... magistrates. Explosion of Gunpowder.—On Wednesday afternoon an explosion of gunpowder took place at Binnichill Colliery, Slamannan, near Falkirk. A contractor named Thomson has been in the habit of keeping casks of gunpowder in the joiners' workshop connected ...

... family.” It is described in the advertisement as having been tenanted by the Protector and his son Richard.” A miner in Slamannan parish, near Falkirk, having received an addition to his family on Monday last, celebrated tiie event, and in the course ...