Accidents and Fatalities

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 25, 27 August 1891, Page 2

Accidents and Fatalities

| PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. | New Yoek, August 25. Three children who were playing on the' pavement were buried, but their voices were heard, and the firemen worked like madmen. A boy called out, " Please save my little sister, she's all bloody." Id the end the efforts of the rescuers were successful, and all three were saved. It is now said that the cause of the catastrophe is doubtful. LojfcoN, August 25. An explosion has taken place in a colliery at Caerphilly, Glamorganshire. Only two miners were killed outright, but 250 are entombed. The miners entombed by the explosion of a mine at Caerphilly, have been rescued. August 26. During the stormy weather a pinnace, which had been off to one of the warships, swamped at Portsmouth and four of the occupants were drowned. Paeis, August. 23. Information has been received that a severe hurricane was experienced at Senegal, a French colony on the west of Africa and four vessels have been wrecked and eighteen ef the crew drowned. Kelson, August 26. A shocking fatal accident occurred early this evening to a little daughter of Mr G. Lock. The father has a hothouse, in which he is forcing cucumbers, and he had been attending the furnace fire, his little toddler being beside him. He left the furance for two or three minutes, and in the meantime the child fell into the furnace. On being pulled out she was fearfully burnt, presenting a shocking sight. The child died shortly afterwards.