The Aberystwith Observer

-a. Terrible Road Accident 5 tl near Welshpool. a Three Persons Killed. I T Market Trap Overturned Occupants J Thrown in Front of Motor Wagon, j Thrown in Front of Motor Wagon. j DISTRESSING SCENES. [ < One of the most lamentable and serious ac-ei- t dexits that have occurred in this district for many a year took place on the Newtown road, •about- a mile from Welshpool, on Monday week. %hout half-past four o'clock. As the re- suit of it. two persons were instantaneously killed, and a third died while being conveyed to the hospital at Welshpool. The names of the deceased are as follows — William C-orfield. farmer, Fac-hwen, Tre- gynon Margaret Jones (aged 22). daughter of "Wil- liam Jones farmer, LlydLardu, Berriew: William Jones, blacksmith. Brooks. Berriew. The news of the calamitous affair quickly spread and -created a very painful sensation throughout the town and district where the vic- tims were known by many, Monday being fair day at Welshpool, the town was busy, and the accident-—so sudden- and unexpected, and so ter- ribly death-dealing 111 character — caused widespread gloom. Sympathy with the bereaved families has been everywhere expressed. Briefly, the story of the occurrence is as fol- lows On Monday afternoon, between four *and half-past four o'clock William Jones, Llydiardu, Berriew, who had been at the \S eLshpool n kir- ket, set out for home in -his trap. There were with him in the front seat his daughter. Mor- garet. and William Corfield. while William Jones, Brooks, ,at at the back. Just before coming to the Red Lane turning, about a mile out of town. they overtook a motor engine with van attached, and another furniture van behind, belonging to f. r J. E. Thomas and Sons, furniture re-movers, Welsh Wkills, Oswestry. The motor and vans were proceeding along at a nate of five miles per hour on the proper side of the road, and William Jone.s. the driver of the trap, essayed to pass. All appears to have been well until the trap was opposite the vans, when according to the statement- of Mr Jones, a tar- paulin sheet, which was fixed on the engine. was caught bv the wind and flapped before the horse's eves. This it seems, caused the animal to ehy. "One wheel of the trap went up the gnoss embankment on the side of the road, and instantly the vehicle was overturned -and its oc- oupftnte precipitated into the roadway. Mr Jones held oil to the reins of the horse, and was dragged to His three 'companions, however, met a terrible fate. Thrown in front of the moving van. the wheels passed over them. Miss Jones and William Jones, blacksmith, be- ing instantaneously killed, and Corfield sustain- ing such injuries that he died shortly after- wards. The wheels of the van had passed over the heads of William Jones and Margaret Jones, and their injuries were of ,a frightful nature. Their heads were .crushed and death was in- stantaneous. The injuries in the ease of Cor- field were mainly about the body. The driver of the motor waggon, who heard -and knew no- thing of the smatsh till he saw the horse s head alongside the engine, at once applied his brakes and pulled up in three yards. Mr D. Rogers. Penylan, who had been coming behind on horse- back, at once offered what assistance was .pos- sible, and then rode to Welshpool for aid, and Che police were quickly on the scene. Corfield was taken to the Victoria Nursing Institute, but he died on the way. The two other bodies were conveyed to the Town Hall mortuary. Sergt Hughes made a close examination of the scene, and found that for a distance of 30 feet there were tracks -of one wheel and sometimes two on bhe road .scrapings and grass on the side of the road. Just opposite the spot where the accident occurred there is. a lump of some dimensions, and it is considered probable that if the off wheel went over this, the overturning of the trap would inevitably follow. A large crowd of townspeople soon..assembled at the -scene of the occurrence, which presented a somewhat grue- some spectacle. There were two pools of blood on the road, while the wheels of the van bore marks of blood, hair, and bruin matter. THE INQUEST FULL STORY OF THE OCCURRENCE PUBLIC SYMPATHY. The inquest NN-xis, held at Welshpool Town Hall, on Tuesday afternoon, and was con- ducted by IhH. D. Thomas, di-strict coroner. Mr Martin Woosnam appeared for Messrs J. E. Thomas- and Sons. Oswestry. The following z, were sworn on the jury:—A. E. Bond (fore- man), Thomas Edwards. William Thomas. Al- bert Turner. J. McKenzie. Rees James. R. S. Roberts, J. W. Da vies. George Humphreys, T. W. Davies. William Grand, J. Ford, Albert Myttan, and Alfred W. Humphrey.—In hie opening remarks- the Coronet; said they were called together t-o consider the most tragic occurrence that .had taken place during the time he had been in the county, and from en- quiries he hud made lie did not think there had been -an occasion before when an inquest had to be held -on three deaths at the same time. On behalf of the jury and himself he expressed sympathy with the bereaved relatives and friends, and lie added that his worship the Mayor had very kindly come to the inquest to express -on behalf of himself and the burgesses of the town. his deep sympathy and condolence. It would not be advisable for him to -pass any remarks whatever upon the merits or de- merits of the mse. at that stage, and of course the jury would bring in their verdict entirely acbording to the evidence. In cases of that kind all sorts -of rumours became p.revalent in tihe district, some of which were partly true. and some inventions of fertile imagination*, but the jury would come to their verdict- en- tirely on the evidence. The Mayor (Mr T. J. Evans) ..aid he would •■be glad if the Coroner would kindly grant him permission to say how deep!v the town de- plored the wad calamity, tihe result of which was so disastrous. He was expressing the feel- ingt; of every inhabitant when he said how grieved they were at the misfortune. They all sympathised with the friends, and sorrowed with the sorrowing family of the deceased. The Coroner then said- he must impose up- on the jury a- duty that he hoped would very soon be done awav with, that of viewing the bodies. As the Law stood now. that was com- pulsory.