PENRITH HERALD and East Cumberland and Westmorland News. =============================================== SMALL NEWS ITEMS. THE WIFE OF PRIVATE CORELANE, 57th Regiment, stationed at Woolwich, has given birth to three children at the Female Hospital. She had previously had twins, all of whom are alive and well. _________________________________________________________ MINING FATALITIES. - On Monday while the miners were busy working in No. 10 pit, Rosehill, Coalbridge, near Glasgow, belonging to MR. ROBERT ADIE and Sons, a sudden and unexpected fall occurred of about three tons of coal and rubbish, burying three of the men. When dug out, the men were discovered to be dead, and their bodies were frightfully mangled. The names of the unfortunate men are ... PETER DUFFY, aged 40; ALEXANDER MAYS, aged 49, and ROBERT MAYS, a son of the foregoing, a young man of 18 years of age. Six or eight men were in a pit at the Crescent Colliery, Willenhall, South Staffordshire, on Saturday, propping the roof, when an immense quantity of mineral fell. Two men were got out comparatively unhurt; the others were crushed to death. _________________________________________________________ ELECTION AT NEWCASTLE. - The official declaration of the poll in this election was made on Thursday afternoon, as follows: MR. COWEN (Liberal), 7356; MR. HAMMOND (Conservative), 6353; majority for MR. COWEN, 1003. There was considerable excitement during the day amongst the crowds of people who assembled in front of the Town Hall and at the central committee rooms, from nine o'clock in the morning, the hour at which the casting up of the votes began, until the declaration was made. Up to the last moment the result was certain, though as the day progressed it was generally believed among MR. COWEN's supporters that there would be a majority in their favour of at least 500. The announcement of the numbers was received with loud cheering for the successful candidate. __________________________________________________________