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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 681, 4 December 1909, Page 15

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f-/' INTERESTINGITEMS/BY MAIL//! ■--London, October 22. /Daniago ,to tho ,estimated extent of about '.£25,000 has been caused'by a fifd which broke, out at one-of the--hop'warehouses' owned-by Messrs. W. H. and H.Le May, sitnato behind Sumner Street, Southwark (say the "Standard of Empire"). The fire obtained a hold so rapidly that, by the time tho firo! brigado arrived the warehouse and its contents wero doomed. It was only after two hours of hard work, during which time tho upper part of tho building, collapsed, and the interior was entirety' gutted, that the brigado were able, to obtain any real mastery. Just as it appeared as though,the firemen had tho flames'!well in hand a startling: incident occurred. A' low, snapping; sound warned the chief of tho brigade .that .something was about to happen, and he shouted through, his megaphone the order to t" Stand clear V' . It. was only just in time, for a few seconds after about thirty yards of wall curled over at the top, and then fell with a deafening crash into thenarrow strebt.-: It was befcween : tho sound of the snap and the fall that twenty firemen and the chiefs of the brisado.and Salvago Corps got clear.' ■'■ / '■■"■' '. ■ ' ]■ .'.■•'■ I

/: ''""'.iHEROISM AT A -WRECK. ■". Thrilling scenes were witnessed at Dover, when the brigantine Ospreywont ashore during a violent gale betweon Shakespeare's Cliff and the Admiralty Pier. The:shiD was swept continuously by heavy seas, and the position of the' crow' was one of irreat peril." The coastguards were soon on the spot,, and eventually a life line was got aboard tho wreck, and two of the; crew succeeded in making their way ashore, the coastguards linking up and forming,, a chain, through the heavy surf to help the men, along'the rope." Something apparently wont wrong with-the lino afterwards, and the ' efforts with the rocket apparatus were unsuccessful.: / There were /still three "men on the wreck, whose predicament was a. terrifying one. It was at this.stage that the pluckiest action of. the_ night took' place. A coastguard named -Maurice: Killer, volunteered to swim out; through .the heavy seas to, thestranded shiD.tp get:the'rope-aboard.' .His progress was watched "hrcKthlessly.by the, crowd; -on the shore,vand when: ho reached the ship .and QiimW.ori board up a line thrown over her Ride tho tension gave way.'to.a roar of cheering./ One after the other, the.c'rew was safely ?ot.'ashore, and then their gallant rescuer was hauled m.: . ■ .- - ; -.'•-'■ • . , W ' ARMY; PAGEANT,- '':' /'■.'' :■ Next- yearJLondon .will: witness a, huge iArmy pag ] Canti : .organised-.'ou v ! liiies'- : the,-ii)aguitUde'iof-which will como as, a'.'surprise to the great' metropolis .itself.-.'.-;, Major Algernon .. Tudor Vraig,-h6n;'-'socfetary'.t6''itho : 'organising..'coin;' rtittee, in the. course, of an interview, saidi _The/scheme ' has :; the''" patronage' of his' Majosty the King, tho Prince and Princess of Wales, tho: Duke' and Duchess of Connaught, Princess Christian, .arid. Prince r Francis of "eck. The provisional.fixture is for about the middle of Junb.'cnd the-proceedings will extend over a .period, of two. weeks! Wo are desiroui of,raising a sum- of. JBIO.OOO. ', Tho proSta will "be devoted to the -Incorporated Soldiers, and Sailors' Help-Society; -Tho'first .section.qf the "pageant will depict scenes show-' ing.the part.played-by. the Army iVshaping British history., There; will be scenes from British battles,-and these will probably include .such notable;,encounters .as Crccy,:-Plo'dden-' ???}?<M*skwiss, and Ndwbury. Tho secondary, section'will deal with incidents in' the careers of. -British rogintents,.and.a number of. famous, have already decided to ■ tako part Mr. Benson is to.be, the master of the pageant. : ZADKIEL AND; ■ THE /BUDGET! .*: appearance of "Zadkiol's Almanac',and: Ephemons".'. for,. 1910 naturally . curiosity as;.to what -the''astrfilogical-'prophot has .to/say on tho'.presont/politicnPsituatioh. ,liis '/.forecast - is that /the.', Cabinet by -all appoarancosos doorried:to defoat.-:Jn the words' .of/ Mr. Zadkiol, tho: presence '.'of. Mars 'and' baturn, in Aries, in:the first.house, in opposi,tipn,to„Jupitor and in quartilo with Morcurj-, is/indicative of a:groat political struggle, and' seemsrto general' election: If |ho. Government's. Budget Bill, ia rejected'- by 'thoiHouse of Lofds,,andjf;the'!prcserit.-Cabinot:-Wj -''1909) appeal to the - people, : ' : they are' not likely... to pbtain a working majority' and wiU probably resign. The affliction of tho sun at the next birthday of 'the' Chairrcellof-.of th«' ' Exchequer is not encouraging, and we arei'in- : clined-to judge that it foreshadows defeat and ■resignation.,; ,'.