The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1879-08-02 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

ACCIDENT TO A CREWE EXCURSION TRAIN.—An brook, leaving her for dead. The fresh water excursion train, conveying the men from the Crewe revived her, and her screams brought help, and she carriage works of the London and North-western was rescued. Prisoner, who was undefended, Rail way Comp any to Bangor, met with an accident neither cross-examined the witnesses nor made any near Connah's Quay on Saturday. A. coal train statement in defence; and the jury having found had been shunted into the siding, and by some the prisoner guilty, his lordship said it was a most negligence three of the waggons were left on the inhuman case, and the only consideration which main line, the siding being too short. The approach inclined him not to sentence the prisoner to penal of the excursion train was fortunately noticed by servitude for die was that he did not believe the the goods guard, who ran to the station and had prisoner intended to murder the woman. The thn sign ils put up against the approaching train, sentence therefore, would be one of 20 year's penal which was not brought to a standstill before a col. servitude. lison occurred with the waggone, the engine buffers LUNACY STATISTICS —ln the recent issue of the being smashed, and some a the occupants in the "Miscellaneous Statistics of the United Kingdom" front carriages badly shaken. some interesting information is given as to the lus WIMBLEDON Meirrnece—The Wimbledon causes of insanity. It appears that out of a total meeting was virtually brought to a close on Saturof 14,152 insane persons admitted during the year day. The only competition left was for the new 1876 into the county and borough asylums, regis- prize ent6tled the Cambridge Trophy, to be corntered hospitals, and licensed houses in England and peted for on the same conditions as the Lloyd Wales, &c., 995 attributed their mental aberration Lindsay. between men of the regular cavalry. The to domestic trouble, including the loss of relatives sth Dragoons performed the alloted task in 8 min. , and friends, and 431 to religious excitement. 27 seconds, making an aggregate score of 107, thus Adverse circumstances, including business winning the cup and £25, while the 11th Hussars , anxieties and pecuniary difficulties, had praduced won the second prize, £l5. The great event of the insanity in 691 persons, while mental anxiety had day was the presentation of the prizes by the overthrown the reason of 751. Among the moral Duchess of Connaught, who, accompanied by the causes of insanity this latter is the most fruitful, duke, arrived shortly after five o'clock. The win- '1 frights and nervous shocks standing at the bottom ners of the chief prizes were warmly greeted, 1 having been produced by love affairs of various winner of the Queen's prize. The Duke of Conof the list with 198, while 243 eases are stated as especially Taylor, of St. Helens (41st Lancashire), kinds. Of the known physical eauses intemperance naught, in the name of the duchess, expressed a in drink heads the list with 2,114 victims; here. hope that the success achieved this year would in. ditary insanity, with other ascertained causes in duce them to return toWimbledon in coming years. coml)ination, comes next with 1,415; while 808 MR.