The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-15 00:00:00

FALL OF A BOUM AT ISLINGTON, AND LOSS
OF LIPS.

Yesterday an iocipsst was opened before Mr.
Wak'ey, at the Calved Red Lbws, Lower-road, so
tbe babes of Thomas Medgee, aged 14 ; James Hodges,
yet d Seseph Obreer, egad 27; Jane Glover (big wife),
slllolll9s Seeeph Meyer, egad 4; Samuel Lane, 46; and
Finis Ilesher tpalkismas, 62 21), aged 35, who unforts-
;ll aft With their deaths?* die failing down of a house
Leneiweenieldilenagtes. eel the night of Banday last,
the_partieshers of have appeared is the Doily Neter.
Me Raildeity, tress the Mee of the Royal &lei. ty for
Prereatlea of Loss of Life fees Firs, was peewit daring
the inquiry. Mr. Layton, of Islington, solicitor, attended
on the part of Mr. Putnam, the lean or lb* promises.
The bodies, hawing been viewed by the jury, were identi-
Ird by Joseph Glover, an mud man, father of the three
Glovers and grandfather of the two Modges.
The Coroner salted the witness—he having lost lye 'Pea-
hen of his family—whetter he made any complaint against
emy one ?
The 'titans laid be did not. Mr. Fownes had been told
of the danger. Witness was last on the premises on Friday,
sad notisesteehing wrong rem' the lower well. He then
remarked to biers that he would not stop then, as he did
sot think it was safe. The wall was cracked is diarist
puts below the girder, and there were also holes is the
wall. Rea sea replied he should get out of it room as its
seeM gait a plea to gait him. Wisner's son (deceased) on
Illaday mews( called on witness, and told his that he
was afraid lie boom would fall down. Witness advised
him Is keys sad mess to '
him, bat he amid he woeld ant do
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Kr. Wakley asked if the landlord was present.
Mr. Layton said he appeared for hiss.
After the medical testimony, the Coroner said the inquiry
resolved itself iota two branches—the cause of death, which
was clear, and whether any one was culpable.
William Calvert, one of the inmates of the house at the
time of its falling, deposed that he was first alarmed by a
noise in the walls like scratching on paper. He guessed
what was the cause, and immediately lowered his wife and
sister into the street, and jumped out himself. He than got
• ladder, and, returning to the house, succeeded in saving
eight persons. Mr. Fownes, of Old Paradise-row, a menus
store dealer, was the landlord of the house, which was let
oat In tenements, no less than 34 persons occupying eleven
rooms. On Saturday last witness fetched Mr. Fewer. to
show him the state of the well where the beam had given
way. That was about four o'clock in the after-
noon. A Kr. Adams, who has something to do with
the property, was present. Mr. Fumes came very reins-
tantly ; and, on being shown the wall, be said it was
gait* sefe, as the beam ran into the neat house. Witness
told him that could not be so, as the four.and.a.kalf
lower wall could not have bellied out in the manner it did ;
he replied it was quite safe, and witness bad no right to
trouble himself about, as it was perfectly safe. Witness
repeated that It was not safe, as the wall had bulged sir or
eight inches out, and was • fresh appearance. The wall was
cracked in a hundred directions.

Mr. Fownee was hire rent and the evidence read over
to him • and, in reply to the court, he said he denied every
word the witness had said.

Thajury then weal to view the state of the wall.
T. jai, having inspected the ruins, they returned to
the iwiesse MN, whoa the lut whams was subjected to a
seven erse-swasalaatioa ; afterwards the Comer said that

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he Ac meld be impossible to habit the Mw that day,
se it en abmiabely necessary to base the ettssiesee et the
Me/4st mom. The inquiry wee. therefore, adjossned.