Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-31 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

MAn TOR PERNAMBUCO. - The screw steamer
Stanley sails to-day for Pernambuco She will carry
out a mail and passengers. The box at the post-office
will close at' 11.15 a.m., and, finally, at 11.30 a.m.,
with a late fee of id. Al letters and newspapers must
be addresied " per- screw-s-teamer Stanley." •
AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North American
Royal mail steamer Asia, sailed fol. New York direct ion
Saturday, with the weekly mails and 135 passengers, •
amongit whom, was Mr. Sam Cowell, the celebrated
comic singer. •
BURNT TO DEATH.-ollThursday afternoon, about two
o'clock, a woman named Sarah Graham, aged 55, and a
widow, came to her death through her clothes catching fire.
She resided with a relative in Windsor, and on Thursday
evening was left in the house byherself. Some neighbours
heard screams coming from the house, and on their going
in, they found the deceased sitting. in an arm-chair, her
clothes being in flames.' The neighbours extinguished
the flames, but the poor woman died that evening. An
inquest was held on Saturday, and a verdict of " Acci-
dentally burnt" was returned.
DEATH OF AN OLD MAN FROM EXPOSURE TO THE
COLD.—On Saturday, an inquest was held on the body
of Joseph Turnbull, a man 55 years of-age, who was
found dead on Friday morning. It appears that the
deceased got his living by running errands for public
houses, and doing any little odd jobs he could obtain.
He had no settled place of residence, and often slept on
door-steps and in outhouses. On Friday morning he
was found dead in a privy.-.—Surgeon Ayrton said he had
made a post-mortem examination, and found that death
resulted from congestion of the brain, caused by exposure
to the cold. Verdict accordingly.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN A QUARRY.-011 Thursday
evening, some boys were amusing themselves at a delft
in Hygeia-street. There was a crane which was used
for hoistincr up stones. To this crane 'was attached a
chain, and the boys amused themselves by winding up
the chain and letting it go down by the run. While
doing so,
-the chain caught the leg of a lad, ten:Yearn -(7)f
age, named Coleman, and pulled him Over the side and
down to the bottom of the delft. When taken out, his
skull was found to be fractured, and he had received
other severe injuries on the body... He was taken to
West Derby workhouse hospital, where he died on
Friday. At the inquest, held on Saturday, a verdict of
" Accidental death" was returned.
A MAN DROWNED AT THE LANDING STAGE.—WC
have been frequently called upon to chronicle accidents
at the Landing-stage, caused by the carelessness and
hardihood of passengers crossing the Mersey. On Satur-
day a fatal accident happened, owing to a gross piece of
carelessness on the part of the deceased, a respectably
dressed man, apparently a farmer, of about thirty years of
age who was going across to Woodside. When he got to
the'Landing-stage the ferry boat was moving off, and he,
wanting to save time, made a spring from the Landing-
stage, intending to jump on board the trry t the
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distance was too far for him, and he struck the b
bulwarks
with great force on his stomach, was hurled back into
the river, and the tide running strong at the time, all
efforts to save his life was without avail. It is supposed
that he was sucked underneath the stage, and there met
a miserable death. Up to last evening the body was
not recovered. The name of the man is unknown, and
so far no enquiries have been, made concerning him,