DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.

Southland Times, Issue 1639, 27 September 1872, Page 3

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.

«■ A distressing accident occurred on the Mount Alexander Railway, oneafternoon, between Golden-»quare and Sandhurst. The half-past 4s o'clock mixed train was running down the incline to Sandhurst, and when near the third arched bridge at Golden 6quare, the driver, Rennie, saw a female child on the up Melbourne rails, a short distance down the Hue. The little thing became terrified upon seeing the iron, monster gliding towards her, and attempted to cross the down rails, but before the child had time to escape, the train came along with great velocity. To bay© pulled up the engine would have been an utter impossibility, as the driver did not ccc the child untii within a very short distance off, there being a curve in the line, and an embankment in that locality. The stoker blew the whistle as loud as he could, abut off the steam, aad reversed the engine, but all without avail, and she was killed on the spot. The name of the deceased was Edith Emma, the daughter of an engineer named Praddtb, who is in the employ of the Happy-go- Lucky Company, and she was four and a half years old. In connexion with the accident a very painful incident occurred. The grandmother of the poor child was a passenger iv the train on her way to Mr Praddth's home at Golden-square ; and, it is thought, being told her grandmother was coming by the train, the girl — a fine, intelligent one — went to the railway expecting to meet her, and thus met with a horrible death. The grandmother, upon seeing from the carriage window what had happened, fainted.

Mdlle. Nilsson haa been married to M. Auguste Rougeaud. Another etrike of scavengers has taken place in Edinburgh. " Hedge outrages" have been very common ia Tipperary of late. Swindling by mock clergymen is becoming very prevaleut in England. The foundation stone of a new public hall has been laid at Peterhead. At Penwher a man is reported to have Bold his wife to a friend for £3 19s. The prospects of the growing cotton crop in America are exceptionally good. The " Claimant" met with an " enthusiastic reception" at Sunderland. Prince Bismarck has made arrangements to spend a few months at Torquay. The Portland breakwater waa formally opened on August 10th by the Prince of Wales. A number of useless woodt>n men-of-war are being broken up at Chatham Dockyard. The Pope has presented Mdme. Theirs and her sister, Mdlle. Dosne, with two golden rosaries. The total expense of the new Paris Opera House, ground included, is calculated at £1,600,000. The widow of the late Mr Mark Lemon haa been granted an annual pension of £100 from the Civil list. In aerating distilled water for the purposes of the table on ships, the nearer the temperatures of the air and liquid approach each other, the more readily do they combine. M. Dubruntant, a member of the French Academy of Sciences, suggests that tainted meat may have the disagree able odour entirely removed by frying, after which it may be employed in the prepartion of various dishes.