The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-28 00:00:00

THE HARTLEY COLLIERY CATASTROPHE.

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NEW HARTLEY, MONDAY, Nooi.
The pit here was deserted this morning, there
being few people about, and desolation and misery reigns
over all. It is not known what will be done to attempt to
clear the mine of water, which is rapidly rising in the
working, or whether it will be attempted to work ft
again. But it is known that the accident will be
a ruinous affair for the owners, lbw& Carr
Brothers. The explosion at 'Standen, two pen
sae, is known:to have cost Henn. Bowersaad Co., of Lour,
its owners, no lee a sum than 10,0001. before it was re.
stored to its working state again. The loss to Minn. Carr
by this dreadful secideot at Hartley at this moment cannot
bs conjestored, but it will be a very large sum. The stream
of benevolence is flowing in from all parts of the country
to swell the fund that is being raised for the bereaved fami-
lies. There is one widow lee than in the returns made
last week. A wile of one of the lest men was very ill of con-
sumptien at the time that her binary:id made his last fatal
dement into the mine. As be did not return at the wonted
time of finishing the " shift" he was in, she got antions
about Win, and after • day had dapped, and no news at his
/release came:the final Rink bad to be tad bar. It was
her death blew. She beigaishoi sad died, end yestswanY

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The *limy am Thither the Isiesesed, siellmed the s
letter to them. It is forted to Ls a great comfort and coo-
boleti° a to them. After their 'Moods Moods and relatives
left them last night to NOM to their homes
end to daily work in the pits ots the morrow, the lot ol
those poor women was most pitiable ; and, drawn together
by a community of sorrow, they appear to have sought
each other's houses, and each tried to satin to relie►e klir
other of Its owe heavy beide.. This neighbourly teelbg
can be filly appreciated by woes eves unaoquelallsd
with pit villages. A triad of mine the other night, who wee
employed eau errand of mercy and comfort to some se
the bereaved. hand some widows sitting together near the
fire in one room, and a bed quite full of little bairns. (.1f
the entire village population, there are only 11l UM sod
boys capable of earning a living left.
It is supposed that the coroner will open the inquest
to-day.

BIRMINGHAM MEMORI=AL TO THE PRINCE
Gesso

At a meeting of the committee, last week, the
Rec. Di. Killer wasted that the working claw. should
be ofisially by the mayor, to take that part is
the work. Tb sagewitios was unaabsouidy adopted, med
the mayor beis cowissed a public mitatio4 of artisans for this
•fruesday): Dr. Miller has drawn up tbe folloc=cli
dim, which is bin pasted is *a im* mad
is leo !sambas:
" ro 7ga woluciso cysastm.
"Ff Auld

-Fellow Townsmen,— thatarops-
iby with oar beloved Queeti, aulTelm• sore' of ear
lost, whisk have beau felt k *MY WIWI hosearlat
emormlldiallid as heart. The Priasefflosart wee preeminently
the of the working elmese ail el the people raw
gre 6 eworpvisit to Blemlnglain vas in imaexiou
' * callglitenment awl pregrem—intelleetual,
Mr
seaL Ile powers of hie- cultivated mind and Ids sr
Imittardifilisi practical", dhedied to the appliedash -of
Nine owl blelleektsmismbelsred mid 60 the hastened=
slintiktl6oPPits lidfUseSif isto Wieptodustkets of skilled
Weis: 'IMS 'dliddipt nes um mikes 'sbeeld lobe si=4
vimslidassim Miel,ltst Asada bosh at Mat, some
fit tease mild the laws sad prima*, el these pro-
the Ware sod properties of three materials
•=liwbdi be bid bade is I& deify toil, Nee ad kb ors-
12qpil est edimblesell sysidstityber hen. He des
de iredwit
51=7.04.= &Shea is-
isedwi his example, be les6t '
end ofeekerm—shidi d and a father &ok be.
As • We Frei Was Wooled to the weld
tamable employer sad the empleped—of tie rich sod
pear, is reeirsl seeped. eashissed lad sympathy. It has
been resolved that a romnsoesial ameeerial shOuld be erected
by piddle umbearipties ins ilinuiftlhaa, to lo
the
me c
op
ebla rmaassa.lowlisess at owso the wed-
tads sad ids sorrow at she people. Yea have sites been
invited to bear your part in good works. But now, for the
first time, the chief magistrate officially coevenes the work-
ing classes to meet in the Towo-ball on Tuesday evening
next, January `.3tli, at eight o'clock, to form a oommittes
from their own body, and to co-operate with their fellow
townsman. Let the hall be filled. Take up the week with
spirit and energy. Let the Prince Comore. memorial
bear witness that the working men of Birmingham, while
they are not worshippers of mere mak, when unaccom-
panied by worth, will yield to none in their grateful hom-
age to the memory of a prince who, from the lofty eminence
of royalty, and as the husband of the Queen, wee the ear-
nest, sagacious, unostentatious, unselfish worker for the
good of all. Our beloved Queen bee been solaced, we
doubt not, by the affectionate and boundless sympa-
thies of her people. It is in your power, non
of Birmingham, to pour into her stricken heart
the consolation that the working men of this vast tows
appreciated him whom sovereign sod people have lost.
The telegraph flashed to North Hartley—not a odd and
formal message of inquiry while yet there wee hops for the
buried miners—nor • cold and formal message of sympathy
when the terrible tragedy was made known—but words
which told that even in her widowed solitude sad anguish
at Osborne, the sorrows of the humblest of her people
touched that unselfish and royal heart The Queen is
moot anxious to hear that there are hopes of Ewing the
poor people in the colliery, for whom her heart bleeds.'
'The Queen has been deeply affected by the dreadful news
from Hartley. Her Majesty feels the most sincere sym-
pathy for Me poor widows and orphans.' Workiug men of
Birmingham ! Su,h a Queen shall have our heart's ten-
derest sympathy. We cannot better show it than by doing
honour to him of whom she bee been bereaved, sad whose
--ory is blessed."