The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-09 00:00:00

FATAL ACCIDENT AT COSELEY.

TWO MEN KILLED.

;as done.
The Clerk said they had next to consider the
An accident of a rather extraordinary nature lighting when they woold he rated under the
happened on Thursday last, it the Farnaces of Town Act. The question of lighting was re-
Mr. Whitehouse, Prior&ld, Coaeley, which forced to the Lighting Committee, to report at
caused the death of two men, one of whom suf. the next meeting.
fer,i- in a niost horrible manner. For the pur-
pose of conveying the Binder from the furnaces Cecil-street. The Clerk read two tenders—one
there is a fixed engine which draws it up an in. from William Davey for £36, and the other from
cline to the "cinder mount." At about one James Beddoes for £47 17e.
o'clock on Thursday afternoon a wagon, laden Mr. Newnam moved that Mr. W. Davey's ten.
with a cinder, was being drawn up this incline, der be accepted, which was seconded by Mr.
when from some unknown sense it became de. Hughes,and carried.
tached, and ran back, coming in collision at the , The Chairman read a letter which had been
bottom with another wagon similarly loaded, received from the Worcester County Auxiliary
At this moment, it is supposed that a young man Society for stopping of the salo of intoxicating
named Moliherley was between the wagons when liquors on Sunday, which went on to say that it
they met, for his body was afterwards found cut was a branch of the Manchester Society ; that
into two parts ; his head and the upper portion petitions had been presented to Parliament,
of his body lying in one place, and his logs and signed by many thousands, and that many public
the lower part of his body some distance away, bodies were taking action in the matter, and
His clothes were also completely divided from asking the Guardians to sign the memorial sent
each other round the waist, each separate por• so that it may he returned sad presented to the
tion having its usual clothing. The sight of the House of Commons.
poor fellow thus severed in two (who a moment Considerable discussion entitled upon it.
before had been a moving whole), was an exceed- Mr. Hughes contended that as Commissioners
ingly painful one, and produced great distress of they had no right to interfere. They were
feeling to all coneerned. Ling there as Improvement Commissioners, for
The other man, whose name is Samuel Hemp. the benefit of the town.
ton, was found with severe injuries to his head, Messrs. Perkins and Nownain spoke in favour
and he died in a few minutes after the sad oc• of it.
currence. Mr. Healey said it was very bad to hear the
The wagon at the bottom of the incline was , profane language used on Sundays, by persons
knocked over, but the other was not thrown oil being drunk.
the rails, nor was the cinder much displaced. It
,1 Mr. Hughes did not think there was much of
is said that a cinder weighs about two tons, i that now, as the police looked after those cases.
Mobberley is unmarried, and resided at Sedgloy, Mr, Maginnis said he did not think that by
Hampton is a stranger to the district huviug getting an Act of Parliament, it would make
only commenced work a be or two, them much better, and thought the best plan
The bodies were carefully taken to, and are ! would be to moralise with them, and educate
lodged at the offices for the present. them, and so try to make them better.
Mr. Newnam did not think that education had
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anything to do with it. He believed there were
as many educated man got drunk, as others, If
men wanted to have ale in their ORM homes,
they could get it in a small barrel, or get it in
smaller quantities on the Saturday night. He
believed if the traffic was stopped on Sunday, it
would be a good thing for the country.
Mr. Penney said they all knew that lithe ale
was bought the day before, it would not be fit to
drink the next day. He was quite sure that no
one sitting at that Board would drink it, and he
did not see why a poor man should not have his
beer as well as others,
Mr. Perkins then moved that the memorial
sent from the society be filled up by this Board,
and returned to them; which was seconded by
Mr. Newnam.
Mr. Hughes moved as an amendment, that no
action be taken in the matter; which was sec.
onded by Mr. W. Young.
The Chairman put the amendment, and the
following voted for it: Messrs. Hughes, Young,
Penney, Maginnis, and Healey. For the mo-
tion: Messrs. Perkins and Newnatn. The Chair-
man, Mr. Allsop, and Mr. Maurice were neutral.
Mr. Allsop called the attention of the Board
to a nuisance at the end of Foster•street by Mr.
Nook's building.
The Clerk was directed to Bee to it.
The Chairman read a letter he had received
asking them to send a representative to the sur-
plus Hartley Colliery Explosion Fund, to say as
to the best means of disposing of the surplus.
As the Board did not contribute, the subject
dropped.

SALE OF PROPERTY.-At the Talbot Hotel, on
Friday, the let inst., the following property was
offered for sale by auction, by Messrs. Outes,
Perrens, and Wooldridge, the well-known auc-
tioneers :—Lot 1, The Hole-in-the-Wall public.
house, knocked down to Mr. Isaac Porter for

£210.. Lot 2, a house occupied by Mr. Richard
Adams, bootmaker, was knocked down to Mr. A.

