The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-18 00:00:00

IRE SEARAM COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

The number of thole act y missing and :lost was
12
Inade up to 164 on Sunday t, and 153 names have
• given to the officials of • Miners' Relief Fund
01 the relatives. One of the bodies which remained
tluidentified has been recognized as that of Thomao
Alexander, who leaves a widow and four children. The
°llly means of recognition were the shoes which he
Wasl wearin_g. The remaining body has been indentified
es that of Joseph Chapman, living in Hall-street, who
leaves a wife and four children.
, The sympathy of the people in the neighbourhood
°As taken a practical shape. On Saturday afternoon
ai preliminary meeting was held at the colliery offices,
the Bev. Mr. Scott, the vicar of Christ Church, who
.as shown such exemplary liberality throughout, pre-
ng. It was resolved,
, "That in presence of the widespread calamity that had
ovfallea the people of Seaham Colliery, it is desired that a
gnbscription be set on foot for the relief of the widows and
ZerPilans and other relatives dependent upon those who had
en lost."
, The vicar said it was time that the relatives of the
as members of the Durham and Northumberland
.oaners Permanent Relief Society, should be relieved
from its funds. Later in the day a public meeting
_,wite held at the Mechanics' Institute, Seaham, the
vit
.car of Seaham Harbour, Mr. Collins, occupying the
'1411•• Lord Castlereagh, the eldest son of the Mar-
;eth'
suis of Londonderry, took occasion to express his
er
8 83Mapathy with the poor people, and moved a
esolution for the formation of a committee to succour
those who had been bereft of their breadwinners. This
Vie seconded, and a committee formed, including the
'Nub! of Londonderry, Lord Castlereagh, and the
ncipal inhabitants of Seaham ; and it was resolved
, discuss at a future meeting whether the oontribu-
ton should be handed over to the Miners' Relief
L.lrid for distribution. The general opinion expressed,
ewever, was in favour of availing themselves of the
'ler& organization. The Bishop of Durham has
Written to the Rev. Mr. Scott, offering his services in
riLV:siag subscriptions • and Mr. Burt, M.P., and Mr.
-e,cdonald, M.P. have written letters expressive of
a "Path), from the mining associations that they re-
' ' ..t. The Durham Miners' Association have also
%lit their condolence.
(ha Saturday afternoon the Home Secretary (Sir
Virile
a.z-ltra Harcourt) paid a visit to the colliery, in re-
-I. Pusan of a pledge given to a deputation of miners
Wu° had an interview with the right hon. gentleman
at the Home Office with regard to the rules for the
.krevention of accidents in mines. Sir William then
nted that he would consider the suggestions laid
n'Ore him (the principal one of whioh was against
:Le use of powder - for blasting) together with the
of the Royal Commission on Accidents in
f 7,44, eel and added that if the opportunity un-
„""st_unately presented itself he would. personally
the scene of any disaster in order to be-
tce better acquainted with the subject, with a
ir2• r
to further legislation. Sir William and Lady
14,-"rcourt had been staying with the Marchioness of
CP°ll, at Studley Royal, near Ripon, and the right
0; gentleman had frequent telegrams from Mr.
af-t as to how the work was proceeding. Sir William
-"lye from Sunderland, reaching the pit at half-past
laill,e o'clock, where he was met by Lord Castlereagh;
Lir Stratton, consulting engineer of the colliery ,•
7: Bell the Government inspector for Durham ; and
1-;;;Willis, the Goverment inspector for Northumber-
-}L,I2u- Arriving at the pit mouth the Home Secretary
" explained to him the measures that were adopted
ik-ur the reception of the dead: and Sir William had
i,t) Melancholy satisfaction of seeing the last body
‘l,,ught up that will be sent to the surface for some
tt7Yet owing to the remainder being so far away from
Z(.,..shaft and the gas being too powerful to admit of
Iber explorations at present. The body proved to be
• t,of Anthony Ramshaw. It was carefully wrapped
In brattice cloth, and the rough miners tenderly
Cnied it on a stretcher, and placed it in a coffin,,
'''▪ which it was conveyed to the poor man's home. Thel
t 741, bell again rung, and the word having beengiven'
Bend up," the lcibble disclosed the blackened
of Mr. Stratton, the certificated manager of the
Who has worked assiduously throughout. He
n,;":. tile first to enter the mine and convey the good
tiCe to the men in the upper seam that they were
to Ito be saved. Mr. Bell introduced Mr. Stratton
e Home Secretary, who complimented the
• er on his gallant conduct throughout this sad
. and then interrogated him as to the state of
',Tatters below ground. Sir William then returned to
nderland to take the 3.30 p.m. train for the south.
:tile visit of Sir William is highly appreciated by all
Miners in the district, and is looked upon as
fop 'of his desire to gain information to be used
*up theiikbenefit in the future.
49,11 Sunday crowds of people began to pour into the
af„Lage, by train and in all sorts of vehicles and, in
tice`t_cloni many thousands of persons walked long
f4sl_caa, to see the sad spectacle presentea of 30
gmyral processions to the two nearest churchyards.
,Lsves estimated that there were not fewer than 30,000
Ale in the vicinity of Seaham Colliery Churchyard,
-"ere 25 interments took place- and there were also
Some thousands at the Seaham Harbour Churchyard,
IviliCh is about a mile and a half from the colliery. It
a touching scene to see procession after procession
47• IVe at the gates of the Colliery Churchyard, where
vicar, the Rev. Mr. Scott, met them, and,
addressed a few touching words of encouragement and
"Alaolation to those who were weeping sadly for the
lest ones. When the last procession had filed into
tlae churchyard, the coffins were arranged alongside
each other, and, the relatives having formed a circle,
the rev. Ken_tleman delivered an eloquent address.
f, curteen bodies were then placed in a grave near
eze.-
pr monument erected to 25 victims to a similar
°6ieen riine Years ago, and 11 were taken to other
of till: churchyard to be laid by the side of the
naMeretraftr es. All the coffins bore plates, with the
Wieb --„agee of the deceased, and were besprinkled
Were also ‘"8 a 'ad bunches of flowers many of which
there ,„ cut in the graves. At the grave sides
of 4.1. "'re Many touching scenes, as not a Yew
rienwle mourners had gone through a similar expe-
lledce,heifere. Several were so overcome that they
arb...,"? De conveyed to the vestry and restoratives
--or7;:tiolstered. During the whole time the Marquis of
t cionderry, who is suffering badly from gout, sat
7Lti,le churchyard, surrounded by members of his
F It 4
. was six o'clock before the last rites of the
"4.urch were performed, and then the large crAeds
reetly disPeraed• The pitmen of the district, though
boi °Ave a rough exterior, are undoubtedly a fine
0, Yof men, and their quiet demeanour showed that
AtY
_were touched by the calamity which oomes
em-"ct1,..„,7 home to them. There was no rushing or
---'''Quag around the graves, and within a few minutes
,j he closing ceremony there was not a hundred
118°%,„n13,_ie visible. Later in the evening a special service
--.° ['aid, at which all those rescued were invited to
attend. There was a large congregation, and a special
134Yer meeting was held later.

