Alston Herald, and East Cumberland Advertiser. — 1877-07-07 (Alston, Cumbria, England)

EXTRAORDINA SY RAILWAY ACCIDYNT.—A shocking accident occurred at Crewe station, on the London and Nortb-Wmttetn railway on Tuesday morning. Henry Croft aud his wife, of Eaton Green, Lancaster, were travelling to Market [forbore' in the Scotch express. The train was paihing Crewe about six am , when a sudden crash was heard, and a long rod of iron, which was being carried in the opposite direction by a luggage train, completely deonpite tad e 4.. neon, aeu sreater part ot the carriage away. Her husband, who was sitting next to her, =aped unhurt, and their son, who was sitting opposite, was also untouched, the iron passing over his heed and cutting the partition against wtioh he was resting into =tabooed.  SHOCKING DRAM Or A BOY NRAllt DUIULILIL An inquest was held on Wednesday night at the County hospital, Durham, before Mr John Graham, coroner, touching the death of John Carr, aged 14 years, who died in the institution on Tuesday even. lug at ten o'clock, from the effecta of injuries re. ceived whilst working at Braaside Brick Works, From the evident,. it appeared that shortly after deceased went to work oil Tuesday morning, he was standing near the machine used in crushing and forming the clay. One of the revolving wheels caught his dress ~nd he was drawn into the machinery, and before the engine could be stopped and the boy recovered, his body was frightfully mangled. From the medical evinenoe it appeared that a portion of one foot was cut off, and also one of the legs, near the knee. One of his arms was also broken in two places, and he was also severely braised in other parts of the body. The boy's father was engaged at the same works, and it WM shown that bad the acci. dent not been discovered when it was, the boy would have been drove in and critshed to pieces. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.  Tug Cousrr Paancittsr.—The following local members voted in the minority on Friday night for Mr Trevelyan's motion in tavoar of assimilating the borough and county franchises and a redistribution of Beata :—W. B. Beaumont, Sir. A. E. Middleton, E. Backbone's, Major F. Beaumont, 1. L. Bell, T. Burt, Joseph Cowen, W. H. James, C. M. Palmer, J. W. Posse, E. Smith, Z. T. Gourley, Sir H. Havelook. The minority of 221 (uountiug the two tellers) was made op of 1.58 English, 31 Scotch, anti 29 Iriah members. Mr Serjeant Spinks was the only Conservative who voted in the minority. The majority . . .  of 278 (Ino,ading tellers) against 'the motion, oonmisted of 212 English, 10 Senton, and 26 Irish representatives, 11;2 of whom represented counties„ and 126 boroughs and universities. Four members of the Oppmition voted in the mi wity, via., Lord 2. Brum, Mr W. H. Forster, Mr Gasohert, and Mr Lowe.  Rev. Du. PARAKIt. —A Loudon correspoodent of a daily contemporary says, speak;n7 of an artiole by Mr Frederio Harrison, the cointist, pa the retire Life,. "1 commend it to those theologian.who are Ibud of spiritnalising doginse into sir. Mr Harrison spiritualism the goal into air, or rather, into force, and oalls that iumortality. No man oau do anything, lie says, without leaving eternal effects upon mankind. 'lbis is the future life. It's very much the same kind of immortality aa the Hindus dream of; and, according to Mr Harrison, Wash regard for pere,oittlity ftiOtiel prevent. it. noonptanoe. It is noteworthy, to say the least, that the same doctrine has been admirably explained to, if not preesei for acceptance upon, a Noneonformistcongregation in Loudon. Dr Parker, thoegh he disavows She interpretation put upon his book, has set forth the doctrine with much sentimental sympathy in his last volume of sermons. The religions world has been making startling developments of late years."  SUICIEM Or AN OFFICER at 81INDIRLAND Basatcas —On Monday morning, a sad suicide took place at Sunderland B irraoka. For needy two peat a young gentleman, named Emiglios riOhnell, has been in quarters at the Bamako as a ememissioned officer of the 138th Regiment, and he was well known in the town. Os Illatardity he was 'moiled to a captaincy in his regiment, rendered assent through the death of Captain Boitoa ; sad on Sunday forenoon he retarned to the Barrer*, after a leave of absence extending over threelllOUthl. On Monday morning he went about in biomass., manner until balf-pset eight o'alook, whim be received his letters. Immediately on reading one of them he went to his bed-room, and on his servant going there e few minutes afterwards in conseqeenoe of bearing the report of a pistol, he found Captain Tiokell lying dead. It appeared that on going to his room the deceased had loaded his revolver in three chambers, and placing the muzzle under the cheekbone on the right side, sent the oharge through his head, it coming out on the left temple, and scattering a portion of his brains about the room. Captain Tickell wee about 23 years of age, and was a memb-r of n W h family which has been menet!: eql with tie army lor many generations. His father iii a wmiiiJl officer in the army.  Stra9 Arrows,  BY