The New York Herald Newspaper, September 30, 1878, Page 4

4 WAY. NOT’. ACCIDENTS? Bxamination of Rails, Sleepers and Roadbs of the Long Island Road. THE ROCKAWAY BRANCH Cause of Previous Accidents and Possi- bility of More in the Future. SCENE OF THE LATE DISASTERS. | Rotten Ties, Poor Rails and Any Kind of a Roadbed. Bees NG CE The recent accidents on the Long Island Railroad neat the western terminus of the railway and its bravches—one of which involved the loss of one lite and the injury, more or less sert- ously, of ten persons, another the wounding of the pay master of the road and of two passengers, and that of Saturday last, which cost two persons their lives— bave directed public attention to the road in an un- favorable manner, ‘Tue irequent occurrence of slight accidents, which had in them every eloment ot great disasters, aud which onty tailed of being such by sheer luck, or because there were iew passengers im the curs to kill, have ted people to believe that they must inally deiceitve tracks. Tbe track ig !n sa bad a con- dition that itis a wouder that accidents are uot of weekly or even daily occurrence, Jn pursuance of justructions trom the Hseanp office a fortnight ago the writer spent a week ridiag ana walking upon aod im making a thorough exxmination of the southern aivision und Rockaway branch of tue Long {sland Kuilroad, and bas uiso lwoked into we state of tue road at aiflerent points on the Central and North Shore aivisions. thorough examination of tue road bed, condiuon of the sleepers, ral! In all places where thore aro connecting roads note the kind of men employed and the hours of duty they have to serve. Pay attention particularly to that section of the road between Hun- ter’s Pointand Rockaway Beach, ns it isin that seotion apparently accidents are most (requent,”? THE ROUGH ROAD TO ROCKAWAY. The examiuation of the route to Rockaway, via Valley Stream, some twen'y-six mules in length, was first begua. Toe roud leaving Hunter's Port (Long Island Uity) ruos through Fresh Pond (near which the accident of the . occurred), Glendale and Richmona Hil! to From the latier point it passes to Rockaway Junction aud thence in a mere southerly direction toSpringfleld Junction, At tunis pornt the trains to Rockaway rau over two routes— one over the meadows io Osean Point aud the other by way of Valley Siream on the Southern division, | his ¢ Hewiett’s, Woodsvurgh and Lawrence, From Ocean Point the trains by buth routes puss through F&r Rockaway to Rockaway Beach. This rouie may be suid to ve ina very bad coudition, and especially so at the potat where the Urst ol the lute accidents oc- curred, aud not far from which the second took place, and where, from present inaicattons, another muy occur ut any moment, also aiong the line from Fresh Pond to Jamatea, over the mesdows trom SpringMeid Junction to Ocean Port, and trom Far Rockaway to Rockaway Beach, ‘The road 1m ull cases seems to have becn laid on a bed of whaiever tho soil bap- pened to ve, with Litile or no added ballast; av one point loam, at anutuer sundy gravel, at otners simply loose sea sand, ‘There are indications now that gravel is being added here and there, but uotuing 1s being dono at the Worst spots, ‘The rails vary, occasionally bemg in good condition tor long Streiches, while at other pornte—noticeadly over the sands near Rockaway Beach—they ure ina tourtully torn and jagged staie, As to Lies, the enumeration of (he places where a large proportion are rot. ten where the pins that hold the ratis enter them, and elsewhere, Would be a8 tedious as 1t became to tne wriler Who noted them, in short, the condition of the Nockaway route is such that, alter watking over and examinivg, one rides on it with no little trepida- lion, NEAR HUNTER To proceed with @ detailed account of the examina- fiou of the road and the resuits, While waiting tor the 1:30 P.M train ow the Rockaway branch, on Monusy, the 16.4 inst, ihe writer walked out on the line along wiich the trains pass im running to POINT, Flashing and beyond, oa tho North Shore division and on part ol the line which runs turough the contre of the isiavd. ‘The rails wt this pout are in fair Condition, which 15 more than can be said of ine sleepers or ies on wuien tuey Fes!, oF Whien every ibid or sourih one 1s badly rolled away about the Pius whien secure the rate (o them, aud about the Tali J this row cites extends for #ume disinnee on cach side O1 the rai/s, the securtug plus ia suck causes beimg useless, In walking aloug on the puter edge of (bo Lies the writer's shoes olten eruneued Into ihe rotien pars and b olf slivers of tus wood, Just beiore arriving at Lhe switching off povot of the North Snore line is 4 smail trestiework, supporting some twenty tice aud spanning u litte tribatury of Newiown Urces. ‘The Wes b re quite rot! nated the Brivgys in an Unsale condilion. Fue spikes ae not Ciomp tue Pails down, but leave tuem somewhat loose, as ix (ho case along’ tue t side of tbe siream. [he rondbde solid @uough at this pom A over the little Bridge 1 shoo| beyoud (he man i Charge, tne tales grwph eperavor, baw e eighly trains @ aay to switeb during Lis twelve hours ol duty, At the next BWitch, a 1eW Steps beyond, one man Is in Charge of three switches. Hore a freight track joios the maia line, the North Shore brancues off sna the new rouse to naitan ch crosses over. He Is on duty tweive hours and switches some sixty trains, His poy ts $45 « month By the Jomaica wos reached, the toute part of ch road, the track via Feesh Poud nol » par ine condition, Wuen weft ont u very unevenly. ng (he line the t it swayed, J 1 apd lurched im a Ost uncomiortuble Way. UeR wre Mm about the same condition us thove belore descrived, taough ea pearing Jamaica they are much bever, AL Jamatea | two tra up quickly bolind—one trom Busi. Wick avenue, Hrookiyu, [rou Which We were to receive some curs, aod the switehman fod to jump narriediy trom track to track tu swite tuem, A DANGEROUN IIT OF ROAD Leaving the cars at Par Rockaway, the track, which from this point rus wieng suldy wastes and maishes, Was Walked over for turce miles 19 the direction of Rockaway Beach, Aid the wa Tung Ou @ Ded O/ loose seu sana, which be woul ousiy autnnged by a heavy The ties « laid im the saud, With nO wigu Of A aULLad Tuo rails Ulight, poor irea, ia very bad conatil« Taey are often broken of at the si played opee ory rail eud 1 Une crashed OF mashed in the widd epauters ol reveral ine Gange protruve., Ow ib wheel Would moupt . and at near 4 in length W, 4 Ubtrack the train, AG tive first switen | His instractions were to make a | | NEW dently sank 9 good deal, seven or eight pieces ot wood, of different sizes, had been shoved in iu two layers. Properly shaped wedges of bard wood should bave becn used to counterset the sinkiog whieh will occur in such tresiies, + From Var Rockaway to Ocean Point there ia double track. At the former pince, where the doub! switebes into the single track along the the ewitch isin cbarge of u telegraph operator, ‘here aro now twenty-iour traing n aay and in the summer there were thirty-oigator more, Tho operator, an intelligent young man, is on duty for fourteen anda half hours daty, Along the double track to Osean Point the roadbed and Wes ere tair, The Intter, hows ever, le go loosely under toe rath that on stepping on some of them the opposite Pail tipped up at the joint, fhe rats in some parts aro in guod couditton, bur beyoud Lawrence Station they ure out, nd splayed, ‘This coutinues through Oevau Pout p Wood:vurg and Hewletts to Vailey >iream, waere jo up going enher way, connecting with