pi.°ll Sunday, at the morning service in York Minster, Canon
In the course of his eloquent sermon, said "There is something in the human heart that always
raL_uct admire courage wherever it is found. We all
,sow an Englishmen that much of England's great-
Pss has been won for her by the courage of her sons.
449•8 t week we heard with pride of the resistless courage
°,fcur army in India, which 'achieved so decisive a
,
''etory with comparatively so small a loss; nor
ttuat we omit from the roll of heroism those brave
flan
1-"L°l7B who win for US SO many of our material oom-
_°tta by the constant risk of their own lives. The
• Golliery Yon vividly proved that fact to us on
ednesday last. Many a battlefield numbers less dead
rn one of those explosions, and he must have lost his
E,,t'manity who can read or hear such tidings without
etittallang, or who forgets the value which the Bible has
Pcd upon a single human life, 'I will make a man
:pre Precious than fine gold; even a man than the
Vtilien wedge of Ophir.' Standing in the pulpit of our
in,"tster, from which words ought to be able to go
to England, and remembering that next year
first association in the world for the advancement
Zkseienoe will come back to York, its birthplace, I
ta„„ean anything more be done by science to make
ot,i7 More precious than the gold which he wins for
ItaiderB to spend? True, we have the safety lamp
Whet' 2her appliances science has given to us, but
leetuer from their imperfectness or from the reek-
y, '4ult of those who use them—judging by results—
g,A
sin aioyetre coroPelled to admit that the present means
ki
to preserve human life, whether in our
the or on our railways, are entirely inadequate. On
not atter point our gracious Queen has lately spoken
1144 ineraent too soon, and•in her own practical way
kg, intimated that she expects deeds, not words.
teo h Ilas no doubt been done in the past, but much
remains to be done. Christianity surely bids las
otireel_take care of others as watchfully as we do of
soul "es, and the science which is ever wringing
e fresh secret out of nature for us should add to
l'oetzt.,11":1018 another chapter. I ask you in this
riott„,Polis of the north, so far as lies in your power,
Of ti; allow this matter to slip, for I hold it to be one
theanY functions of the pulpit to help to quicken
sff I—"ee a public opinion on any question that can
oureettatthione !::,)cial as well as the spiritual happiness of

