GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 11, 11 January 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

A DISASTROUS COLLISION. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.; (United Press Association.) London, January 10. The liner Ambrose, with -187 passengers, collided with a hopper dredge and a fishing smack, which were interlocked. After the collision, off the Mersey, the hopper was found to ha cut in two and sank. Thirteen of the crew were drowned. (Received 9.20 a.m.) London, January 10. The fishing smack sank with the hopper, and in five minutes all traces of the accident had disappeared. THE PUTUMAYO OUTRAGES. (Received 8.0 a.m. Lodon, January 10. At the Putumayo enquiries Mr. Gubbins, the chairman, with the permission of the Amazon Company, admitted that the company spent £4760 in arms, whereof £I7OO was for rides for employees of the company, who did not contemplate an expedition against the Indians, and thought the arms were for their personal protection. Senor Arana had power to dismiss the English board of directors, therefore they did not probe too deeply into his doings. Gubbins lived at Peru for thirty-eight years. GOLD ROBBERIES. The British and Continental police are investigating five bullion robberies. Despite the fact that the boxes were packed with English lead, the detectives believe that the theft cf gold consigned on the Alexandia, was carried out between Bremen and Trieste, and one detective suggests that the continental guards, who are paid only from 15s to £1 weekly, can eas ily be bribed to allow a stranger to enter the van for a short time. A BRONZE APOLLO. Rome, January 10. A peasant, while ploughing at Bas sanodisatri, unearthed a bronze Grae-co-Roman Apollo. Roman dealers hurriedly motored out, but found thal the Government had forestalled them paying £I2OO. The find is estimates to be worth £12,000. BONNET’S ACCOMPLICES. Paris, January 10. A man disguised as a warder wai arrested at Sante Prison in the act o‘ liberating twenty-two cf Bonnet’s accomplices. DEATH FOR OPIUM SMOKING. Shanghai, January 10. The Governor of Changsha ordered a woman who was persisting in smoking opium to he shot in the presence of a large crowd. EXPLOSION ON A RIVER BOAT New Y'ork, January 10. A boiler on the river boat Tamhingeo exploded, and eight were killed. The boat burned to the water’s edge. Many leaped overboard and were rescued.