—The jury then viewed the bodies, and on returning, the Coroner said he never called «. mec&oal man in who was simply present after death, a.s he thought- that was. utterly useless. I In that case, however, the injuries had been so severe that he had got Dr Skinner to examine tiherm, and if the jury wished it, he would at- tend ",nd give "1.> description of the injuries.— The jury decided that this was unnecessary. Evidence of identification was given by Fred- erick Corfield, farmer, Tygwiilt, Tregynon. who said the body of William Corneld was that of hie father. Deceased was 60 years of age. and of late years had -not enjoyed very good health. His father sometimes took a. drop of drink but that did not happen often, and lie did not go home from fairs in the condition known as' "market peart." Alice Jone*. the wife of dec-eased William ( Jonec. v.as accompanied into Court by a rela- ] tive. She showed great signs of emotion, and waa 'accommodated with a seat. Her husband. 1 she said, was J4 years of age. She last saw him alive on -Monday morning at half past- < seven, when he left for Welshpool. At between mven and eight the same evening «he heard that he watt killed. For the last- two years he £ had been suffering from diebietis. but on Mou- 4»y morning ihe was in better health than j JGV&I.' He liked a- drop of bee.r. but was mod- erase ir; his habits*.—By a jury-uian He started I t<> Welshpool on foot. a Evidence was next given by William Jones. n farmer, Llydiardu, Berriew, the driver of the j Ill-fated vehicle. He said his- daughter Mar- lar&rer. m-s 22 years of age, and- resided with lira at Llydiardu. She was strong and health v and had never suffered illness in her life, and she was in her usual health on Monday. On that date she came to Welshpeol with witness in the trap, starting from home about eight a.m.. and arriving -at their destination between half-past nine and ten. They started for home between four and half-past. The horse was a half-bred v-anner, rising six years. Witness reared the horse and knew it to be -a quiet one. The trap wa<s the usual market trap, and would hold six persons. On Monday it contained wit- ness. his daughter, and William Corfield on the front seat, and William Jones in the back. They had proceeded for about a mile in the direction of Berriew when they overtook Mr David Rog- ers, Penylan, who was on horseback, and just ahead of them was the motor waggon and van. Witness said, Go on, Rogers, but he replied. );0. I would rather not." and witness then passed him. Shortly afterwards: they overtook the motor van. They were about halfway be- tween the engine and the motor van when a- tar sheethHngiug on the side of the engine was shaken by the wind into the horse's face. caus- ing him to shy into the ditch, taking the trap with him. and the trap turned right over on to the motor lurry. Witness did not see. the other three occupants thrown on the road as he was on the ground holding on to the reins. The horse dragged him right from the traction en- gine. and he thought that saved him. He drag- ged himself to the horse's head in about 15 or 20 yards, and was then level with the engine. He then stopped the horse, and called for assistance to loose the horse. Nobody came at first, but when he called again one of the men from the engine came. Somebody attended to the others, but he did not know who. He led the horse to the footpath on the other side of the engine and went and looked at the dead bodies. He could remember nothing more; he was so much upset. The engine was 011 its proper side of the road. He thought he had sufficient room to pass, and would"" have done so in safety if the horse had not bolted. The cause of the accident was the flapping of the sheet into the horse's eyes. He put the blonno on that. He did not know whether lie had been driving for some distance with -one wheel on the embankment, but he thought lie was on the road. He had very little drink on that day. The Coroner I was given to understand from outsiders that you were in drink yesterday and. also that for some distance you were driving with one wheel on the grass embankment. Witness No, sir. I understood I was driv- ing on the road. I only had two bottle.s of Bass that day, one with my lunch and one after- wards. The Coroner Were you driving on the read or not?- do not know. j don't want, to ten lies. You don't think there was any blame attach- ed to yourself?—As passing, the horse got the one wheel a little on the grass. That is the only fault- you attribute to your- self?