ti,,The following account of the accident has been
til.ttYpt_bY Jacob Steel, a hewer, who was employed in
rmrvey seam
tee_ at work in the Harvey seam about half-past two
Me morning. when I felt a shock of the explosion.
e
Itrt --„,SeVere, and it was followed by a flush of air. IN e
lat-tiv:raid of a Yeah of fire-damp succeeding, and we
iolveasT,tarted to find our way out. The wind that fol.
report of the explosion did not knock our lights
tw4 3;1 it was as well this was the case as we had a walk of
N. 64,11811 before us, and the travelling ways were in many
nacf"s"e7ond belief difficult and dangereus from falls and
But about the latter we had wonderfully little
br4 ,or complaint. Directly after the explosion had
Itir et the ventilation, the pit took a ' suck ' again,
.and the
ent. such as it was, same right. One thmg that
ot 0 this was the bursting of the water pipes by the force
th, aback. The water frozif them came teeming down
alto'ualts and brought air with it. There were 85 of us
aitirivfether when we started from our working in the
4
rea,l' and we struggled on for about two until we
200 b" the furnace drift, which is a steep cutting of about
11,e44:d, leez, and inclined at an angle of sft. in ten. Up
41148i;e had to climb by the 'notches,' a.nd, weak and ex-
d as we were, the task was a most severe one. One
ai,_nother my eompanions dropped back in attempting
/Vilhe:L°l, 12; and only three of us—that is, Joseph Taylor,
411
rite ale, and myself—reached the top. We were
g,ttusted, and for a time gave up all hope of
aitaihng any further. But after a short rest we came about
',.
and worked our way to the furnace. Here we Paine
hrt; the fiznaceman who was in a dreadful condition.
The*h_343 lYing under ta;e furnace bars, and was quite dead.
Y was dreadfully burnt and disfigured—in fact
kaa Unrecognizable. We pulled it out from its position
Natic:" It tied4.B4.4l' utly down by the aide of the way. We then
that oux
*44 although 50035 way on towards the shaft, and I must
ula of mr
deal
e,
companions suffered a good al
froh, 10111 air I fat it but Just after getting away
tood te furnace we e-arna upon a big fall, and we had a
al
-"'of trouble in climbing over it. At the far side of
etel, „Ll'faa discovered the dead boaiez of two men. From
il ""eae in which they were lying, one seamed to have
by aud the other coming out at thetime the
1 ail ed. We were now groping our way towards the No.
kticeaft, but before reaching it we met with another very
liew long we were gottigig to the shaft I
set 1„. _ 11 butti at length we found it, and sorry
werewteh"
Way."' ,on, which seemed to forbid hope o escape
at
it heap of smashed braticing and other rubbish idled
a' aadolookihg th
up we thought we could see the cage jammed
„,.. the broken stuff. Searching about, we came upon
, William Laveriok, who was lying on the floor
02 letier
.cireadJully burnt about the face and head. Ile was
laYlor "a"relY covered up by rabbiah when we found him.
"014 and I had to dissatangle him and clear the
;us e from his face. We gave him a drink, and when
U ziaa round, I asked him he knew how the explosion
t
/Feted. Ile said thas he did not know. I asked

In addition to the four pointers presented to
President Orevy by the Print* of Wales his Royal Highness
has sent the President a handsome fowling piece.

In a recent bicycle race round the Lake of Geneva
the winner did the distance, 109 miles, in 9 hours 25
minutes.

A considerable revival has lately taken place
throughout Norway in all the departments of the tamber
and planed wood trades, which have suffered severely from
a protracted depression. The wood pulp manufacture, how-
ever, has fared better, the demand from Great Britain and
France being persistently on the increase.

