Disaster in Belfast Lough

Irish papers to hand by the last mail give full accounts of the disaster In Belfast Lough on July 23, when two passenger steamers, the Dromedary and the Alligator, collided, with the result that five lives were lost and Ifty people injured. Both steamers belong to the firm of Messrs G and J Burns, of Glasgow, and were engaged in the passer>g«r carrying trade be- j tween Glasgow and Belfast, The' Dromedary was returning to Glasgow h ally laden with excursionist?, 800 Ihins on board, going h<m« after the Fair holidays, and was proceeding down the lough in foggy we*thnr, when she ojllided with the Alligator, inward bound from the Scotch side. When the Dromedary left Belfast the weather was fine, but hazy, and as she got down the Lough it became very foggy. Tho decks were crowded with the passen gers, and the horn was kept, going constantly owing to the heavy fog. The Alligator's horn, it is stated, was also b'own regularly, but when the outward bound steamer was opposite, or a little beyond Bangor, the Alligator suddenly loomed up out of the fog. Before the collision could be prevented the Alligator struck the other vessel on the port bow with a terrible crash. Tbe captain of the Dromedary gave, the order full speed astern before the smash, but there was no time to save the situation. The force of the collision threw many of the Drome dary's passengers who had been look ing over the side of the vessel into the water, and a heartrending ec^ne fol lowed. The bow of the Alligator, when it crashed into the Dromedary, injured many of them in a shocking nanner, and numbers of the passengers receivpd fractured skulls and broken limbs. One young man who was on the side of the vessel just when the collision took place was killed on the spot", his head being nearly severed from his body, while his bra;ns were scattered about the deck, a gaping fracture of the skull having laid bare bis head. Those in the immediate vicinity were tho worst sufferers, and another passenger had his legs severed from his body The following is an account by Mr Moran^ one of the passengers who was returning to Scotland by the Dromedary. A heavy sea fog, he says was on at the time the vessels collided. The captain of the Dromedary was most careful in his movements, but Mr Moran estimate that the vessels were within thirty or forty yards of each other before the danger was realised. The captain of the Dromedary at once shouted orders, altering the course of the vessel, but in a moment the Alligator came clown upon them.and in a triti the decks were littered with passengers' lugg'»gp, broken spare, and other dehris. A man was thrown overboard from the Alligator, but he was speedily rescued, whilst another unfortunate man from the same vessel was cast aboard the Dromedary with his head almost severed from his body. A terrible scene of confusion and excitement ensued. A number of men clambered into the bo^.ts, but on being assured that danger had past they left them and came on deck. Under the captain's direction the women and children ware removed to the stern of the ship, and thpy obeyed the direction with com mendable promptitude and without any display of panic, When it was absolutely certain that all danger had passed the peop'e who were on board of the Dromeda-y sang hymns of thanksgiving for their fortunate escape, and the scene was one which will not goon be forgotten by those who wit- j messed it. The captain afterwards i asked the passengers what" they desired hira to do. With one voice they re quested to be taken back to Belfast, for which the csptain at or:ce steamed and reached shortly after five. The Alligator, Mr Moran says, was fear fully battered, and presented a pitiable sight as she !ay in the lough in her battered condition.

An Unwelcome Answer.

The Boer delegates were favoured with some plain speaking by Mr Thomas Giant, of Chicago, when they went West. Mr Grant wrote •—

You issued what is called an c ulti matum ' to Great Britain, commanding her to withdraw her troops from her own territory within a given number of days Great Britaifl not having removed her troops as ordered by you, you immediately invaded the nearest British territory, took forcible posses sion of it, annexed it by proclamation so your own country, established local governments in every town that you occupied, levied taxes on the inhabi tants, and, in facf, acted as absolute owner of the country. This is what you call f fighting for your indepen dence.' The British did not invade your country. Oh, but you say they intended to do so. Thit is a mere assertion unsupported by any evidence The fact is you began this war in a moment of madness, when you were Buffering from what the French call tete montee, and the Americans •swelled head/ Now, when things seem going against you, you ran round the world for sympathy. You say that yov are fighting for the same principle that our American fore fathers did in the end of last century. 1 can use plain language as well as President Kruger, and I say that s'a ement is a deliberate lie. Our forefathers fought because they ob jected to being Uxad without any re presentation in the taxing body, That, system of taxation without representa j fcion is the very thing that you Boers have'been carrying on in South Africa, ] You have been taxing Englishmen, J Americans, German?, and all foreigners ] without giving them any voice in the government of the oountry. My per sonal opinion is that the only mistake —the criminal mistake, I would say— which the British Government made was in saving you from the Kaffirs, who, but for England's interference, would have wiped you off the face of the earth.

THE ASHBUMWi GtIA^MAN t TUESDAY, PIrWEMBEB IS, 1900

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