—Yes, sir. And this yo-u could not a'.oid? \o. sir. The Coroner here showed the jury a sketch drawn by -Sergt Hughes showing the tracks of a wheel and sometimes two wheels on the road serapingsand embankment on the side of the road for a considerable distance. The Coroner then asked witness' whether it was not a fact that the motor van was within a few inches of the footpath on the other side of the read, wit- ness replying that he did not look. You say there was sufficient room for you to pass- on the road without getting on the em- bankment?—Yes. And you .also say that you would have passed pass- on the road without getting on the em- bankment?—Yes. And you .also say that. you would have passed all right only for thk sheet f.right'enin«f the horse ?- -Yes. Mr J. W. Da-vies How fust, were v-ou going? —Walking. How long were you alongside 'the engine and van?—A bit. sir; it was going with us. Mr Albert Mytt-on: Would it be possible for you to pass if yo'u were only walking ?--It was sharp walkinsr. and I thought I could -get by when we came to the turning. Mr W-oosnam: You say the trap will hold more than four persons?—Yes, six. How is it that three were in. front and only one behind?—There was no seat in the back. The blacksmith was sitting on a bag in the corner. If the tracks, show that in rp-ality you did drive some 80 yards along the ditehbank, it must be a- fact sir not as far as that. Eighty feet, I -mean?—Witness hesitated and then said, I was not aware of it, if it was so. P.S. Hughes, Welshpool, stated that at 4-35, in coinseqtience of info/nmtion received', he cycled to the scene of the occurrence, accom- panied by P.C. Rees, Williams. Near to the Red Lane turning were a crowd of people, and lie saw a man and woman lying dead in a heap on the road. Close by were two large pools of blood. On the 'right hand side of the road was a'n -overturned trap. On the left- had side was a motor engine with van attached and another van behind. Witness had the bodies conveyed to the mortuary at Welshpool, and examined the roadway and motor and van. He saw dark spots, which he at first took to be oil, -on the curb and spoke of the off hind wheel of the last van but after making a more ,careful examination with the aid of a, lighted bicycle lamp he found the spots were composed of blood and brain matter mixed with hair. There were also similar marks on the front wheel -of the same van, but not quite so much, blood. He found no such spots on the wheel of the engine or the van attached, but there was a let of human matter on the road. On Tuesday morning he made a number of measurements. The width of the metalled part of the road was 15 feet, and between the water- table and the hedge on the right side was nine feet of grass, road ,scra-pings, etc. The van was seven feet wide. and the rear wheels were about six inches from the side of the road. That- would make the outside of the van as near the centre of, the road as possible. In some plaice;s the em- bankment was- feet higher than the road, and included in the part lie had measured were two drains cut across. He found that the track of a trap wheel entered on to the embankment 80 feet away from the spot where the accident occurred, and for a considerable distance the two wheels of the trap were to be tracked on the grass. At the first trench the off-wheel left a deep impression on the soil of the embankment. Tilie track of the off wheel then came on to some sand which was on top of the embankment, and there he lost the trace of the off wheel. The track of the near wheel came into the road op- posite the spot where lie found a mark on the road probably caused by the dashboard of the tmp. On examining the dashboard he found that it corresponded with the mark on the road. Further on there was another similar mark op- posite where the pools of blood were. The latter were about a yard apart, but ran towards 'one another. The blood was 10 feet laWay from the hind wheels of the van. Mr J. W. Da vies Doesn't the body of the van overlap,the wfiteels? Mr Woosnam Yes. Mr Edwards: Which, dashboard was it?- W itness.: The left-one. By Mr Woosnam His impression was that the off wheel struck a lump and overturned the trap opposite the first mark of the dashboard. Tllerewould be a space of about 7 feet 6 inches for the trap to pass. By Mr Turner: He had no .positive informa- tion that these tracks were made by that par- ticular trap. By Mr McKenzie He found the track just after he found the bodies. Replying to Mr Woosraam, witness said it was his firm belief that tlie tracks- of the wheels we're from that particular trap as they ceased where the dashboard struck the roa'd, and there were afterwards marks of the tmp 'having been dragged along the road. David Rogers. Penylan. Forden, stated that at about 4-15 p.m. he started from Welshpool on horseback. About half a mile from town the came up to a motor engine drawing two vane. He thought it rather dangerous to pass and re- mained behind, thinking that the motor would be going the Newtown way and he would be I able to pass at the finger-post. Almost immedi. ately a trap came along belonging to William Jones. Llydiardu, with four occupants. Tihe driver, William Jones, asked him why he didn't pass the engine., he Tepliecl that he thought j it dangerous, and. advised him to be careful. Jones replied that his horse was quiet and he n thought he would be able to get by. When the § horse, was- opposite the middle of the last van c lie seemed to isliy to the right, and the off wheel or the trap went on to the grass. After going t a, few feet the trap toppled over, and the occu- f pants were thrown out. Witness was 40 or 50 « yards hehind 'and heard, no cry. Mr Emberton, < the Belan, came up, and witness went to Welsh- t pool for medical assistance. Witness thought it dangerous to pass engines', because he was < riding a young horse, and as the engine was 1 travelling at a fair rate it would have taken him isome time to get by. Ho would not like to say whether the motor was going at a dangerous rate or not. Mr Turner Was Mr Jones-' horse under con- trol. and did he seem quite all right?