^/v/;:'- -.'. : ~■',• .:-.■ ! ):; LABOURERS':AND MR! ; COLLINGS. ': ;. ; .'[A. very interesting incident has taken placo at;,- home, of, Mr,.. Jesse .Collings, - M.PI,: Edgbaston,- Birmirigham, where Mr! iCha-mber,--lanij ,on/behalf, of ;a large' number of, snbscribers, "presented,'an ■ illuminated album 'and 1 ' address Mr. ; Collings./The . album, contains, ;' ■jthesb almost every county -inEuglaud is .represented, and the signatures aro< ; alftps't'/-6n;. v tirely .'• those of. agricultural SniaHV : : holders, and the like. yenrifri/dndMrs." ' pollings; celebrated ■ their '.golden wedding, and!' ' it occurred to some of-the labourers that thoy' : ; woiild like to show their: appreciation of ,Mr. Collings's':lifelong services towardsVth'e niral community,'but it:was!too late to do anything at the. timo. .'An'. address'. was,, ultimately; decided on,' and this: it -was intended to present early, in.the past'summer; on the Rural Lationrers'.League (of which Mr,.Collings is president) arriving at its majority' in.point'of age. : , .Unfortunately Mr. Collings mot.with.an-'acci--' dent, iso that the presentation had' to be ,put' off till .the. present time. : ■■:' :/;/V/;,;;''.THE STOCKiIX^CASE/ '/!/'" ./'/My .tongue; is, tied, :my lord,: and/my heart is broken.' I am : sbny. I can .only ask those T have wronged to try in the time to forgive mo.'' .With those words, -spoken in o voice.'broken. with? omotion,.. Thomas -James Stookall, formerly, a l.lieutenant-colonel in ,the ■volunteers and head of a large jewellery ,busi-nbss'-'-in Clerkenwell;Road," appealed■ ■ r to'- r the- ' recorder: at the. Old.' Bailey tor: .mercy.' He ■ was charged ,on his own confession with-steal-' ing'SOO : watehes. ..The-circumstancesieadingup. to Stockall's' appearance in the dock V wero peculiar.,. One Monday 'morning in, November, 190i/hb "was found gagged ana 1 bound in his .offico, in a-statoof great exhaustion.- Ho explained that he had:been in that predicament - since ;thp'previous Saturday,'having been seized by thrbo men, who tied him up and ransackod the promises; - Tho statement was accepted by the police, and the;sum of w£2959..was paid by • Lloyd's, with; whom the property was insured. It was not until September of this year that the '■' accused admitted he. had : fabricated - tho, robbery: story,' and had actually - pawned- the articles for which the insurance had been obtained. In passing sentence of nine months in the second division, the recorder said ho was quite prepared to believe that the prisoner had already suffered greater punishment than the sentenco which he: was to undergo. ; - .; /!'.; THE! etLOBE' PLAIEBUSE. ; ; ; : /Amomorial of the Globe Playhouse in,Sauti--warfe, --whorp Shakespeare produced and - acted in hik; plays, has been unveiled by Sir Herbert Beerbohni Tree. ,The present site of the Globe | is occtrpiodby the cooperage of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins's brewery, and it is/ on €he Pnrk Street wall of this .brewery that the/memorial has/been placed; The. memorial: is in the-form of,a bronze tablet containing- a view of old Southwark and the -Globe Theatre, and a bnst of the poet, after the Droeshont portrait. Under thtjbnst is the inscriptiorir-''Herß stood the 'Globe' Playhouse of Shakespeare; ,1598-1613.'*' The unveiling was preceded by ahmcheon; at-, which the toast of "London's greatest citrien, tho immortal William Shakespeare/' was -drunk in.silence. .Special .interest attached to tha. occasion in consequence of the discoveries recently reported by Dr. Wallace, claiming;that tho real rite of playhouse'wasion thoioppov .site, side-of-the street- . .: : .;' •'■:: ,: ■'i ■ : '/ : :, ...r— —— ''•'■;■'',•' -•; ; MrSDEESSTNG TUTAIZn. y / A terrible tragedy occurred m a hairdressor's ,snop m Great Windmill Street, Piecadilrr when two women wei& buried/to death owing, it-is beliovod. to the explosion of highly rectified petrol, which/was being used m the courso of a dry shampoo. Whilo Miss Hobkirk, a customer, /was having hor hahdressed in the'ladies' saloon, hor hair canght fire, and the flames spread to hor dress., Mrs. Kaffnor and Miss, Leon, : the wife ;> and 6topdaughtor of the proprietor, ran to,her aid and ■■ thomselvea caught fire. Their cries attracted the staff of the Lyric Theatro, which is opposite, and they rushed ■ across to' the shop, lne stngo doorkeopor -' succeeded in smother- 1 ing the flames;which : onvblopcd: Miss Loon, g ll not- bofore she was terribly burned. Miss Bobkirk was found almost Unrecognisable at the/foot- of :thb stairs.; The two unfortunate .-women : died, in . hospital ■:. shortly ' afterwords; Mre. Loon Raffner was also severely bnrned.— Standard of Empire." / '.:,/'/ ■''!