LATER INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1345, 20 November 1872, Page 2

LATER INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Another old colonist — Mr Chas. Legh, ? . of liennox street, Richmond, solicitor-*---has been removed by death. Mr Ljegh • arrived in the colony in the year 1839, and was admitted a solicitor of the Supreme. Court of the colony of Victoria on May 8, 1841. The deceased gentleman was re.* spectedby a large circle of friends, / According to the correspondent of the., Kyiieton Guardian, there lives, at Treny ham.a perfect Samson :?— " He took in bjt teeth a dining-table, lQftx3ftj weighi^ upwards of l^cwt, and oarried it from one end of a large room to the other and : brought it back to the .place from wlience he had taken it. This is a feat which I believe was never before performed in the colony." An extraordinary escape from death has ■ been experienced at Ballarat by a laborer named Henry Backhouse. . The BdUarat Courier describes the occurrence in the following manner : — ," Backhouse, who : lives at Lake Learmonth, had been indulging in a neighboring 'public ' till an "early hour yesterday morning, when he started towards his own tent; but on reaching the main road, which intersected his homeward path, he mustjhave fallen ; down and gone; to sleep. Shortly afteE- ; wards the night coach from BaUaratf to Avoca passed by, or rather over him, and, •strange to say, although Backhouse was • lying in the middle of the track, none of' ■the horses' hoofs touched him. Never-: 1 theless, although the poor fellow escaped/ "fataLinjury, his right 'ear wasjtorn off by, 'one of the coach wheels^ and lnsharid"wss ialso severely lacerated. Backhouse was brought in to the Ballarat Hospital yea■terday, where the ear was * amputated* and the other injuries attended to." A Miners' Association has been formed at Staweil, one of the objects of which is to be to secure the adoption of the eighty hours' system in the mines of the district." , _ The body, found in the Yarra at Collingwood, with the hands and feet tied, has been identified" as that of Bph^r^iin Myles Shelleyj brother of Mr W." Shelley',;; the Mayor qf Richmond. / The ' whole "of Mr Weber's (of St. jJames's Vineyard) last year's .wine^jyaj pent by steamer from Geelqng to Mel* bourne the other day. The casks were, decorated with cypresses and other everr greens, and the seven or eight large: waggons in which the wine wa3 conveyed* to. the steamer Despatch made an af.trac?tive display in Moorabool street. ( It is" Mr Weber's intention to build a large distillery. A most lamentable part of the spiritist business now reigning in. Melbourne^ £says.'t]ie Gqiwie.f) \thiiVa promTs.ing young man, who held a good appointment under. . Government, has not only : lost his situ,-* ation, but gone raving mad, and is nqw^; in the Xarra B.end Asylum-, where he ha,ct , to be removed by his friends. Jt.^.nqs., all plain sailing, however, with tnbse in the " inner circle," as one section of the " faithful." under Nayler, denounce Jas. Smith and his section as arrant humbugs .and impostors, whilst Mr Smith avers that his is the only true gospel, and that Nayler is a rank duffer. What a pretty lot! . • . , '. / '. The Bendigo Advertiser reports that a^; miner and well-known cricketer, named Edward Bowcock, was killedl on Wednesday morning, in the Wilson's Company's claim. Two shots had been firfid in the backs. loft apart ? and deceased and others^ . were pulling loose stone down, wherf,^ about a tort weight . fell some qisfence^ from him and rolled over and struct him on the back. He died immediately . after - being brought to the surface. No blame is attached to anybody. Deceased, was married a few months ago, and was highly respected and esteemed by all who knew him. Deceased's mate, Morrow, was knocked down by the fall, but fortunately received little injury. • • A melancholy accident occurred at Hamilton. A boy aged thirteen years named Robert Gale went to bathe in' the creek near the Portland bridge." The ■'" ' lad took a header off the bank and his thigh came in contact with a glass bottle, -.: which opened a wound two inches deep. He was got out of the water, but soon became insensible from loss of bloody the femoral artery being cut. Some boy&V who were with him r.au for assistance, ■ ■ and Mrs Mills and Mrs Schultz came upon the scene, finding the boy crouchedin a sitting position with the vital fluid - streaming from the injury. With all speed the wound was bandaged up in a temporary manner, and Dr Wyhe was sent for. After a stimulant had been administered the poor little fellow revive^ sufficiently to be conveyed to the hospital, but he died in the course of a couple of hours." . ; ' . " ■ A strong well-made man, name David Stammers, a minor at Sebasfopol, was received: into the hospital, in a shocking state. It appears, from what has transpired, that it is probable he tried to' commit suicide while suffering from delirkm trenwis. He seems first to haye .: cut his throat across, partially but not quite severing , the windpipe, and inofc toaching the jugular, vein ; he theUj mif

