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THE ASHTABULA DISASTER.

scrap of information was eagerly sought. Twogentlemen at once started for the scene, andon Sabbath a dispatch was read in church. Theworst of fears were realized and the sorrow deep-ened. Again dispatches were received, that Mr.and Mrs. Rogers were burned to death and no por-tion of their bodies could be recovered. A specialmeeting of the school board was called for appro-priate action, and “the most affecting and de-pressing sense of the great calamity came hometo all.” “A deep gloom was cast over the wholecity and mainly put an end to the festivities ofthe Xew Year’s day.”

There was a family in a distant place in theWest. It was the family of a well knownphysician. A mother was there. She was thephysician’s wife. The husband had left hishome for the distant east to visit an aged parent,and was on his return. lie had visited a brother-in-law on his way home. The tidings go outthat he is lost, and the family is at once strickenwith grief. The “whole community where hedwelt was moved.” The “sense of personalbereavement extends through the place” and