Albert Rutter, of Madeley Heath, was involved in a shocking accident in Belbroughton. He was in charge of a horse and a lorry loaded with turnips near the Holly Bush inn on Hollies Hill, when the horse shied and bolted. Rutter jumped but was kicked badly by the horse. His jaw was fractured in three places and he was in a critical condition.
Four cases of smallpox from around the district were being treated in a large tent on the Hilltop site, as a permanent building had not yet been erected.
Bromsgrove Rovers beat Stoke Victoria 3-2, in the Bromsgrove Charity Cup semi-final.
Stoke Prior Parish Council met and re-elected their chairman Reverand Stockdale, so he could carry on his good work in the position for a further 12 months.
Ashwell Warman, a labourer from Birmingham Road, was brought up on the charge of stealing 20 pounds of bones from the Bromsgrove workhouse. He got two months hard labour.
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