The Sun. — 1861-08-21 (London, England)

MAN'S LEGS TAKEN OFF BY A RAILWAY TRAIN.  —About half-past 9 o'clock on Saturday night, a plate-layer, named John Beveridge, living in Gateshead, left his home, being then considerably under the influence of liquor, and proceeded to walk along the North-Eastern Railway towards the Felling, with the intention, it is supposed, of going to Sunderland. He was not again seen until half- past eleven o'clock, when a gamekeeper at the Felling, named Graham, found him sitting by the side of the line, near the Felling Station, with both his legs taken off a few inches below the knee ; one of the limbs being thrown on one side of the line, and the other on the opposite side of the rails. The unfortunate man was holding up the stump of his right leg when found, and he was only able to gasp out his name and place of abode, when he lapsed into a state of unconsciousness. He was conveyed in a cart to the infirmary at Newcastle, where he arrived at half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning. His case was then pronounced to be hopeless. He lingered through the day, and became sufficiently sensible to state to his friends that he was knocked down and run over by an engine ; but at nine o'clock at night he was in a dying state. It would appear that the unfortunate man was run over by the south mail, which is due at Newcastle at 10.15 p.m., and which does not stop at the Felling. Beveridge leaves a wife and two children to deplore his loss.—Newcastle Chronicle.  ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUlClDE.—Yesterday  the mayor (Mr. Wood), and magistrates of Worcester were occupied some time in investigating a charge of attempted murder, brought against a young man named Chas. Pugh, who also had made an attempt upon his own life. The escape of the two parties from death was somewhat extraordinary. It appeared from the evidence of a number of witnesses that Pugh had become desperately enamoured of a woman of loose character, named Dinah Mason, and that after cohabiting with her for a short time she left him and went to live with another man. He made several atampts to induce her to live with him again, but she flouted him, and actually set her new paramour to beat him. This so inflamed Pugh that he took to drinking, and, according to one witness, he had been in a state of intoxication for three weeks. On going to see Mason, at 11 o'clock in the morning, he found her in her room and asked her how she was. She ordered him to leave the room, and threatened to send  for a policeman if he did not. He asked her to speak one word to him, but she only abused him. This was spoken to by a neighbour who was present, but who then left the room. Immediately afterwards screams were heard, and on some women going upstairs they found the prisoner in the act of cutting Mason's throat with a razor. The women screamed, and the prisoner, leaving Mason, drew the razor across his own throat, ran downstairs, and fell into the street. Both were taken to the Infirmary, where their wounds were dressed. Mason had two cuts across the face and one round the neck, reaching from ear to ear. Happily however the vital parts were missed, and she is now pretty well recovered. The escape of Pugh from death was most miraculous. His windpipe was completely severed, and all hope of his recovery was given up. However, no effort was left untried, the wounds were sewed up, and the prisoner has now so far recovered as to be able to be removed to the gaol, whence he was brought up in a fly for examination. He appeared deeply distressed, and hid his face in his handkerchief during the whole of the examination. He was remanded in order to complete the depositions.