Western Mail Thursday May 27th 1926. A charabanc conveying the Blaina cricket team home from Chepstow met with a serious accident in Pontypool late on Wednesday night, colliding at considerable speed with the bow window of Machine House, near the Clarence-street Corner. The window, which was substantially built of stone, was demolished, and the bonnet of the vehicle came to rest inside the house. As a result of the accident two members of the cricket team were taken to the Pontypool and District Hospital unconscious. They were:- Thomas GURNEY, a bank clerk, of Brynmawr, who had head and thigh injuries, and George TOVEY, of Bournville-road, Blaina, collier, broken leg and other injuries. The other members of the party, who numbered in all fourteen, were all shocked more or less badly and most of them received minor injuries. They were conveyed home in Messrs. RALPH'S omnibuses. The driver, George HILEY, of Vivian-street, Abertillery, had a narrow escape. The cricket team, which had been playing a match at Chepstow, broke their journey at Pontypool. Between ten and 10.30 they came back to the charabanc, which had been parked in John-street, and the driver appears to have had the intention of turning at the Clarence-street corner, when, on a slight incline, the vehicle appears by some means to have got out of control and crashed into the bow window on the right hand side of the road. The window collapsed with a terrific crash and the occupants of the house, who were in bed, were severely shocked. The screams of the women occupants and shouts of the charabanc passengers quickly attracted a large crowd. The injured men were attended by Drs. T. Glyn JAMES and J.P.J. JENKINS. Both were unconscious and reported to be in a serious condition. For failing to notify his change of address, an Italian, Ernesto ZERBINO 26, an Abertillery labourer, was fined 50s., or one month's imprisonment, at Abertillery on Wednesday. His wife, Bella 24, was summoned for failing to furnish particulars of her residence, but the case was dismissed, as the magistrates felt satisfied that she had no knowledge of the circumstances in which she had been placed by her husband, to whom she was married twelve months ago. Superintendent R. BAKER said that ZERBINO treated the matter as a huge joke. The Cardiff City coroner (Dr. R.J. SMITH) held an inquest on Wednesday on Henry Charles MILLS, a retired captain of the Royal Navy, of 164, Cathedral-road, Cardiff. A son-in-law stated that MILLS was 79 years of age and was quite well the day before his death, which took place on Tuesday. The maid found him on the sofa when she took him a cup of tea. There was gas in the room. The leg of the sofa was close to the fire-place and to the tap of one of the gas fires. The tap could quite easily be moved. Dr. M. PITTARD said on Saturday evening MILLS complained of shortness of breath at the slightest exertion.  His heart was enlarged. In his opinion death was due to the effects of gas poisoning. In reply to the coroner, the doctor said he had found that tap could be turned on by moving the fender. A verdict of "Death from gas poisoning, due to the gas being turned on accidently," was returned. George FERDINANDO was sentenced to three months' hard labour at Newport on Wednesday for stealing clothes. A verdict of " Found drowned" was returned at an inquest held at Briton Ferry on Wednesday evening before the coroner, Mr. E.B. HOWE, on the body of Harry YEOMAN, a one-legged blacksmith, whose body was found in the Neath River at the entrance on Monday evening. From the evidence it appears that YEOMAN, who was a married man, living apart from his wife, left his lodgings on Daturday evening, when it was surmised he was with some friends. He was seen at the Working Men's Club on Sunday evening, and on Monday morning he was also seen by Alban TAYLOR coming up from the dockside at seven o'clock, and thgey spoke to one another. The tragic story of how a two-year-old child was scalded to death at a Whitsun treat on Monday was told to the Cardiff City Coroner (Dr. R.J. SMITH) on Wednesday, when an inquest was held on Trevor Stanley BAKER, of 16, Alice-street, Docks. The father of the child, Ernest Andrew BAKER, stated that they were attending the St. Mary's (North-road) Sunday School treat when an urn of hot water which was standing on a trestle table fell and scalded the boy on the right arm and on the legs. He was taken to the Royal Infirmary, where he died on Wednesday morning. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned. John Patrick