MISCELLANEOUS

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2064, 16 August 1875, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS

One thousand pounds were the contents of a purse presented at Bradford to the Rev. J.P. Chown on his leaving that town, after a residence of twenty-seven years, to take the . pastorate of Bloomsbury Baptist Chapel, London. Miss Charlotte Cushman, the great American tragedienne, is new taking her final farewell of the stage at Boston, where she commenced, her remarkable career, forty years ago. • •

A FAtAjfe.^lisTAKE.—An inquiry into the death of a man whose fatal illness had been mistaken for drunkenness was opened on May 24 4 by Dr Hardwicke, the coroner; The deceased, a coachman, was thrown by a collision from the box of his vehicle on to the stones of the pavement, falling on his head. He bound up the wound and resumed his seat, but the blow had so far affected him that a constable took him into custody for being drunk. He. was sent by the divisional surgeon to the hospital, and was admitted, but the following morning he was taken before a magistrate, and on being sent to Coldbath-fields Prison in default of paying a fine, the surgeon there found that he was suffering from a wound in the head, and sent him into the convalescent ward. When_he was sent home it was found that he was suffering from fracture of the skull, abscess on the brain, and other injuries. The medical evidence was that the death was brought about b/ the various removals of the deceased, consequent upon the pblicenjajti haying mistaken the deceased's illness for drunkenness.

Carriage Accident.—A fatal accident has occurred between Leyburn and Wensley, Yorkshire. On June I, Miss Pilkington, with a friend and her maid, arrived at Leyburn station from London. '! hey entered a carriage to proceed to Swinithwaite Hall,; Wensley Dale, the residence of Miss Pilkirigton's father. In going clown a hill the pole of the carriage broke and the horses took fright, and before the coachman could pull them up the ladies sprang from the carriage, They were conveyed to a hut, where Miss Pilkington died during the night. The other lady was very ( seriously in jured. The maid has escaped with little injury.