

THE REVIVAL REVERSES t I notice a. great cbânié in the cwnxfips; of 1 the young mn and wiMn of t? Pa??nt I day. I regret to see the retujfn gf._reversing arrf the Keiiedngton crawl- Deux X^mips ha.s disappeared, and even 4i the srrfiiirtest dances the gilded youth iti. ^rashin-g hfe partner a/bont as though were a peramtfti- lator, and revermng every two- seeonds. Pour or five years ago it was ^fttfaigered. í_mc of bad form to_ reyterse.. un £ eas..to ayoic.a colldsiOin—and valsirtg withoult lifting the feet I from the floor was siipposed to belong téf the sutbu-rbe. —The "bystander. I 'it i ii t 'r

PAID FOR WAITtNG Jikigment for the defendants, et)SU, wàè1 giveh in tlii Sotrtiherid <^urn'ty-ccFUTt_to- day in, a;n action hrougii^ a^,ifist tlie. Sc^p-fh- end CdrpOratioii by a. ^bouner, by thie National Union of Gos. Workeitr and General JLalx>urere,_ .who. claimed 18.. representing three hoarre iiiftf a Half o&cii^Mc! in waiting for wages for clg ím() tro the streets on For the dieieitce. it) was stated that the delay in ^aymrtlt of the men was catused by a distwrbance amitong tTte gang- Arpodal yas aHoWed.

3,000 ILLEGAL MARRIAGES I NEW rmfrft, gatuutiay. A remartsaible sizil dii?t.inct?r emhafi'ateB'th'# sit-uaticai for a nOnifief <% y6uhg dofifitefe ha"s been oroated by a decisxcrrr given yeefcerday atn tS^. Appelate. Court, whTch will renfe; .u 3,000 marriages illegal fiiovidtng. this decision, ier not uJpsfJt in thd higher cottrts. The 4*ftRng is based upon the maririasfe of Affhbrfe being- intaljd even with the conaehf of the pferents. —Ofentral News. I I

MARCHIONESS 1ft eOLLlStOH ] A ooH&iaQ ocm-rrod in the BSyfer i Brfsrfcbl, la^ft .<|yeDdiiig, the QaftfLff pasfeem^r eteamer ]ffiarchdon«BS oud the steamship h.H. o? G?BC?r. TP ,X?r- dMoness was pboo?e?,ing mp the TT?at axpa the Achiltes wis ootwaril bbtjtn^.&>r. IfawielffJjijf, Both steamers. received slight bi tt, oanthi'tted an their voyage. I accjdeik. wiif not interfere with the daily SerVictf of the MarchiCitwais. ,1

YOUNG QJRb'8 ROMANCE 1 At the KTminghiafflr Assiaes t-b-d4 girli naTpe-d Doria Brett, Was chdri^d with obtlill- in. ETCO by. faltv. pjetenc^g. tm- Irer. motlrer. It wis stated tlhé yoflahg vroman a«tss!|_ mraer the infttidhoe of a ycfltv ifian, who took her to Liverpool, and, having ab*aijp$d h^r money, went to AxU^dost. ø. tli fCaated on the cBArge of shootfnl' his ^ecfeffeart, his a-rnt thoee, 7f his surSttes M l f- were éÎitt, Brett vm IciqSd cfwr.

NEW SOLieWf^SBHtf^L f y. Bitcfoe. KsAct, K.C. the »ewty-agttcfxi»tie<i Solicitor^CPe^beirial, to. the pJ^^e o| Sf 6. Jv Eiäns. promoted to the presidency oi the Pro-Mte, Divorce, and AdflJiritKy Divi%ik>fi,- was returned unopposed for Roadi ng ta^diSy.

