The Warwickshire Herald. — 1886-08-12 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

ACCIDENTS AND CRIME.  A PRISONER named Lyons, who was conveyed from Failsworth Police-station to Strangeways Gaol, Manchester, charged with burglary, made a daring escape on Monday morning. He was handcuffed, in charge of three policemen, and was riding outside of a car, when he suddenly sprang up and leaping over the rails, dropped on the road below, and ran down the street. The officers started in pursuit, but Lyons had disappeared, and has not since been heard of.  IT is tated that the City of London Police are in possession of information which may lead to the apprehension of the murderer of Mrs. Samuel, who came by her death some years back at her residence in Burt n-crescent.  A VERY painful incident occurred at the Parlyroad Baptist Chapel, Ryde on Sunday evening. Captain George Greenham, while singing, suddenly fell back from his seat. Me was at once conveyed to his ons house, and medical assistance called, but life was found to be extinct. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of death.  - JAMES Itoecilt, belonging to No. 2 Battery of the Northumberland Militia, which is being disbanded at Berwick, was found on Saturday morning lying at the foot of the gun battery on the ramparts with his neck broken, head fractured, and dead. It is supposed that the deceased, who was about twentynine years of age, and belonged to Wallsend-onTyne, while sleeping on the mount fell over a height of some 50 feet.  A DETERMINED ease of suicide occurred on Saturday afternoon at the village of Chalk, about midway between Gravesend and Rochester. A labourer, named Fled Parsons, who until recently was employed by Messrs. Aird and Lucas, ct Tilbury Docks, but who, in consequence of an accident had to give up work, shot himself no less than three times in his head and throat.  WHILST engaged in removing a large iron roller, which had been used to roll the Royal Engineers' cricket ground, preparatory to a match between the Royal Engineers and the I Zingari team, a sapper, named Jessop, fell in front of he maehive, and before it could he stopped it passed over him, crushing him in a fearful manner. The injured man was conveyed to Fort Pitt in a (lying state. A FATAL bicycle accident took place the other day at Tunbridge. A young fellow named Frederick Marchant, employed as a clerk in the South-Eastern Railway Telegraph Works, was riding a bicycle down Quarry Hill, when a horse attached to a cart, which was being unloaded, knocked Marehant, who was going at a good pace, off his machine. He fell with great violence on his head, and when a surgeon arrived he was found to be suffering from concussion of the brain. He was at once taken home, but died in the course of three hours.  WHILST Mr. William Atkinson, a broker, who was on a visit to his brother, Mr. Mums Atkinson, at Mulberry House, Townsend-lane, West Derby, near Liverpool, was handling a gun, it accidentally exploded, the charge striking Mr. Atkinson in the mouth, fracturing his jaw and terribly lacerating his face. Mr. Atkinson was at once taken to the Royal Infirmary, where he arrived in an insensible state, and died soon after admission. Two men have given information that Murphy, who is alleged to have -hot the constable at Dodswort h, near Barnsley, had been seen in Worsborough Park. This induced Surperintendent Kane and a staff of men to scour the park, but without success. During the day a reward of £lOO was offered by the authorities for the apprehension of Murphy. Two children aged from seven to ten, have just been drowned at Dieppe under p :inful circumstances. They had gone with a companion to play on the rocks, but were surrounded by the tide, and their retreat to land was completely cut off. Their piercing cries for help were heard by a man who was gathering cockles hard by. He immediately divested himself of his clothes and swam out to their rescue. He took one with him safely to land promising to return for the others. On reaching Cle shore and looking back he saw to his horror that the other two children had been swept off their scant foothold by the waves. When he reached the place again the bodies had completely disappeared. AT Roshercon, county Kilkenny, Josie and Ellie Cullen, two little girls, aged respectively thirteen and three years, were playing near a pond when the younger child accidently fell in. Josic gallantly jumped into the water to her sister's asEistance, but after strenuous efforts failed to save her, and herself perished in the attempt.