-—Yes, quite. The Coroner: He was not under the influence of liquor?- t-honid think not. Mr Edw ards: For what distance was the off wheel on the grass?—A few feet. Mr Woosnam Sergt Hughes says that a lump on the embankment probably tipped the trap over. Yon are not prepared to contradict that? —Oh, no. He also says that the tracks of a. wheel were on the for a distance of 80 feet?—I could not say how far it wais,. What rate was the trap going M ?--All ordin- ary trot. David Emberton. Belan farm, deposed that as lie was driving home he saw a. -trap lying on its -side, and three persons- on the -road—two to- gether -and the other a. little distance from them. He went to them. Two were dead and the other alive land trying to rise. He put the last named in the trap and drove him to the hosptial at Welshpool. He died a few minutes after being put; in the trap. The Coroner: Mr Emberton's evidence is simplv that he acted the Good Samaritan to the man who- was not then dead. Joseph Thomas (19), Welsh Walls, Oswestry, produced his licence as an engine driver since July. He previously had a licence to ride a motor cycle which had never been endorsed. On Monday he was in charge of the motor wag. go-n. 8 ho-rse power. He left Oswestry at one o'clock and arrived at Welshpool -about four o'clock. About a- mile out of Welshpool lie stopped for about 10 minutes to oil the engine. They went on. and he heard somebody shouting, and reversed the engine and applied the foot brake to it in the shortest distance he could. He drew up in about- three yards. He noticed a: horse's, head between- the cabin and the sheet. He at once got off and saw a trap on its side, and a man holding the horse. The man cursed him, and witness said to his mate, "there is an accident." He went to the back and saw two persons lying on the road, and thought they were dead. He was driving on the proper side and was going,abo-ut four or five I miles an hour. The tarpaulin sheet was fastened securely -at every corner with. cord. They did z7, not often, have it on, but it was raining 'and Blowing hard -on the day in- question. There was an-otlier ma nwith him in the .cabin, and it was not usual to have a third man behind as was the case with a traction engine. They were on the right side of the read, and there was plenty of room for the trap to pass. Mr W. Thomas Is 19 an infant or an adult age? The Coroner: It in sufficient to have a motor r licence. By Mr Woas-nam He had been working with the engine for five years and thoroughly under- stood engines. The vans, were empty. The horse was- right up 'against the sheet when lie saw him, and the trap was then, overturned. James Thomas, member of the firm of Messrs J. E. Thomas and Sons, furniture removers, said he was steering the engine on the day in question, hts brother driving. He heard a crash, and said to his brother, "What is that? Something gone wrong with the engine?" His brother replied, There's an accident," at the same time reversing the engine and applying the foot brake. Witness got off and siaw a trap overturned and two person's lying on the road, land -another man in a sitting position-, groaning. Witness raised him up and carried him to the side of the road. He then went to the other two. The engine was travelling nt about five mile-, an hour. Witness would have to turn his head round to see anything coming. He could not have taken more care with. the motor. Knowing it was market day at Welshpool he was steering along the left side of the road. He could not give any explanation as to how the accident happened. By Mr Turner: He could see outside the van along the road by turning round, but he could not see anything close behind. By Mr McKenzie: The tarpaulin was fixed securely on the right side of the engine. By Mr Woosnam: The length of the whole conveyance from the engine to the last van was about 21 feet. Nurse Elliott, matron at the Victoria Nursing Institute, Welshpool, said the body of Corfield was brought in between half-past four and five on Monday. There were no injuries visible, but lie w-as dead. On Tuesday morning she saw some -abrasions on his left side. This was all the evidence. The Coroner, in summing up, .said that first of all there was' no question as to the cause of death. The driver of the trap estimated he had sufficient room to pass, and in passing the tarpaulin on the en- gine flapped and frightened the horse. That was one theory, and 'another was, that the one wheel of the trap had been on the scrapings at the side of the road for a- considerable distance. There were. 