The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-07 00:00:00

EATRAORDINART CIRCUMSTANCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Aram E.
An inquest has bean held at the Canteen, Crook-
horn, on the body of George Stevens, a blacksmith, em-
ployed on the fortifications now being coast/acted cc Porta-
down-hill. It appeared that some three or four navvies
were returning from Bedhampton latest night, when one of
the party wee mimed. The others went back as far as what
is termed " Capon's Cutting," close to the Old Semaphore,
and called ost,the miming man's name, and were answered by
him from the bottom of the exaavatioa. On going down
they not only found their oomplaice. who am uninjured.
bat the deed body of Stever. Yr. Stedinaa, surgeon, of
Havant, was seat for, sad ces arriving at the cutting at
S a.m., he found the pace fellow had lees deed for some
hours, and had him removed to his surgery at Oraokhorn.
Having made • post-escetera examisation of the
body, Mr. Stedman pre emblems that he found
very extensive extravmation of blood under the scalp,
and a fracture comm x 4 above the left temple and ex-
tending downwards the temporal bone and along
the base of the skull. • was of opinion that this severe
fracture was caused by • fall from • height, and that no
blow could have produced an injury of eo extrusive • nature.
There was no external mark of violence whatever on any
part of the header body. It was, certainly, a most remark-
able coincidence that two men should have fallen down the
same cutting, on the same night, and that one should be
killed sod the other perfectly uninjured, and without a
mark of chalk on the clothes of either ; but as no evidence
was produced which would tend to implicate any other
person, a verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.
The poor man had, it appears, some 23e. or 245. when he
kit work, but not a farthing was found on him after death.

Comous Amore 101 ComiresTlOW. —At the
Liverpool assizes onfistruslay, a carter, named Bond, brought
an action spinet a Mr. Campbell, broker of that town, to
mom damages for injuries received through the careless-
sees of the defendant's servant% On the 17th of October,
1861, the plaintiff was standing with his lorry in Robert-
street North, ready to receive hogsheads of sup, for re-
moral. A imam in the employ of the defendant lowered
the ant cask in amok a sweleme manner that it fell from the
amp on to ore sad of the plaintiff', lorry, rUddWair
up the otbereed, and lkwer the plea tiff some t into
t 6 air.Beell estetbs prement, entire:awed ble
injuries, from which be still suffered. The thumb of hie
left heed had been amputated, the little lager of the ainas
head was pituaaasatly beat, mad he mad notps age his
ordivary avocations es edisisatly as before. Mesa
was that thin was • dead in the taaide, whisk was the
=of Mom Maria* to whom the wereboase
and that they, and amt Mr. Campbell, wire liable.
The jury returned • veidlet for the phialid--danweis 1001.
Humus Fa rwarOW or Gurrrownik.—On &fur. ,
day • frightful eoearrines *teams, by which it to
hared Mrs. Oatherlae likakily 33 years ; Mary Ann
Heady, aged 10 years ; sad' Ooraelios, sged 30
=residing is Artillery-plaes, Nared%rill law
lives. It wowed a oblid of Mn. found •
packet of gunpowder put it ba • sanospen. and it Oa
the are. As might be expested, • tortilla took
place, inutilatig the perms aimed la • hiOthal issirwr.
They all iamb at Gay's Hospital in • deplorable eat-
&km.
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