UNSUD eoorovmi'' tot coup, áà4,J

The ffai a the Stmt. ——A «■ I am a proud man this day! I have been informed that at the meeting of the Cardiff Tramways Committee yesterday Mr. Art-bur Ellis, the able manager, was able to not only produce most flattering figures for the rainy month of February, bat that he concluded with a triumphant note to the Pressmen present to convey the joyful news to The Man in the Street," with his compliments. I am genuinely glad to be able to congratulate Mr. Ellis upõh the increase in the receipts of JE619 for the month of February, on carrying 56,068 more passengers, and on a decrease of 4,508 miles. I have never prayed for the failure of the tramways, not even to support any argument I may have made at any time. I should like to see the concern made a prosperous one, and if this success continues no one will be more pfeased than the mild critic to whom the manager specially sends his complimeflts. At the same time, I sin- cerely trust that this is no flash in the pan. There ought to be a natural increase in any event under any circum- stance, with new or old fares. But, even though the corporation trams may suffer, I trust that in all the year before us we shall not have anything like such a wet month as February, with its solitary fine day—-or two at the most. January was not much better. I send my best wishes to Mr. ElM, and hope th-6 receipts and the passengers will leap up even higher than the rates, though I scarcely dare hope that the tramways and electric light concerns are going to help relieve the rates for some years to come. But good luck never comes singly—it generally arrives in showers. And on the_same day that I get a verbal message of compliments from Mr. Ellis—for whom I have the utmost respect—I am also bleSsed with a personal letter. This missive contains a. cutting from the Tramway Journal," and, as there are several columns of matter to be glanced through, if not digested, and as there are other matters to be dealt with beside the expresses which dash at such alarming speed about the streets of Cardiff, I will try and deal with it another day. This article, Mr. Ellis reminds me. shows "that even in Glasgow, where they coin money, the halfpenny fare is not popular from a financial standpoint." For the present the statement can be allowed to rest there, though I may, perhaps, be allowed to retain the opinion that straightforward halfpenny fares are certainly to be pre- ferred to the mottled, striped, or spotted v^o-a^-penny system known as the transfer ticket, for which you pay a penny, and with which you may have a sectmd and gratuitous ride if you hate learned the way to use it. My compli- ments to Mr. Ellis, to whom I hope shortly to return, and my congratula- tions, with the fervent hope that even in fine weather his figures may prove as flattering as during the storms of January and February. The mere question of justice remains whete it was.- Last week was a specially triumphant one for Mr. Kllis and his committee, and the barest justice demands that atten- tion should be directed to it. The increase in passengers was 33,§94, very fitee figures, and to use the manager's own words, "Receipts to date are up 92,770.11 I am too modest to claim that my criticisms of the committee's policy Biie had any effect in the way or prodding the members to a more zealotm discharge of their duties, but observers of this department of the corporation have been able to sea a change for the better. There are other ways in which reform is possible^—I hope to refer to theta as time goes on—and I trust tha,, whatever I may have to say is to the sole desire that the city and the public may benefit. Even if, as Mr. Ellis claims, the committee have got over the difficulty presented by the "abstainers," many of whom are apparently changing back from talkers" to "riders," it does not do away with the fact that by changing the fares at this late hour in the day the committee practically put up the rents of people who are unable t6 bear the burden. The change makes no difference to me, but hosts of workers who now have to walk or pay more feel the extra ddfhand on their pobkets a most serious one. One may search the realms of fiction in vain to find miything approaching in dramatic horror the disaster which Suddenly overtook the Unsuspecting people at Clycfaeh Vale yesterday by thó 6turning of a dam. The catastrophe was the morfc h'ofribte became most of the vfcfcdiae were chifdren. One can scarcely reaUse the terror zivj f he pàtÏic which mi«*frt have sacrificed hundreds of more precious little lives if a gre £ S deal had not !)én done by the teachers in charge to avert the greater calamity. The tale of yesterday's devastating flood, unloosed, like an ail-devouring detnon from the mountain side; must atways include the heroic cfeeds of those brtre men and wooten who set themselves to save the threatened little ones. It is another chapter iii the romance of South wateS iL rohiance, alas! that seems never to be r qtfite- finished. These disasters aritông our beautiful mountains and valleys are 2H too. freqiteMt, £$d, tliotlgh greatly ctejjfored, fhey scarcely ever come in tbs nature of a surprise. Those whb went through the heart- rending gfcenes will have flfèrfi impresmil on their memories so long as life lasts. Again the colliets of South Wales dís- played the stuff they were made of, and the qualities whicjji have won foot-boill matches And athletie prizes for the Prin- cipality were put into good use on behalf of humanity. All hearts go out to the bereaved who were so cruelly robbed of loved ons" and an gfrtire district has been thrown into intnlfiring. Besides the ladies employed as teachers at the school, the woihen of the neigftboufhood rose to the awful occasion like national heroines, and through all Wales has a lot to be proud of in thfs sad affaif, is well as a great deal to deplore. One parthetic tåliS ii attached to the death of nine-year-old Btocfvren îHt. It is Said that €ire litilb, eni was an-tkug to stop at home yester- Say] afterBW to l&fo&l afie' W"41i-r, ioti& ÜGW Sap hSff oVff loag | Wore a (fdftf-t^r of tie ilitmî term of ,ènčë' bad s & eiit. IncMents le: this briftg home the disaster as a terrible reality, and it is to be hoped that those ivltö hirve stiffere3 iatt lost will be com- pensated in some way for their atfftfl mis- lfnmi.

