The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-30 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE IN SCOTLAND.

On the afternoon of Thursday last, the town and 4.
neighbourhood of Decoy INTO thrown into a state of great
excitement by an accident of a most distressing character, Le
whereby two brothers, named respectively Thomas and sk
Walter Pro, and aged twelve and six years, met with a It.
watery grave in the Avon water, and the life of St.
another (Arthur) WY placed in almost imminent
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danger. In ordinary weather the Avon has the appear-
acre of a small rivulet, but on evasions of heavy rains, rt:
such as that which was experienced on the day in di,
question, it comes down with extraordinary im-
petuosity, and has been known to rise in a very
few hours to the height of four and five feet. It appears M
that about 4 o'clock in the afternoon several boys were 11.„
amusing themselves upon • channel bed on the banks of the 57
Avon, • little distance below the railway bridge, and that es
therr attention was unfortunately attracted to a quantity of ti
sticks which were being carried down the water, and that it.
two of the Pros (Walter and Arthur) made an attempt U.
to secure them. In this they were unsuccessful,
and Walter (the youngest), more determined than It
the others, waded into the water after them, but had gs,
not gone far ere he stumbled and fell headlong into at.
the current. Arthur (who is ten years of age), on observ-
ing this, bravely entered the water for the purpose of reel-
, cuing his brother, but scarcely had he ventured two yards
when he was driven off his feet, and swept after him whom
be had risked his own life to save. Both were carried down to,
the stream for nearly 40 yard., where, happily, Arthur got
bold of a tuft of grass, and gently wrought himeelf to the lig
edge, where he got out, not a great deal the worse. In the 4
meantime, the younger brother was being fast swept out-
wards, and the boys who were present were doing all that rij
they could to save him. Near to the Planting Mill le
Bridge, the little fellow managed
_to get hold of the stump
of • tree, and a boy named Hard made • dash to catch
him, but he was only in time to see his companion lose his
hold, through sheer exhaustion, and once more carried off
'is the bosom of the surging waters. The eldest brother,
on perceiving this, climbed a stone wall nearly six feet high,
which intervened, and, on the other side, plunged into the
twater after his brother, but only to meet the same fate, as
he was overturned, and both disappeared speedily after.
wards. One of the two boys who witnessed the scene mays
' that he saw them "tumbling dOOO the water the-
gither," so that it is more than probable the one would seize
the other, in which case it is conjectured that both would con Il
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tribute to each other's destruction, as is very often the !I,
case in instances similar to the present. A little after 9 ;
next morning, the body of the younger boy was found in I
the "inch," near Denovan Printworks, and fully • quarter
of • mile from the place where the accident occurred. It
was lying in abash. The other body has not been found.
The utmost expressions of sympathy and commiseration ,
are evinced towards the mother of the two unfortunate
boys, who is a widow, and is, we understand, in very poor
' --seam:ea—Falkirk Herald.

WEATHER REPORT.-giILS DAY.)

WEDSZSDAT, JOLT 90, PLY.

B. L K. D. I. C. f. L B.
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Naas ... ..... 30.03 64 60 B.W. 6 0
Lamm! ..1 50.06 66 60 W. 8 IT 0.07
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Slaw=
A 80806343 BO.Ol 56 62 W.B.W. 7 o
PO1111081 l
G 81.047
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1;94c49,..q.
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PLYNCRIM 3013 59 64 N. 1 b
11833 T 30.12 01 66 N.& 3 1
Wing yrs 39.11 40 66 N. N.l. 4 m
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1011008 30.08 00 67 N. 7 3r 0. -
21.314004r0
6011106u998. 30.09 68 63 N. W. 1 b 1
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IDILMOLAND - 13008 63 64 N.B. 3 b 1

►RIDAT.

N.W. mode. I
rate to fresh, gene- SI
rally fine.
Westerly, moderate to I
fresh, some showers. ti