... Saturday the culprit endeavoured to kill himself by thrusting his head into the fire. He was burnt a most frightful manner. The unfortunate wretch sunk rapidly, and on Monday morning he to be carried iv a chair to the scaffold. The chair being placed under ...

... an Irish labourer, who was engaged in some mason work at Messrs. Chadburn s grinding wheel, in the Nursery, fell from a scaffolding height of eighteen yards, and sustained injuries, of which he died on Sunday at noon, in the Infirmary. An inquest was held ...

... were jumping upon the scaffolding at the new gas worke, Halifax, it suddenly gave way, and they fell to the gronnd. One little fellow, named Marshall, in falling, seiaed loose atone in the wall, and, coming down upon hia head, it killed him upon the The other ...

... the wilful murder of Charlotte Pugsley, at the recent winter assize for the county of Somerset, took place this morning on scaffold erected in front of the county gaol at Wilton, near this town. It will be remembered that the deceased woman was cook in ...

... and for this purpose the usual scaffolding had been erected, and also a pair of legs. About half-past nine o'clock, while the workmen were nil busily employed, man named John Rhodes was sent up to the top of the scaffolding, to fix the guy rope to the ...

... sustained the Austrians at Malegnano:— General Boer and Lieut.-Colonel Treutler, his aide-de-camp were killed. The infantry regiment No. 39, and 20 privates killed; three captains, four lieutenants, and 88 men were wounded. The 3rd Jager battalion had seven privates ...

... had been searched he attempted to strike his head against the mantel shelf. Witness prevented him, and he exclaimed Kill me, kill me. He afterwards wished that doctor should be sent to see his poor wife. Mr. Ballantine addressed the jury for the prisoner ...

... explained to him, he said, I can solemnly state before any earthly judge and before my heavenly one, that I never intended to kill Mrs. Studd, and if I had only waited in the house a moment to have seen the result of the blow, I should have added to my already ...

... corrective sight. thought of the shattered, senseless victim —of the bloody work which thnt poor creature was smashed and killed—of that awful night at the hospital when the grating trephine set free flitting consciousness, and the identity of the assassiu ...

... and take the Eucharist. On arriving at the place of execution he refused to have his eyes bandaged, mounted the steps the scaffold with firmness, and there received the fatal stroke without shriuking. Jealousy and Attempted Murder. —Crown Court, Worcester ...

... s. Having chewed the tale-bearers, eat them. Oriod to pieces tbe enemies. Having killed the English, scatter tbem. O Mit Chundee! (O Mother Devee!) let none escape. Kill the enemies and tbeir families. Protect Soaker (Mahadeo), and preserve your disciples ...

... stripped off to the bone, and a number of the passengers were more or less hurt. We have not yet ascertained whether any one was killed, but, judging from the speed (the train travelling at the rate of 40 miles an hour) and the fearful nature of the accident ...