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... line at Dunmury Station when the down express train from Dublin came up, and, it is stated, striking him with terrific force, killed him almost instantly. Dr Thompson was one of the most famous medical practitioners in Ireland. Retirement ok Mr Dillon, M ...

Published: Thursday 28 September 1882
Newspaper: Southern Reporter
County: Selkirkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 415 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ENGLAND

... erecting new chimney Park Colliery, near Wigan, when the breaking scaffold pole part the chimney fell with tremendous crash. Piatt hurled ninety feet the ground and instantaneously killed. Pennington caught against wire rope which cut off his right leg ...

Published: Thursday 04 October 1888
Newspaper: Southern Reporter
County: Selkirkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 641 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ENGLAND

... corridor and winding staircase to the scaffold. He was very calm and self-possessed. A six foot drop was allowed, and death was instantaneous, only a slight convulsive muscular twitching lasting few moments. One Man Killed and Several Injured by Lightning ...

Published: Thursday 24 June 1886
Newspaper: Southern Reporter
County: Selkirkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 700 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HAWIOL

... Works. About bolltgrat two o'cloek, six sal nbanosas hod employed on a scaffold some high, plesiNg upon it a large block of freestone, 4 cwt. in weight. While tarrying it scaffolding suddenly conspired, and lb* stone sad all the six mon were le the groend ...

THE EXECUTION OF GUITEAU

... Guiteati asked to speak with the warder and have the trap sprung as soon after twelve as possible, also to see that the scaffold was safe, as he feared an accident. Guitean then read a poem, composed by himself, entitled Sinmislicity. or Religious ...

Published: Saturday 08 July 1882
Newspaper: Scottish Border Record
County: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 994 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MELROSE

... MELROSE. Mark Turnbull, K. 0.5.8., who has been killed in France, was son of Mrs Turnbull, Gattonside. Melrose, and previous enlistment was employed tailor in Melrose. “THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHIC GAZETTE” for March contains an able article on “ Rational ...

The United Kingdom

... horee belonging to the proprietors was destroyed, and other damage to the extent of £450 was done. SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT AT STIRLING.—By the fall of a scaffold at Stirling Gasworks on Saturd wo men named Peter Mailley and James ilton were badly injured, both ...

Published: Thursday 12 May 1898
Newspaper: Southern Reporter
County: Selkirkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1242 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SELKIRK

... towards the scaffold led by Marwood, who was followed by the consict, und on either side of churn walked • prison officer. Then catne Mr Grey, reading prayers the Under Sheriff, and other officials. Twenty ateps brought the unhappy roan to the scaffold. lucre ...

The United Kingdom

... Fatal Scaffold Accident. —On Saturday Alexander Kerr, labourer, Union Street (East), Arbroath, was killed while work in the Wellgate Factory. He was employed along with William Butchart, a plumber, renewing the rain spouts, when the scaffolding 011 which ...

Published: Thursday 22 March 1894
Newspaper: Southern Reporter
County: Selkirkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1223 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SCOTLAND

... Fatal Scaffold Accidext ix Glasgow.— On Friday forenoon, while a number of masons and labourer* were employed on a scaffold placed upon joists, one storey high, at a building in course erection in Lumsden Street. Overnewton, Glasgow, the scaffolding suddenly ...

Published: Thursday 04 May 1876
Newspaper: Southern Reporter
County: Selkirkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1509 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

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... in sapid Irma sea again resew& Me meter Sir George Wa i T 4 killed three selmen, and on the de min Bridges killed two. an water Mr Bidder, , hag n. sod en the upper Sprinter' I water Mr killed one, which sealed 1 10 lb. Ois the Rippe water Colossi 1 Wok ...

SKETCH OF EARLY WESTERN LIFE

... heard them whispering“We’ll kill the old man and woman first,” said one of them, “ then we’ll hunt the money. If those little brats up there (pointing to the scaffold) wake up, we can easily take care of that.” But we must kill them all,” said another of ...

Published: Thursday 08 June 1876
Newspaper: Southern Reporter
County: Selkirkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2236 | Page: 4 | Tags: none