Every autumn brings with it some terrible tragedy in the shape of an accident during the holidays. This year there seem to have been an unusual number of particu. larly sad deaths " whilst on pleasure bent." Hardly a week has passed without a fatal Alpine accident b-ing recorded, usually the result of fuolhardiness, but this week two bro hers, one a clergyman and the other an Inspector of Fac-ones, were with their twe guides struck by lightning and killed instantaneously on the summit of the Wetterhorn, thereby adding a new terror to the perils of mountaineering, as it is most rare for life to be lost la that manner. In Yorkshire th re has been one of the saddest drowning ace'dents one can imagine. Five children (cousins), three named Taylor and two named Webster, went with their mothers to play on the sands at Reighton Wap near Filey. The into a healthy action. women, after seeing their children happily started' at play, commenced to knit and chat some short distance away. They evidently did not notice what was happrning till' suddenly a shout made them look up. and to their horror they saw that the sea had suddenly run up and separate-d them. The children who had their shues off for paddling tried to reach their mothers. but failed; the women then rushed into the water, but it was over their armpits, and they were taken off their feet; une tried to get assistance, and a Mr, Cass and Miss Harper, both of whom were residents and knew the pot well, did all they could, but their aid was unavailing, and ina few minutes the agonized mothers saw all five children—tho eldest of whom wa: twelve and the youngest only three—carried out to sea. It is said that the elder girls he'd the little ones m their armses long as possible, but eventually a great wave carried them callaway. The three children represented Mrs. Taylor's entire family. All the bodies have been recovered, but, as may be imagined, the occurrence has cast a gloom over the entire neighbourhood.
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