The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-09-01 00:00:00

THE CHAPTER, OF ACCIDENTS.

Tbe New York Tines ol the kth ult., gives • list
of forty-seven inquests held by coroners on the previous
day, on persons wbo had been sunetrnek. Most of
them were native' of Ireland.
A singular °eminence is reported front Kirtoo, near
Ipierieb. One of • party of harvestmen sniped in •
field of twelve serge, began smoking. A lighted match
was carelessly thrown near some of the corn. which,
being bid ripe and exftweely dry, ignited, the produce
of four acres being soon so burnt as to be rendered
valueless.
Late on Thursday afternoon the holler of a steam
thrashing machine, which had been at work all day at •
farm in the occupation of Mr. Burch, situate in the
village of Mansfield, about 10 miles from Ipswich,
burst with terrific effect. Two men and • boy were ,
unhappily killed; the corn, which was being thrashed,
became ignited, and the Wroclaw, of 18 acres was con-
sumed.
A fine young woman, named Clammy, 18 years old,
the daughter of a draper residing in Monkgate, York,
has met with a terrible death, it is "unposed from the
wearing of crinoline. She was in the kitchen near
the fire, when she found her clothes in Rama, end
being greatly alarmed she rushed into the garden.
Her erica brought assistance, and the fire was extin-
guished, when it was found that she had been literally
roasted. The poor girl died next morning.
A train of truck ants on the Pennsylvania-road, laden
with petroleum, was ignited by • iwk from the
locomotive • short time since, near Ritanning Point,
on the mountains. In • few minute/ four ears were in
flames. The rest of the train was out loose and laved.
The beat of the fire wee so intense and consuming that
the cross-ties of the track on which the cars stood, and
also of the track adjoining, were Mimed through, and
the mils so warped as to render it diffieelt for.trains to
pass. The foliage of the trees was burned off ask
shrivelled for a distance of fifty feet on either aide el
the track.—American paper.
An accident of • most painful nature occurred on
Saturday morning at the Holmes Rolling Mills, the
oaks of Meseta J. J. Haberson and Sons, by which •
boy about ten years of age, named Thomas HiMert, of
the Holmes, near Rotherham, lost his life. The
deemed was engaged in connection with the rolling
mills as • "heaver up." It appears that immediately
oter the rolls tape are fixed, through which water
runs down on the peeks of the roils to cool them. Early
on Saturday morning, while the men were resting, the
unperceived, went to one at the taps, it is
ceinx=Det to drink. His clothes were caught in the
machinery, and in aim instant he was drawn in between
the rolls and thrown out on the operate side a mangled
corpse. Some idea may be formed of the fearful manner
in which he was crushed when it is stated that the rolls
through which be passed were only two inches apart,
and at the time of the accident were making 130 revo-
lutiors per minute. So sudden did it meat that the
men standing near beard nothing but • crab, and on
looking round the bleeding remains of the unfortunate
lad were at their feet.
A sad accident took place on Saturday, at the new
bridge which is being thrown across the Thames at
Blaelcfriare for the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail-
way. The works are in a pretty forward state, and ,
connecting beams had been laid down to allow the
machine known as "the teaveller" to be brought into
use. While Ulla was working one of the beams on
which it rested gave way; and beam, end ponderous
machine, and the men who were propelling it, were !
all precipitated into the river, or on to the deck of a
barge that was unfortunately going up at the time.
Several of the men were picked up, but Nome of themin
a 'stingily maimed condition.
A fatal balloon accident occurred at • pleasure fête
held at Bamford Park, Notts, on Monday. One feature
of the fête WM a balloon meant by Coxwell, but when
that famous aeronaut saw the balloon be was expected
to ascend in, and the nature of the gas with which it was
being filled, be refused to ascend A Mr. Chambers
who had made twenty-etc balloon asceulli, volunteered,
as he was a lighter man, to take Mr. Coxwall's place,
and he was permitted to start upon his gerbil journey.
The balloon had not been up more than five minutes
when it was completely hidden from view. After a
minute or two it re-appeared, and seemed to be fear-
fully oollapied, the upper surface driven down on the
ear. The wind at the time was blowing fearfully, and
the rain descended in torrents; and the balloon fell with
terrible rapidity towards the earth near Arnold. Clambers
only breathed once or twice after he fell. His leit
thigh was itraken.aod several ribs on the right side. The
occurrence effectually put a stop to the day's pleasure.
Our wonder naturally is why, whim such an experienced
and scientific balloonist as Mr. Colwell refused to
wend, Mr. Chambers should have been permitted to
risk his life, and lose it, for the pleasure of the Notting-
ham pleasure-seekers.
A young man, named Dobson, tiring at Fahnbro, was
in the act ot seaming • horse In • field a few days ago,
when My animal knocked his heed against the lip of the
z.thr
.fe low on which was • cancat, and he bled to

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The Stamfarel glees On following as a year's railway
work : —in the year lin the enormous number of
180,429,071 prosengsra travelled on the railways of the
United Xiarion, besides 56,656 season-ticket holders,
Who of course travelled very many times ; and besides,
also, 262,334 berme, 386,164 dogs, 3,094,183 cattle,
7.800,928 sheep, and 1,989,892 pip,. Tbe passengers
were more then in 1861 by about. 7,000,003. They paid
1E2295.273 for their fares. The first elms passengers
23,332480 ; the escond-elass 24,018,221 ; the
third-dam, 639,200. 12.89 in every. hundred went
first-class, .15 samadiss, 58.45 third-elms.
The proportion of third-dose passengers is rather in-
mewling, and of seened-.leas rather dnishing.
Thirty-i's panniers wen killed (alas of them owing to
their own misionduet, or want of cautious), and 536
wen injured. This is Ism than half the number who
tort their lives in 1861 by runway accidents The pee.
Inger trains travelled 57,542 831 miles, and the goods
trainsnewly as many more. The passenger Waffle sup-
plied 47.16 per tient of the toad receipts of the com-
panies, and all the goods trate the larger half, 52.24
per met. The receipts from all the trail° amounted to
09,126,558, being nesrly 0,000,000 more than the
interest of the mammal debt, and an Morons of 2563,000
over the maniple of 1061'
, but the length of line open
increased from 10,865 mlles at the end of 1861 to 11,551
miles at the end c 4 1862. The working expenditure
amounted to 49 par cent, and left the net receipts
214,820,691, nearly 2130,000 men than in 1861. In
thsezipi.ir 1862 the rompainse mild 2320,910 for law and
p tary aspens* 2156,189 as compensation for
injuries, 288,510 /redeemer and Is. of goods,
M,"061 67 for government den, end £596,410 for rates
and tans. It took £2,708,638 to maintain the way and
works, sad £1.242,714 to maintain the earrings and
wagons, 0,966.005 to provide locomotive power, and
0,987,637 to conduct the trails. The total sum ;aimed
by share, and loam reriebed £385,218,438 at the ohne of
eke year 1882.
Mann gronnerree Hair, during her Imprisonment,
become completely colouring. Saab changes of colour
may now be completely restored by Herring's Magnetic
Brushes, ,of which Dr. Hamill resorts, "I regard
them as the most perfect Brushes hitherto made, iv
respects their mechanical construction, and Ur
Mwetical action." They are THII remedy for Grey
Hair, Neuralgia, Itheumatim,
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