The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-01 00:00:00

SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT LEND&

Yesterday morning, about half-past 11 o'clock,
while the girls employed in attending to the sewing meshing;
in the fourth storey of Mr. John Barrio's wholesele clothing
establishment, in Alfred-street. Boar-lass, Leeds, were
fully at work, the flooring above them gave way. and a
large quantity of building materials end di-Grie fell upon
six of the workwomen and buried them in the rains.
Plenty of assistance was immediately -available, and the
poor sufferers were soon extricated and conveyed to the
Infirmary. Their names and addressee are as follow :
Emma Walker, sped 17, living at Pear-street, Newtown ;
Martha Balanoe, 16, living in A ppleatreet, York-toad
Ellen Browskill, 16, of Regent-street. Leylands ; Barth
dun Phillips, 19. of the Parrot-yard, Call-lane; Margaret
Barry, 18, of 39, School-doss ; Emma Walker, who was
in a dying state when oar parcel was despatched, wu
suffering from a compound fracture of the spine, and had
been insensible and convulsed since being received into the
latitudes). Balance bad received a severe soap wound,
and het left leg is slightly bruised. &Deakin chat is
bruised, and the two middle Angers of the left hand us
broken. Some heavy body oppears to have fallen on
Phillips's face, for the upper jaw is completely severed
from the rest of the bones of the face. This is a dan-
gerous can, but the infirmary authorities entertain hopes
of her recovery. Barry is suffering from a slight scalp
wound. but she is not in any danger. Mary Kelly. a
woman of 24, and who had sustained bruises at the top of
the bead and the back of the hand, is treated as an out-
door patient. The cause of the accident any be briefly
stated. The attic lure hitherto had a slanting reed, and by
way of obtaining more light and rocs, Mr. Baran resolved
to racism it with a flat roof. The change was commenced
about a week ago, and it app cars that a quantity of bricks
and other building malarial uad been deposited on the attic
floor, just over the heads of the sewing machine gifh ea
the fourth storey. The pressure of the building materials
upon this weak part of the structure brought it down bodily,
with the result described.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo..
nisi-office from the Goveroon of the West India Wands.
Canada, end British Cotumble.
PROPZIITY DESTROYED BY CONFEDERATE Was
Seaming —Captain Maftt, of the privateer Florida,
boosts that he has destroyed no lees than 9,700,000 dols.
worth of American property, and eluded thirteen Federal
vessels of war specially sent to search for him. The
end Nary Jostries/, United States, counts up some 2(al
vessel that have fallen victims to the rebel pirates, the
value of which is rustily estimated at 15,000,000 dole.
A DEAF AND DUMB WOMAN COMMITTED FOR
NUlDER.—Yetterdey, Mr. Raeford, the city coroner, held
an inquest on the body of an infant, the daughter of Mary
Wela, a single woman. lodging with Bridget Davies, in
Arthur-street, Chester-road. The deceased's mother had
bees living with Mrs. Davies about five mouths, and
en !Saturday morning Mrs. Davis's son heard a child
crying downstairs. He told his mother, who went
into the scullery, and there found Welsh, who, being
deaf and dumb, requested her by sign to go up
attire again. Mn. I ,avies, however, persisted in examining
the kitchen, and Welsh at last informed her that her child
was among the cold cinders under the boiler. Mrs. Davies
got the child out, and found that it was alive. Whets the
mother perceived it in Mrs. Davies's arms, eke tried to
match it away from her. Welsh ultimately recovered
her child, and Mrs. Davies ran to a neighbour. named
Richards, for help. When she and Richards returned.
they toned that Welsh had placed the child in a pee,
and was causing cold water to Sow upon it from the
tap. She did not appear to he washing the child, but was
forcing it into the water. tLichrusla pushed the woman
away, and took the child sod warmed and tinned but
it died • few hours afterwards. Dr. Wilma expressed as
opinion that death had resulted from the shock caused to
the system by the turning on of the cold water. Rd the
child had proper treatment he believed that it would lawe
lived. The jury returned • verdict of " Wilful murder"
against Mary Welsh, who was thereupon committed for
trial at the amazes.—dfanrhester G,,ardinn.
THE LUCKY SHOEMAKER.—A French journal
gives the following particulars respecting the onion of
the fortune of M. Brava', the deputy whose return in
the department of the Gard 'has just bees
annulled. M. Bravay was born at SaiutEmprit in
the Gard, where his father was • tradesman in narrow ea-
cumstanosa. After serving his apprenticeship to ashen:Dater
the son west abroad and returned lad year with a tortoni
which the lead exaggerated reports estimate at often
, millions of franca. It appears that, on leaving Freon. to
went to Egypt, and attained occupation in • shoe-shop at
Cairo. One day • stranger, evidently a person of root.
who had torn kis embroidered ;dipper while salt•
I by. muffed the *hop' sod wished to have
while he waited. The master of the esta
bllshmes
t called leeway, who repaired the slipper
wiry neatly to the great satddaction of its owner. Or grope
away the drawer told Beauty that he would seed f.s• him
neat day abort other repairs which he wished to boa
executed. A nmesetager aseardingly carte and cot•
ducted Bravely the palace, where he was ushered into
the presence ef the Viceroy, is whom he recogaisel the
stranger of the previous day. The Viceroy showed
him the slippers which be wished to have repaired•
entered into coavenstioa about his business, and at lid
proposed that Bravay should supply shoes for • ;art..'
the army. From that time M. Brevity became anxteecn
contractor for government supplies, and soon acquired 6',"2
wealth and isiluesos. At the death of the packs,
Bravay realised his feriae* and returned to France
first action on Massing to his native place wu to indemodl
all perusal who had suffered by hie father's failure Iraq
years before.