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THE ASHTABULA DISASTER.

appeared. More than $1,500 worth of valuablearticles were afterwards recovered by the Mayorby a proclamation, and by detectives. A saloonkeeper was found to have appropriated shawlsand satchels, and others were found to havediamonds and jewelry in their possession whichhad been stolen.

A young man who had a splinter from thecornice of the car driven through his collar bonewas robbed of $300 in money at the EagleHotel where he lay, and a gentleman from Hart-ford had his boots taken from his feet and carriedaway.

The dead in the valley and the wounded in thestreets, and the survivors in other places werealike subject to this villainous pillaging. A pairof dominos, or black masks, were found, show-ing how deliberate had been the robbery with thevillains who were out that night.

Scarcely anything of value was left after thewreck. One gentleman who had $7,000 on hisperson was killed and his pocket book found, butthe money was gone. Trunks containing thewardrobes of brides, and the jewelry of the