LATE CABLES.
NARROW ESCAPE OP THE PRINCESS OF WALES. By Electrio Telegraph. — Copyright (per united press association.) Vienna, September 24. The accident in which H.R.H. the Princess of Wales and her daughters narrowly escaped losing their lives at (jtmunden, happened in a peculiar manner. The carriage was crossing, the line when the automatic barriers fell, thus preventing the carriage from making an advance or retreating. Colonel Stanley Clarke, who was attending her Royal Highness, was successful in dragging the carriage to one side of the level crossing just before the express train passed. London. September 23. At Marlborough House it is denied that the life of the Princess of Wales was imperilled in the accident at Gmunden. Caibo, September 23. A British gunboat and a battalion of the Egyptian forces have been ordered to Suakim to prevent the advance of Osm an Digna. The rebels, who are one thousand strong, are engaged in shelling the town. An Italian gunboat, which was stationed at Massowah, has gone to Suakim to assist the garrison there against the rebels. Sydney, September 24. The champion sculling race between Kemp and rixnlan takes place on Friday next, and the betting is now even. Searle has issued a challenge to row the winner for £500 a-nide and the championship of the world.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 46, 25 September 1888, Page 2
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