The adjourned inquest into the deaths of the persons
killed by the accident to the Flying Sootehman at Marshall
Meadows, on the 10th of August, was resumed at Berwick
on Monday. The jury returned a verdict that they were
unanimously of opinion that the breakdown of the Flying
Scotchrnan near Marshall Meadows, on the 10th of August,
last, on which occasion three individuals lost their lives,
was accidental. The verdict was greeted with loud applause.
•The late Miss Mary Windle, of Stanley Villa, St.
Giles's, Oxford, has bequeathed £5OO to the National Society
for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of
the Established Church.
Last week's receipts of cotton at all United States
ports were 60,000 bales; ditto, since Ist September, 81,000
bales; shipments to England, 40,000 bales; ditto to Conti-
nent and Channel, 2,000 bales; total ditto since let Sep-
tember, 53,000 bales ; stock at all ports, 156,000 bales.

The Postmaster-General, Mr. Fawcett, has recently
received a further gratifying testimony to the feeling with
whick he is regarded in India. In March last some of the native
Inhabitants of Bombay sent over £250 to be devoted towards
defraying Mr. Fawcett's election expenses; and they have
Just sent over to England for his aeceptance a silver tea
service and salver of Cutch work, enclosed in a carved wood
case, also of native manufacture. The service and the case
are beautiful specimens of the artistic excellence of Indian
workmanship. The case is inscribed :—" Presented to the
Right Honourable Henry Fawcett, M.P., by his native
friends and admirers in Bombay, India, June, 1880."

Germany is said to be actively engaged in effecting
a complete understanding between Austria and Italy.

The Citizat states that the monument of John
Milton in Cripplegate Church, which since its erection in
1832 has stood in an obscure corner, has, during the recent
restoration of the edifice, been placed in a conspicuous posi-
tion near the south-west door.

A large meeting of weavers was held at Aecrington
on Monday evening to ascertain if the operatives were
willinx to be brought out on strike A. proposition was made
to the effect that the wages question should be submitted to
arbitration, but an amendment expressing the willingness of
the weavers to strike was earned almost unanimously.
There was oonsidorable excitement, but the meeting was
orderly. There are about 12,000 looms in Accrington, and
betweek 4,000 and 5,000 weavers.

Dr. Tanner's feat has already been dramatised.
A Milan theatre has produced a drama on the Doctor's
career, and a " Gastronomical Review" on the same subiect
is shortly to be produced at Madrid.

Last Sunday, while a party of German excursionists,
who had come from Wilhemshafen by the steamer Nordsee
were wandering over the island of Heligoland, one of them,
a man about thirty-five years of age, fell from the sumtnit of
the northern extremity of the island on to the shore below.
Death must have been instantaneous, and the body was much
shattered. There were no papers on his person to identify
him, and none of the other excursionists knew who he was.
The eruption of the Volcano de Fuego in Guatemala
on June 29 was most disastrous to the neighbourhood. Al-
though the crater was always steaming no fear of a great
eruption had ever been entertained till suddenly a loud ex-
plosion occurred at sunrise, and in a few moments the sur-
rounding villages were enveloped in smoke and ashes.
Seventeen families living on the side of the mountain were
smothered, and the column of fire, nearly 600 feet •Ltigh,
completely illuminated the country for many miles.
A telegram from Sydney says there is a great rush
of diggers to a supposed goldfield at Tamora, near Sydney,
but owing to the want of rain the value of the field has not
as yet been ascertained.

Last Saturday the Queen, accompanied by Prince
Leopold and Princess Beatrice, visited Upper Deeside. The
Royal party left Balmoral at midday, and reached Braemar
at one p.ni. Horses were changed at that place, and the
journey thereafter continued along Deeside ricl Mar-lodge
and Inverey to Linn of Dee. Here an hour was spent in
viewing the falls and surroundings, and Her Majesty devoted
part of the time to sketching. The journey was afterwards
resumed to Glenderry, where the Royal visitors had luncheon.
and walked along the glen to the foot of Ben Maodhui. On
the return journey Braemar was reached at six o'clock.
The 100-ton gun and the model emplacement in
which it is mounted at the proof butts in the Goverment
marshes adjoining the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, were sub-
jected to experiment on Monday. The gun was loaded with
a charge of 4251 b. of pebble powder, and a projectile of
17fin. in diameter, and nearly 3ft, long, its weight being
2,0201 b. The concrete structure stood the tremendous
shock of the discharge in a perfectly satisfactory manner.
A watchmaker employed at Sheffield, while travelling
on the Manchester and Sheffield Railway between Doncaster
and Dlexborough on Monday night, thrust his head out of
the carriage window when near a tunnel. He was struck by
a girder, and was so seriously injured that he died.

