CHRISTMAS TRAGEDIES

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19813, 28 December 1929, Page 13

CHRISTMAS TRAGEDIES

MANY DEATHS IN ENGLAND. (UJtITEfi PBESS ASSOCIATION —BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPVEI&H.T.) (Received December 27th, 7 p.m.) LONDON, December 26. There has been an unusually long list of Christmas tragedies, with more than 30 deaths, mostly due to motoring smashes. A startling accident occurred at Hove, when twelve were injured through the collapse of scaffolding at a church which overlooked a football ground. Many people had climbed on to this to get a view of the match, and the scaffolding gave way, precipitating the spectators forty feet, amidst crashing timbers and masonry. ACCIDENTS IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, December 27. Eight persons met with violent deaths in New South Wales yesterday and two in Victoria. Dozens of others were injured. Four boys and a man were drowned, there was an agonising death in a burning building, and four fatalities in car smashes completes the list. A motor-bus, a tram, and a car were involved in a remarkable smash in the city. Forty bus passengers had remarkable escapes, and seven were injured. FARMER KILLS HIS WIFE AND FAMILY. (Received December 27th, 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 26. Charles Dawson, a well-to-do farmer of Walnut Cove, North Carolina, became suddenly insane on Christmas Day. He killed his wife and six children and then himself. He left a note saying: "Blame nobody but I."