Railway Accidents Report Several Fatal and Injury Crashes
A London to Portsmouth express recalls a fatal fall of Albert Levi Stewart from a first class carriage near Harvallain. A Birkenhead tunnel collision injures sixteen. South Devon incidents at Newton and Tavistock lead to structural damage, minor injuries, and market night dangers.
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Henry Stewart
London
Portsmouth
Comany
Albert Levi Stewart
Hravallain
Horsham
Chester
Birkenhead
Monksferry
Borough Hospital
South Devon
Newton
Tavistock
Royal Dispatches From Balmoral and London News
The Court Newsman reports Queen Victoria and the royal family distressed but not worse for Wednesday’s shock. Prince and Princess of Wales travel to Derbyshire then Scotland, with Dunrobin visit dropped for the year. Scudamore commutes his pension to 11000 and retires to Istanbul.
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Balmoral
Inverary Castle
Duke and
Duchess of Argyll
Prince and Princess of Wales
Sheffield
Duke of Rutland
Derbyshire
Scotland
Duke and Duchess
Charles Adderley
Royal Navy
Germany
Sandown
Isle of Ight
Moses
Joseph Pease
Darlington
Railways of the World
Mr. Plimsoll
M.I
Admiral Worden
United States
Southampton Water
Chamber of Commerce
Victoria-street
Southampton
Lancashire
Southport
Works in progress and publishing notes from the period
British authors announce forthcoming works. Ashton Dilke nears completion of The Russian Power to be published in autumn. Sir Richard Hanson reveals a new The Apostles Paul and the Preaching of Christianity to the Fall of Jerusalem. Oxford Chinese chair debate to resume next month with private donors backing a permanent endowment. Macmillan plans a three volume library edition of J R Green's Short History of the English People with expanded coverage of 18th and 19th centuries in autumn.
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Ashton Dilke
Richard Hanson
South Australia
Paul
Jerusalem
Oxford
Athenwum
University Council
Legge
Rutherford Alcock
Messrs. Macmillan and Co
J. R. Green
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Limerick
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Adelaide
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Leeds
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New York
Queenstown
Alderman Gaunt
Carter
Swinderby
Lincolnshire
Samuel Morley
M.P
National Agricultural Labourers’ Union
Surrey Commercial Docks
England
George Richards
Birmingham
Feinberg
Starkey
Mesars
Alexander
William Collie
London and Westminster Bank
Senor
Carlos Gutierrez
Honduras
Lord Derby
Metropolitan Police
Leeds Mercury
Yorkshire
Wynne Griffiths
Llanfair Hall
Carnarvon
Menai Straits
Aberystwith
Thomas E. Lloyd
Cardigan
Lloyd
Warwickshire
Oxfordshire
Gloucestershire
North Wales
Wrexham
Lady Cottesloe
Lord Cottesloe
Swanbourne
Lord Mayo
Cockermouth
Lord Napier
Ettrick
India
Derry
Clerkenwell
Scudamore
Constantinople
Palestine Exploration Fund
Metropolis
Pyne
Ireland-yard
St. Paul’s Pier
Thames
Edward Ryan
Murray Gladstone
Penmaenmaur Beach
Dover
Calais
Amalgamated Association of Miners
Shrewsbury
Halliday
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