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U PWARDS OF 40 PERSONS,
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In the Regent's Park, through the brea.king of the
Ice; this/earful catastrophe took place
ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 15th, 1867.

"For all flesh i1 ru graas ,· and all the glory of man, as the
flower oj grau · the grrw witherelh, and the
flower' thereof fatlet/1 away."
[278, Stmffd.
J, T. Wood,}

The "fearful catastrophe' in Regent's Park
January 15 1867
About 300 persons were skating on the frozen lake nearest
Sussex Terrace with an estimated 2000 spectators when
suddenly the ice detached from the edges and around 1 OOft
of ice almost immediately splintered and about 40 persons
were drowned and many more required medical assistance.
It was afterwards alleged that the Park Keepers had broken
the ice at the edges to assist the water fowl.

LORD FREDERICK CHARLES CAVENDISH,
llf.P. Joi· theN01·themDii·isionofthe WestRirlin{1of York.>hi1·1',
and Chief Sec1·etm·.11 Joi· Ii-eland, -
Born November 30th, 1836; Murdered in Phamix Park, Dublin\ May 6th, 1882;
And was interre<l in the Duke's Burial Ground, Edensor c1S'i'"ltrd,
near Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, May 11th, 1882.
The country mourns her loved one derul, Good God, in mercy calm her woe,
Whose worth was full·well known : All other help is vain;
Rei.:rets that his life· blood wns shed Dry up the tears that constant flow,
J<:re ma11hoo<l"s years were flow11 ; And ease her heart-felt pa.in.
Deep grief and horror fill the land, Oh God ! have mercy on that land,
From peasant and from Qneen, The land of strife and blood ;
That by the foul assassin's ham! Let all her people forward stand
Such direful work hath been. Foremost in doing good !
The cloml of g-rief has fallen dark May her fair name be clea.ns'd from crime,
Upon the victim's wife; And sin's foul curse a11d stain;
That stab which quench'd life's vitol spark That we may shortly see the time
Has dinnu'll her joy of life ; When peace and joy shall reign. T.T.
(COl'YRIO!IT.)

In Memoriam
Murdered in Phoenix Park

Dublin May 6th 1882
Appointed Chief Secretary of Ireland, he was murdered
within hours of arriving there. He had served as private
secretary to Gladstone and Lord of the Treasury. He
arrived in Ireland on the morning of the 6th, and, with
Burke, his assistant was attacked from behind and
murdered by several men from a group known as the
Irish National lnvincibles,