those runuing along the Soutbera division to and from Hueter’s Pot and Brookiva to Patchogae. The flying switchiogs of cars of and on of trains which weet at this poimtare made in what seams a very reckless mauner, rack irom Rockaway here ruas east and west, forming a ¥ ay it joins the South- ern road on each side o! the stution. “There are hers eleven switches now io charge of an intelligent, bat deaf cnginetr, who also attends to the engine of a pump Which supplies water to the company’s tanks, This is situated at the western end of ono of tho arms of the ¥, and somo the switches are nearly an eighth of « mile from bis | engive house, the farthost being sitmat-d on the | castera extremity of one urm of the Y and at tne | branching point. ‘The switchman aud engineers j hours are feom thirteen minutes past six A. M. to quurier to eight P, M., during which ve has seventecn truus to switch, 1 acdiien to taking care of his engine, Tue inan who did the work belore was re- mnoved on account of a tram being thrown off tho track some Weeks ago ou gccount of is carelessness, He lad only ihe switches to attend to and some gea- eral work about the station. With singular incon- sistency Lis work has been put oo the shoulders of the paimp engin who isso deaf that he could not hear a train ante: jose to bim. , OVER THs MEADOWS. One ef the worsi sections of tue Rockaway road is that rupning over the salt meadows irom Ocoun Voint to Springtieid Junction, which, as above stated, 18 used tn addition to the roundabout route vis Valley Stream. ‘The writer walked yome eight wiles trom Jamaica through tne latter place to tue former, and cortainly uever saw a.Worse road than that part known us “over the meadows.” ‘Chat the cars run apythiog but smoothly over this portion of the road; that they sway from side to side in a dangerous manyer and ¢ been due to extreme carelessness or crim- | jump aud rattle ominously over the tresties wll not Beem strange when the condition of the roud 16 de- serived. While they should rua slowly over tho meadows they ran too fust for safety or comfort. Waiking aloug the truck from Jamaica to Rockaway Junction the Wes wero found to be poor anu olten ru(ten ou the north track, The south track was 1D K004 condisivn and bas steel rails, At Rockaway Junetion a siugle track line runs off to joi the central divieton of the road ut Hinsdale, aud the douvle track loads,to Springfield Juaciion, whore the southern di- vision und tbat section of the Rockaway branch lead- ing over the meadows branch off. The roudved of saudy gravel is iar. A HAKD-WORKED SWITCHMAN. At Rockaway Junction tov operator, who also at- tends to ibe ive switenes, during partof the sum- mer when the traille was heavy had to be ou duty eighteen hours a day, irom live A, M. to eleven P. Me Ho afterward was given u reiiel und now has twelve hours’ duty. From this junction to that of Spring- field tho tracks are in a good condition One spol, however, soould receive attention, 1113 about a milo out Where a stream passes uuuer the bigh emuauk- ment of gruvel and saud. The ties bere are bad, Leaving Sprivgieid Jauction the writer walked along the Lrack over she Meadows, encountering LWwWo trains in Lueir swaying Course over Unis bad sirecn of track. ihe sandy rowdbed sks Coutinually und slopes directly 1tom the siugie track to the long ditches files With Water which ruu along either sido of it. Toe ties boing 1m a poor condition, a large proportion actually rotiea, the rails present a very uneven sur- face. Section men were met al work along the track Urying Lo put it ia shape here upd ther of a iow Uralus, bowever, svon undoes By a lurge, s#ampy pond, across one the suod embankment bearing the track passes, there 18a sina!l cut ty aiiow Of the passage ol the waters. (ing 18 Umbered and spanned by beams, sup- porting the track, On each side of the cut the saud wus fallen and biown away from under the nearest ties some twelve feet on each side, jeaving thom no sup- burt but the rail above, which they themselves should uphold, Zhe pond to ‘the west comea within sume eight feet of the track, the sand embankment of Which rises as many ivet above it, Tbe saud was nearly as loose and as yielding as that of the sea- snore. Ou reaching the moadows proper the rails are bad in pluces and tho roadbed 18 saudy througheut. Several trestie bridges of considerable length span & Winding creek wud are ali in bad condiwion, Lae Same iusecure Wodging was observed ag on tho Driag: boyona Far Rockaway. Ab un oxet gly primaiuy draw over a sinili Caual loading tarough the ineadows the mun 1B Gbarge suid Lhas it took him tea minutes lu get he draw of; thai it Was in Jeariul order, boo Tuilroud company ‘not Raving tt properly repaired. ‘The track oo wureh 1b runs 15 Deokea In 8iX oF seven places’ For many feet on exch side the raiiroud track sinks down from the briuge. The ties on the trestle. work bridges areshaky, aud in some places not even clamped Lo the rats, Atutber places they are gy role @ ihe seais of the pins woich should bold the rutls to them toat the pins are of no use. On the suird bridge, the lougiudinal beams under the ties ure @t the chds,and the sand Laviog talleu away © Iree trom the Inst crosspiece to their ends, 11 no une side Of the track In some places Is one two inches lower than on the other, Oa the The passing or curve, up to Ocean Point, tho rails and ues are beta iu & bad condivion, ‘The next part of the road ex«mined was that from Jamaica, come seven miles to tue sceue of the first of the jute accidents, between Fresk Pond aod lenny Bridge, not iwr beyond the former junction, toward Hunter’s Point. Starting from Jamaica the track was waiked over toward Hanter’s Point, via Fresh Ponu, leaving the route to Flatbasn which brancues off at Jumaica, to uvenue, the jot, A doubie track runs to Fresh Pond, having — good eel rails, The awitchman at (his polut says that he nas sharp work aud as much a4 he Gav attend to, with eleven to wwelve hours of duty. Daring the busy seasoo he had to work seventeen io eighteen hoarse, i hree switches ute cou- Siauily w use, Ab toe station there jaanother switch. man in Charge of six switches, AtThis Jamaica sta Hou the flying ewitch business seems also to be a teu- ture That the time and the flag signalling 18 some. times faulty is suown by the fact that during the suinmer a traia going to Valley Stream, which had throes minutes start of anoiuer bound tor Rockaway Heach via ine Meadows, Was on the track ab Jamnaica When (he iast Urwin eae up and Was avout to run inoit, ‘The ti ran up Uwe line and an accident was prevented, Jol Of the second train touched the rear car of the frat one, and a disueter seemed 80 imujinent to the brakeman there ou Guty that be dashed into the car. {bese warrow escapes nnd whose accidents which but in which no hives are lost, are of frequent encealong the roule, though lew Of them be- Bt kuown to the public. Occurring iv out of tbe Way places (he ruritoad officials succeed in keeping them quiet, Wherever (ae writer spoke to a switcl- mau of operator he jearned of some accident, a coili- sou or running off (ne track which had occurred, but litte or nothing had been heard, Indeou, w mwater not loog «go said that, On aD ave: nt ocourred every week. Trat route irom Jamuica to Flatbush avenue, brooklyu, have during (ue past #dmmer been irequeutly trum iweaty minutes to (in OMe case) OUC bour apd forty minutes behind ume. This, (07, bas — been ouwone by those on the Brighton Beach route of the Long Isiand road, At ent, on the rowes traversed by the w the time seems fuirly Kept. Wheo there are