On Tuesday morning the men connected with the
bathing machines at Folkestone, picked up a box, about
three feet square, the top being covered with canvas only.
It contained a half-section model of a full-rigged ship, most
perfectly finished, and the watermen at once concluded that
It had floated from a wreck.
The Queen has been graciously pleased, on the
recommendation of the Prime Minister, to approve a pension
of £5OO a year from the Civil List being granted to Lady
Stratford tie Redoliffe and her unmarried daughters, in
recognition of the long and highly-distinguished public
service of the late Lord Stratford de RodcLiffe.
A lady in Indianapolis keeps her portrait up with
the times by sending it every fall and spring to the artist who
painted it for repairs in the drapery. When she gets a new
dress that she approves of, the same dress is put upon the
portrait. A new necklace and ear-rings receive the same
distinction. By this means the portrait is always in the top
of the style.

A telegram received by a Glasgow firm from
Mandalay announces the birth of an heir to the Burmese
throne.

A pastoral letter from the Catholic Archbishop was
read in all the Catholic churches in Quebec on Sunday,
deploring the continued emigration from the province of
Quebec to the tinted States, and appealing to the patriotism
of the people to check the movement.

The municipal authorities of Paris, in unison with
the gas and electrical lighting companies, are studying all
sorts of plans for improving the illumination of the city.
large contracts are being signed for candelabras in cast-iron
and bronze, for lanterne-bouquets—as the clusters of lamps
in the street refuges are euphoniously called—and all their
appurtenances, and very shortly, no doubt, Paris will be, if
it is not already, the best-lighted city in the world..

During a thunderstorm on Tuesday evening the
electric fluid did considerable damage to the well-known
l'eviot Dale Wesleyan Chapel, Stockport. A chimney stack
was knocked down and several yards of roof torn away; a
gas pipe in the vestry was pierced and the gas ignited. The
flame communicated with the floor of the chapel, but im-
mediate steps were taken to avert danger from fire. The
chapel-keeper had only just left the building when it was
struck.

The most comprehensive arrangements were made
for the Czar's personal safety during his journey to Lived's.
Officials, military, and peasants were on their legs for
twenty-four hours without intermission at all the places
touched by the train en route until the Czar had actually
passed. The rolling stock was caret ally examined, the
bridges inspected, and the houses adjacent to the line
thoroughly searched by the local police. Peasants were em-
ployed to stand at distances of about thirty paces from
one another along the line. The military stood in file at the
portions of the route entrusted to them; at night the whole
line was illuminated by torches.

The season for net salmon fishing in the Tweed
closed on Tuesday night. It has been the most unproduc-
tive ever known.

The total imports of wheat in 1879-80 amounted to
59,815,991 cwt., against 51,725,715 cwt. in 1878-9, and the
estimated cost was £34,379,137, against £25,453,581. Of
flour the imports were 10,431,726 owt., against 9,124,383 cwt.,
and the estimated cost was R-8,692,143, against £7,135,925.
Wheat and flour have cost about £10,500,000 more during the
past season than in 1878-79. The estimated value of imports
of all cereals was £65,700,981, against £52,136,607, or an in-
creasesof about £13,500,000.

The Wild Birds statute, which received the Royal
Assent on the day of the
prorogation, to amend the laws re-
lating to the protection of wild birds, contains the names of
as many as 85 wild birds, including the cuckoo, nightingale,
and snipe. The object of this Act, which takes effect from
the Ist January, is to protect wild birds in the United King-
dom during the breeding season, and provides penalties for
shooting and taking wild birds between the Ist March and
the Ist August in any year.
The receipts on account of Revenue from the Ist
April, 1880, when there was a balance of £3,273,428 to
September, 11, lase, were £33,583,116 against £32,020,637 in
the corresponding period of the preceding financial year,
which began with a balance of £6,917,750. The net expendi-
ture was £85,800,614, against £37,593,897 to the same date
in the previous year. The Treasury balances on September
11 amounted to £3,668,008, and at the same date in 1879 to
£E,248,908.

