... work on a scaffold; four others went down in a hoppit to relieve them, and on getting on to the scaffold one of the bearers gave way and the whole party were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft—a distance of 79 yards. Bentbam was killed on the spot; ...

... Their cries were heartrending. The plasterers and labourers who were on the front scaffold fared but little better. Tha front wall in falling carried away the scaffolding, and the men who were on it fell to the ground on the shattered brickwork with fearful ...

... this locality. The greater portion of the work was well-nigh finished, but the scaffolding was still remain- ing. The catastrophe was the result of the mass of scaffolding falling on the houses opposite, carrying with it a number of men who were upon ...

... FEARFUL PIT ACCIDENT. Five Men Killed. A most fearful accident happened last week in Monk- wearmouth pit, the deepest mine in England, by which five men lost their lives. The accident occurred at what is called the B pit of the colliery, a shaft of which ...

... HOUSES AT HACKNEY. Adjourned Inquest. The inquiry into the circumstances which caused the death of the three persons who were killed by the falling of the unfinished houses at Hackney was resumed a few days ago, by Mr. John Humphreys, at the Town- ball, Hackney ...

... On his way to the scaffold he appeared • more resigned but terribly depressed. He embraced the Abbe 3 Hugon, confessed himself in the usual form, and muttered frequently that he asked pardon. On arriving at the foot of the scaffold his confessor told ...

... was opened he made a statement to the effect that he was throwing a stone at a rabbit when it accidentally hit the boy and killed him. No motive was proved for the commission of the crime, but it was alleged that the ehild had been outraged. The culprit ...

... a depth of between two and three hundred yards. They were, of course, all killed on the spot. Thompson's head was completely severed from his body by the edge of the scaffold against which 110 fell, and many of the others were shockingly mutilated. A ...

... of the scaffolding into the river- Besides the workmen engaged in the lowering of the foot girder, there were also a large; number work- ing upon the other girders, and the consequence of the accident was that two of the former number were killed, the whole ...

... asked the culprit if he required anything, but he said No. He then walked to the scaffold, preceded by the Rev. J. Davis, reading the burial service. He ascended the scaffold with firmness and placed himself under the beam, when Calcraft put the cap over ...

... to kill his wife, was executed on Monday morning on the Place de la Roquette. When going through the ceremony of the toilet, he said, I ought to expiate my crimes I merit the sentence passed on me, but it is a teriible thing to die on the scaffold. Some ...

... nands at the wrists, and otherwise mutilated her in an indescribable manner; and, finally, one of them, with the intention of killing her, made a downward cut at her head, which nearly cut away the forehead from the skull, and left her, to all appeirance, ...