delays like those above novwu w time sable is of Little Use aud the Safoly of passengers depends more un the Judginent of (hose In Guarge Of the (rains tua On the regulations tor the general traffic of Lhe road, JAMAICA TO PRESH POND. The read bea ou tue route to Fresn Pond is of loam ond gravel, With sandy siretches wot pariiguiarly sub stantial, ihe Wes are poor and the uoung ol tue rot. teu vhes Was @ tedious jod. The rail is sometimes higher on aide by seVeral Inches thom ou ihe other, Near Port Richmond every second or saira tie is Fotteo Where the rails cross iL and often spits up, ap eogice | one spot @ rail i split for three feet, The splinter portion 1s brokeu tu the contre und couls be | kicked off, ib 1s able (v bioak and Guuse @ dangerous Obstruction to engine and car ‘Wheels ub May Moment, The inside flange of tue Tail is also shatvered, the Whole width being split off several leet, some Wirty or forty feve distant, on the other side ol tho singie track, & rail is spread Out for #1X iwet and badly apiutered, A sound Fall is seldom seen, aud at toe Joints they are bere aud there one aud a i 1d two iuches apart, They are got in the old lasuioned ehuir Joint fastenings. Aioug this band route, from Far Rockaway to the Beacn, wang ol men have continually to Nik ap the ties where tuey have suuk 10 the sud. Toe loreman gang, WhO Was saperintending LIS work, Was how long tucy stayed up. He suid tor a tew 4, Wnsil the pounding of Lhe trains fulced Luo ties Wii apd the spikes up, A train going at good speed along uch a track coud, Under cer tain Couditious, Lit Hiseil of the track, Un going round a Curve on this Part Of tuo line, LOL lovg ago, an eNBINe Aoruaily kevied over AYING TRAINS, The trains ae they vow pase from side bo side wud jump abou er the truck away with a Jong, tumgiust mowion, Ail the way vw Rockaway two are jo the same condition and ihe Wack is aueven Au eoyiveur Of Ove Of Lhe ifuing suid chat the Baud ous (he rails Badly, and (hat (ue ends got barred ay ibe lute by getting lvvee from the t hey did not © or twenty a he tnok. W in at «Pale of over fili pu ACO asus es eo ie such a Live depoott Of gravel near mt Hund, as Hempstead, such & road bed tnexcusabie, Tne spikes are cuietly loose aud tueit heads trom ball an ineh Wo obe neh weparated from the rails Whiok tyey thoala Hold down vo the ties condiuen, The ties ar fair A DAD witiDr Some two miles trom lor Rockaway, a trostie ork Dfidge over a simail inlet, swayed badiy, It was found (bat the sleepers lying on the longetadinal beams are lovse from ther a nave very wnsab StanLIA! Wedgos eLUCK KELWeER Chem and the Deans Below. Ly ove piace, between th bers and the rors Uinvers ou fongitudinel time (no spil.s, Wine evs | of taee fours: wil the way across. In maoy cases the woole end of the tle has disappeared aud im others a cave stuck in by the loose clumping spikes can be shoved down several inches without meeting with uny resistance, At places every Ue 16 uote uee ior teu of fifteen teer.” Thrvugh the woouggpetweev Rick moud Hill aud Glendale, tie Les are i i ihe ¢mbunkinent Fises trom the forest ou euch sive and the earth Julie straight away trom the ends of the Hes Lo the woods below, A heavy rain would loWer the track onough bo cause a disaster, A wudewn jurch and the engine and cara woula be precipitated mauy wet below, a8 they Wore Wouk before just, [he pias ure occasionally Wanting, aud at the Gauiail Jore 18 Unseoured to the tes. Al place Waere the endankment is eignt to ton feet high every tie lor several leet is rotten, and the curth had beou Wasted or hug inilea away at tue outstue ends. Yho bod here is bad. ‘Iwo days’ rat would wash away enough soi Lo render the (rack uusale al many potuts, Tie pis Were Irequontly up from the rails whet they should beve secured, Along the opon country about Glendale the ties are better, Section men were engaged in replacing some of them. Jast before arriving at Freeh Pond the meadows are overflowed, and Lue Water rises somelitucs Lo One of ine switches, ihe operator aad switchman at Fresn son, where a road branehes of to Burl. and on Whow the biaine of ihe coltinun is laid, gets $50 8 month, aud bas to atrond to #i< tiga, Mine lumps and Chiee switenes as weilas to iis lustrument, He pow works from #ix in (he moruing to oine at Might, and Wes during the +summor On daly eighteen noureu day, He nut I Jor & Yaoution, bat did not get ene, downhourted. A train wont off the track aod Ge bad & vacation for several weeks. Tt is Sula that Lis Heg.ect after being instructed ty hold the imivg trom Jan on (the douvie track autil traia has passed off tho slagie track Point led io the collision oft Thursday, As Will Have Deen seen the long bouts even now kept by tho sWitchmen and operators aud the suil longer Ouge required of Luem im the summer have had Cuetr effect olven, to Which the cuilision points again a moral, Pond june Wick KVeut THY RCKNY OF THE Fine ACCIDENT. Just beyoud Vaivary Cemetery, veiween it ond Fresu Pood, (he road comes around a very sharp curve and out on to sm earthen embankinent lod die rectly on the binek wud of (he inarsu on each side of Newwwwn Ofeok, Whien #spannud vy a wooden vrid On either sido tho marsh is Giteen tw iwenty feet % low, and When (he Writer arrived tho shattered engine which hed ran off tue teeek and fatten with the curs bad just been raised trom (hy black mad ity whieh it bad BULK Op ty the emokestack. Ibe vccdent is atiribated by che offtemis of the road to the breaking of Ure Gange of the jront wheel of the engine, and YORK HERALD, MON of | on ine | A settor forth Of strange gods, @ eusationalst, Wealth and culture, he said, have a tendency (> | erutrulize, Artadirg to the cloring of churches in the fact that the engine is the samo one which was in the coiliston at Belmont Junction and was only a few days out of the repair suop, gives calor to this idea. It this was the case it was lor no want of rotten that the cause of the disaster did uot lic in them, The torn up track has been relaid for some @istanee, but there is a spot near tuo bridge which is 43 bad as it can be, Though there 1s occusionaily a Totten tie on the curve wentioned before, they ure in generally fair condition, On the straight track, just beiore arriving at the bridge, the roadbed of earth 1s unsudstantial aod the track is noteven, A Bumber Ot the tics, for which uew ones have beam subali- tuted, were examined and were found to be | muct rotted. foe track is mew uneven until AL Peaches the newly laid portion, beyond which to the pridge itis insecnre and sinks ina northerly direction, ‘The dirt pile called an embankment falls darect!y trom the rails to the swamp beiow, the crumbly, powdery earch making & very inseoure bed. Fast the wooden’ bridge to waere ap trop one spans the road below the track is in about the same soudi- tion, ALONG THY SOUTHEKN DIVISION. A trip from Valiey Strenm to Patcbouge, the end ot the southera division, was very disagrevable from the dust which arose from tno sandy roudved. lu places there is a good gruvel bed. Between South Vysier Buy and Ridgewood, just betore reacuing Amityville, {he trains ride roughiy and the ties are poor, and be- tween Bay Shore aad Babyion 18 another vad spot. On leaving Giub House a eurve 18 in bad condition, which 1s likewise the case with a heavy curve beyond Oakdale, Betore the station at Bayport there were some thirty rotten or partly rotten ties in the 100 counted, ibero are grades here and there woich, though not steep, seem unnecessary, The switching at the sidings Where trains runging on the single truck pass is dono by tho