RHONDDA DAM BURSTS -—-— m, u' i i if RAGING TORRENT BF WATER SWEEPS DOWN THE HILLSIDE I SCHOOLS INUNDATED. SIX LIVES LOST. ELEVEN HOUSES WRECKED PLUCKY RESCUES BY TEACHERS <6 MINERS Pathetic Incidents: Scenes of Desolation. The Rhondda dam disaster (reported in our Pink Editions last night) has resulted in the: loss of six lives, little GertieNReeg being dis-1 co\-ered this morning and added to the roll of the dead previously reported. Fortu- nately, the more gloomy anticipotions of still heavier death-roll, which were oumefot last eyenicig, ha.ve proved unfounded. The* names of the victimis are as follow; — Enid Howells, aged six, of 64. Wem-road, daughter of Mr. John Howells, cashier at the colliery, died from shock A-ftet befog rescued from the schoolyard and taken home. Blodwfcn Davies, aged nine, of Howard's- terrace, daughter of Mr. Morgan Daviee, overman at the colliery, drowned. Mrs Elizabeth Ann Williams, aged 34, wife of Evan Williams, of 9, Adam-terracS, j I and her infant child, aged four months, j A VIEW OF THE FLOODED STREET. I THE OOLLAPSE OF A HOUSE. THET i.s sYE-v rN fHE M. II-DDLT OF THE TORRENT. I CROWDS Hatching rIm TORRENT. Phatœ. t. i.atd. TonY'trindy. Photofi-, L. iAtA, Tonyftandy. I I, I 1. • Infant daughter of Mr. T. Brindle, oollier; Adams-tertAtee, died from sfcocif, titer being rescued asid temporaril y se«ti»ed^utdd; ThOtOas Beee, Morieni-street. The Rusil erf Death. I The disaster was as unexpected 43 it I terrible. The level had not been worked for' I mi rtect,. aiicl fL.,V- ag known that, is (JCMttiiy I of water bad accumulated there. Messrs. Pugh and Thomas, contractors, were at work, it is rfaid, with the object of diverting it to ail ad^diniag fetream. Without warmng there wM a terrific flood, apalllrng in it,6 ooksfeqdelicefl. It swept along with terrifying rapidity, and undermined several housed" in A'dam-street, crumbling thefll likd a pack Of cards. On the opposite side of the main road are the village schools, and there at the moment were no few-W than 90 children, boys and infante. Mi-. R. B. Williams, the headmaster, saw the approaching danger, and at once did vmat he could to allay fear and prevent panic. The lady teachers also kept ooOl under the circiimktaiMjeg, for in a moment the aval&nohe mm-0 and: dessrtlctioii. the wall of tne infants' school waft swept away, and this, j peculiarly enotigh, was a luoky happening, the sttiftw thus ifoiirt diverted to the eoiliery itr. JJ. Sees, sSmor aneNfb^^ s«eoee3ej in e ettift bilt a iCe eMl- AilaTeS. TB€ ffood gained in Tefocrity as it went down the Biaen- clydach lifll, ^ti^y feiitW *T1 fraffic, and it is aetounding Ifow huge bodl&rs were tokisvd gbofff By tti tdrretlt. In the infants' school the soone baffled dumbu". db4 Mm Wiiw •» Wcbm Ht, &m>, a.nd desks and other furniture were aotuaJl^ floating about. The two mistresses acted with great presence of mind, carrying ohild after child to placed of safety. Numerous colliers were at the time return- ing from work, and, with the bravery and, promptitude which charac.terisea the Welsh' miner, they put in heroic service. They procured planks of wood and ladders, and managed to get into the children's play- ground. By this means they them clamered over the walls, dived into the water, and handed the children over as best they could. The children were coriv-eyed to a side rootfi. Kiss Hughes and the rest of the staff took part in this. Naturally, the little onea were terror-stricken, and many of them cried piteously. Mr. Robert R. Williams,, the head- master, and M;rs. Colville, the anistress of the staff, did everything possible to calm their fears aild pqevfeilt panic, but, despite the efforts of all, one of the children, Bk>cf#en Davies, aged nine, was drowned, and another, Enid Howells, aged six, died from shoch after being oon-tey-ed to her home. The former was carried away by the torrent after the collapse of the school boundary-wall, 3feputy-dhi€tf-oaii stable Cole immediately drove to th6 scene of the occurrence and drafted a lairge number of constables under the oharge of- lus-peotor Hole soaa to render assistance. A feature of the happening ifas the remarkable pluck of the women of the vil?age? who waded into the water to save life and belongings. Miraculous escapes are recorded, and there were many acts of gallantry. I 900 CHILDREN IN PERIL I The Headrnaatef's Graphic Stery Mr. R. R. Williams, headtmiaster of the Glydiach Va-le 8chools, in which were 900 cfeil- dren at itfee time of the disaster, dlteutedng tihe accident, stated that shortly before four o'clock he happened to be in No. 1 Claes- room, when he saw a rushing etawani of Water doming do^vn between Sa^Ofit ObIaipel aNd Dr. Gabe Jones's house. He immediately sarw thait the old level, of which fIlieý had been suispdcaous for some tinie, had burst. WithotBt loss of time, he gave mstiruotion& to dismiss the boyg, whilst he rushed edit to open Che gate leading from the erle and iTifaaiit-s' yardisf into the boys* yard. It was intended that this should be the nreafus of •jsoatjie for tbhe whole of the cthjldreii, btot no sooner had SO or 60 boys got away in this way thorn a. tremendous volume of wiater presented itself, with the result that this means of escape wits cut off. When. Mr. WilWaims got into the girls' school M fouui tltalt the water full strength through t'he main corridor of the echool int6, thfc yerd, Hay ihf i/nits' d€p&rt5nfenst \Jas èd This was the chiMd^en weird being tossed aWtfi in all iireotions. Soon after this the top wall 4t ii!iê yard of the atfrW 4MIOM gave way witfe a tremendous crash owing to the foroe Of witer. Thus att possible means of escape were cut off, and the children wore seen j fiMtamr its w, Ho vstaM of praise coux adequately expirees the ootfnmendiation due to the mistresses Cor the coolness they displayed in the face of a pfliaitkm which threatened great dangw. The torrent forced its way into the infaatw school, and soon reached a hedigtot of four or five feet. It was impossible to get out all the children through the main entrance, and a number were handed over the playground wall into a, lane, which afforded a. safe -passage to the higher grounds. Mir. Williams, epeatking of the bravery of the teachers, mid Miss Colvilte was the means of saving many children at great per- sonal risk, and was ooompletely exhausted when her heroic work was finished. He also spoke in high terms of the col- liers. some of whom waded waist deep in the rushing torrent, and said but for their assistance a terrible loss of life would have resulted. Many of the children were paæed through the windows by teachers to im, who had placed ladders against the buNidin?. Fell Like Pack of Cards Adams-terrace, however, stood right in the track of the avalanche, and the very first house encountered was in a moment com- pletely wrecked like a paok of cards, and ther occupants. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Williams and her infant child, perished. The body of Mia. Williams was washed into a. house on the opposite side of the street, and she was found cling- ing to the door, while hex ohild lay dead a foot or two away. Altogether eleven houses and a shoemaker's ehop Were wrecked, one being completely washed away. Furniture was scattered like skittled in all directions, end the streets were literally strewn with the belongings of the Unfortunate inhabitants, who had rushed pell-mell for their lives to placft of safety, I aJl being thoroughly bewildered by the I unexpected visitation. Children Floating Like Corks I But for the timely assistance rendered by the (jolliers coming from work it is very evident that the loss of life would have been considerably heavier. The mighty torrent of water swept dw^n by the schools with such rapidity that, despite the, heroic efforts made by the teachers to clear the school of the children, the latter were hurled in all direotions, and were soon floating about the playground like so many oorks. The colliers dashed into the water a.nd recovered child after child, handing each one over the boundary wa.lls to the willing hands' which were ready to receive them on the other side. Police-constable Thorburn him- self rescued over six little girls from what was immifient death. Too much praise oarinot be given to the teaching staff for the splendid presence of mind which they displayed when the disaster overcame them. The two departments which suffered itey&t weire the infaaits' and! the girls'. Miss Hughes, the aseistant--mistrou in the infairiE4, department, happened to be in the playground at the time, and directly she noticed the water flooding around her she dashed into the school, and told the children to get on the desks Mr. Rees, the assistant- master, giving a similar order. Mother and Babe Rescued I The experiences which befell Mrs. John, wife of the Rev. S. B. John, Baptist minister, Bhondda View, was of a most trying charac- ter. Mrs. John had given birth to a ohild on Friday, and the torrent dashed with frightful force against the house, causing it to be in imminent danger of collapse. To those who knew the circumstances it was exceedingly painful to think of what might momentarily happen, but, wading through the huge stream in a daring manner, Mr. D. W. Jones effeoted an entrance into the house, and, with assistance, succeeded in conveying the invalid and her babe to a place of safety. Tarn from father's Grasp I The most pathetic incident was the death of the infant Brindle. Mr. T. R. Brindle. a miner, wias walking along the foot of the hill nellit th,6 schools with his child in his arms, when, twitbout any warning, he 'å (Suddenly overtaken by ftodd Wiater, 'w&fcfi swept past iIiim in iroairflaig tecfrenit, dJtwi to avoid ibeing carried off his foot, he clutched at a wall. In doing so, the child fell from feds arms and was carried away a distance of about 100 yards. when it was rescued by a Mr. Harris. On being conveyed to a neigh- iboBTing house the unfortunate child euocumbed. A pathetic episode concerns the recovery of rtJhe body of Blodwen Davies. When the child was found among the debris, Mrs. Da-vies exclaimed: What a fine child; I wonder whose it is." On her return home she discovered the dead ibody waa that of (her own daughter. A further touching incident is related of Blodwen Davies. It is Stated that she was I particularly anxious to stay away from school on Friday afternoon, but was per- suaded to go in order not to break her attendance. Mrs. Davies. the niother, waå in the village when the body was taken home, quite unconscious of her sitdden bereavement, aud a friend gently hinted to her that she was wanted at the house. The water had stripped the bOlly of nearly all the clothing. The deceased was a niece of Mr. Frank James, Clydach Vale Hotel. CAUSE OF tHE DISASTER I Burst Dam LSts L00&& st Torrent I