Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1887-03-19 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SAD RAILWAY DISASTER. 33 LIPII4 Loan  A pugienger train, consisting of eight coaches, running on the Dedham branch of the Boston and Providence Railway, at seven o'clock on the morning of the 14th inst., broke through the Bussey Park-bridge, near Rosendele. The locomotive, with three of the coaches, crossed safely,but the five others fell through to the road, 30 feet below. The last, a smoking coach, was turned completely over, falling upon the other., all being cruhla.d. The cause of the accident wag the breaking of the hedge under the weight of the train. Thirty-three persons are reported to have been killed and 40 to have been injured, including many women.  TAX Paris Hippodrome will return to the French capital in the course of a few weeks, when their novel and attractive performances at Olympia (the new National Agricultural Hall at Kensington) will terminate. Among the fixtures of the coming season at this popular London resort are the Sportinan's Exhibition, in conjunction with which, for the first time in the metropolis, there will be held a show of exclusively sporting dogs. In May, the great London Horse Show will take plain at Olympia, to be followed by an Army Borne Show, and for both of these events a great amount of patronage is already secured. Olympia will also be the scene of the great society • event, the Medisval Tournament and the Kennel Club Show, and a grand historical pageant, and other shows and sales, which will carry the Olympian programme well into the summer. A LETTER has been published in Wellington. N.Z., from the Admiral in command of the Australian station, giving the cost of the Australian squadron as follows "Estimated first cost to the British taxpayers of the vessels comprising the Australian squadron—Nelson, Diamond, Opal, Miranda, Raven Swinger, Undino, and Harrier.-1:540,124 ; estimated annual cost of above-named vessels, including cost of sliming Crews, £237,312 (this is exclusive of coal derait at Sydney and of administration charges). Six surveying vessels, in addition to the above, are employed on the statien, and the entire charges in respect to four of them are borne by the Admiralty, and in . the case of other two the coat is shared between the Admiralty and Queensland in one ease, and between the Admiralty and Western Australia in the cther. [since the return was made the Miranda has been replaced by the Rapid, a more costly cease], with a modern armament.' . .  JUSTICE STIRLINO has formally sanctioned the scheme for the reconstruction of the Bank of Egypt. The reconstruction is necessary because the bank has outrun its charter, and the basis of the scheme is the transfer to a new bank, with £500,000 in .£25 shares, as capital of the assets and liabilities of the old bank, which was perfectly solvent. No creditors objected to the arrangement, and the affairs of the old bank will be wound up, A CHILDREN'S ball was given at Marlborough House In celebration of the anniversary of the Prince and Princess of Wales's wedding day. - .As e.xtraordinary and daring outrage was committed at Portsmouth about ten the other morning. .A than went into the shop of Mr. E. J.- Wright, wire. worker, of Cominercial-road, and asked to see the mast, r. A servant, Jemima Macey, aged 16, replied that he was engtged. Thereupon the man begged, but was refused assistance. Then he remarked, "If you don't give men penny I'll murder you.. He drew a brows-handled knife from his pocket, and the girl tried to run away; but the man stepped upon her dress and threw her down, after which he stabbed her in the neck and arm. The girl became insensible, and the Elall decamped. At night the mart was arrested near Chichester. Is reference to a report that Colonel Arbuthnot, the superintendent of the Enfield Small Arms Factory, will be shortly replaced by Col. King-Harman, M.P., the Press Association is informed that pending the isene of the reports of the Royal Commission, and of Lord Morley'. Committee, it is improbable that any permanent appointment of this nature will be made.  A GIRL, who gave the name of ;17 ' Fthe-1 Richardson, 15, has appeared before the Richmond Guardians, and stated that she was put out of a train at Richmond, and deserted by a gentleman, who had taken her from her faher, and with whom she bad been living at Hounslow and Surbiton for three weeks. The gentleman gave her twopence and left her with her bundle, stating Olathe must catch the mail to Australia. The girl was admithd to the house pending inquiries. Tux Gertran Reichstag has acted a sum of 150,000 marks for the opening up of Central Africa and other aglow.