dissatisfied with this attempt, mutilated himself in the lower part of the body in a way indesoribable. On being brought to the hospital, ha seemed quite sensible, . and asked for a cup of tea, which was given him, but lie assigned no reason for what ho had done. He seemed to recollect nothing but that he had been drinking. He is a single man, and is not • expected to recover. An atrocious act, it is supposed of incendiarism, was perpetrated, the Talbot < Leader Btates, at the farm of Mr William pavey, at Mount Cameron, and resulted , in the total destruction of a stable, the splendid entire horso Young Eglinton, a second horse belonging to another person, besides a quantity of harness, grain, saddles, and bridles, &c. It appears that about the hour mentioned a man named Brookes, a servant of Mr Davey, who slept in the next stall to Young Eglinton, awoke, and at once perceived a glare in the immediate vicinity of the horse's head. He immediately jumped up, and found that the wall at the back of the jnanger was on fire. His first impulse was to release the horse, but the animal's fright at the unwonted illnminotion caused him to hang back and kick so violently that it was impossible to loosen the rope with which he was secured. Brookes then sought for his knife to sever ■ tb.9 rope, but not finding it and the fire gaining, ho at once, ran for Mr Davey. By the time they got to the stable it was one mass of flame, and both the horses were literally roasted to death. The loss sustained is estimated by the owner at LIOOO. No reason can" be assigned for the origin of the tire. Their Serene Highnesses the Princes of Saxe-Cobnrg brought their brief visit to Australia to a conclusion on the Bth. In the morning they lunched with his Excellency at TooraJr before taking their departure by the mail steamer Baroda. The Minister of Mines was present, and on behalf of Mr J. B. Watson, of Sandhurst, presented the Princes with a box of quarts and gold specimens obtained from the Garden Gully and Paddy'a reefs mines, as souvenirs of their visit to the mines of Bendigo. The Princes drove from Toorak to the Railway pier, Sandridge, where they were received by a guard of honor of the Artillery Corps, under Captain Stubbs, and they embarked under a salute from the batteries. There was quite a collection of officers, consuls, and friends, to wish thfe Princes goodbye. They have made a host of friends by their affable manners and their undoubted intelligence and courtesy. It is their intention tp leave the Baroda at King George's Sound if they think a dash through Western Australia is warranted by the looks of the place, but if not, they proceed to India. Prince Augustus, who is attached to the Bra^ilia^n navy, speaks confidently of being back again within two years with a squadron which is to leave Bio Janeiro on a cruise round the world. Both the Princes appear to have enjoyed their Murray trip immensely. A fatal accident occurred upon the Williatnßtown line of railway at an early JPor continuation of News, see 4th page.)

hour on the Bth. A ydung seam; n named Lora Lowrens, belonging to the ship Niagara, had been on shore at Wi Iliamstown on Thursday evening, ard after visiting some of tho publichouses 1 c returned about eleven o'clock to his vessel, whioh was berthed alongside tl c Breakwater pier. He was then in a sta|o of intoxication, and avowed his determination to desert. After taking a passport and some other papers from his box, he left the ship, and, it is supposed, proceeded up the line about a quarter of 'a mile beyond the North Williamstowh Station, where he was met by the midnight down-train from Melbourne antl killed. Between five and six o'clock riex^t morning Ma mangled body was discovered by the engine-driver of the uptrain froni Williamstown. The right leg was severefl in two places, and the head was crushed to atoms, portions of the skull andbrain^ lying about on the ground, A boot wa£ found cut in two near the heel, a short distance from the body, and still furthet off were picked up a cap and coat belong^ ing to the deceased. The corpse was taken charge of by the police and removed to the Williamstown morgue, where it was identified by some of the uufortunate roan's shipmates. It is stated that the deceased was a Russian by birth, and that he was only twenty-one years old. ' An inquest held by Mr Cogdon, at Sim's Hotel, Wilson's Reef, shows how mining accidents are occasioned in Vie? toria. The inquiry was into the death of Edward Bowcock, miner,- who was kiiled by a fall of stone in the mine on the pre-1 vious day. William Morrow deposed that he was working alongside of deceased at the time of the accident. A qnantity of stone fell on deceased's back and legs, and witness was knocked down, but not injured much. Deceased was removed to the surface, and the only words he uttered were "Oh, God!" and in twenty minutes ho was dead. The ground was not safe, and he (witness) had frequently complained that tho ground required timber. Two dayß ago he had complained of the ground to Noble, and asked for timber, and so did deceased ; and he replied that he would timber it at next mulloching. John Noble, foreman of the works, deposed that deceased did not complain of the ground being dangerous, and no oue had complained within the past week. Timbering would not make the ground more secure. John Kennedy, miner, deposed that the drive where the deceased worked was not safe. It would be safe if great care was taken. If timber and mulloch were put in it would be safe. The jury gave a verdict that death was caused by a quantity (of stone falling on deceased, and they also stated they would write a letter, which they requested Mr Cogdon to forward to the company, the substance of which would be that the directors of the works should* have the humanity and foresight to take such steps as would prevent accidents in the future. Mr Cogdon said he coincided with the remarks of the jury, and would forward the letter.