The Poole Telegram. — 1880-11-05 (Poole, Dorset, England)

LOCAL BOARD A LESSON.—In the gale last week, the John Miller, of Southampton-row, Weymouth, and a Power of the wind was so great that two of the large porter, knew Moggeridge from his cradle, and about fishing lerrets, belonging to Mr. J. W. Russell and Mr. ten minutes to four was in a potato field with him. W. Flann, jun., were blown from the crown of the when deceased, who came there after witness asked beach to the bottom on the pebbles on the east side, him for an old kettle to put his mushrooms in, deceased and the sides of the boats dashed through, pebbles having gathered a hatful. Witness hadn't a kettle: were even taken up by wind or spray, and hurled but directed him to a brother's garden. and deceased against the windows of some houses near, and several left. About four, he saw him again, lying on his right of the men seated in the publichouses said "Now tis side on the ground, about 100 yards from where he saw time to hook it, if the pebbles are coming against the him before, and quite dead. Witness found the body windows." Somebody sug,zests that if the pebbles One of the men sentenced on Monday at the Manchester on his return home, across his son-in-law's field. His help to stir up the men soaking at the pubs, it would Assize, for burglary at Streltord, committed suicide on berm t and pulse had stopped beating, witness tried his be a gain if the stones flew about oftener. About half- Tuesday in one of the cells of the prison, by hanging himneckerchief, and found it quite loose; but his face past seven the sea began pouring into Chesil, although self with a bed strap. His name was Thomas Daniels. and was black ; his hat was under his arm, and the side of it was low tide at the time, and the alarm was great he vote soel7cteensceupdetrovroenn lh,eearfapcienaallr eservitudeaiy servedand sevense ve n his nose resting on one of the mushrooms. Witness for it came through the houses, over the road, and into years' renal servitude for a previous offence. sent some one for thepolice, and remained withthebodv the houses on the other side, quite drowning the At Maidstone Assize, on Monday, John Wills. was till they came.—Dr. Rhodes was called about half- approach to the railway station. Some passengers sentenced to nine months' imprisonmene for the manpast five to see the deceased, and went at once, finding came to the station another way. Mr. Short, manager slaughter of Thomas Francis, at Foot's Cray ; and him in a field near Sandsfoot Castle, when the body of the Portland Stone Company, very kindly erected William Harbum t) a similar term of imprisonment for was on his back; but witness was informed deceased a temporary bridge of planks placed on large blocks of the manslaughter of Thomas Holden, at Esatchurch, in a had fallen prone, and he saw blood on one of the stone, so that passengers were able to get safely p urti ct -bile° liis ea nqcuhaersrteeir. A. mushrooms. He presented all the appearance of a across dryshod. The water did not pass away ,size, on Tuesday morning, James Oldham was charged with attempting to murder his son, man who had had an epileptic fit, and witness learnt for a long time being kept in by the rising at Rochdale, The prisoner made preparations to account he had had them before, a man having seen him in tide ;but providentially when the tide rose, the wind for the boy's disappearance, and then then threw him inta more than one on the beach. Dr. Rhodes had very fell, so that the flood did not increase, though it the canal; but the lad got out on the other side. The little doubt the death was caused 1331 the epileptic remained in till late in the afternoon. It has been prisoaer was sentenced to 25 years' penal servitude. attack, accelerated by exposure to cold.—Some of the suggested that the Local Board should, when winter An :ntknest was held Tuesday on the body of Charles jury had also seen deceased in a fit —The father, approaches keep a quantity of large planks in some Parker liillier,tpiiii.blipttho,l7 sciSa Charles Lair rft,lltihe Timothy Moggeridge, of Chanelry-court:Weymonth, shed near the approach to the railway station, so that R, down ;lheosemenee dwockeaat ?the Tuesday ymaorrket fortnight, by ATl,rg had known him have two or three a week, while fish- a bridge might be readily made in times of inundaSwinho,.,rne, the actor, and the stage manager and stage lug, and on the Beach; in fact he had been snbject to tion. Meantime the passengers are very much in- earpe:Aer, were examined. The jury exonerated all them from childhood.—Verdict : Death from a natural debted to Mr. Short, whether the Local Board follow partte.s, but recommended that the opening should be , cause, epilepsy. his example or not. guarded.  10. 5 P.m. 10 31 a.m. 10. 5 p.m. 14 11.25 a.m. 1( 11.52 pm. 1( 12.19 p.m 11 12. 4 a.m. 11  On Saturday Mr. Jennings hell an inquest at Beverley on the body of Emma Campey, wife of George John Clmpey, a painter. Deceased, who was 40 years of age, was the mother of six children, and blind. On the previous evening she attended a mceting of the "Salvation Army," in the Assembly-rooms, and just as a hymn was being sung she fell forward and died. Medical testimony was to the effect that death resulted from disease of the heart, accelerated by excitement and the coroner, the report says, "passed some severe strictures on religionists in general, and the Salvation Army in particular."