The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-20 00:00:00

ties with them Mist it. I had sew ramieed written er
priatad netrwetkums. Wham appended I was te draw
water te It the Bilberry Mlll, sad that with
the ram, woad It the ether M. by Nyasa"
I as.. what escaped 1111del the milainsmalt—wnat ems
people math sub leakage& It malted (et naked) is
1 three plasm ; sae picas ma at Gm beillim • Esed way
from the culvert. soother es the elglithheadthde of the
Selbeakaest, met quite bolt way up, dre to the Warldes
is the meow of the emehushasent. I add ret see whether
it are Oomph the euhrdireat ea ear a the had&
Whirl the sodas. Tide below might he • feet la the
mbsakmat. no Hid kith was as the isthhemi sigh,
meat the waste pit It was when them had bees • dent
made acme time ea dim, Ochre say dam Ines there
we. a. • peed el." Illi Wear la the reservalr, each et the
streams Ikea Hera Whips might .be as thigh al wg arm.
The water tor theist the Were of the reheelemat was
sometime muddy, but that Naar the drift mallowwill
clear. TM sae us the right aide used to be raw wiles
Urn rare • nosh of water, Mt sat at ether Yam Mar
the bottom of the embankment the mil mad the Whop
was dry—the water sprung eat Mem= met doom
There was another leak higher up them *ma diem but
it only run eat when the water was hdidt le the esserreir,
or fear feet above the square. That was alas m think as
say arr. A year ago last Dumber there was an obetnie-
tius In the waste-pet. It was a tree that went dews the
swallow, sad west partly out through the culvert, bet a
crooked tad would set let it pm. At that time we let the
water off, and /mad the tree part in the swallow mil part
in the shuttle, aad we rammed it. Nothing was ever awn
to prevent such WS OSSILITISSO again. I asquaneed it,.
George Hint and Mr. Joba Reensith, tee, of Ma I
ma trees floated am the reameir. I ham sees wood felled
at Bradshaw, Ind • mile frees the frost and of the Mar-
"lir, and they were groterelly lakeao=ll7 parties. [A
Jager said it wee WM dem le saes seem the re-
eitineir.] They had easaetirme remained dotting some time.
Orb an one otirsion erred it being dame. These tress
wore tarn away by the WWI& It was part of this fall
that the ties got from into the advert. I sever beard my
aemghthat of it. The wood belonged to Jahn Dyers.
Jeeethas Woodcock was the drawer beim the last
witsamar ma appointed about 1844. Ifs lived 400
the reservoir. lie had so iastmetiona, mom
City water for the Bilberry Kill. Mr. George Rim
mil Mr. Edward Butterworth, essesimiesese, gam me
Yea orders. I had • book or ester the height of the
water in, every day, but I gave up waft the monies
Meat the 29th &pt., after um/Mg them from May, bm
same it would not pay ; and is leer moths ellonorde
I gave up the situation. Thera were penal awed glum
me with the book, and I read them My mipento sat
we. sew after the reservoir began to be eaeL - At that
ter the embankment was is reek • state that with the'
*Me dews, if the water ram to mere thus 30 feet, the
kakis* would be such as to supply the slabs, and I maid
bees it fur • fortnight liestimer. TM water Neaps*
=tthe embeehmeabr fed cue oat of the kill-ode
olls maid biker She iwlll. The water would be
seaselme Ili et 110 diethlill. no mabetaleuet began to
fah hem the 11A as teem ea the •SMIOSIOTS let it, sal
mak 111 it use Met the tep of the wedupit. 1 gave up
the eppidmall Imam I seed set pee ury wages. The
Wm was em ilime as thick ea wg amr mud sometime as
Sidi is ray kg i NA sometimes the inter use muddy aod
emelmot deem The water au fie aertb side leak was
,leap demo item the area. I seselved no order as to
the height the Was was to be kept. I was as the
beeikairat athe Illsaday before the accident. I saw the
peek work*" et the shuttle. Mr. John Beebe*
ems then, sad old those wee greet lamer. 'no
bekibt of the MOM than was forty-sena feet. I
us there on the alibi it bank mud at 9 o'clock it was
sop le within he seems of the tip tithe waste-pit, and'
the fat
clie
drat sic feet sofreelWO" el the esebeak•
seat Mr. Job. wee w due% bid said =dreg. I
um there sok WI I sad the yeller use um* viousier
err. Mr. Jobs was thee% and he laid I amid
see seek • mum before 2 o'clock as I had arms as. before.
Wirt lemma was the cause was Mime wt. I usillemood
be Resat the reservoir would bunt. Es mid them would
set be a mill left in the valley. The water berme to rua
ever the embankment about heilly•th 11. I ressised as
the bank until it burst. foibles use dew le geeuat it.
Mr. Roebuck was there. Theme mai se MOM a 7 prime.
lag it but by taking Ile tep Mum of the waste
pit. There was se peeehkp IR petting at the
asp of the waste-pit odes tae Maw was
va:l2h.
The esehookamset did me beset A atom. It a
eherembihnimpaitillasayambieliehetallabeforrpbee
sr podia whisk hed mit as the eaelberhateat, mg then
um that. This was sew to the Earth side than thoesatre.
hues IP minutes fres dr trater coming into thee bellow
wili, it bum. It Ursa Awe 20 minutes past 11. Mil it
there half an hour beam the water mat clear is.
the outside. TM hollow we. pen yards deep below the lele
of the euthaithateut. It was the outride of that part of le

embankment Ant gave way. TM wise mu ever a Asa
time, gad them • great lamp of tie subseitasell Mow oh
llte odor bMled up from the rook he to Um ambush
Gard OW hat I did net .sOs way gardenia: oohs. I
slerrhi silk Whimsy Mill wee washed away is Ave
minder gate that. After the war embankment wee
embed gimp the peddle be remained standing ;
but I Mil asi art it long, because we Ima,
whet wee eemles ma gee away. We bed got about 10
prim awry bhp rho lield oa one aide whoa we heard the
aerie lie twat hunt. When Mr. Roebuck said what
mold tie tilteemmeta Ido set blew that he gave say
warn people dews the valley •: two
rim Seebeck laid that about half as beer
ighlt; I Minot Wu him give radon for anyone to
p. dm hunting two pewees started off to give
wombs. I serwit all holge,She mfsit ee I :left they west.
The two men were John Whl Benjamin Bray.
By Mr. Jamaah—The height at as, time of the
remeneir woe the Met Ilaturegy is December. IW. It was
wit/Nal het or shot Om eit the tip el the rimberhimse.
I wor sat lisbargeil by the eremobeirsses he
arsher of duty : I never wee dlesherged. I wee
nninitin
set dr rgad with bring away and lea •' Um shuttle dews.
M The et purgerwhen ray may INS Mr. links
said be brill as ramizy Orr no our likafry i• mil I mid
tlunt I must dicerup heninesu (A leggh.) easewerds
went to see Mu Seeemsk and he said be had so time to
speak to me we sorb nu .. .... (laughter.) He did set
s Ito visslel br so within me sit'. nylimik. Hs
hellay egimithing dee le Es Om to What bai . ail be
'noisy biro sibserasi hr