The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-11-11 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

ACCIDENTS AND CRIME.  As inquest was held as Gawsott, near Buckingham, last week, on the body of a woman named Mary Cadd, aged ninety years. The deceased was left alone in the house, when by some means her clothes caught tire, and she was so terribly burned that she I.ngered hut it few hours. A verdict of " Accidental death was returned.  AT Shrew-bury County Police Office, Dr. Clarence Williams and his wife, residing at Grimshill, Shrewsbury, were charged on a warrant with cruelly beating their little girl, aged three years. Both defendants were remanded, bail being fixed at £25, and one surety of £,25. Da. ANDIOISON, of the Lauderdale-road, Maida Vale, physician to the London Homcepathic Ho-pital, cmunitted suicide on Saturday afternoon by shooting himself through the head. The deceased was thirty years of a-2e, and had been in practice for many years at Maids Vale. where be was much respected. No motive can be assigned for the rash act.  VERY heavy rain fell on Saturday in Carnarvonshire and A uglesea, causmg the rivers to rise con. siderably. The St. Paul's Bow(' Schools at Bangor, with the master's house, have been vriecked through the flooding of the main drain, the water having washed away the foundations. Several irmates of the school-house, and a number of children who were playing near, had a narrow escape. Many times of land are inundated.  A NUMBER of men were engaged in making excavations for a new sewer near the Midland Railway Station, at Hereford, on Saturday, when a quantity of earth fell on a young man named I homas Johnson, crushing him to death. ON Saturday, a member of the Walsall Swifts Football team, named Simmonds, whilst playing against the Baston St. Luke's team. at Walsall. was kicked in a scrimmage, and sustained a fracture of the ;eg. He was t ken to the Cottage Hospital. AT an inquest held on Saturday by Dr. Danford Thomas on the body of Joel Low, 49, of 26, Fleet. road, Hampstead, a medical man attributed death to syncope, following an acute attack of indigestion caused by eating a too hearty meal of tinned salmon.  AT the Manchester County Police-court, on Stdurday morning, Thomas Mellor, furnaceman, was remanded on a singular charge. On the previous night there was a bonfire at Patricroft. The prisoner borrowed a pistol charged with powder, and, in a "lark, ' discharged it at the clothes of a female onlooker. Her clothes were set on fire, and the woman was so badly burned that she will not be able to leave home for several days. A FARM lad employed by Mr. Thomas Scantlebury. of Trederrick farm, near Lostwithiel, was ordered to clean his master's gun on Saturday It was not known to be loaded, but while the boy was engaged with it the gun exploded, and the charge entered the eye of a son of Mr. Scantlebury, five years old., and came out at the top of his head, causing instantaneous death. This is the third Ron Mr. Scantleburnhas lost by accident within a fw years. ON Saturday a serious accident occurred on the lower portion of the North Shields Pier, whereby a locomotive and three trucks were precipitated into the sea. It appears that t(e trucks were attached to the locomotive f. r the conveyance of blocks of concrete to the works at the end of the pier, and when so enga ed tl'e engine suddenly ran off the rails and (lashed ever the pier. The men in charge of the engine and t ucks fortunately escaped. The engine and trucks are entirely submerged.  A STRANGE but true incident in connection with the Genevieve Ward wing of the Maternity Hospital. Melbourne, has come to light in that city. Designs were called for the new building, and a premium of IEIOO offered for the beat desig ~ The judges selected the design which was presented under the nom de plume of " Isolation." sent in by a Mr. Snell. It was ascertained that the unfortunate man had committed suicide at Heide', berg two days befor • the prize was awarded—the cause being desperate destitution.