The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-12-27 00:00:00

ACCIDENTS.

FIRE AND Eircosicnr OF CIONTOWDZI. —OS Monday
evening • Ire broke out on the premises of Mr. Caddens,
guannith, Manchester. Mr. Toser, the superintendent
of the fire brigade, wu quickly on the spot. and on his
arrivsl found the buildings, •hich were two storeys
high, on Ire. If. was Wormed by the polioe that
several explosions of gunpowder had taken plans. and
that • large quantity was stored on the premises. A
hoes was at onee attached to the mains, but before this
was sompleted three implosions took plea., blowing out
prat of the front well and the partition wall of the
the adjoining building. and rendering the side wall us.
rale. Th• fireman in their endeavours to get near the
buildings were exposed to great danger, but they soon
succeeded in subduing the Are, and then entered the
building. The first thing disoovered was • large ea.k of
gunpowder, which Mr. Toner ordered to be thrown
into the river. Four other casks were subsequently found
which were riven in charge to the police. In the debris
the firemen found several Wee of gunpowder.
A CHILD KILLID BY HR•LLOWINO HOOKIL-011
Monday en ioquiat IMO held in Si. Leonard's road,
Bromley, respecting the death of Sarah Jane Holm.,
aged two years. A few days since the deceased picked
up two dram hooks and swallowed them. Subsequently
the throat became swollen, and the child died on
Saturday from intheimatioa of the windpipe and
suffocation. The jury returned • verdict a Aonideetal
Death.

PUDIOXID WITS BAD WILTS& —Daring the short space
of One week, Mr. Freeman, the proprietor of theater:gists
Torus, has been robbed by death of three*: his children,
Ked respectively six, four, and three years of ago.
This event is the more harrowing from the rue to
which it must he assigned. Not quite three mouths
11101:41, Mr. Freeman moved into a new abode at Twicken-
ham. 'Me System of drainage hu bona proved to
be.. defective, that in one pint of water, punned from
the well by which the bourn is supplied, the enalyets of
the Royal Colleu of Chsmietry, in Oxford-street, found
enough decomporied organic matter to account for the
natastrophe. Mr. Freeman's children, to short, have
been literally poisoned. Other member, of the family
are still suffering from this dreadful state of thins,;
and it is to be greatly feared that the fall weight of
this calamity has not yet been realised..
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A RaiLwiT 00•11;CH•SOILD WITH MAIWILAVOIITOIL
Wedoesday Adam Kay, • guard on the hoodoo
and North-Fierier° Railway, wail charged before the
Denton magistrates with tike manslaughter of Hannah
Hooka, • monied 1•00111111, killed on the hoe at Donlon
some time &go. The train bad stopped st the station
on the 3rd insk, and part of the passengers bad got out,
when 1 moved oo again, and deceased and her son were
seriously injured. Four days afterwards the mother
died, and an inquest wan held on the body, ressltir4 in
• eerdicit of "Accidental De•th." This so dissatisfied
several permute who had witnessed the imeurreacie that
the guard warn brought op before the magiArsies, under
a warrant, it being alleged that he bol caused tbe train
to be moved en too soon. All the evidence Lasing been
beard, the chairman said the Bench did not oonsider
there was sufficient evidence to send the prisoner to
trial on a charge of mandatighter, but they were agreed
in opinion that at this station there was not sufiloient
care taken to ensure the safety of the psmongerit ; sad.
a• far as be could judge, there was no one on the plat-
form but the station-master.

RAILWAY COLLISIOIL —On Tuesday evening, • eel-
Asian occurred on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail-
way, on the Bolts. side of the Weethoogliton Railway
Station. The train from Ranched., to Liverpool ran
into • cod train cowing oat of • siding, mattering the
trucks in all directions. The engine was fortunately
free from the wreck, and was able to run forward to
Wigan for assistance. Several of the paasengers were
much shaken, and one or two sustained injuries more or
lea severe.
AOCIDINT TO TWO SOLDINIIR gROK FALLING INTO THII
Tagleage AT CHATHAM.— At a late bow on Wed.,..
day evening • serious accident occurred to Corporal
Hodges and Private Bow, belonging to the 20,h
Regiment, from falling into the trenches surroanding
Fort Pitt, Chatham. Tbe two men had been sent to
the hospital on duty, when they appear to have
mistaken their way, and have walked into the trench,
near the hawk of the lunatic hospital, which is left
entirely unprotected. When found Bow wee disooverad
to have sustained • serious fracture of his left leg,
besides other injuries, while those of Corporal Hodges
were of a toiling character. It is earnestly hoped that
the authorities will adopt the necessary precaution to
prevent • recurrenee of these accident,.
ON. CHILD BURNT TO DaArn IT •NOTHRIL
Os Wedneeday no inquest was held at Birmingham
respecting the death of George Bradbury, sit yoirs
age. 131,5 e Bradbury, the mother, said on Saturday
she went out for a short time, lareipg the &maw
sitting in an armchair with his sister, 10 yearn of age
and • little boy three years of age. Katherine Bradley;
said Soon after my mother went my two brothers
began fighting. The deceased then sat down, when the
younger one got a piece of paper, lighted it at the Are,
and put it under the frock of the deceased, and no set his
sloth's on fire. Immediately on geeing it I endeavoured
to extinguish it with water, The dammed then ran out
Into the court, where mum neighbours seeing hia clothes
In lame, won put them out by erappiog • sack round
him. They the.. took him to the General Hospital.
He died on tie game day from the effects of the burns.
The jury returned • verdict of Homicide by Misadventure.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON Tag BRIGHTON AND 800112
COAST RAYLWAY.—Ou Wednesday Mr. W. Payne bold
no inquiry respecting the death of John Neville, aged
At years, • fireman in the employ of the Leaden.
Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company. It air
peered that • abort time ago the dmeased and an engin.-
driver named Martin were engaged in taking a goods
train from the Epsom station to Leatherhead. Ciao
leaving the station it was found that the metals were no
"greasy' th.t the wheel. of the engine could not
" bite," and the deceased was directed to go to the
front of the engine, and throw sand through a tube on
to the rails. As be was walking along the footplate to
get to the eandbox, he slipped and fell wider the
engine, which pared over his lee, and frightfully in.
Jared bun, He aspired from his injuries on Tuesday.
A juror suggeste I that the undboxse might be made
seitdistribetors, and be under th. control of the en-
'lacer, who, by pulling • handle, weld throw the sand
on the rails when !awaited. The present we, by no
means the first accident which had happened under the
existing mtem. The jury returned • verdict of
Accidental Death.

