Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1887-10-01 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

STOCKTON.—Let Friday week a labourer named David Lewis, 35 years of age, and living at 15, Emily-street, Stockton. was employed at Messrs Blair and Co.'s works, and in chipping a rivet a splinter flew into his loft eye. He was taken to the Surgical Hospital, where it is feared that the sight of the eye will be lost.—On Saturday Thomas Clark. aged 20, was working at Messrs Blair and Co.'s works when he got his hand severely cut. —Edward Gibson, aged 19 years, was working at the Bowes field Ironworks when he got his hand eeverely crushed. Both men have bren treated in the Host:amt.—Oa Sunday afterncou a little boy named Charles Henley. about eleven years of age, was playing in Webster-street, when he fell on the kerbstone, and fractured his arm in two places. lie was cosveyed to the Surgical Hospital, where his injuries were attended to by Dr. Hogg, the house surgeon. —On Tuesday morning, about eight o'clock a labourer named James Sullivan, aged 47 years, living in Arlington-street. Stockton, was 'working at the Bowestield Ironworks, , when he not his right hand severely cut by a bar of iron falling on it. Ile was taken to the Surgical Hospital, where his injuries were attended to by Dr. Hogg.—On Wednesday a man named Thomas Galbraith, of Woodlands-street, was admitted into the Surgical Hospital about seven o'clock, and attended by Dr. Hogg, he having sustained a severe cut On the head with a hook at the Bowesseld Ironworks. STOCKTON BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL LEAGuE.—A meeting of the Stockton branch of the National League was held on Monday afternoon, the president (Mr P. M'Gann) in the chair.--It was announced that a fund had been , opened for subscriptions to the T. P. O'Connor I I testimonial.—ln acknowledging the resolution ' passed at the recent open-air meeting of the Association Mr Jos. Dodds, M.P. for the borough, wrote thanking everyone who was at that meeting for their sympathy shown towards himself. So long as he was spared in health and strength to appear on the floor of the House of Commons he would never flinch trom hie duty, or from the support of Mr Gladstone in the great work of restoring freedom to Ireland. (Applause) —The Chairman having denounced the coni duct of the constabulary at Mitcheistown, Mr C. Gibbons (hon. sec.) moved, "That this meeting condemns the action of the Government in Ireland in regard to the cold-blooded murders at Tlitchelstown and the prosecution of the people's representstives, and further considers that a fund should be started in this town for the purpose of rendering assistance to our suffering people in Ireland, all lovers of freedom being invited to support the same." The proposer announced that the executive of the Stockton branch had decided to start a fund for the relief of the suffering people in Ireland, evicted from their homes, the very houses burned over their heads, and their means of subsistence destroyed. —Mr R. Jones (South Stockton) seconded the me tion, which was supported by Mr Chas. O'Dowd, si.d carried unanimously—lnstructions were given by the meeting that copies of the resolution should be sent to Mr Gladstone, Mr Parnell, and other members of the Nationalist movement.