The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29 00:00:00

KILLED ON THE RAILINAY.

WREXHAM, Thursday.
A boy, named Edward Lloyd, aged 11, playing
truant from school yesterday afternoon, got on the
railway between Brymbo and Vren, was crushed
between the buffers of a good's train, and died at
Wrexham Infirmary last night.

A HEARSE OVERTURNED BY THE GALE.
DUBLIN, Thursday.

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During the gale in Dublin yesterday, a hearse
was completely overturned on the way to the ceme-
tery. The driver was seriously injured.

SERIOUS EFFECT OF THE STORM.

WREXHAM, Thursday.
During t le high wind which prevailed yesterday,
an old man, named Philip Evans, employed by Mr
Charks Hughes, Gwersyllt, near Wrexham, was.
buried beneath a stack, which blew over on to him,
and so seriously injured that his life is despaired of.

HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST A RAILWAY
COMPANY,
DumLIN, Thursday.

Mr. Rusell, Q.C., has awarded Mr. David Arnott,
son of Sir John Arnott, proprietor of the Irish

Times, £1,600, damages agtiinit the Dublin, Wick•
low, and Wexford Railway Company for :injuries
received in a recent railway accident.

SEVERE GALE OFF THE ILSE OF MAN.
A LIFEBOAT SENT OUT,
RAMSEY, Thursday.
Intelligence was received in Ramsey at nine this
morning that a largo ship is lying off Jurby Point.
on the northern coast of the island, with her masts
carried away and drifting before the gale towards
the Scotch coast. The Manchester lifeboat, Two
Sisters, was launched at once, i.nd has gone to render
assistance to the vessel. The gale has moderated
during the night, but the wind is still high, and
several large steamers are sheltering in Ramsey.

EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF ARMS AND
AMMUNITION IN IRELAND.

The Cork detective-s yesterday discovered in an
unused sewer leading from a house in Peacock
Lane, five hundred rounds of Snider ammunition,
one twelve-chamber Colt's revolver, and six
lnyoaets. All were in good order. The revelver
has been identified as one of a number stolen from
Allport's Fire-arm Manufactory in 1866, during the
Fenian outbreak. The authorities acted on private
information, and were piloted to the spot by the in-
former, No arrests have been made.

• SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT I MINE.
TWO MEN KILLED.
At Cooks Kitchen Mine. Cornwall, yesterday
in,Jrning, while some men were working in the
332 fathom level, a pi(:ce of ground fell on them,
killing two immediately, and breaking the leg of
a third,

MURDER OVER A WA.GE3 QUESTION.
About ten o'clock yesterday morning a workman
named Powell, in the employ of Mr. Bronton,
builder, of Ormley Road, 13a1ham, entered his
master's premises, and a dispute arose between
them respecting some work that had been done by
the former, for which he had not received payment.
Powell became much excited, mil seizing a crow-
bar lying close at hand struck Mr. Bronton a severe
blow on the head, killing him instantaneously.
Powell was at once taken into custody.

THE LORD CHANCELLORSHIP OF
IRELAND.

The Pall Mall Gazette says :—A Premature date -
meat which has been current for the last few days
tbat the Irish Master of the Rolls, Sir Edward
Sullivan, had been appointed Lord Chancellor,
arose from his having been last Saturday sworn in
as one of the three Commissioners of the Great Seal
who exercise functions of Lord Chancellor while
that office is in commission. We believe it is
doubtful whether the Lord Chancellorship will be
for the present filled up.