EMS AT ST. JOHN'S-WOOD PARC —Oa Wednesday a
Ire broke out in the residence of Mr. Mr. Hoyden,
St. John's-wood. The engines from P•ddington-green,
m well an others, were shortly on the spot, but the
Ire was not subdued will very considerable dambge had
been done. The cameo( the fire is unknown. The loss
will fall on the Royal Fire Offices.
FATAL AOCIDINT TO • RaILWAT 00•ILD —Last
week an inquest waa held on the body of Richard Free-
men, aged 32 years, • guard in the employ of the South-
Western Railway Company. It appears that on the
mania, of the 33rd November deceased wee knocked
down by • train from Leatberbead as be was crossing
the line at the Waterloo Sistine. H. was much injured
is the legs, tants, and hack, and died on Sunday from
his injuries. The jury returned • verdict of' And
Death."
FATAL •OCIDOT THIIOOOII TIN 110•0170011 USX Or
FILIAllt& —Oa Wednesday evening, an inquest ma.
held at Newnhant (a diatriet of Cambridge), before
Edmond Forster, Req., ooroner, on the bay of
• youth named Thomas Preston, aced shoat 16, who
met with his death under the following circumstnnees
—lt appeared that the deceased and &number of other
youths ssere in the habit of indulging in the amuse-
ment of "hedge popping," or shooting small birds in
the fields and claws in the neighbourhood of Nessnhani ;
and on the afternoon of Tuesday a party of them were
on Mill Pi.,., both deceased and • noy named Ludnam
(aged 16) carrying guns. There was • third gun and •
Pistol amongst the party. Led's.= emitted to charge
Peeton's gun with shot, and they set out to boat the
hedges. Then, according to Ladnenes amount, which
there was no ren•on to doubt, and was, in fact, cor-
roborated, • boy named Gray Gelled out that there woe
• bird in the hedge Lodnam raised his gun to his
shoulder end polled the hammer hack, bet it did not
catch the spring, and the gun was !Uncharged at the
moment when deceased, in the anxiety to secure the
bird for Imuself, stepped in front of Lothians's gun, and
the charge entering his heart ; he fell and died bump.
tamonaly. It wan proved that the matter was a mere
accident and the jure returned • verdict of Iteatb by
Misfortune, coupled with some were observations u to
the den er of trusting such youths with firearms. The
wee one of twelve children, and what adds to
to. regret to he entertained in the matter is his mother
is near her confinement, and in • most delicate state of
health.

BISOULAZ FATAL AOCIDOIT.—A JOllOl OIDEILID
MTh OITITODT.—CIa Tuesday SO inquest ILI held at
Walsall into the circumstances attending the death of
Thomas Law, who died on Sunday, the PM Met. TllO
evidence was to the Hied that on Saturday, the 10th
inst., the dammed wee holding a pig, wbiob Kr. Geo. ie.
a butcher, ono billing, when the anima in its death
struggle. kicked Yr George'. bead, and maned the
knife whisk be held to enter the inner side of the de-
ceased's right arm indicting a severe wound, and
entirely esireriag the brachial artrry. Law continued to
sink until Sunday, nhen be expired. Tbe jury found
that the wound had been accidentally muse& and that,
seselerated by heart disease, it bad resulted in the death
of tb• referee. In the course of the inquiry the
COCulllff had ocomion to severely eraserr one of the
jurors for contempt of Comet, and the offence being re-
peated, that eentleman was ordered into custody, and
, vu being removed from the room, when he spoMgieed
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to Ite reissued from custody.
A owe of seasidegable interest to hotel keepers and
travellers has been Ite.rd at Liverpool Ageism. A gentle-
esti brought an artion agelsat the landlord of the
Waakingloa Hotel to recover 00, the value of a watch
1160111 i 10. his bedroom while he was sta=sietle
hotel, in sensegnence ef the door being left
d the night The liability of the landlord wag no,
though the door was left open by the
of the traveller ; but it was enetended unit
the want Act the landlord woo sot liable for
lam tbaa Ea awl haring by Itionolf or servants bow
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guilty of say might am. The jury, however, found for
WI *Will for 112, loon Wag rives to tho Adoodsat
to novo for tho Muslim of the moult to MO.