ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5990, 30 March 1911, Page 1

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ETC.

LONDON, March 20. At Charlton, Northumberland, James Hunter, a groom, built and saturated with petroleum his own funeral pyro, set lire to it and was incinerated. NEW YOKE, March 26. A fast train known as the "Dixie Flier" plunged from a trestle bridge at Ocilla, Georgia. Seven persons were killed and twelve injured. OTTAWA, March 20. A Canadian-Pacific train was wrecked at Port Authur, Ontario. Two persons were killed, two are missing, and several seriously injured. 'SYDNEY, March 2G. After a twenty rounds contest at Newcastle, a well-known Sydney boxer named Bob Bryant collapsed and died. A remarkable fact is that deceased ■ever fell during the fight. MELBOURNE, March 27. A youth named Scott has been committed for trial on a charge of rolibing- tne Footscray railway booking office. The proceeds, amounting to £7. were spent at the races, theatres and on lollies. NEW YORK, March IS. Federal officers raided Widner and Cornbony's stock-broking' offices, alleging and that ,'£Boo,ooo was involved. The Standard Securities Company, affil «ftted to the concern is also involved. The City Attorney and the Chief of the Fire Department both declare that the Building Department are responsible for the loss of 142 liv e s in Saturday's fire. The factory wns worked, they say, under sweat-shop conditions, The girls were unacquainted with English and they thus failed to understand the directions for escape.