The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-23 00:00:00

SHOCKING ACCIDINT AT HARTLEPOOL.

TWO NEN KILLED AND SIX INJURED.

About twelve o'clock at noon yesterday a melan-
choly accident oomu-red at the new rolling mills, on the
Itilbenk estate, at the outskirts of Hartlepool, by which
two poor fellows lost their lives, sod six others Sr. more or
leas injured. The rolling milli belong to a joint company,
and are as yet only in course of construction, and, being on
• large scale, the machinery necessary for the works is of
enormous dimensions. In order to provide foe an may and
expeditious mode of fitting up and erecting all the machi-
nery, kc., an immense moving crane runs on lines at the
bottom of the roof aloog the entire length of the main
building, at an elevation of about 20 feet from the
ground, and with • span of about 40 feet, On the top
of the crane there is a wide staging to accommodate •
number of workmen when employed at the " wench,"
which is in the centre of the crane, and weighs upwards of
three tons. The crane was immediately over en ODOIIBOOI
engine, and had been so for some time previous, as the
workmen were engaged in placing oo the segments of the
fly-wheel, which is of gigantic proportions. being twisty.
six feet in diameter, sod above thirty tone in weight. Two
of the segments had been safely lodged in their respective
places, and the flywheel was being revolved in order to
place another segment on, when the crane came down with
a crash that shook the whole building. There were six men
on the MOO working the wench, and wend others were
employed various ways underneath and about the machinery
that was is COWIN of erection. The crane was smashed in
two, and the wench and other ironwork about it wee lying
'mitered around it, broken frames* intermingled with
the bodies of the poor fellows who ware pitched from the
crane into various posit Mos, bleeding from wounds nod
suffering from injuries they had received. Ont of the six
men who were on the crane two decayed nail:dared ; the
others were more or lees injured. Two men below elm
received scalp wounds and other bruises. A workman named
Geo. Haines, who wee standing near the flywheel, was caught
by the falling wench and killed on the spot, being jammed
between the fly-wheel and the wall. Another man named
John 'leaden got his leg broken in three places, and was
otherwise severely injured. He was taken to his residence
in Alma-strmt, when he expired in the afternoon, leaving •
wife but no family. There were several very narrow
warm Very little time elapsed after theaccident before
Dr. Inglis and Mr. John Ord (Dr. Nichol end Ord) were on
the spot attending to the requirements of the wounded men.
The injured men are William Hewitt, &Mc-street, who
has broken ribs and severely bruised thigh ; William Fer-
guson' Hart-street, scalp wound and severe contused foot ;
Charles Wheatley, Si:lo.6gal% fracture of the nasal bone,
bruised head, ad injured back ; Dennis Byron, slight bodily
injuries ; and Thomas Piddock, cut bead and contused body.
Of the other party who suffered our correspondent could not
ascertain the name or the nature of hie injuries. The crane
is quite new, and was made by • firm at Stockton.—Leeds
Arc/veep.

The Bradfield Reservoir, the scene of the recent
terrible inundation, has been thoroughly eternized by
Stews. Simpson, Bdeman, liawksley, Fowler, and Barri.
we. They think there wee no fracture of the pipes, nor
creep of water along the outside, nor was there any imper-
fection in the quality of materials or workmanship in the
embankment. It wu owing, in their opinion, to a landslip,
and they mention many eircumsbuime to prove the correct-
ness of their views.

DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM BERKELEY CALL,
BAIT.—The death of this gentleman, • parteer in the
banking house of Call, Mules sad ld Bond-street,
took place yesterday, at his residence, ia Co.,l3esdatreet. The
deceased Sir William wee bore in 1815, and succeeded
to the is 1831 ; in 1811 he married the daughter
of the late C. . Gordis*, Esq., of Coombe Lodge, Oxon,
by whom be has left • son ind two daughters.
WELLINGTON COLLEGE.—The annual concert was
given to • DIUMOTOOII muster of the neighbouring nobility
and gentry on Wednesday evening. The concert concluded
with "God save the Queen' and in a few minutes the
whole college, with its two quadrangles, its long corridors,
and its tier above tier of brilliantly lighted windows,
echoed with the woods of mirth and sosg that usually
mark the break-up of a large English school. The invited
andantes were hospitably entertained at the master's house.
ROMAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE FOR OXFORD. —lt is
well known that Dr. Newman haa reaenUy purchased some
laud in Oxford, for the pu eventually, if the scheme
should Sod favour with his eoe~leiaatioal superiors, of erect-
ing a college them for Roman catholic.. Last week, we
understood • meeting of the Roman catholic bishops was
held at the residuum of Cardinal Wiseman, to disco, the
project in all its bearings. These meetings are always held
with closed doom, and the result of the bishops' conferee*,
can only be guessed at even by the best-informed members
of the Roman catholic body ; but the general opinion pre-
rails that their views are in apparition to the liberal views
of Dr. Newman, who feelsthorough) y the unsatisfactory
state of the secular education of the Romish laity in their
colleges. Meantime the bishops hare forwarded the result
of their deliberations to Rome ; but Rome usually is not
very quiet in sending answers to difficult and delicate
questions, sod some months will probably pass by before
the English Roman catholic.' will learn on the highest
authority whether they can send their zoos with a of.
conscience to college at Oxford.—Guardian.

