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NEWCASTLE.
(From Vtt Chronicle, July 11J
SERIÓOS ACCIDENT IN BEAR OF THE HALL
OF THE SCHOOL OF ARTS -On Sunday even
ing an accident of i most painful character
happened to a Mrs Belford, who, in company
with a young lad, was proceeding past the rear
of the hall of the School of Arts, to the stea
mer Nelson, which was lying at the Market
Wharf It will be remembered that there is
an open drain at the place indicated, and in
the darkne«s Mrs Belford stnmbled into it,
falling against the opposite side with grett
force on her chest over the region of the heart,
and bruising her breasts badly She was at
once taken in a cab to Dr Bowker s surgery,
where such remedies us her case domanded were
applied, and she then returned to her home
\\o are informed that all day yesterday the
patient lay in a very low and precarious state,
and that it was likely to be some considerable
time before she would fully recover from the
effects of her acoidcnt
A correspondent Bays that at Waratah trade
during the past week haa been worse than ever,
as tho tunnels have only worked a half day, or
one Bhift, during the week Business men are
complaining very much, and in fact, beyond
the actHal supplies necessary to keep body and
soul together, there are none
PARALYTIC ATTACK AND CONSEQUENT LOSS
OF SPEECH. - At a little after noon on Sunday
Dr. Peers, assistant to Dr Bowker, was called
down to the schooner Vibilia, to attend on a
man, whose name we have been unable to ascer-
tain, but whose occupation was that of carpenter
to the vessel, who had been seized with a para-
lytic stroke. The usual remedies were applied,
and the sufferer recovered from the attack he
was labouring under, unfortunately only to find
himself deprived entirely of all power of speech.
He sailed in the schooner yesterday morning
for Sydney, where he has friends who will care
for him, but it is feared that his vocal organs
are permanently affected, and that he will re-
main dumb for the remainder of his life.
PALL FROM THE CLIFFS, AND WONDERFUL
ESCAPE -On Sunday forenoon as Mr Muel
man, bandmaster to the Singleton Volunteer
Rifles, was descending from tho cliffs to the beach,
by the steps near Cliff Cottage, known as
' Jacob s Ladder, ' be lost his footing, and was
precipitated fully five and twenty feet on to the
sand below, striking his back aud head re
peatedly on the rocka as 1 e fell At the time
of the accident Mr Muelman was going down
backwards, leading by the hand a blind boy he
had with him , with great presence of mind,
finding himself falling, he released his hold, or
the results might have been far more serious,
and possibly we should bave had to record the
death of tho lad AB it was, when he was
picked up, Mr Muelman was found to be tem
bly bruised and much hurt on the head and
in the small of the hack Ho was immediately
removed to Mra Rook s boarding h >u e, where
ho was lodging, and medical assistance was called
in ïesterd y he was unable to move, but we
hear with time and careful attention he is likely
to recover
Mr Hamilton Anderson, of Darby street,
died suddenly on Sunday morning, of heart
disease He was sixty three years of age
At Wallsend it is reported that the pits have
been working well, and trade seems " looking
up"
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