brakeman. A passenger who lived on the road, in reterring to the track, Jald the blame of the rough journey on the poor rails and rotten ties, Tho raiis aloug the route ure very poor in places, resembling somewbat the saud road trom Fur Rockaway to the beach. TO HEMPSTEAD. On the branch line running irom Valley Stream to Hempstead the road is in bad condition anu the tras make @ loud racket as (he cars and engine away freim side to side ‘The roadbed is gravel, Saud and loam at different points, There 13 a heavy grade iu the land at oue poiat where tne irack bas supk, A washout occurred some yeurs ago ata point where there ia a tresuework, and an engine keeled over, broke the track and fell inte the water, The bviler burst, Killing the engineer and fireman. A BETTER ROAD. From Hempstead to Gurdeu Cily and through to Hyue Park thore 18 u good road, 1u striking couirast to those belore examined. Tho ‘rails along tnat part of the Central line built by Sir. Stewart, aod Kuowa as tho Stewart line, aro of German steel, Beyond Stewart Junction, along the main line, to Jamaica, the rails ure goou abd tbe road bed is firm, but inere are’ many rotten ties. I'he cars sway a good deal coming over tat part of tne road beyond Jamaica ane wlong the meadows delore reaching Hapter’s ‘o1nt. THE LONG ISLAND R, RB, ACCIDENT. DEATH OF THOMAS CALLAHAN—HI6 MOTHER'S CONDIIION CRkIIICAL—TWO FUNERALS TO- DAY, Residents along the line of the Long Island Kail- road, on Allantie avenue, Brooklyn, iound ampie matter for conv on yesterday in the torrible acciieat that occurred at the Brooklyn aveuue crossing on Saturday forenoon. Many people visited the scene of the dinastor, and inspected the shattered Jocust posts and twisted iron railings on the north side of the track, against woich the ill-iated juneral coach was buried and dashed along for lorty teet by the locomotive. Every incident of the harrowing Occurrence was recounted and dilated upon, and prompt denanorations were hoard against the railroad company for carelessness in failing to provide gates at the street crossings between Brooklya and New York. Had thero been a gate ut the point where the last disaster occurred there would have been no Joss of lite, Though itis conceded thas blame is to be attached to tne unfortunate ariver of the coach containing the wile, four ouildren and niece of mr. Stepheo Caliahan jor nis disregard of the warning of the Uayman, yet the comp: 18 considered tar from Diumeluss, Certain it is that the frequeney of fatal accidents on ihe raiiroad on Atlantic aveaue bas ied to a Very stropg opposiion 10 gurlace rounds in Brovkiyn. DEATH OF ANOTIMR VICTIM. Thomas Callahan, a pright, handsome boy ot twelvo Years, wuo was picked up unconscious alter tue fatal Shock, died at the City Hospital at an early bour y terday morning. He was iu the same ward with his motuer, Mrs, Bridget Callahan, and his eidest sister, Mury Aguos, who 1s seventeen years of age. His father, Mr. Svephen Callahao, for whom the greatest sympathy 1s expressed, had the body immediately re- Moved to bis residezce, Noa 65 Montague sireet, where w largo number of tricnds called to express their sympathy and to make iuquirios as to the other members 01 the family. Last evening Mrs. Cailaban was ina very critical conuition, She 18 considerably bruised, and suflers from con! n of the bruin and nervousness, Liss Mary Agnes Calinhan was elightiy improved, and ‘ng hopes of her recovery are entertaiued. Teresa and Cela, the younger children, are doing weil, their Injuries Consist principally of contusious about the head and body. The funeral of Joba McNamee, the driver, who leaves a umily, iii take place to-day, from tits home, No. 148 Peari street, Miss Redmond’s funeral will also take place to-day, ‘fhe inquest will be beld on Wodnesday next by Coroner Simms, at the Morgue. EVANGELIZATION OF THE MASSES, REAT MEETING IN BROOKLYN—ADDRESSES BY | DUS, DURYFA, IXNG MALUIN~ SYM- PATHY FOR L\BOR AND TRAMPS, More than two (hoasand peopis m .aifested their in- terest In evangelizution by gatbering last night in Classon Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, to listen to addresses on tho subject vy the Rev. Protus. | sor Martin, formerly of the Lay Coliege and | the Young Mi Christian Association and now of the City Mission avd Tract Society, and by Drs, Darye@ and Tyng, Jr Me Martin gave some statistics to show the imperative necessity of this work, Accorsiog to police estimates the population of Brooklyn at this time 18 600,000, or in the City Mission Svciety ext. mat 1,000, Of this number 124,000 ara enitdren under ten years of age, Who do not go to church. Only 90,000 of the remainder do go or could bo ace commodated in the churches, and then (here are left 367,000 that are untouched by any Caristian eburch influence. Vr, Duryea, in his rewarks, said that re- ligious sentiment and religous influence were like the air, and now pervaded every portion of our land, And yet there ia.asense in whien the masses of men in our great centres of population are untouctiea by it, Ho emphasized the Saviour’s commission to the Church to “go”? and preach to the people it the people will not come to the church. The Christian Church is Dot axgressivo enough in the use of the AND DAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1878. “under the personal direction ot bir. D. H. Harkins, | are many new inventions that are woriy of exami- means at its disposal, The Doctor referred to the condition of society, and remarked tuut | common sense and brotherhood ot man are the things that now call upoa us to xive the Gospel to the twasses—not only for the world | come, but also for this world, “Lat not willing,” the Doctor, “0 wear broadelovh, aud 1 will pot Wear 1 (his Winter while so many of my neighbors are in rags, 1 am pot willing to have and to evjoy | the good things of this lite on my table and tn my | howse while my fellow men are sterving, My | | | | bread does mot taste good; my bed is not soft or ant while Lf weo this | great army mps, who cannot Work, go ap and down the coatinent. I tel mo hike turning my hack ou cupital aud toking «ides with the working clasees, Aud youl am not agutnst cupi- | tal. Lbetong to that party which is ready to meot labor With the bayouct if It should seek to disturb the existing order."? These remarks of Dr. Duryea | were applauded by the large eouvregation, which | | | gnowed How keenly they felt their force. pi TYSO'S ARKAIONATENT OF THE MINISTRY, The Rev. Dr. tyng. Jr. of the Cuuren of the Holy ‘Trinity, New York, tor nearly an hour discussed the | proviems involv: io the evangelization of tho | Masses, The solution of all the controversies of Christendom, be said, i# lo bo found in the prevslence of the Gospel of Christ, He ae. kerived (he state of society in the time of the | Apostles and showed how the Gospel brought the | rich and the poor together as brothers. The consita- of the early Caristiaa Chures wero the lower urch since has where ‘the Apostolic Onureh began, St epistio, be belicvod, Was Written for Kext@ns, aud ought to be put in every sextou’s band In these days. in departing from the Working Glasses the Church bas lost power and iofluence, and as a sysiem of truth Christianity has ttle of no toflnence among us, and yet the Church was uever better able or more ready to do its work in the world than it 1s to-day, But the man who stands ap to-day and saye the rich and the poor suOUld come together 1m One Church is thought to be clase marked that those two months ys of the Wo cities, and declared hot bo jound in Brooklyn or churches enough rendy to sustemm Mr, Moody shoald he come here. The Dector gave & humogous deveription of the mintetry of the presont day, and likened sem- inuries to hospitals in Which the students are bound hund and foot and are ied with a spoon by pro- fossore; #0 (hat When @ young man comes out to preach ‘to the people tt takes bim five years to un- Jearo What he learued in three years in the gem: July nnd Auguat, bi are the jadginon’ that there could to-day mintevers tna He deseribed, also, the mora condition of | ebureh peoplo who from the active condition of workers bave lapeod into a passive condition ob inuterial to be worked upon by the miniater or the priest. Toe cuurch he described as a club whose house ts closed in the summer because all the members go to the country. We butid cure for the arisiocracy and chapels for the movocrucy, bat th shopooracy arejlatt out inythe cold, | Tia Doctor reterred to the work done by Spurgeon’s ohureh and gave Ao interesting incideat connecred With his own enuren, and urged re men to Kee to tits great work, Phe Doctor Was frequeatiyappiauded daring bis vadross . | favorably apoken of in | The wings | York and his family again. A collection woe taken up forthe City Mission and Tract Sov, alter w') lL bhe meeting Was aiemissed, AMUSEMENTS. SUNDAY CONCERT aT BooTH'’S THEATRE. A large and fashionable audience filled Booth’s ‘Theatre last evening, 1t was the first Suuday concert of the season, and it proved successiul, ‘he pro- gramme selected was an attractive one and consisted of selections from Donizetti, Verdi, Liszt, Wallace, Benedict, Beilin', Bishop, Gotisehalk and Mat- wel. The artists who appeared were from these most favorably known in the city, and were selected with the view of vendering tho rer appearance ot the celebrated Hungarian cantratrice, Mile. Ima di Murs! as Drillian€ as possible, Susini, an old time favorite, gave the grand aria, “Vieni,” from “Lucretia Borgia,” with fine effect and was recalled. Signor Taibert: sang a selection rom “Maritana’? not quite so suceesstu! followed vy Signor Tagiapietra, who sang “il Bal from *frovatere,"’ so well that he recalle gave for ao encore Matiei’s Our tu.’? Ho Mme, Teresa Carrenv gave ner favorite seloction, Liszi’s *Rhup- sodiv Hougroise.”’ ‘ftea followed the bright, particu. jar star of the evening, Mile, Lima di Murska, Her reception Was warm and her welcome poare- Her first selection, **Variations on the Carnival of Veuice,’? was judiciously chosen, a8 it afforded her an oppors aoity for the displey of that wonderiul execution for which she is noted, When ebe concluded it was plainly to be seen that she bad the house with her, The w loud and. cont! id im respo: with ao tev! ‘This proved one ploasing surpris@® of the ovening. Her other tons daring the night, Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark,” with o flute obhgato by Signor Carrano, and the duct, “Elixir a@Amore,” with Susini, mes with marked favor, Time hus dealt kindly with the jair sidger While ghe bus been away, and though tho voloe incks some Of the old time power und swovtness there still romuins reisarkable executiou, Tho concert, taken as a whole, was go successiul that its repetition next Sunday evening has been determined upon, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, Another imitation of the wonderful clock of Stras- bourg will bo on exbibition to-day and during the week at No, 765 Sixth avenue, 8. B. Mills, the prautst, bas been elected a member of the Kuenstler Verein at Cologne. He recently ployed before the Princess Ardeck, of Wiesbaden, at one of Ler musicules and received nigh pratse, Mr. J, N. Pattison, the pianist, 1s giving much of his timo aud talont for the venetlt of the yollow fever sufferors, His name is on many of the programmes that announco entertaiments around New York. Miss Rose and Harry Watkius commence un engage- ment to-night at the Bowery Theatre, in a play cn- Muled “Vick Drift.’ It is said to illustrate many phases ot New York gociety among ‘sho upper crust, the lower crust and the fillings tn.”” A lareweil concert tenuered to Mr, Theodore Thomas will take placo at Steinway Ball on Thursday evening. October 3, The programme will include the second symphony of Jphannes Brahms, whicn will be ‘per- forined tor the first mo in this couniry. At the Agnarium, Hermann, the prostidigitateur, 1s reported to uaye mot with great success. A chango 0! programme is aunounced tor every, week. ‘The feu- tures of the place are novelty, surprises and incidents that make the Aabitués gousip among their friends, Mme, ModjJoska makes her renirée at the Fitth Ave- nue Theatre this ovening in ber well known character of Camille, The play will be presented with a strong cast, now costumes, scenery and appotutments, ull The Theatre Brighton begins the week with a num- ber of new specialties, among which 16 a young Bra- zilian prince (so called) only two feet hign, who sings native songs and dances in bis peculiarly domestic way, Popular prices have been established, and the management advertise many attractions, The Olympio Theatre will be reopened this evening under the auspices of Mr. M. W. Hauley. Prices have been fixed to suit the times, and are suffictently iow to satisfy anybody willing to pay for an evening’s en- tertainment, The piace bas been refitted, and the performers engaged are said 10 be amoug tho best in the country. . “Mother and Son,’? atthe Union Square Theatre, jg one of the dramatic bits of the season. The first night tejd the story of a success, and the play bas doubtless secured a strong foothold. By the way, ib 1s already the subject of a burlesque which is being written by Mr. Rosenfeldt, who made the funny tra- vesty on ‘Rose Miche’? several years ago, At the Standard Theatre *‘Fulee Title” is drawing fair houses, with increasing business, Alterations have been mado in some of the acts sinco the first Production. Miss Rose Osvorne has thus been fure Dished a chance for making @ seneation. Mr. J. K, Emmet returna to the Standard on the 14th of Octo. ber, aud wil piay a Jour weeks’ cugagement. Miss Rose Eyiinge has scored a success in thedrama q entitl ‘The Woman of the People,” at the Brond- way Theatre, aud added to her reputation as an emo- tional actress, ‘The Woman of the People’? will be followed by “Meszalina,” a play in five acts, m which Mme, Elizibeth von Stamwiz will make oer New York début, Rose Eytinge, however, plays auether week. - The American Lnstitute Exhibition, on Third ave- nue, Soxty-third and Sixty-fourth streets, is one of the most entertaining places in New York, There nation, aud many artistic designs 1m almost every de- partment that are toteresting to those who desire to be well informod with reference to the progress of acience and art. “ho School for Scandal” us now presented at Wal- Incl calls ior little critical comment, The play is raounted tu a manner that sustains the reputation of the theatr ad the onstis strong, If there is any old school style of acting nowadays it may be en- Joyed at this pluce of cutertainment. Mr. Wailack lias the happy facaity of gathering around Lim the best exemplars of his profession, “Bouquets and Bowbsheils,” a comedy tn four acts, translated and arranged by Mr. J. W. Shannon, 18 to be the feature at the Park Thoatro this week. Tho first presentatium of the play will take place to-mor- row eveulng, The cast comprises all of the woll known actors of the theatre, and, 1 addition, Mr, George Clarke and Mr. W. F, Owen, Tne scenery ts to be Hew and picturesque, and the action of the piece ig described ax exceptionally interesting. Mile. Aline Alnaiza, the