It is stated that Mr. Harris, the Post-office Inspector who
disappeared so strangely last week, is alive and well in Scotland : but no explanation of the affair is given.
A young man named Hennessey, apparently a plasterer, attempted suicide at Waterloo Bridge on Tuesday morning. He was found lying on the stone steps leading to the water, with both his legs and his skull fractured. The point of a trowel which he had in his pocket had entered his hip. When he became sensible, he refused to give any explanation. It would seem that he threw himself from the parapet near the toll-house, expecting to fall into the water. His recovery was thought hopeless.
A violent explosion of gas occurred at Day and Martin's manufactory, in Holborn, early on Monday morning. Gasmen had removed a meter so that the gas was allowed to escape, and on workmen entering with lights the accumulated gas took fire. A good deal of damage was done, and two persons were hurt, but not seriously.
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