The cause of the disaster was the bursting of ah old disused Ie'VE'I high up the hillside at Clydach Vale. It is six years since there was ahy work at tMs level, with the result that it had becohie filled with water like a cistern, with a resulting huge accumulation of water. For some time past percolations Of water gave rise to some apprehension, it being known that inside the old working's it most have formed a oolleot- irtg ground for a huge reservoir. This amiimus sign was takeh note of,, with the result that the residents in the immediate vioinity had been apprised of a possible bursting of the natural dam and an overflow of tfte water into the streets. Operations were, consequently, com- menced with a view to averting any suoh calamitous contingency, and it was during the course of this work of tapping the reser- voir that the wall of the cavity formed by the extraction of the seam of coil Suddenly gave way. Near the spot where the burst occurred 2buildiug operations were in progress, and it was at the suggestion of the contractors, Messrs. Pugh and Thomas, that it was thought desirable that something should be in the direction of emptying tire accumulated water. It was ab'dat tour o'clock that the men rea-Hsed the danger of the situation. THe mountainside seeofed to gife way ae though from a volcanic eruption, and, according to in eye-witness, a torrent of water, together with Masses of edrth and stone, swept down ffie hillside with fearful force, carrying everything beTdrd it in itS inad and ftwitt career. Along this precipitous declivity the terrible voittilie, which it is no exaggeration to say Comprised millions and millions of i-airón and fK-ousinds of tons of earth and stone, demolished every obstacle that stood up in its path. The inrush followed the natural conformation of the surface ground, atfti its course was in the direction partially cfossways to the residential portion of tHe village. immensity of the Pleased w&ter might big further realised by the statement that the itiver Rhondda, into which the water eventu- ■ aily worked its way, presented the appear- ance- of heavy floods* and its yellowish htte I indicated the huge mass of subsoil it carried ltb it. As a SlEid OOamcideniCe it may be rb-mlilk tftat the last disaster in the village Was the rble explosion it the Oiaibriin Colliery leXaoily five years ago. Extent Of The Damage f It is diAcTilt to es?imate the exte&t of the d?ma?e by ?his ter??b?e vi?ta?tion, the Ute I i *uiaa is unprM?mt?d in Ut? bmury of I the Rho-ndda. It was really pitiful to watch t the homeless people wanderiug about the j scene of the accident late on Friday night. Several houaea have been completely swept away with all their contents, and all the poor inhabitants had to do was to rely on the charity of neighbours in the low-lying district of Tonypandy for shelter for the right. In Adams'-street six houses have been com- pletely wrecked, one of them being abso- lutely washed away. The others are ren- dered utterly uninhabitable. Five houses in Ehondda View were also wrecked, one being entirely washed away. A shoemaker's shop in Wern-road was like- wise washed away. Considerable damage has also been done to other property in Wern-street and at the top of Clydach-road. It is estimated that there was about li mile of accumulated water in the old level at the time it hurst; It is rather fortunate that the disaster occurred during the daytime, otherwise it is difficult to estimate what da.mage-might have been done. The force of the water having carried the boundary walls completely on to the Taff VaJe Bailway underneath, traffio for the time ■ being has been rendered impracticable. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE ? I Later in tfhe evening a special meeting of ■ the Bhondda. Council was held, at which the H following officaal -report was handed to the H press by Mr. W. P. Nicholas, the olerk: — H After inspecting the scene of the disaster H the oouncil passed a vote of condolence H with the bereaved relatives, and instructed H the clerk to retain the services of an H expert to visit the scene of the disaster and H report fully thereon to the council with the view of proceedings being taken for the recovery of damages. The clerk was instructed to tajie such steps as may be necessary for the council to be repre- sented at the inquest. Mr. Nicholas, in a conversation with an Evening Express" representative, further wished to make it clear that his council have no jurisdiction over the levels, which, he stated, were private properties, the same as ooliiery undertakings, so far as the council was concerned. The council became I Acquainted with the faot that streams of, water were coming out of the workings and causing a. good deal of uneasiness, and they; called upon the estate agents to take some steps in the matter. Some correspondence ensued, and as a result of the council's com- munication with them the agents afterwards took steps to have the accumulation of water removed. So far as the ooBiery management are oon. cerned, we have been asked to state that Mr. Leonard Llewelyn has deeply interested himself in the matter for the past four months, and that he had drawn the atten- tion of the district council to the danger which threatened. Mr. Llewelyn had himself visited the spot and measured the deffth of the water on different oeoasdons. [For To-day's News of the Disaster See Page

LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'SORDEAL I NEW YORK, Saturday. A remarkable story of the privations endured by a lighthouse 'keeper has just come to light. It appears that the keeper of the Norwalk Lighthouse in Long Island Sound, 6wing to the stormy weather, oould not be provided with the usual supplies, while his assistant at the beginning of the month failed to put in an appearance. The keeper decided to do the work a.lone. but supplies ran short, and when at last the lighthouse was visited yesterday, the unfor. tunate maa was found in a condition bor- dering upon starvation, his only food for several days having been dip biscuits. He is now in a state of collapse, and an inquiry is being held by the lighthouse boards into the circumatanoes of the affair.-Centmi I News.

WIDOW SELLS HER HAIR A patheMo story of a yOning widow's struggles against poveafcy has been told at Pittsburg. Mrs. Bessie Anderson had three young children, and, always refusing to accept charity, struggled on to the point of starvation. At last she hit upon the novel plan of Celling her hair. Shie went to one of tbo most fie Shops in the city and iaade the offer. "Î hrttst sell it," she said, "or I and my children will starve tb death. The rent is not paid, and there ia not a crumb of bread in the house." The hairdresser was astonished at the vromiahli§ wealth of hair, and offered her JEM for it. which wae at on accepted. r

TWO POINTS OF VIEW Appearing At Wott London Coilfrt yesterday Mrs. Henrietta Barbara Brockington, licensee of ,he Waldo Arms, OoMe? t?rk. Will?d?m Junction, was Rn?d £W -?d io, 168. costs far diluting beer. Mr, Simpson, for the Inland Revenue, stated tha.t sampled taken showed ( that the dilution was at the rate of li gallons of Water to a ^gallon barrel of ale, and eight gallons of water to a 36-gallon barrel of stout. Mr. Fprdham: So much the better for the people wbb drink it. Mr. Simp- son We regard it from the revenue point of view.

