The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-20 00:00:00

ACCUMiT AT THE BRITANNIA BRIDGE.

BANGOR, Acorn 17:—A erreepondent writes :
All the food and desired hopes of a saccessfed realisation
of raising the monster tubed this stspiowdous bridge to its '
flag mating place are, for the mut two months at Islet, sus-
prided. A low minutes before noon of this day, the lower
part of the cylinder of the hogs hydraulic press o• the An-
glebes aids burst with a tresecdosie explain, sad its its de-
ment on to the tube, • height cf about 84 test, tell with
• terrille crash. The pees was at work at the
Urine, and had rid lbs tubs about three feet
during the lift this dyy ; rid had it not been for the
very urgent sad precautionary means adopted, by
policing and bricking uodar with cement as the tube
ores being rained, the most dreadful commutates were
inevitable. Owe of the workmen was precipitated from a
rope ladder, rutting from the top of :he tube to the recess
in which the hydraulic machine was fixed ; he was struck
by the huge taus of Ira' in Its &mom, weighing nearly
three tons, sad now lies in a dreadfelly crusted elate. I
greatly fear that he cacao' survive essay hours, as the me-
ttles] attendaat on the work, voneltine that, on a close exa-
mination of his body, most of his lista Rut b? fractured,
as well as suffering b.as dreadful internal contusion.. Mr.
Frank Porter, the resident cagiest!, with his staff, was
quickly on the spot, and I am happy to add that no other
actl.ent has happened. This most disastrous affair is to be
attributed entirely to • defective coating of Ma cylinder,
sad the raiiing of the tate will consequently be delayed
mum time, until the comp:eft:to and fixing of the new one
in its place. The tubs is row raised aboat 21 feet from the
base."

CUOLIIA Tea • RAILWAY CARZIAOI.--Ott Tuesday
afternoon a patinas& and he sou took their seats in the fast
train which leaves Eustec sti.Von at half-past five o'clock,
and before they reached Watford the son was taken ill, and
continued to pt worse till sae get to Leighton Buzzard,
where he wea taken out of its train, so.d in ten minutes ^
afterwards died. Death, in the opinion of the medical men
of the plate, arms from chelera. The young man was burls d
early on Wednesday morning at Legtiton Buzzard, and was
followed to the grave by his discons,late father.—Hertford
Mercury.
BURGLARY AND DEATH OF ONE OF THE THIEVES.
—Yeetaday morning, a little after two o'clock, th• pollee
mu on duty in Argylestreet.Oxford-stnet, discovered that
a house had been banes sate. H. instantly procured
assistance when he coauseseed a search foe the burglar. He
foue.d that the whole of toe plate had beea removed, and
feeling satisfied teat the thieves were in the house, he
ascended to the upper part and saw two men climbing up
the ladder leading to the twit He caught hold of one of
them and handed him over to the custody of aaether con-
stable, while he fullowed tne ether thief, and in bin attempt-
iog to get away, he hll from lie reef and war instantly
killed. The name of :he Llllll in custody is Fredniek Veal
or Peal, and the deceased is wail known to the police, bat
his name has not been ascertained. He is about twenty
years of ape, five feet seven inches high, dark complexion
and dressed in a black coat, striped waistcoat and trowsen.
In his pocket was found a duplicate for a handkerchief
pledged at Mr. Wells, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, in the
name of U. Lumley. The other man will be examined at
Marlborough-street this day.