GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 14, 17 September 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

A SPANISH TRAGEDY

[By Electric Telegraph— Copyright] (United Press Association.j

Madr.d, S-plm ber ]G

The trial of Sancnoz, the daughter oi Luisa, has coinm-niued. Jc is alleged by Jalon, i notorious gambler and fast-liver, Luisa being bos mistress, that portions of the body were tin own into a drain and the remainder hidden in the .gutter-pipes. The prosecution demands the death sentence on Sancd.ez an i the life hiiprsonment of Luisa.

MERCENAR Y MURDER

New Caledonia, September 1C

A Javanese named Relenquen nas been arrested for the murder of an Arab coachman named El Haous-hne. Belenquen borrowed five francs from the Arab, leaving a mandolin as security. He asked for the instrumenthack, in order to celebrate the Javanese New Year. The Arab refused because the debt was unpaid, and the Arab was found stabbed.

WHITE MOUNTAIN DISASTER

New York, September': 16

The coroner.- found the engineer of the White Mountain express, and the conductor and :flagman of the Bar HhN bonr train, were criminally responsible for neglect of the signals, which caused the trainwreck on the NewhavcnNMU Hartford Railway on September 2. The coroner also found that the employees ignored the company’s rules in wholesale fashion.

FALL OF A MILL CHIMNEY

(Received 8.30 a.m.) London, September 16

A chimney fell at the ironworks at Workington, destroying the mill. Five people were killed and many injured. The chimney was built of brick and was steel-lined, 180 ft high. 'When i: fell it cut off the top of the mill, crushing the machinery and enveloping the workmen in debris. Many frantically rushed out, and there were some marvellous escapes. Scores were injured, several badly, besids ea. numbebeing killed. Four bodies have been found, and three persons are missing.

SCENE IN THE CASINO

Berlin, September 16

Count Chamberlain von Westeiihagen, in the Casino, aceusod Professor Maas, the well-known painter, of being the author of a slanderous article against him,\a-nd slapped his face. Maas thereupon' shot von Westenhagen dead, and was arrested. The quarrel lasted only a minute.

THE COBURG EXPLOSION

Berlin, September 10

The deaths were those of young inmates who were warned that there was a leakage of gas, but nevertheless lit a fire and the house was blown into the air. Six families were buried

1 n the wreckage, which ignited and several victims were burned, including ug a man a ltd a woman, whose upstanding, bodies and outstretched arms were found pinned against the wall. Two deaf mutes perished.