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THE ASHTABULA DISASTER.

“At the request of the family,Mr.J.II.Devereux,representing the railroad acquaintances of Mr.Collins, then made a few remarks. lie said thatever since the accident at the bridge, there hadbeen passing through his mind the idea of fell-ing waters, and the song of Moses and the lambcame to him most vividly. In some manner thecharacter of Moses and that of the dead engineerhad assimilated themselves together in his mind.Moses was the type of a perfect engineer. Heran the line of the Israelites through the wilder-ness to a land of security. He had those char-acteristics of a noble, true man, which made himgreat, and in just these particulars did Mr. Col-lins excel, and thev made him the leading enou-

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neer of this broad land. The speaker referred tothe veneration of the deceased, and referred tothe fact that he always rested on the Sabbath day,and that his office was always closed on that day,and that he often went to the house of God .Mr. Devereux attempted to say a few words tothe triends, but found himself too much movedto speak further, and closed with a few words ofprayer.”

Mr. Collins was a man who was held in highesteem by all who knew him. At the memorialservices which were held in Cleveland , the Rev.Dr. Hayden, his pastor, said of him: