The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-15 00:00:00

THE EXPLOSION AT BERMONDSEY.

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IN AT BERMONDSEY.'
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received on Saturday brsislo ge
format far the Mane, •
fins leer Mat Pam, where he
ire believed to be them of the two
se kllewieg particulars given by a
I's Hospital, who Peed as servant
se that eke was 'in the heat loom
time the 'triodes seemed, and
impishly oat of the whew. A •
e noticed the two Aliens less du
of the reem te when the holies .(
I se Opals that when she was tamed
children wen Mowa oat of then:
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Meech iadioste that they had beea
te *pilot the wall of the room, u ij
Cu was Pat is
found by the firesein Imo la= se-
isms, Baldwin, podia pan, who
spicy, sad Mr. Bullish 'Wet son
; bodies of tie two ehildsen bead tat
'anualisrlin, of the respective ages of
ir three children were found wander-
by the police la the early part of the
▪ place to safety.
by Mrs. Berlin, the wile ef the own-
s( Ouy's Hospital, expiable the whole
origin of the melancholy oceurreacv.
her husband had been in the habit
r Dome time in the house in Brook-
acuity made in the front parlour,
;sir meals, and the upper pertain ww
' and bedrooms. She bad PP Wirt-
h herself her husband, the female
• man Baldwin, were in the hones at I
ant. The rashest diadems, James
teed), were silo" in the front room
sea is the back room ' • the remainder
with their Attire " fialshimg off " a
be delivered yesterday. It painted
sibs, crackers, estkeria• wheels, blue
not sty the axed quantity, bet there
etittee, end that had to be demo to
ep acid Reeling them with wax. The
with them bat a day or SD to Waist
let. They were at work in the front
nit ten abates pest tea Annie ohe
he would have supper, distils,/ to the
the affirmative, and celled to Charles,
a over a chair. This the young man
g when, in passing the chair per the
it Value a lighted naphtha lamp
idling, and the jerk threw
t wick mow, the heap of fireworks
beneath. It was seen by the whole of
he stock, and they instantly attempted
bastible materials from igniting; but.
their lamp, for a beadle of mane
of the bunting wick touched them, and,
caw, almost instantaneously set light to
i other puts of the room, notwithatand i
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1 combated with the exploding articles
by trampling them under their feet cad
hem. This they °optioned Si lop; is •
finding the fire becoming &per, and
henna her senses, she made her escape
, followed by her husband, and she ima-
ge eons and the men Baldwin escaped at ;
as heard her son William scream out,
ems out," and celled to him that she was
he heard bee, end managed to get out at
iould be observed, is unconscious of the •
r family are lost. There is no doubt that
nod his mother ; he suspected she was •
g fireworks, and rushed in with an idea
tricked. Her first thought, on sementhat
sulphureous vapour she had inhaled, wee
et at them, and the staireaw, was beyond
continued explosions bad *naked down
ports, ions, and the whole of the lower
is in flames, gushing up the stairease and
re. With the help of her husband she
rat on to the roof of an outhouse, near the
om where they slept. They heard their
ilea thou opened the window, got out,
it arms. After which she bee so reeelleo-
vd, excepting being brought to the bo►
that was no •' composition" exposed
ir, but that in the eases left for pasties and
re might be some powder in other parts of
t any great quantity. She was cotfident •
nee of her son knocking the chair waist
rely accidental. lie was a well conducted
father, and he used all his efforts to pe-
ts from heel ing. [The poor woman is
d ; her face, neck, and arms are greatly
mob feared she will lose her eyesight. Fre-
ts day she inquired for her son Charles,
✓ed prudent to communicate the sad tidings
of SST youngest children.] •
of Saturday afternoon the sufferers were
v. Mr. Odra°, the rector of Bermondsey,
led with them, sod promised his attention
of the remainder of the family, who are
nthey Workhouse.
fe coedition of the survivors at Guy's
Hx-
ported by the principal surgeon :
lifted 46, severe bums over the Irma,
going on favourably.
aged 40, his wife; face, bead, and lower
very much burnt; hopes entertained of her
in, aged 17, son of the former ; face shock-
and arms and chest burned ; farourabl•
very.
an, aged 22; extensive laceration of the
on some spikes in leaping front the first
i a fair way of recovery."
irtunate creature, strange to say, was found
tri weltedng in blind near Newington. It
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he was extricated by some persons from the
way towards her mother's house, wh;ch ie
hove locality ; exhaustion, however, over-
on of blood, sad she dropped on the pave-
wee pick. d up by the police.
&stating consequences of the explosion it is
large quantity of powder and other com-
I must h ,ve been on the premires, although
lean and his wife, and much surprise has
by the inhabitants at the apparent neglect
showiest so dangerous a trade to be carried
a neighbourhood.
IIBLE.—It is rumoured that Mrs. Butler
y Theodora Sedgwick, Bag.. of Stockbridge.
feCIPLINII. —The proceedings wider the
is •wainst the Rev. C. Rookie, a beneficed
e diocese of Baiter, for adultery, fornication,
cc, were continuel at an adjourned meeting
loins held in the Chapter-house, Exeter, on
when the evidence for the defendant wee
the cam for the defence closed at 8 o'clock in
he court rose, and adjourned genii Friday at
hen, the promoter's adv.icate having replied,
deliheration, declared there wee sufficient
mud for instituting further proceedings.
LAND SOCIETY.—At a meeting of the
detrained Committee, held on Turley (the
bait) it was ordered that one of Mihhei
axes be provided for keeping the books end
-committee was appoirred to make inquiries
land ; end ft was resolved thee no purchase
de except at a meeting of the committee eon-
• express'y stating the object of etich rivet-
ed meeting of the society, it was 'melee.%
AS soon as convenient after the Itto,-Sehue•yr
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%missy, after stating that he had been at Bir-
inspetod all the estates which the code y
hosed, read a paper containirg much valuable
to the working of the system. On Tusedal , a
Snaderland Sedate mole plane it Nile A be-
W,lma in the Asir). Three auditors were
was ordered that the rules be printed. 140 •
lee, and sixty menthe's paid their kit instal-
;
aspens of ilia society are encoureging.—hafes-
.
InrilMt—We are happy to have it in our
emmidevahle improvement, in this important
hods of the country. Tee year op node ith •
far pig Iced for shipment to the United States
ad this °eased had steadily increased Owing
nisi is shover or • novel feature, as the Unit, d
lot Plash*, had for many yew* exported
naatltieso' ibis meted. These large shipments.
i a more active demand Irma the Ofistlaew
me had a considerable iefleesee- on the stocks
aroma for the ialermatioa of these of out
re intent ed in this article, we subjoin a cons-
ant of the exports for 1948 aced 1819. The •
ibis made in the ...oath of September, 184%
186 roes, of the vales of 12,1271 ; in the men its
1849, to 2,687 toes, of the vales e f 44 4691.
61.
•s for the eieht reonibs. ending
In tom, of the value • f 78,9081. ; for the eight
Beotensher. 1849. 'hey were 10,824 tons, of
62,1091.—Mialver Journal.
Mt Leo Loss or lang.--On Satmdty
tacked Lloyie. of the total I as of the a...el
le ea, Iliad, master, together with all ,•n•
; itherriosham reek., e:lest of Norfolk. The
served ahem 9 o'clock,* re. • crowd ci je
itely writ eked the beach, bur were seede t)
see. The weer fellows were sees to get out
of
• their Is a „ se bleb Cie instantl creek by a
les, sad all Me men perished, In the sletht
reds of r was.
SWITZLIILAND.—A few dayd legs
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xamiejne ea.,* or Zug,. in Bwitserlan.f.
hate a obarte of rtiabery agetnn a serviot 1 I
tubers, sad..• the maw was clearly mode
be egged n her to avow her guilt. Bin, re- I I
oied, whores en he ordered that she should ibe
Venue. A toe tingly her two therein w. re
tree, and dna _brie( attached te a muds whi,h
lb a Hug se the pinup, she was lifted 'r ee
The roismiass • insdis.sass then cello
. ,fese her gal., hat, as she, agar, peneri4. •
receive ter-' hio•vy blows from p stick TO*,
s so affect, but, sits/ {Weiss ssisisSis• Wren fe •
mere! and ainemed beraelf galley. .A r. poor of
8 ails to Om linstid aped of tits cant. •••It
ice up to pee a ...Tess reprimaed cc the mt•
real Ws • t te, 'see the law, to get Is
losinfr sear to he .re-eommenced tano ee
listrate.—Parre poser.
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