The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-08-11 00:00:00

Ibis anssos °avarice, was the means of rioegreptlng
• wry s e
ayes of relatives and friends to do honor
to the video pierced eel lfilissei, and *high ter
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inhaled with • vied ball in the evening.
BOURNEMOUTH. —A meeting was held at
this pia°, • few days since to take into oonsidera-
bon the desirability of purchasing • small steamer
for the use 011 k. nobility and gentry who (few:lent
this far-famed place of resort. After some consider-
able discussion the meeting broke up without coming
to • decision, mainly owing to the irresistible
eloqueoce of Mr. James Nominator, who pointed out,
in lucid terms, that no good amid be derived from
it.
PLYMOUTH.—A serious socidest happened on
Thursday, August 6, at a brigade review of the
Devoe County Volunteers, au Little fialdown Down,
near Teignmouth. Tbe grand stand broke down.
Noonan ware killed, but several were more arises
Injured.
'psalm& —A Yocum Wom.ts 81110 T.—A sad
catastrophe occurred on Thursday, at Exeter, by
which Martha Wiliam, a tailoring, aged 18, lost her
life. The dammed young woman was tilting at
work at • table, in the house al her employer, lin.
Branton:, 31, Codringlancteest, whim the son of
that pawn, Abraham lininnam, • mesas, 18 yews
of age, came in to dinner. Presently it appears be
took up • gun which was in the room, and was
loaded and 'sapped ; but Branuam does not appear to
have known the fact, for while he was handling it
the charge exploded, and • quantity of small shot
went through the demisted's head, entering at one
ear, and peeing out at the other. The poor girl
fell backward, and died almost immediately. A
surgeon was in attendance at once, but his services
were, of coarse, unavailing. The face and head of
the deceased were terribly *battered, and every one
on the spot was horror-stricken at the event. No
one appeared more affected than the young man who
had occasioned the fatality, who was shortly after-
wards led away in the custody of the police. An
inquest on the body of the dammed was held at the
Windsor Castle inn, Summeriandatreet, before
the city coroner, in the after-part of the day.
The mother of the delayed, wko resides in
Ruesell-eneet, identified the body of her daughter.
Having beard of the amidst'', she arrived at the
house In time to me the deceased draw one breath
and expire. - The chief witness was Sarah Ann
Brannem, with whom the deosseed bad slept the
previous night. She was at work in the room when
the disaster occurred, and Abraham Banyan was
also there, and be give an appie to deceased and to
witness. A few minutes afterwards be roes from '
his seat, took • gun from the corner of the room,
and began to rub it with his hands as if to clam it.
Deceased than got up and went to • cupboard to
take out an iron, and while she was doing so a dog
came in. Abraham &annuls said to the dog 'hare
Charlie," and it ran behind the deceased ilil, and
made moles ; at WC moment the stooped
down, and the gun went oft and she fell boat-
yards. Beano= caught bold of witams, and ex,
claimed "she's died,"" she's dead," and raft out
of the room screaming like a mad man. The on
belonged to Mr. Thorn. It was used a few days
days ago. Witnam did not know that it was loaded.
There bed been no ill-feeling between &mina= and
doomed, and not five minutes before he had kissed
deosesed.—Mary Shears gave 'videos* to the muse
effect, and John Harvey, a butcher, of fit. Bidwell's,
said that that morning he bad mot Branum on Pore-
street-hill, when be mid he should go out shooting
eperrowel in the afternoon. Brannam eipremed his
regret at the occurrence, which be said was purely
accidental.