Accidental death from railway casting fall at Leeds and Selby
An inquest into a deadly August railway accident found that a three-ton iron casting lashed to a wagon on a Leeds and Selby line shifted and caused the derailment. Witnesses described lax fastening, uneven track, and safety concerns while jurors criticized negligence. The verdict was accidental death with a substantial fine against the railway companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Lee
Nhe
Field
Taety
End Ae
Leeds and Selby Railie Company
Leeds
Leeds and Selby Company
William Fawcett
James Peacock
Joseph Daws
Selby
Leeds and
Hull
Hogarth
Lombard-street
London
Gutteridge
Leeds and Selby
Collingwood
John Gray
Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company
Liverpool and Manchester
Hull and Selby
William Greaves
Leeds and Selby Railway Company
Hull Company
Hull and Selby Company
York and Leeds
Veltmann
Steady
York
Hull and Selby Railway Company
Wednessy
Cloth-halls Market Activity Dips After Stock Sales
The Leeds cloth-halls saw similar business to recent days but less fresh goods on Tuesday due to large bankrupt stock sales at the music-hall. Prices remain steady and stock on hand has dropped over the past weeks while warehouse trade shows improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripu
Leeds Mercury
Pistol Threats and Family Feud at Tonge Castle Trial
George Hanbury Farraday St. faced a jury over felonious intent to discharge a loaded pistol at Ernest Durant amid a long running dispute with his father Sir Durant and Celeste Durant. Witnesses described threats, jostling, and a cannon blast that shattered over 200 panes, with verdicts reaching guilty on an assault and a three month imprisonment plus peace bonds for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxforp Crxcuit—Surewssary
Baron Parke
George Hanbury
Ernest Durant
Mr. Durant
Durant
Augustus Durant
St. George
Tongecastle
Sam
Augustus
Wedge
Harley
Sergeant Ludlow
Cheltenham
Neachley
Tonge-castle
Fire Place
Paris
Tom Parsons
Celeste
Phillimore
Tonge Castle
Nelson
Lion
Tarragon
Gobble
Ludlow
Bradbury
Mrs. Durant
Mary Anne
Bakewell
Spring Vale
Tonge-Norton
Jane Bradbury
Ernest. Durant
Serjeant Ludlow
Perpignan
France
Tung-castle
Sir John Nicholl
Miss Brown
Castle Grounds
Mr. St. George
William Baxter
Cy Phillips
Mr. Allen
Sonl
ser_jeant
Oxford
Justice Erskine
Sergent Ludlow
Lord Errol Sustains Domestic Calamity in Southampton
The report states Lord Errol has suffered a severe family tragedy with a near relative burnt to death in his bed at Southampton on Tuesday night. He rushed to Southampton by railway on Wednesday instead of joining the sovereign at Windsor. The accident occurred while the deceased gentleman was reading in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errol
Southampton
Windsor
Prince Louis
Rapello
Stock Exchange
Angel-court
Throgmorton-street
Channel
Aloy
France
Boulogne
Jeux Bleaden
Monsieur le Maire de
Madrid
O'Donnell
Army of the Centre
Exaltados
Barcelona
Prince of
Saxe Coburg
Esparters
el Castellano
Albacete
Gazette de Madrid
Murcia
Juy
Bayonne
Hermione
Paris pacific after Palmerston speech and Boulogne insurrection
The Paris papers note no new treaty facts and express hope of resumed Anglo French harmony after Lord Palmerston's remarks. They publish the Bonapartist Boulogne revolt decree, arrests, trials, and names of officials, plus details of captures, ship movements, and foreign reactions across Boulogne, Boulogne harbour, and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Letronne
Institute
M. Daunvir
Lord Palmerston
England
Louis Philippe, &c. &c
Boulogne
MM. Franck Carre
Bomby
Nonguier
Glandez
Tuileries
Louis Philippe
M. Vivien
Louis Bonaparte
National Guard
Prince Louis
James Crow
Edinburgh
London
Hamburg
Bleaden
Boulogue
Count Dunin
Posen
Tune
Commercial Steam-packet Company
Vimereux
Tyne
Boulogne Gazette
Louis Napoleon
Parquin
Napoleon
Actiou
Montholon
Lieut
Analise
42D
St.Omer
Pigallier
Caserne
Chateau
The
Stock Exchange
Whisson
Edinburgh Castle
France
General Montholon
Petersham Lodge
Richmond
Hyde Park Hotel
Oxford-street
Count de Lize
Prince Louis Napoleon
Carlton Terrace
Pall-mall
Earl Ripon
Carlton Gardens
Napoleon Bonaparte
Camden-town
St. John’s-wood
General Steam Navigation Company
Commercial Steam Packet Company
Wish-street Hill
Repello
Crow
Calpe
Dieppe
Davis
Fish-street Hill
Great Britain
Royal review at Woolwich under Duke of Cambridge observed by crowds
A large crowd gathered at Woolwich for a royal review of the rifle corps led by the Duke of Cambridge with Lord Bloomfield and others. King Leopold and the King of the Belgians were not present, despite expectations, as the procession and parade proceeded with artillery salutes and martial music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Duke of Cambridge
Rifle Corps
London
Ann
Leopold
Duke of Wellington
Lord Hill
Fyls
Lord Bloomfield
Frederick Fitzelarence
Tey
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Rostolan
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Dinguburg
Egypt
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Adana
Tbrahim Pacha
Constantinople
Panis
Sdmi Bey
Nile
Alexandria
Trebizond
Kior Hussein
Hafiz Pasha
Circassia
St. Petersburg
Veljaraniof
Michael
Caucasus
Arst
Nawagin
Aba
the Metropolis
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