The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1887-08-19 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

FALL OF A VIADUCT) V417E11 MEN  KILLED.  A terrible itectideiToutaTQ on lilmolay after. noon, at the lictikland Ironworks, Calderbank, Lanarkshire. A viaduct in curse o. repair gave way whilst a contractor's engine and wagg carrying about ten in u, were crooning. The men were buried to the ground, three of them being instantly killed. Their wane.. are George Lang. lands, John MeGarrioal, and Robert Weddell, all of Airdrie. Henry Hied, Lewis Bizzett, William Smithson, Archibald Hamilton, awl Edward Mo. Cable wece injur d, some of them v. ry badly. A later telegram slates that another death has taken place in connection with the accident. The men injured were engaged placing supports under the bridge, when a waggon ran ot he metals and dragged the engine over the viaduct.  EXECU'I lON OF THE CB We MURDERFB, Thomas Henry Beai, twenty years of age, was executed at linutsford Gaol, Cheshire, on Tuesday, for the murder of his aunt, Sarah Griffiths, at Crewe in March last. The prisoner, while spending a day at hie aunt's house, managed to steal her purse, containing 17s. 6c1., and being caught in the act, he knocked her down with a dolly peg, and kicked her to death. His half-sister entered the house al the moment of the murder, and Bevan 'node a brutal a.sault 011 her, leaving her insensible. When arrested the culpiit displayed the utmost callousness, and while in gaol pending his trial lie seemed very anxious to know what sort of fare persons condemned to death got. When told they could order anything they liked, lie said Le would make the prison authorities keep him well between the time of hie cotivieli it and execution. This idea he did not carry out, lion ever' tta took he oidinary prison litre. Latterly he hi mime very penitent, and told the whole story of is crime to the Deputy-Uovernor, Mr. Taylor, slid the prison chaplain. Acting nu his dirre.ions these officials went to Crewe, and Mutat the stolen purse with the money untouelie,l, concealed under a hedge, precisely as the primmer dmoribed. His halfsister made a iensation at the trial by asserting that a Mrs. Parsons entered the house during the murder and exclaimed 'stop it or you'll kill her." Mrs Parsons denied this at the time, and the prisoner in hi- confession said Mrs. Par-one never entered the house. He had an interview with six relatives on Saturday, and expressed deep penitence. On Sunday he partook of the Holy Communion for the last time, and on Tuesday he wrote eight letters to relatives, which he direoted to be posted after the execution. At night he went to bed at a quarter-past eleven, slept soundly till half-past five and took breakfast an hour later. He bade farewell to the warders in an unfaltering voice, and without uttering another word walked to the scaffold with a firm step. Berry was the executioner, ant. as the prisoner was a very light made youth, weighing only bat. 91b., he was given a Moil Of BIX feel. Bevan died without a struggle, death having been, to all appearance, instantaneous. Only the officials and five reporter. e.,,c present at he execution.