The Sun. — 1860-10-25 (London, England)

UNEXPLODED SHELLS.—A fatal accident with an Armstrong shell took place on Tuesday at the tower near Eastbourne, which was fired at some two months ago with Armstrong guns. This tower is being prepared for a further series of experiments, several workmen being en• gaged in clearing away the debris of the last bombardment ; among this it was known there wero several unexploded shells, a caution to this effect having been distributed at the time the experiments terminated. In the course of clearing away the rubbish several live shells have been found, and on Tuesday afternoon a 100-pounder was fished out and laid on the beach, a short distance from the tower. Three soldiers, belonging to the Line Depot stationed here, were examining the tower, when one of them saw the shell and commenced handling it; it is said that he pushed a piece of paper into the fuzee-hole, and lighted it with a inciter. The shell exploded, inflicting injuries from which the poor fellow died in about four or five hours afterwards, the only wonder being that he was not blown to atoms. As it is, the destructive nature of these shells was most fearfully apparent, the left leg being blown off at the thigh, the right one smashed and broken, and the whole surface of the chest driven in, while one of the arms was broken in several places, and the face blackened, presenting a most ghastly spectacle. As soon as possible the sufferer was taken to the Military hospital, but he sank rapidly from the fearful injuries he had sustained. A coroner's inquest will be held, when it is hoped that a full investigation will be made as to the way in which the shell was ignited. Two MURDERS IN BRECoNSHIRE.—At a very early hour on Friday morning the body of a man named David Price was found in a meadow through which passed a footpath to his own house, at C wmdyhesfa, near Trecastle, with injuries which put out of the question any doubt, as to their having been wilfully inflicted. Two ribs had been broken, and ends had passed into the lungs. having Some other ribs had been loosened from the cartilage, a knife or other sharp weapon had been thrust quite through the fleshy part of the thigh, and several cuts appeared on the scalp. The deceased had been at a sale by auction about two miles distant, and, having partaken freely of drink, had been quarrelsome on the occasion. Ile bore the character of being a violent and quarrelsome man, and was particularly unpopular in the neighbourhood. Two young farmers who had last been seen in his company have been taken into s hitherto obtained and a coroner's inquest opened on Saturiay has been adjourned to the 31st inst. The evidence obtained has been of a scanty nature, there being gr:cat reluctance in the vicinity to give any information: Cries of distresst to b t h oNsVeeroef idleraurndk(enl n t men eh prev rei tolut rsnni hi ggh tfro,btrart,tbheernsgalrele, wereemed Crickhowcll, was suffered to pass unheeded. On Saturday a middle-aged woman residing at Gwyn VecLant, near __e_.lla few shot by a young man, her own nephew, and d the aspect of murder, and not of accident, a • is minutes. Statements made by the nephew ngive the affair d custody of the police, awaiting the result of au inquest,