The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-27

Belfast on Saturday. and remained 70
few days as the guests of the Ear
of SALISBURY at Belfast castle.
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| On Saturday afternoon Head COnSta
! BILE Beirne, Mullingar, raided the hous
of a Mr.. George Berne, Dominica
street. Mullingar, and seized books an,
papers. Mr. Berne and a Mr.. Donnell,
were taken before P. d. Sullivan, r. NJ.
and discharged to be summoned.
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The death has occurred at his resi-
dence, 2 Quadrant street, Belfast, o
| Thomas HeathWood. a veteran of tn,
Crimean war and the Indian mutiny
Deceased, who was in his 69th year
took part with his regiment, the Second
| Duke of CORVALLIS light infantry, theT
| known as the Fortysixth Foot, ant
came through those memorabl cam
| paigns without scratch.
| The lord mayor of Cork has received
a subscription of $3.50 from Lord Dud-
! ley lord lieutenant of Ireland, in sup
port of the proposed Cork exhibition
next year, accompanied by a letter say
| ing he has no doubt whatever as to the
general benefits which an exhibition OF
the kind is capable of comforting or
the Irish people
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On Thursday, ]. j. Burke. coroner
| held an inquest in Roscomnon into the
! circumstances attending the death OF
boy named Patrick Mccormack, who
had been smothered the night before
| through the arch of a newly-erected
oven falling on him in the bake house
of Miss Higgins Main street. 1t APP
| peared from the evidence that a new
oven had been built in the bake house
the arch being formed of turf The
usual practice is to burn out the turf
after the .bricl1work has set The de-
| ceased was engaged in the oven pick
ing the turf out in a dry state. when
the arch collapsed and smothered him
When eXtricated from the debris he
was dead The jury returned a verdict
of accidental death.
At meeting of the medical men of
the city and county of Limerick. held
in the chamber of commerce on Satur-
day, DR. T. G. O'Sullivan in the chair,
the following resolution was unani-
mously passed: That in view of the
recent advertisement for three visiting
medical officers to the Limerick Union
work house at a salary OF. ESQ per year
each, or 19s Sd weekly. we are of opin-
ion that having regard to the onerous
the salary should not be less than e1oO
annually, and we commend this resolu-
ton to the earnest attention of our pro-
fessional brothers."
On Wednesday, while hunting with
the Westmeath hounds, John Gaynor.
solicitor and county coroner met with
rather a severe accident. While taking
a gate at a place called Ballintubber, a
few miles from Moate, he got acct
dentally kicked by a, lady's horse. DR..
Moorehead, Moate, who was one of the
hunting party, Immediately came to his
assistance, and found Mr.. Gaynor had
received very severe compound frac-
ture on the left leg below the knee. He
was conveyed to his residence. and re-
moved in the evening to Dublin, and
placed under theDeare of Surgeon Nc
Ardle. -
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On Friday, F. F. Cul1inan, solicitor
Ennis coroner. held an inquest at En-
nistymon on the body of Andrew Ma
lony, a well known pig buyer of Ennis,
which was found IN the river near the
railway station in about two feet of
water that morning. 1t was proved
that the deceased had been at the fair
of Ennistymon. and had been twice ar
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was arrested againfon Wednesday. the
second day of the fair. DIR. P. O'Dyer.
swore that death resulted from ex-
posture, and the jury found accordingly.
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On Saturday morning a disastrous
fire. and one of unusual dimensions and
destructiveness, broke out in Dromore,
County Down. resulting in the complete
destruction of Messrs. John Hamilton's
hemstitching factory. When the fire
was discovered it had gained firm
hold on the premises, and, despite every
effort, continued to spread until the
factory was Quilted. The damage, esti-
mated at about G10,000, is covered by
insurance. A large number of workers
will be temporarily deprived of en-
ployment owing to the fire.
An inquest was held on Saturday at
Enniskillen on the body of James Do
Ian, civil bill officer, who was killed
the previous evening at Enniskillen
railway station by passing train. 1t
appeared from the evidence of a man
who was with deceased on the day of
the occurrence that he had taken drink
and fell on the line. He was discov-
cred just after goods train had passed
over him, and died shortly after. The
jury IOullu lilttI uSd III Was CduStu ny
shock, and that the occurrence was
purely accidental.
West st. Clare Mystery.-On Friday
Mr.. F. F. Cullinan; solicitor,
coroner for North Glare, held an in
quest at Ballyherragh, near Hays
head, on the body of a man named
Nagle. which had been found
the previous day at the foot of one of
the cliffs at Hays Head, 200 feet in
height The jury found that the de-
ceased died from exposure and con-
cussion, and that said conclusion and
exposure were not the result of foul
play. The remarkable circumstances
the melancholy occurrence
have caused much sensation in the dis
trict where deceased was widely re-
spected.
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Suicide at Newry.-A determined case
of suicide occurred on Tuesday, when
a man named George White. 70 years
OF age, who resided in the townland of
Ballyvaughan. took his life by cutting
his throat from ear to ear with a table
knife.
Fatality Near Fethard.-A very sad
occurred on the Southern rail
way near Fethard on Friday. An old
man named Ryan, herd in the employ
of Mr. r. Mccarthy, j. p. was leading
a donkey and car over a level crossing
a. Rathvin, when the train from
Thurles came upon him suddenly. He
was struck on the head. knocked down