The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-06-03 00:00:00

1 house resulted in the discovery of a large quantity of
stolen geode, and further inquiries allowed that the
robbery had been conducted systematically, and carried
on for • long time. The police also took into custody
I the mother of Mrs. Ward, who was charged with re-
ceiving some of the property, knowing it to be stolen.
Both prisoners were committed for trial, bail being
taken for their appearance. Wll en Mr. Ward was made
acquainted with the facts of the he became nervous
and desponding, the shock being' very great, as he
occupied • highly respectable position in the town. On
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Tuesday, the neighbourhood in which they lived was
alarmed by the cries of his niece, who lived with them.
She ran into the street imploring assistance, as her
uncle and aunt had cut their throats. On the arrival
of some neighbours it was found that both had dreadful
wounds in their throats, and the medical men give little
hopes of their recovery.
ANOTHER DEFAULTING POOR-RATE COLLECTOR. —A
reward of £5O has been offered for the apprehension of
Mr. Charles Burn, poor-rate collector to the parish of
St. Pancras, who has absconded, having embezzled
money to a large amount. Up to the discovery of Mr.
Burn's defalcations, which were effected by falsifying
his accounts, he held • high position in the parish.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN LONDON.—OR Wednesday
evening, between five and six o'clock, considerable alarm
WU caused in the nefichbbuiticieff• of Charch-atreet,
Shoreditch, by a terrible explosion. For some time
past men have been employed constructing the main
drain sewer in Church-street, and between the corner of
Brick Lene and Club Row in the same street the horse
pavement bad been pulled up, and the heavy stones
taken therefrom were piled upon the footpath and the
edge of the carriage roadway. Immediately under
those portions of the thoroughfare were the immense
mains used for supplyine the bye streets and shops with
gas, whilst a little further was a powerful steam engine
used for drawing tip the earth and lowering briska as
the soil beneath was being excavated. The weight on
the pavement caused the stones to fall through, and
they, coming in contact with the length of piping,
snapped it at one of the joints, and the gas exploded
with a fearfnl report from coining into contact with the
furnace of the engine. A number of men in the employ
of the contractor working in the cutting were prostrated,
and were all more or less injured. A woman named
Jane Smith, who was passing along the pavement, was
knocked down and her clothing set on fire. The poor
creature exhibited a complete burning mass, and, to add
to the disaster, the house of Mr. ,J. Hayes, boot and shoe
maker, N's. 151, in Church-street, was blown to the
ground. The debris falling upon the poor woman she
was obliged to remain in the midst of the flaming mass
until extricated by the firemen and others. She was
then found to be so extensively burned that when
touched the flesh of the poor creatnre peeled off. She
was immediately upon being extricated removed to the
London Hospital, but not the least hopes are enter-
tained of her recovery. The gas having entered several
other houses they became igni , and then • lICEIVI
occurred which beggars description The gas appears to
have passed in a dense current oss the roadway end
to have entered every house oircl the opposite side of the
street from No. 44 to 52 incisive, blowing oat the
windows and window frames. Several other houses in
the rear, nearly • dozen, were likevrise similarly injured.
Thousands of persons flocked to the scene of the catas-
trophe. and it required the assistance of a strong body
of police, under Mr. Superintendent White and
Inspector Broad, to keep the crowd out of danger.
A POrir-OFFICIS ROBBER.—In the eighth annual report
of the Postmaster-General he states that an extra- il
ordinary ease of • post-Ml6:* robbery occurred last year. 1
Whilst a letter-carrier was on his round at Kelvedon, 1
in Essex, a tame raven seized a money-letter which the 1
officer had in his hand, and flew away with it. After
making a circuit over the town he alighted, and before
he could be prevented tore the letter to pieces. On
putting the fragments together the letter was found to
contain a cheque for £3O, which was, on a representa-
tion of this singular iucident, renewed.
SUDDEN DEATH IN THE NOTTINGHAM COUNTY
COURT. —An awful instance of the uncertainty of life
occurred in the Nottingham County Court on Thum-
day morning. The judge, Mr. R. Wildinan was
engaged hearing • case, when a man named Samuel
Wilson, a pensioner, aged 56 year., suddenly fell on to
the floor as if in a fainting fit. Assistance was promptly
obtained, a surgeon being immediately on the spot, but
all efforts to restore him to consciousness were un-
availing, and he died before he could be carried out of
the county ball.
A MAN a NOSE BITTEN Ore BY A MILITIAMAN.—
On Thursday a moat disgusting assault case was brought
before Mr. Reifies, at the Liverpool Police Court, for
investigation. On the evening of the previous day, a
militiaman, named William Fold, went to the house of
a man named Nathaniel Woods, in Oak-street, for the
purpose of seeing his sweetheart. Woods took some
dislike to the prisoner and ordered him out of the house,
whereupon he (Fold) became much excited, and dragged
Woods into the yard adjoining the house and cotn-
menced a most demoniacal assault upon him. Having
first struck Woods several times the prisoner attempted
to gouge his eyes out, but Woods escaped and ran into
the house. He was there followed by the prisoner, who,
having grappled with him, managed to get his nose
between his teeth, and bit it completely off. Woods
will be most frightfully disfigured for life, and his
powers of articulation much impaired. The prisoner
was committed for triaL

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