CABLE NEWS.
Terrible Collision.
Six Hundred People Drowned,
The Australian Cricketers.
The British Fleet.
SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. London, Sept. 4.
The Australians defeated the Players by eight runs. Spofforth's bowling was very effective.
The Princess Alice, pleasure steamer, collided with another steamer off Woolwich, today. The former sank, and between 500 and 600 persons were drowned.
[becteb's special telegbams to pbess AGENCY].
London, Sept. 4.
An excursion steamer, bouDd for London from Sheerness, has been run down. Five hundred and fifty people are known to have perished. The British fleet will shortly bo withdrawn from the Sea of Marmora to the entrance of the Dardanelles.
[SPECIAL TO THE I?EESS AGENCY.] London, Sept. 4. ' The Australians won tho match at the Oval against the Players of England by 8 runa. In the second innings the Australians made 88. The second innings of the Players closed for 76. A. Bannerman scored 26 ; 0. Bannerman, 15; Horan, 4; Bailey, 12; Gregory, not out, 9; Boyle, 4; Garrett, 10 ; Allen, 4 j Spofforth, Blackham, Murdoch, nil; sundries, 6. The highest score of the Players was by G v Phillips, who made 14 ; Hearn and Charlwood, 12; Barlow, 8; Rigley, 10. The bowling of the Australians was very effective. Spofforth took four wicketß.
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Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1423, 6 September 1878, Page 2
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209CABLE NEWS. Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1423, 6 September 1878, Page 2
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