sopravo of the new opera concert troupe which is announced to appear at Stetu- wey lall on the 14th of October, will give an informal reception at that place to-morrow evening She is arope, and her Into journey through the capitals of South Amorica waa the ocea- sion! mauy flatveriog notices, Her manoger is M. Rallmon, Ina foreign journal hor voice is described as a “pure, silvery and most flexibic soprane.” The company wil inelade additionally Mile, Tomasi, mezzo; Signor Luverti, tenor; Signor Bonivert, vari. tone, aod Frang Ruwmel, the pianist virtuoso, Alter the concerts in the city tho management will tuke the Alhoiz combination through the provinces. Mr. and Mrs, W. J, Florence will begin an engage- ment this evening at the Grand Opera House in “fhe Mighty Dollar.” Messra, Poole & Douneliy, the man- agers, have iucurrea unusual expense for the pur- pose of tnuking the play @ greater success than ever, Iu the first scene the house and grounds at Gri more, illuminated for a fete, Occupy the entire stage, jad flats wili all bo taken out, and over nine bundred gas jets will be lighted. New furniture, Jace curtains, and, in fact, everytning calculated to create a handsome ensemble, will be employed to inake the representation more beautiful than ever before. Tho now toilets re ly brought by Mre, Florence from urope will prebably attract the atten. tion of the fadies, because few among dramatic artists have more el te or financial abtiity to gratuity it, GILMOREL’S BAND AT HOME, RETURN OF TH JUBILEL ORGANIZER AND ‘HIS PERFORMERS YROM KUROPY. The uniforms of Giimore’s Band were conspicuous Among the passengers that crowded the deck of the German steamenip Mosol she passed ap the bay yesterday moraing, Prominent among them was the leader, P. 5. Gilmore himself. To a representative of tho Hkratp, who spook him by the mand, Mr. Gile more oxpressed Bimseit as heartily glad to New Ol his trip abroad he spoke io Lhe most enthusiastic terms. From an ar- tstic point of view it Was a success tar greaver than any one had dared to antioipal and although the band arned without a superfans gold, it brought back golden opinions irom all sorts of musical peopio in the most eritical cities of the Old World, The tour could not ve considered a fiuan- oral failure either, since the sixty members ot tho band and Ove agents had spent nearly five months in ihe most expensive capitals of Europe, lived iv good style and returned without @ cent devt unpaid, It would be impossible, Mr, Gilmore suggested. to float TRIPLE SHEET. such an expensive boay of musicians for three weeks in this country outside of Now York city, and, when the cheapness of music on the other gide was cou- sidered, he tnougnt that the band bad performed a creditable seat, From tue tenor of Mr. Gilmore's conversation it wi videot that be did not measure the succeas of the veutwre trom the basis of dolinrs aud cents, Lub regarded it {rom ay artis’s standpoint, Every ove of the 160 concerts given throughout seven European countries, he said, wus greeied with ihe yuequivocal applause of the audiences and the approval of the Faris the only city in which he w 1. SO successful as he had expected to be, aud this wan owing Lo the gross negiect o which resuited tn the Dand’s arrival io the guy capi tal utterly unheralded and unexpected. Wuile this mishap resulted im smaller audiences it did not render the criticisms of the press jess favorabic, Io Wies badeu the daughter of the composer Seyerbeer, who bad quietly attended seventeen of the concerts, cume upou tue platiorm at the close of the performance aud congratulated the loa upon the masterly man- ner in whicu her father’s music bud been rendered, One of the cniet bengtits resuntag froin the trip, Mr. Gilmore thought, was'tve correction of the alse ideas of the musical status of this country entertalned by foreigners, Many o! them looked upon our people 08 barbariins in matters musical, and the pertotmance ol Buch selections asthe Ruapsodie of Liszt wud the Tannvduser overtuce—thii unattenipied there by military bands—was @ revelation to iiom, Indeed, the German press declared that « revolution bud been accomplished, and tbat the New World had surpassed the Old. oe in Bojgium and Germany our national airs were un- Known tothe people unui! attention was called to them upon the programme. Even in Epgland the masses did not seem familiur with the “Siar Spangled Banner,’? “But when we siruck up ‘Yankee Dooule,’ ” said Mr. Giimore, with » Lwinkte in his eye, *bhey recog. b)ged it at once and upplauded lustily.’ You ‘sez they hud that fred into them one hundred yeurs ago and ‘ve mever lorgotten it,’? Of his experiences in mabaging in strange lands tbreescore of excitavie musicians, each of Whom-—the enterprise being co- operative--bad a Voice in the councils, and in bring- ing barmony out of the thousand and one squabbles that must inevitably arise, tho wielder of the vaton playiuuy aechined to apdak, La summing up tue results of the tour be expressed himself us pertectly satistied wit the results achieved, Credit hud beon gimed for the American came, the musicians nad met the masters of their orauon in the O.d World in friendly rivalry aug bud reason to be proud ot the comparison, It had been demonsirated that tbe gen- eral public taste 18 as critical here asin Kurope, avd lastly, leader aad men had come back imbaed with a determination v0 outdo atl she.r previous eflorts, The Duud, he suid, Was due here on the 4th insi., aud ony remuiued uvroad autil now todisprove the report that ML was DOL meeting wiih success, The ouly ove of the party tovemunm vehind is Miss Litan Norton, the vooulist, who stays in Parts to continue her studies, A complimentary benellt performance by way of welcome to the band is talked off by ieading citizens. OPERA IN CORK. MAPLESON'S COMPANY WARMLY RECEIVED IN IRELAND—OPINIONS OF THE PRess. QurExstown, Sept. 20, 187: Mr. Mapleson’s opera company made their first ap- pearance in Cork on September 16, prior to their d parture for the Un'ted States, Miss Hauk, an Ameri- can, rece:ved a great ovation when she appeared in “Carmen.” Mme. Gerster, a Hungarian lady, was equally well received. Says the Cork Lvaminer, speaking of “Curmon”:— ‘The cast was a stroug ono and the performance was most satistaciory, diiss Minvie bauk’s Carmen wos a fine bold imperauuation of the sensuous gypsy, and there Was un amount of reality in ber wiles aud caprices thut far surpassed the average acting of the lyri¢stage. She pasa fine mezzo soprano voice aud sings briliiantly and well, As tue modest Michaela— the tol to the brilliant gypsy—MMile. Alwioa Valleria was exceeuingly effecuve, and ber air “Jo dico no” was ove of the two pieces which elicited an encore, Signor Ruuciw, who took the part of Jo:é, throw un amount o1 vigor into his acting aud siugiug Which at times bordered on extravagance and interfered with hia delivery of the wnusic. fut 1 Was apparent that be bas achurming tevor, and can wing well Whea ho does not consider it necessary to tear & passion Yo tatters. Signor De: Puente susiainod the part of Escamillo with hi 1 juugment and suocess, His delivering of the opening solo was ad- miravle in voice and style, and won a well meriued eucore. The singing of Mme. Gerster in “Lucia di Lam- mermoor” was much commended by the press of Cork. The Constitution of the 19h sry: ‘The opera Ist night served to introduce Mmo, Gerster in anotner of ber best parts—namely, that of tne Ute réleia “Lucia di Lammermoor.” It is nevd- less to state that ver performance was of the same high class character a8 her impersouation of Amina