noses.)

A poor little two-year-old baby was found wandering among the ruins at
Fordsburg, with only a slight scratch on her wrist. It is supposed
that she has been lying unconscious under the débris.

A Malay woman was discovered cowering over the ruins of what was once
her home, crooning to a dead child at her breast.

The Netherlands Railroad Company, _under whose auspices_ the accident
took place, have donated 50,000 dollars to the Relief Fund; and the
Transvaal Government has set aside 125,000 dollars for the same
purpose; the Uitlanders, 325,000 dollars, which was collected within a
few hours after the explosion.

FEBRUARY 25.--Business continues stagnant.

A deputation of mining men go to Pretoria in regard to the depression
in the mining industry resulting from the imprisonment of the leaders.
I hear many of the mines will have to shut down.

England's Queen and President Kruger have exchanged messages over the
explosion.

A Kaffir has been found in the wrecked station at Fordsburg; although
he had been imprisoned five days in the débris, he was still alive,
and revived promptly after being given food. (He succumbed however,
some days later to pneumonia brought on by the exposure).

1,500 of the survivors from the dynamite disaster are now encamped at