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THE ASHTABULA DISASTER.

The gentleman and lady who have been de-scribed above, are supposed to have been Mr. andMrs. llall, of Chicago , rather than Mr. and Mrs.Bliss/ The gentleman was reading to the lady thebook “Near Nature’s Heart;'’ as the newsboypassed, he took out “ Daniel Deronda,” read it alittle, and afterward bought ‘‘ Helen’s Babies.”Mr. Onnsbee, the sole survivor from the car,judging from photographs which have beenshown him, declares that they were not Mr. andMrs. Bliss. Mr. Burchell, of Chicago , however,maintains that Mr. and Mrs. Bliss were in this car,and his statement is worthy of credit. There isno doubt that they were either in this or in the“ City of Buffalo, ” and it is probable that notrace of them will ever be found.

The occupants of the “ Palatine” were, Mrs.Bingham, of Chicago ; Mabel Arnold, North Adams , Mass. ; II. L. Brewster, Milwaukee,Wis ;B. B. Lyons, of New York city ; Mrs. AnnieGraham, of New York ; Miss Marion Shepard,Ripon, Wis.; Geo. A. White, Portland, Me. ;John J. White (?) of Boston, ‘Mass; Clias. S.Carter, of New York ; Mr. L. B. Sturges, Minne-