Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1854-08-16 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. SHOCKING VATAATHOPHE AT 801.1 N.-011 Wedne‘. day evening, a labouring man, living at a cottage about • mile front -Bodmin, on going home, found the cottage on lire, and burning furiessly. Ile rushed through the , filmes and caught up one of his three children, and brought it out; it gasped two or three times and then died. The poor num tried hard to go again into the cottage, but war prevented by the flames, end the other two children perished. The dreadful state of the poor man cannot be described. The facts appear to be the. ; —The man's wife washsal bee children and put them to bed ; two of them had the measles, and she was obliged too.. to the doctor's for medicine; there w. no her in the house except • little that was smouldering in the oven. It would seem that the even adjoined the chimney of the fireplace, in which was a wooden lintel, that must have taken tire shortly after the wurnan left Illse house. Everything these pimr people had has been entirely consumed, not • shred of clothing has been saved. Yesterday persona ere engaged in searching for anti picking up the bonwes of the poor children. To add to their misery, the poor woman is in hourly expectation of being confined. A subscription was immediately set on foot. Each of the judges gave fire guinea.; the bar subscribed £l7 ; two mimbv.rs of the grand jury gave one guinea each. The townspeople have yet to come forward, ' so that a handsome sum will probably be obtained. INA Journal. MeLssemobr SUICIDE AT Lieturoot.—A {tenon named William Gower Dean, of gentlemanly exterior, and residing in Greek street, London road, Liverpool, committed suicide by hanging himselt from the bedpost in his apartment on Wedneaday last. It appears !hitt the deoased, who was of very retired habits, had resoled its Liverpool sines May last, and for some time past, had been most assiduous in his endeavours to obtain employment, although unsuccessful. On the morning of the day on which the fatal deed was .mtnitteil he hail received a letter from his wife which he stated contained onpleasant news, and immediately retired to his room. In the afternoon he wns cellist to tea, but, no answer being recaved. a gentleman entered his room and found him suspended front the bedpost, baring strangled himself, and scas quite dead. The following letter, addressed to his wife, Vauxhall bridge road, Pimlico, and dated the day previous, wit found on his person .—.• Dearest and best of Wives,—Before this reacher you I shall be no more, for I feel completely heartbroken. Employment wens§ to be denied to roe everywhere I go. I am almost starving ; therefore you canoot wonder at my committing such an net, But, dearest angel, do not piece for me, for I have over been unworthy of you. Oh, may the Almighty bless and prosper von and the dear children ! Farewell for ever, and eneleavenr to forget the unh•ppy wretch who has embittered your days an long, but who still dearly and devotedly lures you.--, Dane.' Oh, Godl what pain it is to part from you forever; but it must be. Adieu." FATAL ESSZCTs ii, EXCEILINIENTAL Thursday afternoon, Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, hold an inquest 4th. Suffoik Armed Tavern, thuton-street, Ilack• ney-mad, reepeeting the death of Hauoah Warner, aged : 94 years, lately residing at No. It, Moidstone-place, ,ttsggrestneis, who lost her life under the following sitigu' tar circumstances J—the deceased woe the wife of .oar' man, and always enjoyed good health. She lived on Ihappy wrote with her husband, hut was oCcasiOnally in the hobit of amusing herself with a rope which elle wouid the lathe bedstead, and plane the noose or slip.knot round her nook. A lodger named Vetere, remonstrated with her as to the danger and imprudence of molt sets, but elm laughed, and aid, " I only du it to frighten my old roan. " On Monday night the deceased fetched her husband home front neighbouriag beer-.hop. and oiler supper they retired to rest on the hest of tenon On the following morning the husband got up at 4 o'clock to go to work, and discovered the deceased in a kneeling position sit the foot of the bedstead, and upon rising her he found that the front ether neck wail resting ens cord, the rodent which were tied to the bed•rail. She mu smite insensible, and had evidently been in that position about an boor. A surgeon was called, but all efforts to restore animation were merles.. The whole of the witnesses concurred in the opinion that the deeemed had not eon, milted suicide, but hail pieced herself in the position she was bound in to frighten her husband as she had done pr. ',musty, in a joke. The coroner remarked on the singular nature of the case, after which the jury returned an open verdict of '• Found hanging, but how or by what means she became suspended they had no evidence to  prove." DARING Br Itt:LAItY AT BnISTOL.—On the night of Friday the premises of Messrs. F. and J. Amory, grocers, Bridge parade, Bristol, were mitered by thieves (demur haring bees obtained through the adjoining void house), whose sole object it appears was to plunder the iron wile. The door hey opened by means of gunpowder. exploded in the keyhole, but inside this usual wall-solfe Messrs. Amory had fortuuately recently plaeed one of Miler's patent holdfast, violent robbery, and frond resisting floe safes. Thei the thieves got Oat and restored, 110twIth• standing its great weight, to an inner romp, and endear oured to open it by the some means, but without success. The report frorn the explosion of gunpowder ions heard in the night by several ',sates at • consiterable distance, but did not attract the attentioon of the police, one of *hum saw two inen leave the adjoining house about halfpast lour o'clock on Saturday morning, and chased them down 'Thomas-street, end into Ternyle•street, where he lost them. Dining the chase they dropped parcel containing pick.locke, he, of, supetior style of mike, and • ermr•bar and centre-bit have since been found on the roof, lab., been ascertained that the burglars were on the premier,. upwards of 6 hours. Mr. Miler', safe was, however, strong enough to resist all their efforts to get O open. Had they sum:seeded to doing this, their boost would not bare been large, set! only eoutained • small earn, it being Messrs. Amory's practice to bank daily. No goods et any kiwi were stolen, but considerable damage has been dune iu the premises by the explosion of the sunpowder ; the counting-house Window, dome-light, etc., blown to pieces.