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Summary Oe News Eor October
On the 12 th , in consequence of the friction of the wheels , one of the carriages of a train on the Great Western line took fire between Maidenhead and Baddington . The passengers , owing to a want of communication with the guard , narrowly escaped with their lives . —On the same day , at Dover , a man attempted to cut the throat of his wife , but failing in that , he , to avoid punishment , endeavoured to commit suicide , hut was arrested before he could do so .
On the 14 th , the body of a female , supposed to be murdered frorri the fact of their heing two incised wounds in her throat , was discovered in the Regent ' s Canal , Bethnal Green . — - —On the same day , a bricklayer was killed by falling with a scaffold while repairing a house at Gloucester Road , Kensington . — -On the same day , a slater met with a similar accident from the steeple of North Leech Church . On the same day , the most fearful accident which has occurred upon
a railway since the introduction of them into this country happened upon the South Wales line , near Pyle , the down train and the up train having met each other at full speed upon the same rails . Several persons were killed and scarcely any one of the passengers escaped uninjured . ——On that night , a man was drowned while attempting to desert in a jolly-boat from the JBellerophon , in Portsmouth harbour .- —On the same day , too , the son of Sir Henry Lawrence was accidentally drowned at Keswick .
On the 15 lh , a gentleman was drowned at Foulness Island , he having in the dark mistaken the path and driven his horse into deep water . —On the same day , at Leeds , a gunner belonging to the Horse Artillery was killed by falling under the wheels of his gun-carriage . ——On the same day , Mr . Wm . Pigott , inspector of bridges on the Great Northern Railway , was , while in the discharge of his duties , overtaken by a train and killed .
On the 17 th , a fire broke out in the premises of a soap chandler in Whitecrossstreetj by which the whole factory and stock in trade were destroyed . ——On the same day , a man named Paterson was killed in a street row at Hamilton . — -On the same evening , a waiter in the S Bunch Tavern , Fleet-street , garotted himself . ——The same evening , a distressed pitalfields weaver drowned himself in Sir John Duckett ' s Canal . On the l ? th , too , a young woman committed suicide by
precipitating herself from a window 57 feet high , in the Victoria-road , Pimlico .- On the same day , Major Barfoot was killed at Southampton , in endeavouring to escape from his carriage with which the horses had run away . On the same day , a porter in the employment of the Midland Railway Company was killed near the Sileby Station , by striking againet the stone work of abridge , under which the train , on the top of which he was cording luggage , was passing .
On the 20 th , a passenger-train on the Stour Yaliey line , came into collision at Dudley Port Station , with some ballast-waggons , which were being shunted . Some of the passengers were greatly injured . On the 21 st , the Lancashire and Yorkshire train came into collision with an unattached engine , near Manchester . Several of * the passengers were severely injured .
On the 22 nd , in consequence of the heavy rain of the preceding day , the river Lea overflowed its hanks , flooding the entire of the low ground between Stratford and North Woolwich . On the same day , a collision took place between a goods and a ballast train , on the Manchester and Preston branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , by which several of the waggons were destroyed . The driver and stoker of the goods-train leaped off and so escaped being killed , The guard of the ballast-train was much hurt . On the 24 th , Big Ben , the monster bell intended for the clock tower of the Houses of Barliament , was cracked by the blow of the hammer .
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Summary Oe News Eor October
On the 12 th , in consequence of the friction of the wheels , one of the carriages of a train on the Great Western line took fire between Maidenhead and Baddington . The passengers , owing to a want of communication with the guard , narrowly escaped with their lives . —On the same day , at Dover , a man attempted to cut the throat of his wife , but failing in that , he , to avoid punishment , endeavoured to commit suicide , hut was arrested before he could do so .
On the 14 th , the body of a female , supposed to be murdered frorri the fact of their heing two incised wounds in her throat , was discovered in the Regent ' s Canal , Bethnal Green . — - —On the same day , a bricklayer was killed by falling with a scaffold while repairing a house at Gloucester Road , Kensington . — -On the same day , a slater met with a similar accident from the steeple of North Leech Church . On the same day , the most fearful accident which has occurred upon
a railway since the introduction of them into this country happened upon the South Wales line , near Pyle , the down train and the up train having met each other at full speed upon the same rails . Several persons were killed and scarcely any one of the passengers escaped uninjured . ——On that night , a man was drowned while attempting to desert in a jolly-boat from the JBellerophon , in Portsmouth harbour .- —On the same day , too , the son of Sir Henry Lawrence was accidentally drowned at Keswick .
On the 15 lh , a gentleman was drowned at Foulness Island , he having in the dark mistaken the path and driven his horse into deep water . —On the same day , at Leeds , a gunner belonging to the Horse Artillery was killed by falling under the wheels of his gun-carriage . ——On the same day , Mr . Wm . Pigott , inspector of bridges on the Great Northern Railway , was , while in the discharge of his duties , overtaken by a train and killed .
On the 17 th , a fire broke out in the premises of a soap chandler in Whitecrossstreetj by which the whole factory and stock in trade were destroyed . ——On the same day , a man named Paterson was killed in a street row at Hamilton . — -On the same evening , a waiter in the S Bunch Tavern , Fleet-street , garotted himself . ——The same evening , a distressed pitalfields weaver drowned himself in Sir John Duckett ' s Canal . On the l ? th , too , a young woman committed suicide by
precipitating herself from a window 57 feet high , in the Victoria-road , Pimlico .- On the same day , Major Barfoot was killed at Southampton , in endeavouring to escape from his carriage with which the horses had run away . On the same day , a porter in the employment of the Midland Railway Company was killed near the Sileby Station , by striking againet the stone work of abridge , under which the train , on the top of which he was cording luggage , was passing .
On the 20 th , a passenger-train on the Stour Yaliey line , came into collision at Dudley Port Station , with some ballast-waggons , which were being shunted . Some of the passengers were greatly injured . On the 21 st , the Lancashire and Yorkshire train came into collision with an unattached engine , near Manchester . Several of * the passengers were severely injured .
On the 22 nd , in consequence of the heavy rain of the preceding day , the river Lea overflowed its hanks , flooding the entire of the low ground between Stratford and North Woolwich . On the same day , a collision took place between a goods and a ballast train , on the Manchester and Preston branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , by which several of the waggons were destroyed . The driver and stoker of the goods-train leaped off and so escaped being killed , The guard of the ballast-train was much hurt . On the 24 th , Big Ben , the monster bell intended for the clock tower of the Houses of Barliament , was cracked by the blow of the hammer .