in *Sonpambuia"” on Monday night. All through the opera she sanz splendidly, upd at the end of the second uct received a pertect ovation, Signor Gitiandl appeared as Edgardo aod was very successfal, Herr Behrens undertook the part of Raitnun'o, vice Signor Foil, avd his fine bass voiee was heurd to perfection, The Ezamimer says, regarding wo same operatic representation :— te The leading voices, finely sustained by the chorus aud baud, produced « magnillcent eflect, Tue vivid, pusstouale character of the maste was brought into bold relief, und its mingled accents of anger, angaish aud despair expressed with singular apd striking force, The extraordinary meri of the performance was recognized by ihe sudience with enthusiasm, the artists were called oo for a repetition of tho performance, the finest perhaps as yet heard in these regions, ‘Tho prinetp il feacure in the represontation was Mine. Eielka Gerater’s tinpersonatiea ut Lucia. Tue in- pression produced vy her exquisite yoice and finished siyle in “Senpambulu” on Monday night ted the au- dienco to expect great things of the briilant soprano, und sne fairly excelled their expectations, Ina roe ot Lucia lies in a different and, in a dramatic sense, higner region than that of Amina, and requires rurer powers on the part of the artist. Lu every posse ot the moasic Mme. Eteika Gerster was splendid. As we bave uiready said, her yolce is of ihe mest denghifai qaaity aud her powers 0; Vocalization pertectiy astoustiag. In the beautitul “Rognavi nella si und the “Quando rapita im estasi,” she sir could give the most delicious expre: to the owing ineiody of tue former air, brillingt passages of the once amazed and enchanted the ou t variations on she latter ai formed feais that wero «aliogether tional and elavorated a composition which iz tts proper form i¢ diffiealt enough for avy soprayo, Ln the fine scene of the third act, where ine irenzied Lucia poure out Ler wild fancies tu & stream of may- niflcent music, Mme. Gerster rose to the highest level ei iyric art Tbe rich sympathetic voice of the artist gave touching expression to the sad ecinotions which prevail througnout the scene, snd there was delicacy in her treaymont of the music that made it very aelightfal Here again we bad a siriking display of her facility of executiou, It might be supposed that a soprano, even of Mme. Ger- ster’s capseity, would flod sufficient diflicuity ta get- tiog through the iniricate cadences ut the close of “On, gioja oni st sente,’” but to Mme. Gerster the task’set by the composer seemed tov sligbt tor her powers, and she proceeded to tack on additional es, Which would ssem to have been written ily for the purpose of exhibiting tho extraor- dinary flexibiliny vi her voice, and which threw ail her previous perormances iu tbat way into the aha LONDON GOSSIP, and could execuse the iter With ease which At la ence, she MRé, BRAVO'S DEATH FROM DRINKING— FURTHEL EVIDENCE AOULT THE POL: UTION OF THE THAMES. Loxvox, Sept. 19, 1878, In May of 1876 ail Fngland was talking about the Bravo poisoning case, and society was divided on the question whether Mrs, Bravo murdered her husvand or whether be killed himself, The matter was some. thing more than a ning days’ wonder, owing to tho very mysterions manner of Mr. Bravo's ead and to the terrible disclosures as to his wife’s morals, and row the world is reminded of tho case and all its strange detais by @ paragraph in the papers, “Death of Mrs, Bravo.” Mrs, Bravo’s end was a sad one. She died suddenly at Southsea, where she had been residing during the past six months, in & protty little villa at the oxtreme end of the beach. Alter death a post. mortem examination of the body was m and a e's jury hela ap inquost and elicited the enuse i the lady’s death, A Mr, James Orr, of the Reform Ciub, Londos, who bad been staying at Mrs, Bravo's for some weeks, said bo was thirty-three years and the deceased iady’s maternal uncie, ked by the Coroner what were Mrs, Bravo's habits in regued to drink, be said that sho had been addicted to intemperate havits, During nis residence at Southsea he had generally called once of twiee a day pon the deceased to soe her, and had sometimes soon hor the worse for iywor, During that time she hud been taken jil three suus, he believed as a result of the excensi ase of stimulants, Which resalied iu violent vomiting. Twice she recovered through the assistance of her maid, the advice witness gave her aud her own good constitution, but the third iiness was a fatal one, The iliness which resuited fatally commenced on Monday, although the deceased had been taking stimulants tor the ast two of three weeks, most of which time sie was in bed, She used to take suMalante pati siCk- vess custied, his geuersliy Insteu for seve aud shetuen lef oft taking the ‘MRS, BRAVO'S LAST DAYS. rraugod that the in Sout p straight, and Y, Everett, the maid, said to Orr you Will not drink any and ene replied, “l wou't sup ad the maid presently retu and ye did = not thmk ner mistress would able.to go on aod on Iand, and he said to her, art on Mi “¥ lorry. be Monuny, He saw the deceased both on Sa Monday; she was moro iatoxicatea on the former doy tuan op tho | Ou Monday she was Yory sick, and fe stopped uottl inte ot nigut. He went au on Tuesday moraiox, When be jound her & | thar was the reason i discvarged ber. very ill, sutfering from excessive womit Bbe asked for some stimulant, und Di ted that he thought she Duc hud cuongb already, "the, however, said she should dieit sne did not bavo some, and be small qonniy of brandy. On Tuesday de- coased ‘ory isl, and trequentiy raid, **l am gonet Tam gomg.?? Witness proposed that she shou! have medical advice, but she retused to have a doctor, thinking that sbe would gene that attack, as she uid the previous one of the jo sort, AbouLtwo ours before ber death a sudden ‘collapse took place, an hoor later she bad @ severe attack of vomiting, lay back exbansted, saying? “1 can’t Wituess gave her some it never spoke after Some ob- servations betug mde about 4 medical man not ba ing been vent for, witness gaid the fucs was the de consed bad got.the impression tnat ber habits.o! private life were boing tatked about, and she wi od to avoid that, and so refused to have a medical man, “A DRUNKARD’S LIVER.” A'ter some evidenc: by deceasod’s maid and the servants who were progont the death, Dr. Meury Robert Smith gaid be iirst attonded ber as Mrs. Ture ber im May, when she was sullering from an excess of stimulan: ‘At his Suggestion she vecame xu total ‘but only for seven weeks. Ag the resull ortem examfnation, he attributed death t¢ eo! the cvats of tbe stomuen, produced by intense youttineg, accelerated by the excessive use of alcoholic stimulants, ‘The deceit 3 kidneys wel much congested, aud she hud what was known as @ drunkard’s liver. Yhere were no appearances of hot having taken any irritant poison, The Coroner baying summed up, remarking thal the medical evidence cleariy disproved idea whien might have beea prevulent as to the deceased having succumbed to poison, the jury returved a very dict to the offect that she hat died irom the effects of excessive aicoboile drinking, which produced the ap- Pearances described by the surgeon. ‘ ‘THR POLLUTION OF THR THAMES. It seems afier all that the 600 persous who wore lost 1n the Princess Alice were not only drowued, but, 80 to speak, poisoned. Some of those saved in giving their evidence before tbe Coroner bi spoken 0 poisonous state of the water. A Miss Katwell spoke yesterday ol the foul state of the water, trom which Bhe was still suflering, anda Mr Houdard