'considerably more scrapings- there th-an there should be, and whether they were the cause of the accident or not it was not right 0 that they should1 be there. The question for the jury to decide was the cause of tihe accident— whether it was due to carelessness or negligence, culp-able or otherwise., on. the part either of those in charge of the engine or of the trap. Carelessness in the case -cf any of those parties amounted, to a, criminal ,charge. If there was no charge against them, there was1 only one Lother solution, and that Wins. thatthearccident was due to circumstances over which no person had any control. It seemed to him that those in charge of the motor were certainly free from blame. They were only six inches from the footpath and their rate of travelling had not been disputed at all. Also both men said the tarpaulin sheet was securely fastened, and being a windy day it was impossible to drive without it. There was no reason to dispute the state- ment that the sheet was fastened, but whether it came undone without the driver knowing was a- question for them to consider. They had aiso to .consider the question as to whether Wil- fiam Jones; misjudged the width of road he had < to pass in, and whether it was indiscreet—they could not call it more-for him to try to get past. On the other hand the bump from an < open drain would be sufficient to overbalance 1 the t rap. To him it appeared that the whole matter w<q^ purely accidental, and he did not think t.he\ could possibly bring in .any other ] verdict. ( After a short deliberation in private, the fore. e man announced that the jury had agreed that t death was purely ,accidenhal and no "blame at- t tachecl to anyone. They recommended to c Messrs J. E. Thomas and 'Sons that something else should be employed on the- side of the en- | gine, such as gla,sis, in preference to a tarpaulin, 's that was likely to frighten horses if flapping a about. They further recommended- that the s County Council be called upon to remove the

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The Chirbury Burglary. PRISONER LED AWAY BY SENSATIONAL LITERATURE. At the autumn assizes for the countyofStalop at Slirewsbury on Wednesday, before Justice Lawrence, Kenneth Edward Dix Marshall (19), auctioneer, was indicted for breaking and en- tering the counting house of Messrs Morris, Marshall, and Poole, auctioneers, -at Chirbury, on September 2nd. and stealing £:268 10s. fid. Mr Graham j'rosecutpd, and prisoner, who was represented by Mr Disturnal. pleaded guilty. Mr Graham briefly stated the facts of the case as already published. Mr Disturnal -said pr'scner was the son of a gentleman of high integrity and position, who was a partner in a well-known' firm of auction- eers and valuers. He was educated at a well- known public school, and was, while at school, apparently diligent in his- work. When he left school at 17 years- of age he was in delicate health, and was sent in -charge of an aunt to New Zealand. Apparently he profited by the visit, and when he came back his father articled him to a firm of auctioneers in Gloucester, in- tending that he Should later join the firm with which lie inimself was) associated. While at Gloucester there was nothing to be said against, prisoner except that, no doubt, removed from home influences, he was not so diligent in work, and lIe would be regarded as .a bit flighty. This summer he came over to Chirbury on holidays, and as far a*< they knew went back to Glouces- ter. A sudden temptation, came upon him, and lie returned to Chirbury and' committed the rob- bery. Prisoner, who was of delicate health, was not a. person of very well balanced mind and not of strong mental equipment. Apparently when in New Zealand he contracted an adven- turous spirit, .and -also the habit of carrying re- volvers. He had also formed the 'habit of read, ing a. kind, of literature with which his lordship probably had some acquaintance, in which, burg- laries and crimes of that description were re- garded as actions, worthy of a gentleman, and lie was animated by that kind of literature, as far 'a's he could see. to commit that crime. Ap- parently there was: no -object in committing the offence. Prisoner's father was generous to him and provided him with plenty of money and the necessaries of life, and more than the neces- saries, the luxuries of life. Counsel suggested, that prisoner was animated by a. silly spirit of adventure. ( Mr E. H. Morris, apartncr in the firm of Messrs Morris", Marshall, and Pool-e, gave evi- dence as to prisoner's character. He said lie always regarded prisoner as ta- nice, quiet boy, though he was a little flighty. Witness had not the slightest doubt that tne reading of a certain class of literature had an influence upon him. Dr Glynn Pigott, medical officer at the prison, said be had had the prisoner under ob- servation, .and found him to be of a neurotic irtd excitable temperament. He was impres- sionable, and of a veryadventmrous spirit. Mr Disturnal -remarked that a friend in an nfluential position would be willing to take irisoner and look ,after him. The Judge said' he hoped prisoner saw the oily of his conduct. He had had a good educa- tion, and yet had brought disgrace upon his. amUy. There was. nothing to be said for him ixcept that he had indulged in literature of a oolish ,cilaracter. It was very painful, but he the Judge) was there to correct the evils of that iterature.Much as he should like to do so he I !o.ul(i not pass over the case of the prMoner— vho was in a good position—and punish the nimble criminal wive: robbed in a less degree, f prisoner chose to indulge in tricks of that ind lie must bear the punishment. He would: Ie imprisoned in the Second Division for six alendar months, and the Judge hoped it would Ie a lesson to him never to do any act of that Iud ngaill.

