The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-18 00:00:00

THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BILSTON.

Three more deaths have occurred since the date
of oar last report ; and there is reason to fear that the hat
of the deceased—which already teething the names of
twenty-six persons—will in • few hours be swelled to
twentyeight. The lass three deaths were those of Peter
Manna, • forehand puddler, of Wolverhampton-street,
Basta ; his son, aged 13 years ; and James Lewia, • forge
roller, of Ten.ple-street, Saxton—all of whom were removed
to their homes after the accident. Lewis and the elder
Mania were both married. Peter Manna leaves a
numerous family, inasmuch as his widow was the
I mother of his children, but of some also by a
former husband. Lewis leaves a widow and one child.
The youuger Manna had gone to the work to take his
father's breakfast, and had not left when the boiler explo-
ded. The woman who was reported to be beyond recovery
yesterday still survives ; and Samuel Corfisid. a shingler,
of Catchem's-corner, is fast expiring from the Combined
effects of braises will scalds sustained whilst he was on the
works. His age is about 35, and his death will deprive his
wife' and four children of the only bread winner of his
family. Eleven women have been made widows by the cala-
mity, and a large number of children have bees made orphans.
It is hoped that the movement which the incumbent of
Ettingshall is promoting with a view to the obtaining of
contributions towards the relief of the sufferers will be
warmly responded to by the charitable in distant parts of
the kingdom ; for whilst the immediate district will not be
lacking in practical sympathy, the depression in trade about
Banton, and the other financial ea/amities which have be-
fallen the people of that town lately, will necessarily pre-
vent that assistance from being other than strikingly inef-
ficient to meet the wants of the bereaved. Fears
an beginning to be entertained that either in
the canal cr beneath the unremoved dibris
the came of another victim has yet to be discovered, the
police baying received information of the absence from
Mme of a puddler who went out reaching for work on
Tosedsy morning. A doubt which existed at the inquest
as to the size of the boiler has been cleared
up
by the dimensions of the boiler having been taken yes-
terday._ The boiler is 10 feet 6 in. in diameter—a sire
which the n&eer who put down the boiler emphatically
said wee too large for a high pressure engine. The works
continue to be inspected by ironmasters and other influen-
tial resident of the surmunding district, and the bodies axe
being removed to the homes of the bereaved relatives as
rapidly as coffins, which are being made at the works, auk
he completed.

THE KINNINOTON TRA mirAT. —A public meeting
of the Inhabitants of Lambeth wee lead last eveolog at the
Horns Tavern, Kennington, at which resolutions were
passed is favour of upholding the majority of the Lambeth
vestry in their attempt to maintain the tramway as a public
000venience, and to agree to measures for opposing the else-
floe of any person to the vestry favourable to eta removal.
The large room was densely crowded, and considerable ex-
citement prevailed.