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Adams for £205. 'Lot 3, Mr. Grainger' premi-
ses, was knocked down to Mr. J. B. Shepherd
for £975; as was also lot 4, occupied by Mr.
Bennett, for bOO. Lot 5, three houses in the
Round Court, was knocked down to Mr. It. Adams

for £US; also lot for £l9. A house occupied
by Mr. W. Baker, chemist, and a twelfth share
in the house occupied by Mr. I. Porter, was,

after a spirited colpetition, knocked down to
Mr. H. King, auctioneer, for -MO.

ATTEMPTED ROUBERY.— 011 Tuesday night or

Vielin.e-aday morning, a most aoklaeiou; attempt
at robbery was made at the railway station. It
appears that a large money safe, weighing about
168Ibs, was laid on a seat near the book•stall,
and was seen to be all right about twelve o'clock

on Tuesday night. Wonie person or persons
must have carried it away from its place to the
bridge on the Stourbridge Branch Railway, and
there broken it open. It was found there at
about six o'clock on Wednesday morning by on
engine cleaner, in a battered condition. Fortu-
nately for the Railway Company, the safe was
empty, and so the thieves were " sold."

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THE CATHOLIC BAZAAR.-011 Monday, Toes.
day, Wednesday, and Thursday last, a bazaar
was held in the Corn Exchange in aid of the
debt on the New Catholic Church. The room
was tastefully decorated for the ceoasion. The
attendance on each day was large, and there
being a great variety of both useful and fancy
articles, a large number of sales wero effected.
On Thursday it raffle took place, and among the
prizes were gold and silver watches, and mime.
rens other Yalnable articles, An excellent string
band under the leadership of Mr. Griffin, played
some very choice selections of music during
each evening ; and altogether the bazaar has
been 3 great success.
Ronan op GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting
of this Board was held yesterday, Mr. Grainger
in the chair. There were also present :
Messrs. Brooks, Richardson, Griffin, Wood,
Maurice, Guest, Raybould, P. Pargeter, and
Rhodes. Admitted into the house during the
week, 39 ; discharged, 18; dead, 0 ; remaining,
412. Corresponding week last year, 454. Out-
door relief Kingswinford district, /41 Os Oil ;
Stourbridge district, /24 18s Oil ; Halesowen
district, /21 17s 4d ; total, /88 is 4d, against 183
Os 61, last year.—An application was made to
the Board by Mr. R. Plant, to give him the
basis of the price of tons of the assessment of
the coal mines. The application was refused.
ASSAULT CASES.—At the Petty Sessions held
yesterday, before Major Fletcher, R. L. Freer,
and W. C. Firmstone, Esqrs., Emily Bird was
charged by Naomi Butler with assaulting her on
the 11th of September. This case, it will be
recollected, was adjouraed for the production of
witnesses for the defence. William Willett&
proved that defendant pushed complainant, and
defendant was fined is and costs, 13s.

BEERROUSE OFFENCL—CharIes Pearson, land.
lord of the Queen's Head, Beauty Bank, was
charged with keeping his house open for the sale
of beer after the hour of eleven o'clock, on the
Ist inst. Police-sergeant Wigley said he was on
duty near the defendant's house, and at twenty-
five minutes past eleven o'clock he saw a man
go into the house with two jars, and shortly
after saw him come out again with them. Wit-
ness asked him what he had got, and the man
told him ale. Witness tasted it, and found it
was ale. Defendant pleaded guilty, and said be
was in the habit of supplying some of the men
at the works with dinner ale, or what is called
"threepenny." The ale was drawn before eleven
o'clock, and the man was late in coming for it.
Superintendent Freeman said he must not let
the Bench be led away by that statement, as the
Sergeant of Police saw a woman draw the ale
while he was there. Defendant said he was ig-
norant of the law, and would take care it did
not occur again. This being defendant's first
offence, he was ordered to pay the costs, and
cautioned.
PIGEON FLYERS /N TROUBLE.—William Ben-
nett was charged by David Wright with taking
and carrying away two pigeons, on the 3rd inst,
his property. Complainant said that on the
above date he was in his garden, when he saw
the defendant conic and throw down seed to try
to entice his pigeons away. He saw the defend-
ant trap two pigeons. They are worth 2a 6d
each. Defendant, in answer to the charge, said
that defendant was in the habit of trapping his
pigeons, and each one of them trapped what he
could. Defendant refused to pay the costs, and
deliver up the pigeons, aid was fined is, and
ordered to pay 2s, the value, and costs. Mr.
Freer advised complainant to make a pigeon pen
lin what he had cot left, or to sell them, for he
never knew any pigeon flyer to conic to any
good; they were always in trouble. Complain.
ant said lie would take the advice given, and dis-
pose of them.
STEALING SwEnss.--Elizabeth and James Lee.
son were charged with stealing a quantity of
swedes rm iukurday last, the property of George
druebrook, Polios•oonstable Hill prowl that