satd tbat “the smell and taste of the water were dreadful and imporsiblo to describe,” As the Daily News says:—. “Other testimony bis been given to ihe same effect, whilo the snd condition of tue dead and tne Impose bility of preserving a ther clothes poiptin the same direction. The unlortuuate passeogers were not merely shot out of the wreeked gioamer into a tidal stream, but iploa river swolien and defiled by the accumulaied sewage of the whole metrypolls, which was then pouring into it, Probably nothing so foul as this biack r ver of pent up aud decomposing wage exists anywhere in the world, Iv defies the whole course oi the | hames below the point at which it enter-; and (he probibility is that many of the unfortunate people who wore prectpituted into 16 by the coliusion were poisoned or suffocated ratbor than drowned, How far this terribie aggravation of tbe disisier extended can probably never be deterinin: but one of the most striking features of tho catastrophe was the aumber of dead bodies tukoa into the voats which were rescuing the living, Some of these muy have broy struck by the By wel Castle; some may ‘have died from the shock and the fright; but the probability seems tu be that large numbers of them were killed by the sewage. I'he probavility a newclement ot horror to oue of the worat calamt- es of m aern days.” THE LECTURE SKASON. Mr, Forbes will lecture, tt imay be presumed, on tho “Crossing of the Danube,” a subject with which tne wotld is of course que Unacqaninted. {he only mun I know i to lecture on the ugsiau onmpalen and to give brilliant, picturesque picturesis Fran! D. Millet, who Lam surprised oas now iB snappe up by the lecture agencies, Mr. Millet can talk; Forbes cannot. Mr. Stanley 1s to deliver a handrea lectures in Evgland during the winter, beginning 1, ono of the provincial cities. WHO IS LILLIAN SLODDAKD ? bag THE IDENTITY OF THE SENSATIONAL WITNESS IN TUE VANDERBILT ©/Sk— STATEMENT OF THE REAL WIDOW OF DR. STODDARD—AN ADVENIURESS AND A BAD CHARACTER—HEB RELATIONS TO THE DECEASED PHYSICIAN, PouGukerrsis, Sept. 29, 1878, The women who tostidied in the Vanderbilt wilt case in New York on Friday last, and who gave her name s ‘Mrs. Lilian Stoddard” and claimed to be the widow of tho tate Dr. Stoddard, @ clairvoyant rhy- sictan in Poughkeepste, has, indeed, created a sone sation, pot only in New York but also in th city, where sbe 1s well known, and the seosation may last her lodger than she anticipated when she stepped to the witness stand, She te nosh: ing wore nor jess thau adventuress, and not the widow of the late Dr, Stoddard, she being alive aud well and a respected inhabitant of Poughkeepsie, She resides at No. 16 Marshall street, but ts at pres- ent on w visit to « farmer's house three miles from Union Corners, in this county, and ten miles from here. INTERVIEW WITH MRS, STODDARD, | 1 drove tothe tarmer’s bouso to-day and had an ip. terview withber, When shown the New York papers containing the detailea report of the so-called Liilt Stoddard’s testimony she was completely dum- founded, and then, recovering her equilibrium, éx- cluimed “Well, Ido declare! What next?” * Then in reply to questions she told what she knows about Lilliaa Davis, Said abe:— “it is a long time ago when I first knew Lillian Da- vis, It was nearly sixteon years ago when sho worked for me, aud thea she only worked for me one week, 1 believe sue came from across the rivor, in Ulster county somewhere, and they called her Mary Coe when abe was a little girl, possibly because she liv. with a Rev. Mr. Coe. She went by the name of Lithan ovis when sho came to me, and atterward she claimed ty be the wife of a man named John Van syles, There was a something about ber when she came to my house that I did not like and I subsequently ascertained that her relations with my husband were not wit they shouid be. *? Revorter—She says Or, Charlies Ancersou Stoudard, Mrs, sropparo—Weil, I deetarel Well, she always caved bim “Onaricy;’? perhaps that accounts for tha Kerorten—She swore that Dr, Stoddard died sad. deniy May 1, 1875. Mrs. Stopvarv—Ho was tl! six or seven wooks, but did dio usexpectesiy. Ho fell dead trom his chair whlie we were talking. This was in our house, in Conklin street, Pousukeepste, April 22, 1375 My husbaud’s namo was Amwasa M. Stoddard. Rerorter—Did you know where Luling Davie was at the time of bis death ? Mra Sropparv—No, 1 did not. T hadn’t heard from ber in eiznt or nine years. I was told that te gave her $1,000 to go to Chicago with and get married out there it she could, Revorter—What kind of acharacter did you un- dorstuud sue bore whilo in Poughkeepsie? Mrs, Stoppano—Very bad, indeed. She would pob only Ite, but steal, aud she was bad woman. STATEMENT OF DK. STODDARD'S FRIBND. The avove tuioemation was more than tally cons firmed to-night im an interview with a gentleman who Stoddard’s name was for tweity years was Dr. Stoduard’s most imimate friend—a man who ko of fis intimacy with “Lilian Stodd ind,” alias “Nell Davis,” ‘The gent! man at present requests that bis name shali not ve given to the public, but be is ready to goon the wit hess stand if necessary. fie Dr. su vjects, and thai ing ou”? the Doctor for He would absent himse!! from ois business four Weeka ata time, and she woud keep him ta her house all the time, Time and agaiv bo endeavored to rid him. Stoadard’s confidant upon 9 wea self of her, but she would choy to fun and follow bh Finully be gave ber $100 and gent hor West, hoping thus to escape her, In 1868 he lived with her ina hovel ia Tweuty-winth sirect, New York, unver an assumed namo, In 1872 Dr, Stoddued was still doing business in Poughkeepsie, but ouce a week he went to Brookiyn, and then he had diecaraed “Nei! Davia,’? alias “Lillian Stode dard” for the just time, aga was a chi man both as to character was prosperous, F to thut ho bad determined to be a etter man; that be Lad tianily rid himseli ot “Nell Davis,” and would bave nothing more to do with her. Revorrsk—In al! your intimasy did Dr, Stoddard rintimate to you that he bad had or was to bave dealings with Commodore Vanderbilt? GENTLEMAN--Never in his life, [1 he bad bad any Dnsiness or any communication with Commodure Vaudervtit he would have most assuredly told me of u use 1 was the closest [riend he bud on not oven exvepting his own wi rest in this matter is 01 that to expose this woma: ‘@ Woman of tho lowest pose any of Commodore Vanderbilt's m y She made Dr, Sioddard’s lite miserabie and came nea! Kidard ever wo In evory way this w og him, any of the Vanderbilts, ie 4 frond. Judging from all of the above the scone in the Vanaerbviit will case before the Surrogate on Tucsday next will bo highly interesting. Charles Stoddard, a Of the deceased aootor, has also a story to teil, d between them all “Mrs, Lillian Sto ” alteg “Nell Davie,’? may he pretty hard time of it, HIDDEN IN A “CLOSET. Annie Grevel, the ten-year-old daughter of Michael Grovel, of No. 56 Willow street, Hovoken, disappeared on Thursday ust, and on Saturday ber tather learned that she was at the house of Mra, Annie Carroll, No, 64 Willow str Ho wont there, but Mrs. Carroll donied that tho girl was there, Grovel applied te Judge Strong for a roh warrent, and yesterday Constable Stanton found the missing child secreted ina closet in Mes, Carroll's apartments, She soy that Mrs, Carroll invited her to live with hor, and promised ber oie clothes and present’, Mr Car. roll Wad afresied. Sho says that the hee gitt oame to Ler vod implored ve be uidden from ber patent, Who used ber bavly. Jtdge Strobg committed Mra, Carroll for examination | )