South Wales Miners' Strike. ? Serious Rioting and Disorder. H MILITARY CALLED OUT CONSTABULARY REINFORCED. r, The strike of South Wales coal miners, which v assumed serious proportions at the end of last I week, has developed alarmingly within the past t few days. Last Saturday it was eaiimatod that I between 26,000 and 27,000 men were idle and no improvement in the situation was then perceptible. On the contrary the men of the Aberdare Valley, ( having flouted their leaders, showed eveiy dispoei- ( tion to carry on the fight to the bitter end. The policy of peaceable persaasion by means of marches upon other pits was being adopted on a considerable scale. On Monday the men on strike at the collieries belonging to the Cambrian Combine managed by a concerted move to prevent the enginemen, stokers and surfacemen from going to woik. These workmen are in daily attendance at the collieries, so that the pits can be kept in proper ordfr, al- though the miners are on strike. At four unlock a bugler aroused the district around Tonypandy. Men obeyed the signal and trooped into the streets to make their way to the pitheads. The companies of strikers soon grew into battalions, and every street poured fourth reinforcements until, when the pits were reached, there were thousands of demonstrators. To carry out their tactics successfully each entrance to a colliery had to be guarded lest ;an engineman should pass in unchecked by strikers. When a man cairying his day's food was noticed the footballers' cry of (Scrimmage, boys was raised, and the workman was surrounded, talked to, and sent back to his home. Mounted and foot police tried to preserve order, and acted with the tact the occasion de- manded. The manager of the combine, Mr Leon- ard Llewellyn, was at the Scotch pit of the Glamorgan Collieries, Llwynypia, and when he was seen at.the main entrance he was received with loud booing. The demonstration, however, quickly subsided on the manager saying, Never mind, boye^we will be friends again soma day." S!.Ou after dinner, there was another demonstration. About 4,000 men formed up at Tonypaudy, and, headed by a drum and fife band, marched to the valley to the Scotch pit. In front of this procession were two men with blackened faces, wearing white shirts over their clothes, and ropes round their necks. Across one of the shirts was written A Warning! in black latters, and the ends of the ropes were held by a man wielding a heavy club in his hand. The whole thing was obviously intend- ed to indicate the consequences of Blacklegging." At the Clydach Yale Colliery, which is on the high ground above Tonypandy there was also a scene of bustling excitement in the dark hours of the morning. There were grave distnibances in the course of Monday night at Tonypaudy. One common motive actuated the thousands ot men massed together It was to get to the electric power-house, to drive out- the men illlcharge and stop the machinery. The power-house since Sunday had been manned by uuder-managers and other officials of the Glamor- gan Colliery Company, with Mr Llewellyn, the general manager, at their head. The regular enginemen and stokers had been frightened away. Between the officials and the mob was a railway cutting and a thin line of policemen, who, scattered over so great an area, seemed helpless. The power station is the citadel of the situation so far as t';e Glamorgan Company is concerned. It supplies the power for pumping and ventilating five pits. The pits, at any rate, will be in danger of flooding, the ventilation has already ceased, and as a conse- quence the fate of hundreds of horses is only a matter of hours. To stop every bit of work at the colleiies, to stop the pumping as well as the venti- lating, was what one man called the trump card that the strikers were now to play. They nwhed at the palisading to tear it down. Thick stumps were snapped and props and stays torn up by the. pulling of thousands of hands, and the men begfw. to swarm into the pit yard. The brightly lighted { power station was in front of them, and to hinder their advance only the railway, a line of trucks, I and a ecore or two of policemen advancing in scouting oider. Not one of the str ikers got beyond the line of trucks. Big, active men more than their match physically drove them violently back, and they did not try that way any more. Woise and they did not try that way any more. Woise things were in store. Stone throwing began. The road that skirts the colliery is cut low down on the I hillside. Another road descends the hill to join it fast by the colliery, and for a hundred and fifty yards it overlooks the coliiery entrance. A band of strikers had taken up places here as well ns on the slope between the two highways, Stones wore plentiful, and big and small, just as they came to hand, they were hurled at the policemen at the gates. A police truncheon took place and after a succession of violent scenes, the strikers were foiled. On Tuesday th( re was more violence accom- panied by looting of shops. Owing to the serious disturbances of Mo/jday night and the possibility of their repetition, the authorities in the Rhondda district became alarmed and communicated with the Home Office with a view to obtaining the assistance of military foices in keeping order. Troops, consisting of a company of the 10th Hussars and two companies of infantry, were thereupon despatched from Salisbury Plain. Later in the day, however, the arrangements were altered, whereby the soldiers were held back for the