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CARDIGAN. DISTRESSING SCENE AT ABKRVSTWITH.—Between ten an(1 eleven o'clock on Monday, the loth inst, the inhabi- tants and visitors of this fashionable watering-place were greatly excited on hearing a rumour that one of the Strangers in the town had been drowned under very 8ingular circumstances Mr Stucke, the ill-fated indi- vidual, had only recently arrived in the town. He was Proprieter of an extensive.drapery and tailoring establish- ment, in Ciieltenhani It seems that some two or three ^eeks past he had been staying at the Belle Vue Hotel, Aberystwith, for the restoration of his health, and during that time, notwithstandiug the boisterous character of the weather, h.td been in the habit of sea bathing. On Monday morning between seven and eight o'clock, he bathed from a machine, the sea at the time being rough. lIe had bathed in safety, and was standing nearly dressed III the machine, when an extraordinary wave was seen approaching, and the man in charge called out, but failed to attract Mr Stucke's attention. Immediately the tnachine in which Mr Stucke was, and four or five others, also occupied, were swept away and their occupants cast into the sea. With some difficulty, however, all were saved but Mr Stacke who would appear to have sunk at Once. Lewis Lewis and his sons, Watkin and William, endeavoured vainly to save the machines. In endea- vouring to do, Lewis Lewis was swept away by the receding waves, which carried the machines before the Winds. Watkin Lewis perceiving his father, a powerful athletic man, struggling among the foaming breakers half drowned, managed to secure a life-buoy and throw it to him, but he was unable at once to grasp it, and his brave-hearted son rushed into the sea, and seizing his fath- r by the collar endeavoured to swim with him to the shore. The old -nan was heavily attired for stormy Weather, and he was, consequently, almost helpless, Owing to the great weight of his saturated garments. William Lewis, the other brother, was much in the pre- dicament of his father, but he succeeded, after prodigious efforts, in reaching the shore in safety. By this time a great number of people were standing awe-stricken on the promenade, witnessing the son struggling to save his father or perish in the attempt. A more touching picture Was never represented. After battling with the tremen- dous sea Watkin and his father succeeded in reaching the shore. So tremendous was the surf that not a single indivdual dared to assist the half-drowned men. On Thursday boats were engaged to drag for Mr Stucke's body, but without success.—Llanidloes Telegraph. ===

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