A comparative return issued by the Statistical De-
partment of the Board of Trade shows that in the month of
July, 1880, there has been a decrease, as compared with the
corresponding month of last year, in the number of paupers
relieved, excluding lunatic paupers in asylums and licensed
houses and vagrants.

Sunday waa the 43rd anniversary of the birth of
Louis IV., Grand Duke of Hesse, K.G. who was born on
Sept. 12, 1837. The Grand Duke is the eldest son of the late
Prince Charles of Hesse, by his marriage with the Princess
Elizabeth of Prussia. He married, on July 1, 1862, her
Royal Highness the Princess Alice Maud Mary, of Great
Britain, seoond daughter of Queen Victoria and the late
Prince Consort, which lamented Princess died on Nov. 14,
1878. He succeeded to the grand ducal throne of Hesse on
the death of his uncle, Louis 111., on June 13, 187 V, his
father haying died a short time previously.

Dr. Ryle, the new Bishop of Liverpool, had a
rather severe choleraic attack last Saturday, and was confined
to his bed the greater part of the day. His lordship was to
have preached on Sunday at two Liverpool churches, and
large congregations were attracted. At both churches
announcements were made of the Bishop's indisposition. On
Monday his lordship had much improved. It is only about
a week since he returned to his residence in Croxteth-road,
Liverpool, from the neighbourhood of Keswick, where he
spent a month's holiday. The attack which laid him up is
believed to have resulted from the heavy week's work which
followed his return to his diocese.

On September 3 a fatal accident befell an excur-
sionist in the Engadine, a young man from Leipsic, who
stsah:eii
no nmg
morning
eitnhwae
°a 1
Illi
nodt
questione lbdeeab Ba ikn shbey
to make the ascent of the Viz-Kosatech, a mountain in pthe
aletftStihMe Moritz.
ten o'clock.
When next morning came and he did not return, it was
out to look for him. Their quest was unsuccessf
were sent
ful, however; and on Monday another party, made up o-
he best guides in the country, made a second attempt.
feared that he had met with some mishap, and eight men
tAfter a few hours' search they found the mangled body of
neighbourhood.
ceticgsuihpxbi
oeod:rlshockoomodeo,pon
the unfortunate young fellow at the foot of a precipice. He
appeased to have beim gathering herbs on the heights
above, and, missing his footing, had fallen clown a steep de-
clivity of nearly 500 feet.
that
etf
we
e detrauef nbg ut the
displayed.stlil last
he fifty
Trieiery,
as ear On Tuesday afternoon, amid a heavy downpour of
rain, Earl Granville laid the foundation-stone
of Buckland
were
a
.
mense vitality in the Established Church of the country.
Church extension. In the course of a brief address, Lord
great change had occurred in the Church of England, and
sniGorumacnehtivinimlloeeraesaaeicednoehrmegvane
ybeanliied‘ed
d,
action
by ta
There was no greater test of this than church extension.
The Naples Correspondent of the Daily News writes:
"Since the 4th instant Vesuvius has again become more
active, and has launched his projectiles in greater number
and to a greater height. The sismograph at the 'observatory
is also more animated, and new lava has issued from the side of
the cone, flowing, fortunately for the rail% ay, to the north-
east. A too curious visitor, becoming alarmed at the fiery
masses which fell near him, turned to fly, and fell among the
sharp iscorite, wounding himself so severely that he lifill to
be carried down by the guides in a chair.

A shocking accident occurred on Saturday night at
Plymouth. For some days past a number of men have been
engaged in cleaning out a well over fifty feet deep on the
prenuses of Mr. Ryall's brewery. About nine o'clock the
bucket used for emptying the well became jammed in the
wall, and James Butler, a young man, lowered himself into
the well by means of a rope to clear the bucket, but he un-
fortunately fell into the water in the attempt. A fellow-
workman (Frank Warren) volunteered to rescue Butler, but
in his descent he injured himself so severely as to cause him
also to fall into the well. Both were struggling in the
water when George Newlyn, formerly a seaman in the Royal
Navy, descended, and succeeded in fastening a rope around
Warren, who was insensible, and he was drawn to the sur-
face. It was then found that Warren had received such
severe injuries as to necessitate his removal to the South
Devon Hospital. Butler was drowned by the time Newlyn
got down, and his body was recovered later on with grappling
irons,