The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-03-02 00:00:00

SPUTTERINGS FROM " JUDY'S " PEN.

A FACT—When the angler was ordered out of the house
he took his hook.
LIP Service—Tea-cups and saucers.
QUERY.—Does a Jew tradesman care most for Moses, or
the profits?
CAN a captain's gig be driven ashore?
NOTICE of a Peal—A flash of lightning.
A LADY Correspondent wishes to know jilt Is necessary to
curtsey to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Certainly not—
to Bob Low(e).
EXTREMES MEET —Judy was surprised, during a recent
visit to Drury-lane, to notice that, during the performance
of the pantomime, whilst the pit was convulsed with
laughter, the upper portion of the house was in tiers.
WARFARE—Short commons, generally.
CulGors limy—When a watch is sold, it always changes
ands this seems odd on the face of it.
A NAME of Courtesy for a German Cook—Herr Soup.
A SERIOUS Turn—The twist of ones neck.
AN Attached Couple—The shells of an oyster.
11/DT's butcher says, no one can beat kis steaks. Pater-
anately, JUDY'S cook is obliged to.
A REouLAI: Nuisance—Quarter-day.
MANY poor parish doctors are rapped up every night of their
Sins—not wrapped up warm, though.
AN arithmetic in rhyme is advertised. But it has been
done before. Wave had the rule of three in—verse ever so
long ago.
A FREE seat will eost you nothing? that is a question, though
lithe plate is sent sound.
THE lucky prisoner who escaped the knot, said lie was not
sorry.
tisriorts used generally to be subdued by the sword—now
It's blunt.
THE "hornpipe" has always been thought tra correct dance
for a sailor; but Judy thinks the " tar-and-tiller " more ap-
propriate.
WHY does a druggist's lost watch-key resemble himself ?
Because It's a key missed (a chemist).
BUS Conductors—Lips.
TIII-Tiell4)—s4. In the pound.

hands

tu-niiely,

Ao Ass' poor,
lives—not v-

.-Judy

THE ACCIDENTS ON THANKSGIVING
DAY.
A large stand, capable of accommodating 174 persons, was
erected near Marlborough House, and at half-past twelve
o'clock it was occupied by about ninety persons. The pro-
cession having passed, the masses of people surrounding
structure then surged against it, and the occupants of The
stand became alarmed and rushed front one shie to the
other. In the excitement and confusion that prevailwd
the crowd rushed against the boards forming the stand,
and in consequence of the excessive pressure the whole
structure was thrown to the ground. Several persons who
had been on the stand received severe injuries, and their
hurts were attended to by a surgeon who was called to the
spot. One of the sufferers was ordered tube removed to the
hospital, and was carried by the police on a stretcher to
Westminster Hospital. Upon admission the patient whose
name is Mrs. Pitt, Deptford, was found to have sustained
dreadful intenial injuries and a compound fracture of the
left leg. Owing to the advanced age of the suflerer It is
feared that fatal results will ensue.
A little before 12 o'clock twenty young men and boys fui-
emitted a large rho tree in the Mall. St. James's Park. They
all placed themselves upon one large branch. Suddenly,
and without the slightest warning, the branch snapped, and
they were thrown to the ground. Fortunately, the crowd
beneath had Mine to jump out of the way, and they escaped
Injury, but not so fortunate were those who had fallen from
the tree. Several of them received frightful injuries, and
were immediately conveyed to the hospital, where they were

to by the hoot; aurgoons.

Elizabeth Phillips, a child ;f nine weeks old, the daughter
of a cooper, was killed at halt-past twelve o'clock at night ;
the parents of the child were with it in a crowded pleasure
van passing along the Strand to view the decorations, when
the poor Wind was dreadfully crushed.

In the Strand i young woman named Emily Cornwall was
knocked down by toe crowd and trampled on. She was with
difficulty extricated by the police, who conveyed her to
king's College Hospital, where it was found that several of
her ribs were fractured.

In Holborn a man named John Neeve was thrown from
his cab and seriou.sly injured. He was taken to the hospital
insensible, and he remains there under surgical treatment.

Another singular accident also occurred in Holborn. A
man, whose name is unknown, had his right foot crushed
by a soldier's horse, who trod upon it.
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A woman named Elizabeth Jones was knocked down in
the Strand by the crowd, and she was removed in a dan-
gerous state to King's College Hospital.
At night, a young woman fell from the w indow of a shop
in Holborn, and was removed to Kings College Hospital.
Her ease is almost hopeless. Another young woman named
Eliza Stevens also fell from a window in Holborn. She was
endeavouring to look out, when she over-balanced herself
and was thrown to the pavement beneath.

In the Strand an accident occurred to Arthur Jessop, a
young man, who was knocked down by the crowd and
trampled upon. He received a severe scalp wound and in-
ternal injuries. The sutterer was taken to King's College
Hospital.
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At Charing-cross Hospital, James Rogers was attended at
half-past three o'clock in the afternoon for injuries received
by being knocked down by the crowd near Duncannon-
street. The man was in a dangerous condition.
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A woman named Haines, residing at Kew, was standing on
the curb close to Charing-cross station, in order to see the
procession, when she was pushed into the roadway, and
slipped and fell before a horse. The animal kicked her, and
she was injured about the head and body in a airbots
manner. She was carried to the Charing-cross Hospital,
where she now lies in a precarious state.

A mantel] from one of the stands in lariingdon-street to
the ground beneath. He was picked up and removed in an
Insensible condition to St, Bartholomew's Hospital. He re-
ceived dreadful injuries to his head, and he Bus in a critical
condition.

A frightful accident occurred at night near Temple bar,
and it is feared that two women will lose their lives. At that
point the crowd of persons was very great, and two women
who were among the assemblage were observed to become
very excited. One of them suddenly fainted and sank down.
tier companion, in endeavouring to raise her, also fell. The
crowd pressed on, and both women were trampled upon.
Several mounted police were near the spot, hearing shrieks,
rode there and caused their horses to rear up In
order to frighten the crowd who were near the
women. The strat .gy if the police was successful, and both
women were then picked up and taken into an adjacent
house. Stretchers were then sent for, and both women, who
appeared to he about 30 years of age, were taken to Kings
College hospital. It was then found that they were fear-
fully enished, and they were at a late hour reported to be
in a precarious condition.
A stand, bearing fifty people, which had been erected in
Pah-Nlall, fell to tha ground, and ita occupants received
slight injuries.