The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-05-28 00:00:00

"The WTI: Archdeacon Buckle."

ALARMING AND FEARFUL ACCIDENT AT
THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY WORK:3.

An accident of a very fearful character occurred
on Friday at the works which are going on at the
Euston-road, St. Pancras, for the formation a the
Metropolitan, or undemmund, railway, by the
giving way of a large portion of the earthwork..
For some tirne past that portion of the Euston-road
lying between Judd-street and Wilsteed-dreet has
been closed, except for foot passengers, and unlike
the previovs part of the work in the Eustowroad,
which was tunnelled, the roadway has been
excavated, the cutting extending from kerb to kerb.
A small portion of the archway has been completed,
and the work appeared to be going on
satisfactorily, and without any sign ot danger, unna
about a week since, when the inhabitants of the
houses on either side of the road were alarmed by
their houses shaking notwithstanding that they stand
back a considerable distance, the forecourts or
gardens on either side being between 80 and 100
feet from the pavement. The pavement and a
portion of the gardens began to sink, and the
interstices in the pavement and the garden walls were
filled up to prevent the fracture going any further.
The works were going on as usual when the foreman
of Mr. Jay, the contractor, first saw that the earth on
either side appeared to be a little loose. The work,
however, went on as usual, and nothing of importance
was noticed until between one and two this morning,
when from the cracking of the earth and the creaking
of the timbers danger was apprehended; so much so that
the foot pavement was at once stopped, and so one
was allowed to pass. Small portions of earth kept
falling from that time until 3 o'clock, when a haws
, portion of earth gave way on the north aide of the
toed, but the workmen having fortunately been sp-
priaed of the danger none of them were injured. Shortly
afterwards another fell took place, and about 4 o'clock
the whole of the earth in front of the pavement on
the north side, the pavement itself, and the walls and
railings in front of no leas than eight houses, fell in
with a tremendous crash, the nowt resembling a
dreadful explosion. The fall caused the house. to
shake, and the inhabitant' being alarmed rushed out
fearing the houses were about to fall.
The whole of the gas, water, telegraph, and other
pipe., fell in, and were destroyed, and the heavy timber
which was used for supporting the earth on either side
was broken in half. Workmen were immediately
engaged in shoring up the walls and houses, and in
in.reng use Winef amn gas pipe., roe bows setoN hat on,
great danger was to be apprehended. The other portions
of the work, notwithstanding the accident, are going on
as usual. A large number of workmen are engaged in
removing the debris. It may be stated that the
forecourts and the pavement on the south side are very
much cracked, and in a dangerous state.

