The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-04 00:00:00

FATAL EXPLOSION LN GLASGOW.

On Tuesday forenoon, a part of the buildings of the
Greenvale Chemical Works, Duke-street, belonging to
Kean. Long and Barclay, exploded with a loud
testes. It was at first believed in the neighbourhood
that the steam-engine boiler had bunt, but it was
men aseertained that the seedisat had ciesenod hem
the liplike of • quantity of highly explosive ma-
xi& used in the manufacture of mnpron mania. As
swam of exaggerated gutturalism's sionleted in the
Asia, sogarding this melancholy essualty, we have made
W=lr inquiry u to the rams sad the 'wormy of the
may be relied on. Botwee• the hours of nine and
Ism Ale* the mit imam of lb* worken wen at break-
ing. bet wail bid readout beaded Is box matches, and
mead to the beads' tithe smapseitim is the dipping shop.
This pords• of the weeks is et use storey, aed so- large
that bennen slaty and seventy Made are usually employed
in it. The tompadies is composed of pones, phosphorus,
and other asipholte hisr•dients, and is melted is a tin
vessel, whisk NMI le an iron pot heated by steam. A man
of the same of Yam was either stirring it, or wee about to
do so, whsa it exploded, with • report so loud as to be
heard at • somiderable distance. This wu a few minutes
before tin eisek. The tin vessel was blown to pima with
gnat vieisess, lb• ttspasata of which seriously lacerated
its seas, legs. mod eine parts of the body of Yates ; but,
was uninjured by the fiery con-
tests. tee he
were scorched, but not so severely
es
to moss any particular uneasiness. Two boys,
whose names we could sot learn, from their having but
recently intend the works, wen not so fortunate. Not
only were they scorched by the explosion, but they
were frightfully lacerated by the shattered fragments of
Means plates, several pieces of which were forced into their
bodies. The proprietors had immediately several surgeons
in attendance, who, after doing everything that could be
done in the circumstances, ordered the two boys to be taken
to the Infirmary. One of the boys expired on entering the
Infirmary, and the other is in a condition so dangerous that
faint hopes are entertained of his reeovery. Yates was
conveyed to his own residence, and though he is much
injured he is not considered to be in danger. The lesser
effects of the explosion were considerable damage to the
dipping shop, which may be said to have been blown up, •
portion of the roof being completely displaced, and the
windows blown out with great violence. All the furniture
of the shop, such se dipping plates, tables, dc., were de-
stroyed, and the fragments driven in all directions. Such
was the force of the explosion, that • quantity of the com-
position was blown tight over • two storey building--
North BrituA Mail.

GOLDNER'S PRESERVED MEATS FOR THE NAVY.
—By a letter received from an *facer who visited her Ma-
jesty's ship Plover, in Behring's Straits, on the Arctic
search for Sir John Franklin, we learn that a survey was
held on board that ship by Captain Frederick, of the Am-
phitrite, and other officers, when many thousands of pounds
weight of the preserved meats, in Goldner's canisters, were
condemned as unfit for human food, and were thrown into
the sea We challenge official contradiction of this.—Ply-
mouth Moil. . .

IRON Etvzmvirs.—Workmen are paving Howard-
react, Boston, United States, with east iron. The pave-
ment is composed of circular boxes of cast iron, about 12
inches in diameter, and five Inches in height, divided into
li:compartments, so small as not to admit the hoof of a
a hone. These ewes will be filled with gravel ; but some
other ►ubstances, such as a composition of asphaltum and
sand or gravel, may be found more suitable. The surface
of the pavement is grooved, to prevent horses from slipping,
and on the outer edge of each box are keys which fit into
the edges of the surrounding boxes—thus binding the
I whole firmly together. The thickness of the outer rim and
the inner division is about an inch. The street will be
covered with a net-work of iron, filled in with a substance
to produce a smooth and durable surface.