The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-03 00:00:00

SHOCKING OCCI7RRENOR AT FARNHAM.

An extraordinary sensation has beeu created in
Farnham, and for mac► miles round, in consequence of the
fearful and melancholy death of Mr. Simmonds, the pro•
prietor of the Bourne Mill, and which took place on the
morning of Wednesday last, nader circumstances of a truly
dreadful character. _

The following may be fully relied on. It appears that the
deceased went into the mat about a quarter before 8
o'clock, and having arranged for the business of the day
asked Mr. Ellis, the miller, where his lamp was, and was
told in the window. He procured the lamp, and after
lighting it went into the eogioe•house. The miller went
to the top of the mill to shoot a sack of " shafta," sad
in returning hard a jerk in the tackle and the meal
staggered. He felt sure there was something
the matter with the water wheel, and then heard the
deceased going round the lathe shaft which is cooneeted
with the water wheel. He immediately went to the top
of the mill, wending 80 rounds of ladder before he could
stop the mill ; this being done be ran into the office for the
eldest SOD of the deceased, and told him what had hap-
pened, and on their return the unfortunate man wan found
wound up on the lathe shaft. Immediately Dr. Clarke, of
Farnham, was sent for, two relatives going on horseback.
The miller instantly obtained assistance from five persons,
but they were obliged to cut the whole of the clothes off
before the body mulct be released. His head was bathed
with cold water. Dr. Clarke and his assistant were oo the
spot as soon as possible, and, we scarcely need add, every-
thing warn done, but the unfortunate men, after gasping
for nearly two hourly expired.
He was about 47 years of age, and team a widow and no
lees that' tee children, but although the loss is a matter of
course a great calamity to the family, we are happy to say
Mr. Simmoode was a man of large property.
It is a very remarkable thing that notwithstanding the
shaft made six revolutions a minute, it is the opinion of the
medical gentlemen who attended that there are no bones
broken. The back part of the bead has three very severe
cute, and is much beaten in, but the face is not at all dis-
figured. One of the eyes is ;lightly cat. sod on. leg in also
frightfully cut. He was on the shaft it is supposed about
ten minutes. _ _

It appears that rather better than 12 months ago some
clamps of iron bars were put on to strengthen the clutch, by
order of the deceased, and from which slightly projected two
mita The deceased has to peas over the shaft on to a short
ladder, and would have had then to proceed through •
narrow parer, to the water wheel, his object being to see
the progress the water bad made, which leaked through
the wall from the top of the mill. lie had a shooting jacket
on, and there can be no doubt whatever that the bottom of
his jacket caught one of the nuts before alluded to, and
which resulted in his dreadful end. l'he mill has both
steam and water power. Too much probe aunt be gives
to the miller, who has been seventeen years in the service
of the deceased, for the praiseworthy manner in which he
acted on the melancholy occasion. When it is stated that
every time the unfortunate man was hurled round his head
came in contact with an iron wheel on one aide of
the shaft, and the brick wall on the other, it is truly won-
derful his head and body were not completely torn to peon
—and this no doubt would have been the case but for hie
clothes.

The most remarkable part of this truly melancholy cue,
however, remains to be told. We have it on good autho-
rity that at dinner time on Tuesday the deceased at his
other mill bad some new rivets instead of laces put into the
saint machine strap, when they got entangled with the
shaft ►nd broke to pieces and nearly caught hold of the de-
ceased's arms. An inquest on the body will be held this
day (Saturday), and in the meantime the mill will not be
worked in order that the coroner and jury may see the spot
where the accident occurred exactly in the same state at
when the body wee removed from the shaft. Mrs. Sim-
monde is as well as can possibly be rxpectecL —Scarce
Ex pm,.

SHOCKING DEATH AT A SILK MILL NEAR Dews.
BURT.—On Thursday afternoon last a yoing woman named
Elisabeth Bennett, aged 21 years, was killed at the silk mill
of Mr. William Holdswortb, at Whitley Tower, near Dews-
bury. It appears from a statement made by one of de-
ceased's fellow-workers, that they were 6th engaged in
reeling on the above day along with another yours' woman.
About 5 o'clock deceased went to look out of one of the
windows, and the attention of the others was called to her
by her screaming, "Oh ! I'm fast, I'm fest !" On looking
towards her they saw that her clothes were fastened
to a shaft, and she was revolving rapidly. One of the
women, with eat presence of mind, immediately ran
downstairs and informed a spinner ; but, instead of
running at mice and telling the engineer of what had oc-
curred, he west upstairs, thinking he could extricate lien.
nett from her fearful position. Seeing that to attempt to
do so would involve a great risk, and probably do no good,
he next ran to the eogineer, who at once stopped the engine.
The two men, with Mr. Holdaworth, then made all speed
to the poor woman ; but when 1 hey came to extricate her
from the shaft, they found that she was dead, and that some
of her limbs were broken. The abaft, we have been in•
formed, was unfenced.

A WOMAN KILLED BY A Cow.—Ott Wedneeday
week an inquest was held at the Dog public-house. Watford.
before IL G. Lowe, Fog., coroner, on the body of Mrs. Elisa-
beth Coz, aged 62, of Two Waters, lie.nel Hempstead,
who wee killed by a cow on the previous day. George
Males deposed that on the precious day he was
driving • cow and call, which Lad been purchased in
Watford Market, to Laugley Bury. and when • little
way from Watford be was overtaken by the deceased, who
walked with him. When they had proye.ileil a short dm-
taws the cow suddenly turned round and butted the de-
ceased oo her cheat, knocking her back walls and pressing
her body with its head. The wombs died from the effects
of the attack about • quarter of an hour afterwards.
The jury returned a verdict in scronlsore with the foots,
and recommended that the animal should be alaughterecL—
Iferthrd Mercury.