FUNICRAL OF THE LATE DUKR OF BRDFORD.—
On Wednesday the remains of the latelDuke of Bedford
were interred in a simple and unostentatious manner
in the Bedford Chapel of the parish church of Chenies,
Bucks. The body was removed on the previous
night in a hearse and four, from Woburn. at nine
o'clock, and arrived 'about four o'clock on Wednesday
morning at Chenies, when it was taken to the
Reotory.lionse of the Rev. Lord Wriothesley
his grace's half-brother. On the coffin being brought
out for the interment, it was met by the Rev. Samuel
Francis Cumberlege, M.A., incumbent of Woburn,
and the Rev. Joseph Matthews, curate of Chenios,
habited in their surplices, and eighteen clergymen in
their academical gowns, amongst them being the
Venerable Dr. Tattima, rector of Stanford Rivers, and
Archdeacon of Bedford, Rev. Lord W. Russell, the
Rev. Henry Hutton: M.A., rector of St. Paul's, Covent-
garden (formerly incumbent of Woburn), the Rev.
B. Burgess, the Rev. A. F. Ayhoul. and the Rev. E.
W. Cooke, librarian to the late duke. The procession
entered Cheniers Church, which is under restoration,
by the west door, the chief mourners being Lord
John Russell, M.P.' Lord Charles, Lord Alexander ,
Russell, Lord Edward Russell, the Marquis of
Abercorn, Lord Foley, the Earl of Harrington, Mr.
Hastings Russell, end the Hon. E. 13. Russell. The
Mayor and Corporation of Bedford also attended at.
request of the family. The church was filled by a
highly-respectable conirreption, among whom we
observed the Earl of Strafford, the Hon. Frederick
Bing, and other personal friends of the late Duke.
The pulpit and reading-desk were hung with Walk
drapery; in all other respects the church was the
some as on ordinary occasions. The coffin, which
was covered with ruby silk velvet and ornamented
with gilt mountings, being placed in the vestry, the
service appointed for the burial of the dead was
impressively performed by the Rev. Mr. Curnberlege,
vicar of Woburn, and domestic chaplain of the Duke.
At the solemn part of the ritual of " ashes to ashes
and dust to dust" the body of the Duke was consigned
to the vanit, and finally deposited in a recess over
that occupied by the coffin of the late Duchess. At
the termination of the solemnity Lord John Russell
and the other mourners retired by the garden
entrance of the church to the rectory. Later in the
afternoon the tenantry and inhabitants of the village
were permitted to view the vault. Mr. Romilly
was prevented by illness from attending the funeral
of his noble relative. Lord John Russell, the
Marquis of Aberoorn, end most of the moumers left
the rectory shortly after 3 o'clock.
Two PERSONS BURIED ALivg.—Cusrtuu, May 19.
—A deplorable circumstance occurred at some ex-
cavations in progress in this town yesterday, by which
two lives were sacrificed, both the unfortunate persons
being buried alive, by the falling in of an immense body
of chalk and earth upon them, at• spot at the foot of
Chatham-hill, where workmen have been employed for
some time past in the removal of a mass of chalk from a
small cliff which was in course of destruction. It would
appear that the most culpable negligence was observed
by the workmen engaged in excavating the earth, as
instead of exercising due caution in the removal of the
chalk from the top of the cliff, they followed
the directly opposite course, by excavating at the base
and this negligent arrangement led to the unfortunate
sacrifice of two lives. The chalk hill at the foot of
the ascent, known an Chathain-hill, was pur-
chased a short time since by • person
named Forrester, who at ones commenced the
removal of the cliff, with, it is stated, the intention of
building on the spot. A large quantity, several hundeed
tons of the block chalk and earth had been excavated
and carted away, but a considerable quantity An
remained to be removed. Yesterday the workmen were
still engaged in excavating the chalf from a portion Of
the hill which had not been worked, and had dugouts
quantity of block chalk, when the superineumbient MESS
being deprived of the support at its base gave way, said
a quantity of earth and chalk, maculated at about MO
tons, fell in, burying one of the workmen name&
Wisdom, and also • boy named Marsden. As soon as
intelligence had been conveyed to Mr. Forrester of the
accident, a number of workmen were employed to
remove the earth, in order to reach the unfortunate
man and boy , who were buried several feet below the
surface. Owing, however, to the great quantity of earth
necessary to be removed it was fully two hours before
the two persons were reached, when the lad Mandell
was discovered in an upright position, quite d"dt arid
the unfortunate man Wisdom, lying on his side, limas°
being quite extinct.
This is or. age of improvements, and therefore all
steps should be in the right direction. Nae.Ainer7
multiplies production ; Steam helps our program ;
Chemistry often defects impurities in our food ; but
appliances to mislaid consumers are not imprerenierete
for instance, time was when good Tea was readily
oldainable,—pere whoksone ttes—Dr. Samuel Johnsen
liked such; and wise people seek such now. John
cht„umu said. "Solgtiat merchant like Tea made good
looking"; for he was not slow in finding out that be
could pass off his brown waste leaves by colouring all ,
qualities alike, thou greatly increasing his OWN and
merchant's prollts ft is time, hoverer, all OR
in the right direction; Nominees & Co.
therefore import Pere tea, consisting of the ch. '
spring sorts, the green a dull olive, not bitstial
black not made intensely dark. tibia every .ffugife4
drinker admits 15 05 improrenunit in the right (tweet
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