The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-12-26 00:00:00

DUDLEY.

FATAL PIT ACCIDENT.—On Friday night last David
Al!port, '• dolizy at the Robin Hood pit, Wallows's
colliery. near Brierfey Hill, was killed by a fill of coal.
The deceased, who was dfi years of aye, and was gener-
ally respected, leavea a wife awl eight children to mourn
his unhappy fate. This is Vie Oil, d ease of a " doggy "
being killed its this immediate neighbourhood within the
pact few slays.
SINGULAR EseAPIL—On Salivilay night last a horse
tarn-sued to it trap belanging to Mr. Thompson, licensed
sic! ii iller, of Oldbury, being left in King-street, made a
sudden bolt. The animal slashed dawn Hall-street at a
terrific pace, crossed the lower end of the market place,
and proes,lc.l down New.street into the Priory, where
it was captured. Strange to say, although it was market
sight, and the two busy and narrow streets the horse
passed through were crowded, no personal injury was in-
flicted, a:Vic:cull tiro vehicles bwaped in passing were
slightly injured. The runaway horse was unhurt when
ceptured.
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ALARMING FIRE AT TUE DUDLEY Bneweny.—At be.
tweeu three awl four o'clock on Tuesday morning an
alarming and destrmitive tire was discovered on the ox.
tensive prernise.s known no Englsno's Brewery, in Hull
street. The premises were left safe as late as twelve
(Abide at night, when one of the workmen went the
, round, and the discovery of fire having brohon out was
made by Mr- Davits, a clerk residing on the premises, at
the hour above named. Information was at 01:00 COD.
veyed to the Borough Police Station and to the station
of the District fir.' engine, and Chief Superintendent
Berton, Inspector Tyler, and a holy of men, with the
two b .rough hand engines and the police hose, were at
one,: en the spot with the District engine under the mire
of Mr. J. Wood.dl. By this time the fire had assumed
considerable proportions, having extended from the ash.
hole of the copper in tiles, irrel-washilig room, where it
originate!, to the hop.ro on immediately above. This
Iroom was stored with about fifty pockets and bales of
hops and three I irge casks filidl with old ale. There
I being a good sul.p'y .1 water, the engines commenced
, playing noon this portion of the building, and happily
presented the lire spreading to a room above the hop.
room, where the vi .11 harper was sin stud, and by saving
this psrt tiny in ail probability saved the whole of the
front of the buildings, its had the room in question beeti
destroyed a large water tank, containing several tims of
water, most hove (Alen through the burnt-up timber,
and brougOt, from its peculiar fixing. a portion of the
front with it. The top room and it: a mtents were com-
pletely destroyed. the bore walls alone remaining. Three
large working or fermenting squares were entirely des-
troyet and three others parhally burnt up. The gas
and water pipes were molted, and the refrigerate-, which
was valued at about £2OO, was destroyed. In the room
above the refrigerator, to the right of the hop room, con-
siderable damage tens done by the fire and water. By
the exertions of the tire brigade and the police a vaulu-
able vat, holding 9,00.1 gallons was saved from destruc-
tion. Large nuinhei s of the inhabitants of the town
fir, RAB got Ii 1,1.1 L.
to havt originatad in the ash Ii le of the barrclovieshing
rums, from nine rethhot cinders igniting the ashes,
ishieb win!) appear to have been tnqulll,iestl domped,
:old which. having sin tuldsred into. glow, had comma-
meat -d with the hr .kon Suit., of some old casks. The
dainagt is estimated at from t1,211J to £I,LS3, which is