GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 23, 27 January 1914, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

BRITAIN'S SHIB-BUILDINC.

[By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright l [United Press Association.] London, January 24.

Six hundred and forty-one steamers, and 47 sailers., with a tonnage, respectively, of 1,919,578 and 12,575, were launched in the United Kingdom in 1913, whereof 73 1-3 per cent, was on the United Kingdom's register. The output of other countries was 1062 merchantmen, tonnage 1,400,729.

THE BOTANY BAY FATALITY.

Svdnev, January 26

Only two were drowned at the Botany Heads. Freeman was. not aboard as was announced yesterday.

FALL OF AN AVALANCHE.

Berne, January 26

While a farmer's family at Saint Cell were dining, ari avalanche fell. The violent displacement of the air tore the doors from their hinges, and swept the inmates, uninjured, some 40ft into the garden. The avalanche then fell on the farm house, wrecking it. ' . * THE GOLD IN EUROPE. Brussels, January 25. Inland navigation - is entirely stopped on account of the frost. SHEVKET'S ASSASSINATION. Constantinople, January 26. Basri Bey, formerly an influential member of the Union of Progress Party and .later.; a member, of; the Opposition 1 has'be'en ariested in possession oftijalleged compromising correspondence! to Mahoud Shevket's assassination He escaped the military police's escort, and tflok refuge in the Dutch Legation. The police attempted to drag him out, and the Kavasses surrendered him under a misapprehension.

FLOODS IN AMERICA.

New York, January 2-5

Heavy floods from the mountains are sweeping the Pacific Coast. Overland traffic is blocked by several washaways on the railways. Telephone and telegraph services are disorganised;

FATAL RAILWAY SMASH.

Now York, January 26

A passenger train collided with a freight train at Jack, Michigan. Five persons are known to have been killed, and 20 injured. The darkness rendered the work of rescue slow, and two hours after the accident several passengers were still under the wreckage, It is feared that some have succumbed. A SCHOOLGIRL'S FATE, Times—Sydney Sun Special Cables. Berlin, January 20. The cold continues on the Continent. Wolves, under stress of hunger, are exhibiting groat daring. At Perigeuse a schoolgirl failed to arrive home. A search party found her pinafore satchel, and her bones in a wood. __________ IMPROVED LIFEBOAT. London, January 20. A new type of lifeboat for liners has been shown at Westminster Bridge. Tt is torpedo-shaped, consisting of two steel cylinders. It is launched on a single wire rope, and no davits are required. In heavy weather the passengers are completely enclosed by shutting a steel door. Fresh air is provided by a fan in the bow. The lifeboat is fitted witb a propellor, operated by hand-power.