OLE BULL—At a coucert whi, h tools plaoe a few
days since at the Royal Opera Home at Berlin. Ole Bull,
the celebrated Norwegian violin player, reappeared after an
armee of many years. His old admirers were pleased to
lied that, although his hair had become grey, hi. still pos.
resod all the wonderful watery over his untrameat which
he displayed is years ling since pared away.
Tin BL•cs Sounzas ut Cufr.—Their memo-
rise are • rat bewildered chaos of Jewish history and
biography ; sad most of the great events of the past, down
to the period of the American revolution, they instinctively
attribute to Massa There is • flee bold 000fideor in all
their carioca, however, and the record sever loses
piquancy in their hands, though strict aceitirriy mey stiffer.
Thum one of my captains, lest Baader, beard • coloured az-
honer at Beaufort proclaim, " Peal may plant, and may
polish wid water, bat it woe% do." is which the misted
hnolloo would Hardly have reeelesiewl kiameelf.—T. W.
Higgisem, in the Atlantic Monad,.

LAW INTELLIGENCE
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Sittings at Nisi Prius in Loodou.—(ffefore Lord Lief
Justice Erie and a Special Jury.)
BEAUMONT V. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON ILAIGRAY
PANT.—ACCLDEMT.
This was an action to recover damages for iolu, ier rm.
Mined in an accident on the defendants' railway.
Mr. Bovill, Q.C. and Mr. W. Williams appeared for
plaintiff ; and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. Denman, Q.C.,
Mr. Hansen for the defendants.

The plaintiff was • gentleman of fortune living
Boothby Hall, near Grantham, in Lincolnshire, and on the
evening before the last Goodwood races he bad le
appointment to go with two friend, by the 10. h
p.m. train to Brighton. His friends went by tLr.
train, but the plaintiff being late he had a spa
train for which he paid 13t. Ile. When within hbOUt
a mile and half of Brighton the train was stopped
and a pointsman said to the guard that they could not go
on on that line because there was a luggage train on it, at,tl
that the special must go on the centre line. This directiee
was obeyed, but soon afterwards up the train came is
contact with a luggage train, which, it was belies/4,
was shunting. There would be no doubt that what bad hap-
pened was the result of negligence, for one of the company's
servants afterwards informed the plaintiff that there was
the grossest negligence on the part of the men, and they
had been suspended in consequence. At the time of the
accident the plaintiff was lying along the seat of the
carnage, and when the train was suddenly stopped plaintil
was thrown so violently back spinet the wall of the com-
nutmeat that, though it was thickly padded, he plaitly
felt the wood which was covered by the padding. lie ens
from this thrown with a rebound to the floor of the earrime.
He had to get out of the train and walk to Brighton, a die.
tune of about a mile. He felt unwell and confused, and
he did not recognise his friend Captain Healey, who was
standing upon the steps of the hotel waiting for him. In
February, 1f63, the plaintiff had met with a serious mei.
dent in the hunting field, and had, until about two month<
before the aocident on the line, to wear bandages when
riding or taking other exercise. The result of the shake
upon the railway was that the most of the symptoni which
had followed the first accident returned, and had, to some
extent, continued to this time. In addition, there wen •
nervous sensation which rendered him very uncomfortable
when travelling be railway. In the course of the commuei-
cations which !Mooed with the railway company. Mr.
Hawkins, on their behalf, said that the special had not :owe
into collision with the luggage train, but had only scratched
against it, and added 'So that the occupant could not
possibly have been hurt, though he might 13,ve been
frightened." After this statement the plaintiff felt that he
had no alternative but to bring his case into court, hat his
counsel added that Mr. Beaumont had no wish to put
money into his own pocket, and would give away U.
amount of damages to some charitable institution.
The Lord Chief Justice said he thought that this last
statement need not have been made.

cilliciiiTprovebis ewe, but there wai
no medical testimony ; nor wee any evidence called for the
defendants.

Hawking, however, addressed the jury for the de.
fence, and contended that no substantial injury had been
proved.
The Lord Chief Justice directed the jury that by his de-
claration the plaintiff claimed damages in consevence of
the company not having taken him all the way to Brighten,
according to the contract, but he thought that that was a
small matter, and that the real question was whether the
plaintiff had been injured, and to whit extent, through the
negligence of the defendants.
The jury found for the plaintiff--damages 501.