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Summary Of News For September
£ 1 , 000 worth of property destroyed . ——On the same day , Messrs . Dunbar ' s stores at Blackwall , were completely burned to the ground , occasioning a great loss of prQperty .- —On that day , too , Mr . J . Piatt , MP . for Oldham , was accidentally shot while engaged in partridge-shooting , having received in his leg the discharge from the gun of Mr . Radcliffe , who accompanied him on the occasion .
On the 1 st of September , a man named James William Doyle , master of the barque John Ingars , from Ceylon , was charged at the Thames Police Court with having been guilty of such continuous cruelty to a boy named Robert Eastwick , one of the crew , that he committed suicide to escape from it . On the 2 nd , on the Ball ' s Pond Road , a perambulator upset . An infant which was being coached in it had its limbs broken , and died the next day . ——On the same day , a fife broke out on the premises of a photographic artist , in Glasgow , destroying £ 20 , 000 worth . of property .
On the 3 rd and 4 th a destructive n re raged in Gee Street , Brick Lane , St . Luke * s , commencing in the establishment of a picture-frame maker , named Strickland . The cause of the conflagration has not been ascertained .- ——On the 8 rd tooy a gentleman named Smith was accidentally killed while grouse-shooting in Ireland , by a discharge from the fowling piece of a brother sportsman , who fell while taking a le * p , thereby bringing the trigger into contact with some brushwood . On the same day , on the occasion of the Tavistock election , the hustings Ml , and one man was killed by the occurrence .
Onthe 5 th a gentleman was picked up by the police , in the Haymarket , in a state of insensibility . On being brought to Charing Cross Hospital , it was found that he had swallowed a large quantity ef laudanum , and was past recovery . On the 6 th two houses in Spitalfields , occupied by Jew clothesmen , fell to the ground , but fortunately without loss of lite , although one family was hurled from the first floor into the street . On the 7 th a lunatic debtor , imprisoned in Horsemenger-lane gaol , killed a fellow-prisoner by striking him , while asleep , on the head with a bucket .
On the 10 th an explosion of fire-damp took place in a coal-pit near Dudley , resulting in the deaths of six men and a boy . Several other persons were severely injured . —On the 10 th , too , a gentleman nanied Wright was accidentally shot through the heart , near Hull , in consequence of a gun which he was in the act of loading having exploded .
On the 11 th the body of a murdered woman was discovered in Leigh Wood , near Clifton , and for several days no clue could be found to lead either to her identification or to the apprehension of her murderer . At length , from the marks upon he * linen , she was found to be a servant named Pugsley , who had left her place to get married to a man named Beale . Eeale has been apprehended on the charge .
On the same day the Sopliia , of Rotterdam , was run down , near Dungeness , by the screw steamer William Hutt , and foundered , carrying with her the captain , ten of the crew , and two female passengers . On the 12 th a young man named Davies murdered , at West Wood , near Wenlock , Salop , an old woman named Morgan , a reputed witch , with whom he cohabited .
On the 15 th a collision took place off Gravesend between the screw steamer Tye Nord and the tug Samson , resulting in the destruction of the last-named craft . On the 18 th , there was a boiler explosion at some iron works near Manchester , by which several persons were severely scalded , On the same day a little boy was found murdered in a wood near Nottingham . He was robbed of his boots . On the 20 th an Italian seaman in a broil stabbed and killed a Greek sailor at Ratcliff Highway .
On the 21 st , Captain Power , an elderly gentleman , aged nearly eighty years , blew his brains out , near Langford , Ireland , in consequence of family embarrassments . On the 24 th , a fearful accident took place on the Great Northern Railway , near Tuxford , by which four people , including the Hon . Mr . Clive , were killed . No fault can be attributed to the officials of the line .
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Summary Of News For September
£ 1 , 000 worth of property destroyed . ——On the same day , Messrs . Dunbar ' s stores at Blackwall , were completely burned to the ground , occasioning a great loss of prQperty .- —On that day , too , Mr . J . Piatt , MP . for Oldham , was accidentally shot while engaged in partridge-shooting , having received in his leg the discharge from the gun of Mr . Radcliffe , who accompanied him on the occasion .
On the 1 st of September , a man named James William Doyle , master of the barque John Ingars , from Ceylon , was charged at the Thames Police Court with having been guilty of such continuous cruelty to a boy named Robert Eastwick , one of the crew , that he committed suicide to escape from it . On the 2 nd , on the Ball ' s Pond Road , a perambulator upset . An infant which was being coached in it had its limbs broken , and died the next day . ——On the same day , a fife broke out on the premises of a photographic artist , in Glasgow , destroying £ 20 , 000 worth . of property .
On the 3 rd and 4 th a destructive n re raged in Gee Street , Brick Lane , St . Luke * s , commencing in the establishment of a picture-frame maker , named Strickland . The cause of the conflagration has not been ascertained .- ——On the 8 rd tooy a gentleman named Smith was accidentally killed while grouse-shooting in Ireland , by a discharge from the fowling piece of a brother sportsman , who fell while taking a le * p , thereby bringing the trigger into contact with some brushwood . On the same day , on the occasion of the Tavistock election , the hustings Ml , and one man was killed by the occurrence .
Onthe 5 th a gentleman was picked up by the police , in the Haymarket , in a state of insensibility . On being brought to Charing Cross Hospital , it was found that he had swallowed a large quantity ef laudanum , and was past recovery . On the 6 th two houses in Spitalfields , occupied by Jew clothesmen , fell to the ground , but fortunately without loss of lite , although one family was hurled from the first floor into the street . On the 7 th a lunatic debtor , imprisoned in Horsemenger-lane gaol , killed a fellow-prisoner by striking him , while asleep , on the head with a bucket .
On the 10 th an explosion of fire-damp took place in a coal-pit near Dudley , resulting in the deaths of six men and a boy . Several other persons were severely injured . —On the 10 th , too , a gentleman nanied Wright was accidentally shot through the heart , near Hull , in consequence of a gun which he was in the act of loading having exploded .
On the 11 th the body of a murdered woman was discovered in Leigh Wood , near Clifton , and for several days no clue could be found to lead either to her identification or to the apprehension of her murderer . At length , from the marks upon he * linen , she was found to be a servant named Pugsley , who had left her place to get married to a man named Beale . Eeale has been apprehended on the charge .
On the same day the Sopliia , of Rotterdam , was run down , near Dungeness , by the screw steamer William Hutt , and foundered , carrying with her the captain , ten of the crew , and two female passengers . On the 12 th a young man named Davies murdered , at West Wood , near Wenlock , Salop , an old woman named Morgan , a reputed witch , with whom he cohabited .
On the 15 th a collision took place off Gravesend between the screw steamer Tye Nord and the tug Samson , resulting in the destruction of the last-named craft . On the 18 th , there was a boiler explosion at some iron works near Manchester , by which several persons were severely scalded , On the same day a little boy was found murdered in a wood near Nottingham . He was robbed of his boots . On the 20 th an Italian seaman in a broil stabbed and killed a Greek sailor at Ratcliff Highway .
On the 21 st , Captain Power , an elderly gentleman , aged nearly eighty years , blew his brains out , near Langford , Ireland , in consequence of family embarrassments . On the 24 th , a fearful accident took place on the Great Northern Railway , near Tuxford , by which four people , including the Hon . Mr . Clive , were killed . No fault can be attributed to the officials of the line .