GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 60, 4 November 1912, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

TRAIN TUMBLES OYER. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Ottawa, November 2. The Canadian-Pacific train entered an open switch near Quebec and fell over an embankment. The driver and fireman were killed, and the baggagemen injured. The passengers escaped. QUIETNESS IN CUBA. Havana, November 2. General Menoeal has been elected President, and order now prevails, largely owing to the belief that United States intervention was imminent. DEATH OP ESCAPED CONVICTS. New York, November 2. The first three escaped convictsfrojn Rawlins, Wyoming, were shot dead after a fierce fight with the sheriff’s posse, which chased them for a fortnight. One convict is still freehand is terrorising the neighbourhood.

WIRELESS IN SYMPATHY. London, November 2. Marconi’s and the Telefunken companies have agreed to sink their differences and act jointly to secure a right to protect their patents. GIRLS AT A FIRE. (Received 8.5 a.m.) London, November 3. Barker’s premises, drapers, of South Kensington, were partially burned early this morning. The lives of thirty girls were imperilled, and there were some thrilling escapes. Three lost their lives. One dashed herself to the pavement from the fourth storey. Eleven were sent to the hospital.

VICTORIOUS AUSTRALIANS. New York, November 3. The Australian footballers defeated the University of California by twentythree points to three. A BOILER EXPLOSION. Two bluejackets are dead and four wore scalded owing to the blowing out of a boiler on the battleship Vermont at Hampton Roads. The accident is believed to be due to the water in the boiler running low. CIVILIAN MOTOR CORPS. (Received 8.45 a.m.) London, November 3. Five hundred drivers of motor lorries and motor-cars responded to the War Office appeal to form a civilian corps. BAKERS’ WAGES. London, November 3. London bakers arc arranging to take a ballot re a strike before Christmas on the subject of wages and hours. IMPRISONMENT FOR WOUNDING. Tristram Delapoes Beresford, an exnaval officer, has boon sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for wounding a fellow lodger at Paiquton in a boarding house quarrel. THE STEAMER BHOKA. St. Petersburg, November 3. Advances from Archangel do not confirm the report that the steamer Bhoka with Sjedofl's and the Polar expedition was wrecked. A ROYAL SUFFERER. Madrid, November 3. Queen Ena, suffering from influenza had a relapse.