SAVING PRISONER'S HANDS (' After a, billiard instructor named Arthur Smythe had been found guilty at the Old Bailey yesterday of. conspiring to obtain money with intent to defraud, Judge Lnmley Smith asked what effect hard labour would have on the prisoner's hands for billiard playing. Mr. Purcfell, for the defence, urged that justice would be met if the prisoner were bound over. Judge Lumley Smith: I cannot iiass it over. He must go to prison t for four months. If he behaves he will get off one month, and as the woillk might injure his hands the sentence will be in the second division without hard labour. # ,f.

SUSPICIOUS POLICEMAN I Charged with being a deserter from his ) Majesty's ship Cochrane, Sydn-ey Sambtook (22) was at Cardiff to-day rebmanded for a week. Police-constable William Davies said he was on duty at Penarth-road la;st night, when he accosted Sitiiibrook, and stated that be should tike him to the police-station on suspicion of being a deserter from his Majesty's ship Ctk-biaiie at Portsmouth 00 Deeeoiber 21. M i i J L

THE SHARP WIT I Oh, dear exclaimed thof young lady who woe being taBen to a. oonoert by a ra,thef backward Woofer; "I'm sure we' shall miss tae opening number. Wei've waited a good many minutes for that mother of mine." "Honrs, I i should say," gro-wled the young man. "Oyrs? Oh, George! how nice of you to say so a* last," cried the sharp-witted girl, As she summoned up an appropriate blush. <

A STEP TOO FAR." I Chatpged at Cardiff Police-court to-day with living on the earnings of a woman, Ro?%f? iil?6 n (2? wis conuj?tte? to t?i? quarter sessions for senteri.de. Mr. J. M%tn, f$e pr^ siding magistrate, addressing the prisoner, said: "You have gone a etep too far for U8 to deal with you here. Detfcetivfc Pugsley stated that Browrt had only worked two days, since November lost', and. Inspector Bingham proved gfeveral pre^toua ■cowtietions.

"RATHER GO TO GAOL." I "J waoM rather go to gaol tha.n brea.? I stones." This was the answer of Tboma8 I King (k) w?m spoken to by the labonf I master of the Cardiff Workhouse, who found him throwing the stones out of a windows King, who was charged io-diio at Cardiff Polieè-court with refusing to perform his allotted task, was remanded for a wetek.

DEATH OF AN IRISH M.P. I A DuMm o&rres?ndeht te!?raptts Mr. Ja.m &'C?hn6r, M.P. for West WicKloW. died at J(inwn to-day. Th? d?cea?d. Nationalist, wa.s TeturQ?d without oppositK? at the general ejection. ?' — —

f DIED SUDDENLY. I ? ot of "Dea?h from cardie failure* ftjilowitrjj cti?Bic Bri?t'a <M?a.a€ ?v? Mturned to-day at the Miquot upon I KI5 Twi??y (54). sho?&ta.?cr, of 57, I je?fArHif?-eti'Mt, Cardiff, who diM Aclde?u I on Thursday.

PARK-HALL SERVICES I The address to-mormw afternoon is to he I g?n by the Eev. E. C. Barton, of Sp?o?? r?ad Wesley an Cha?oh, and Mr. ?. €tM?? (; t will <XM?py th? chair. Ise fd'l 1 1 Blue Eibbon Oh?ir '?"m -onder the wlt= I

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