time, a number of London policemen being sent instead. The alteration was announced in the following communication issued from the Home Office on Tuesday night:— "A request was addressed Ia?t night by the Chief Constable of Glamorganshire to the local military authorities for the assistance of two hundred cavalry and two companies of infantry in keeping order in the Cambrian Collieries. The Home Secretary, in consultation with Mr Haldane, decided to send instead a contingent of the Metro- politan police, consisting of seventy mounted aud two hundred foot constables to the district to carry out the instructions of the Chief Constable under their own officers. This force was sent by special trains, and will arrive in the early evening. Tn the meantime the cavalry and infantry which had been despatched in response to the Chief Con- stables request have, with- his concurrence, been detained, the infantry at Swindon and the cavalry at Cardiff, where they will remain for a few days in case their presence should prove to be neces- sary." Mr Churchill addressed I tLe following telegram to the Chief Constable I You may give the miners the following mes- sage from me. Their best i'reinds here aro greatly distressed et the trouble which has broken out, and will do their best to help them to get fair treatment. Mr Askwith, of the Board of Trade, wishes tu see Mr Watts Morgan, with six or eight, local representatives, at the Board of Trade at two o'clock to-morrow. But rioting must cease at once, J so that the inquiry shall not be prejudiced and to prevent, the credit of the Rhondda Valley being 1 injured. Confiding in the good sense of the Cam- brian Combine wotkmen, we are holding back the f soldiers for the present and sending police instead. 6 The renewed disturbances on Tuesday evening j caused a further alteration, necessitating orders to a move the troops to the disturbed districts and the despatching of more London'police. The following t further communication was issued from the Home Office late at night. Information was received by the Home Office a early in the evening that though the Home Sec- e retary's telegram was well received and the leaders w )f the men promised there would be no rioting, it listurbances began as soon as it was dark. In tl these circumstances authority was at once given to f< jreneral Macready, the officer who has been spec- r< ally placed in charge of the troops at Cardiff, to T nove the cavalry into the disturbed districts. One ft iquadron has already arrived at Pontypridd, and b mother will reach there to-morrow morning. Two tc mndred and seventy Metropolitan police, mounted hi md foot, despatched from London by special train it five o'clock, arrived at Pontypridd shortly after iine, and were immediately sent to Tonypandy ind Aberaman, where their presence was needed. 'he latest reports from both places are favourable, ,nd the Chief Constable reports that he has suffi- iect force at his disposal in the district. As a irecautionary measure, however, 200 more con. tables will be sent from London at 3 a.m., to rrive at Pontypridd by the morning, and an nfantry detachment will be moved to Newport o. morrow." There was comparative tranquility in the strike reas in South Wales on Wednesday morning, but he daylight gave indication of the wild scenes of iot and destruction of the previous night in the vreckage with which the streets of Tonypandy vere strewn. The happenings are without parallel in the history of the coalfield. The dis- turbances began with renewed attacks on the- oower-house of the Glamorgan Colliery, where » nandful of officials bad taken the place of the regular enginemen. The ventilation and pumping )f five pits belonging to this Company, itself a con- jtituent of the Cambrian Combine, are controlled from the power-house, and it apparently became & part of the plan of the strikers (or at least a seo, bion) to stop the machinery-almost an unprece- dented action, as the consequence would be to* flood the pits and render them unworkable, and incidentally drown the 300 horses. As already stated, Monday night's attempt was frustrated by the police, and similarly Tuesday night's attempt was foiled after truncheon charges, in which many heads were broken. On this occasion, however, the strikers turned their attention to the town, and for hours they wrought m'ld destruction on the premises of irmooent tradespeople. More amazing still, they did not stop at breaking win- dows, but proceeded to loot the shops, and on Wednesday many shopkeepers were facing ruin a5 a result of the depredations. At ten o'clock the first contingent of the London police arrived in the town and proceeded to clear the street f, By mid- night quiet was restored, but the conflicts between police and rioters had resulted in upwards of a hundred casualties, the injuries in several cases being serious. There was an outbreak of violence on Tuesday evening also in the Aberdare valley, an at. ack being made on th9 power-station and coal wasber- ies of the Powell-Duffryn Company, near Aber- aman. A police charge resulted, a large number of people, including women and children, being pushed into the canal. There were several cases of injury both to the rioters and the police. S itlie troops detained at Cardiff on Tuesday night were hurried to the disturbed districts early on Wednesday morning. Later a further detachment of Hussars was ordered to proceed from Salisbury Plain, and the infantry detained at Swindon werf also ordered to Pontypridd. A resolution pass, a by the Miners' Conference sitting in London asking that the troops be recalled was replied to by Air Churchill with the statement that if the police force were not sufficient to prevent riot he would not hesitate after what bad occurred to authorise the employment of the military. In the afternoon a further body of 280 Metropolitan police left for South Wales. The presence of the troops and the strengthened police had a tranqnillising effect, and up to 9 p.m. there was no renewal of the distmbanco in the Rholldda Vaney. During the dny officials of the C'ydach Vf:<le Colliery proceeded there under a s rung escort of Hussars and police to restart the boiler fires and attempt to save the horses. hooting crowd followed. In the Aberdare \TaUer, a patrol of cavalry was followed by a "booing crowd. There also the last remaining workmen Of the Powell-Dnffryn Company, those at the BlaelJant pit, decided to join the strikers. About 12,000 men are idle now in this valley, in addition to the 11,000 Cambrian men, and some 5,000 in otbet districts. The conference of the South Wales leaders with Mr G R Askwith at the Board of Trade on Wediiel, day m-ulted in a telegram being sent to the men s Hgents in Mid-ilnondda asking thcrn to arrange to suspend hostilities and to make all necessary pro, vision if the management want men to raise horses from the pits. No further disturbances were reported yesterday and quiet seemed to be restored. The colliecy officials have been able to keep up the vetitilatio" aud the pumping of the pits, and the horses are receivi.-g attention. The strike committee's offer iit, the Glamorgan Colliery to furnish stokerS in order that the horses might be raised frto the pit was refused by the general manager" Mr Askwith, of the Board lOr Trade, haS been in communication with the coalowners con- cerned, and representatives of the two comparlies affected by the strikes will in all probability inteL him. A Home Office report issued on Thursday n)Hht stated that the police have the district8 affected under complete control. ♦

Mr D. Davies' Foxhounds. This pack on Saturday had their opening meet at the kennels, when the hunt turned oat in scarlet coats and white breeches. The tev entertained the field to hre.akfast, afte* which a move was made over the railway to tho Gaer Plantation, which proved blank. Th'' hounds were then "taken to Coedmawr Gofet'- from which Miss Davies viewed a fox. The Master quickly laid his. hounds on to his line- They raced away over to Hornby Hill, theTI turned left-handed down through Cwm-y-gah'J to Little Trewvthen. They then had ,a, clr.clP. round- back through Cwm-y-gaith, over Hornby Top to Cefn-Carnedd- Hill. The hounds were pressing, very hard until they came to Gwern- erin- New Planting, where they got divided a little owing to the wire netting. They t,he11 made back through. Tynypwll Planting, over for Trewythen, leaving Red House on the right; Z, :7 then to Coed-mawr and Bwlch-llyn, up to CefiJ" derris. Reynard turned left-handed over to Oakley Park -cross roads, where the hounds a slight check, but Little Torment and Win,sowe soon settled matters. They crossed the road- through Bbntnewydd Plantation, where the hounds hud to be called off owing to the covert not being shot. The next fox was found .11; Gwernerin New Planting. Giving a ring rot!-11 I Zl •Gwernerin Wood he made straight away o*et Cefn Carnedd Top by Upper Gwernerin", Ca-f r-hyddyn, and Tynyrwtra; then over the Dingh" to Llanereh Gaer. over the Cefn field into Craigfryir Plantation, where Reynard went to earth. The field included the following: Th' Master and Mrs Davies, Miss Davies, MessX* Rusisell. Penman, and Marton. Plasdinam; }\1r and Misf; Jones, Maesmawr Hall; Mr, Mrs, and Miss Hugh- Lewis, Glanhafren; Mrs Joner; Vicarage Messrs N. B. Owen, Tl. R. Bowen- sen., Bowei!. jun., Craigfryn; Dr Rees; I' Woosnam Savage, Savage, GliU1' fenion; Savage, Emporium, Ll. Thomas, Post Office Williams. Glyn • Williams1, Bivleli-Ily]" T. Jones, Koefaeh; II. E. Reese. Lion Hotel; Pryce Hamer, G. Ford, Hughes, Tynyrwtra^ Smith, Gregynog; W. J-ones, P-ontclolgoch Hotel; Jones. Rhiw-y-gwfaenog.

■ Railway Manager and the Benefits of Advertising. Speaking at the meeting of the Cambrian Resorts Association on Thursday, Mr 0 L Couaclier declared that there was no need to urge the benefits Of advertising, Ifc was self recommending and the magic wand which traneformed all it touched. Modern advertising was an art, almost a science) and waa a branch of study demanding attention in seats of learning. Expert aid was essential though, if the best results were to he obtained. Newspaper advertiainc was the most effective. It afforded the widest range, though other methods, in combina' tion, such as pictorial posters and pamphlets, dis- playing the best in photographic art and written in good style, made their own appeal. Co-operative advertising was the keynote of success. They bad every thing to advertise in Cardigan Bay, which was richly endowed by nature, and without a ser- ious rival. Publicity alone was required to develop their resorta on the Coast, and they should not forget the competition, in this direction, of other resorts which were all atrivine: for a foremost place. They must even regard the North Wales Coast as > friendly rival, and he contended that what bad- been already accomplished was a strong incentive to further effort. The uncertain weather alone bad hindered results last snmmer.

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