The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-04 00:00:00

THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BLACKBLHN.

Since the despatch on Wednesday afternoon of
the report of this occurrence, which appeared ia the Es- '
press of yesterday, it has been ascertained that only five
persons (instead of siz, as was then stated) have been
killed, bat 'lateen others have received injuries more or less
severe. The following Is a list of the persons killed :
James Clegg, aged 40, w , Grinishaw-park, who was
found against the wall in the weaving shop, with the back of
his akull knocked in, and quite dead ; Thee. Brutherton, 40,
w , John-street; Thos. Sharpies, 17, son of the engin, er ;
Wm. Been, painter, of Swindon ; and e child a few months
old belonging to a person named Robinson, who occupied
the cottage that was knocked entirely down, and with whom
Berm, the painter, was lodging. The persons injured were
James Cowell, shuttle-maker's apprentice ; Ed. Sharpies,
the engineer, who had one arm and one leg breken, and
the other arm much scalded, besides being otherwise burnt
and bruised; James Howarth, alias Walauley, the firemen,
scalded and braised ; Ed. Ingham, painter, who was struck
by • stone as he was passing up the street, and bad his leg
broken ; Ann Waugh, aged 10, weaver ; Alice Duckworth,
weaver, Rubton-bridge, bruised and scalded ; Ann Duck-
worth, 22, and Abel Duckworth, her husband, slightly hurt ;
Ann Shorrocks, w eaver, slightly hart ; Jase Coupe, 21, w
who fell from the upper weaving-room into the place where
the boiler had been, and bad to scramble out over the hot
ashes, sustieioing several bruises and burns; Wm. Coupe,
brother of the last, who wee bruised about the legs by the
falling materials; Betty Shorroeks, w , braised about
the head; Ephraim Shorrocks, the overlooker, living in
Blakewater-street, cot over the head by the falling ma-
. is ; Alice Ainsworth, weaver, Moore-street, a good deal
hurt ; Elizabeth Chew, Moore-street, and Jane Bibby,
both weavers. These two women were found under the
looms, their arms round each otners necks, and their hands
clasped together. Howarth, the fireman, who was struck
on the head by some of the tailing brick', was carried home
' raging mad, and it required several men to hold him in
bed. Hs recovery, and that of Sharples, the engineer, ars
very doubtful.
The time for opening the inquest on the bodies has not
yet bees filed.

MORE COFFINISII.
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Yesterdey Mr. Baker resumed a protracted inves-
tigation respecting the death of George Burt, aged 26 years,
a City ostler, who it was alleged had died from the adminis-
tration of • medicine prescribed for him by • "herbalist"
asamed John Stephens, of No. 138, Rateliffhighway, St.
Osorge's-in-the-East, an agent of Dr. Coflin.
Mary Ann Stevenson, of 13, Dunk-street, Mile-end New
Town, who lived with the deceased, stated that be wee is
good health until last Friday evening, between 7 and $
is'elock, when be came home and said he had drank off
a pint of beer, and was suffering from a violent pain is
the stomach. He had been drinking to excess two days
previously. Witness gave deceased two pennyworth of
ginger brandy. after which he went to sleep. He was
much troubled with diarrhoea. At one o'clock witness
proceeded to the house of Mr. Stephens, the herbalist, is
Ratcliff highway, who attended gad prescribed for the de-
ceased.
The Coroner—l recollect him; I have had two verdicts
of manslaughter against him in my court, but he escaped at
the Central Criminal Court twice.
Witness continued—Mr. Stephens gave deceased some
powders and a mixture, and then left, telling witness
would call again. He came on the Saturday morning be-
tween 11 and 12 o'clock. He looked at the deceased, and
tuning away, told vii.ness he could do no more for him.
He went down stairs, when witness spoke to him, and he
said ke would send something. He came again, and the
dissesed was dead, when Stephens took the bottle contain•
Demixture and threw it away.
. Henry Istheby, professor of chemistry and toxicology
ma *a London Hospital, had examined the stomach of the
1618•Sesd. He found the stomach red and congested in
amino parts, and it exhibited marks of inflammation or
With& Adhering to the coats of the stomach there were
1111.1111111 portiows of brown powder, which witness had
Mask and found to consist of cayenne pepper and ginger
MI a mall parties of the seeds of Isbell.* inflate, which
bud se iambi ocessioned the inflammation described. The
AMID id Millie inflate were those of a violeat irritant,
sad If administered internally in a weak state of the
else= would be likely to produce a second effect—namely,
prostratioa of the bowels. TM present con was no doubt
ems of stolen, and the remedy used by Mr. Stephens was •
very improper one. Toe effects of Whelks inflate are well
knows to the profession, and to witnem's knowledge there
bad been 22 deaths from lobelia inflate in this country.
lobelia iodate in a ease of cholera is the worst thing that
could be given.
The jury unanimously agreed to the folio/lag special
verdict:
That the deceased died from natural but his
death may have been accelerated by imaMdisime ad-
ministered by an agent of Dr. Coffin, and Os Nom muse
separate without requesting the mint is kg amiss of
the depositions taken by him in this ass bean bar Ma-
jesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department and
I the General Baird of Health, in order that the most effi-
cient =emote may be taken to prevent the illegal prac-
tice of herbalists and others, not duly qualified in adminis-
tering medicine."
The Coroner said it was a very proper verdict, and he
would lose no time in forwarding copied of the depositions
as they requested.

TnE ADELAIDL—Among the Australian paean-
gen by the Euzine, which arrived at Southampton on
Wtdn•sday night, with the heavy portion of the Indian,
China, and Austnlian mail, were the captain and Admiralty
scent of the Royal Australian Mail Packet Company's
steamer Adelaide. _ _ _

SUICIDE IN HORN SET Woon.—Yeetcrdny Mr.
G. S. Brent, the deputy-coroner for Middlesex, held an
ingest at the Homey Wood House, on the body of a man
unknown, who was found banning to a tree in Hornsey
Wood last Sunday afternoon. William Barker, a labourer,
stated that about half-past three on Sunday afternoon he
went into the wood, to lock after a dog which had run there,
when he found the deceased hanging from the bough of a
small oak by his waist strap and neck tie. Witness saw
that be appeared quite dead and called for assistance. The
body was taken down, but it was quits stiff and cold. His
toes were touching the ground and the strap was twisted
two or three times round the bough. He looked as if he
was smiling and leaning against the tree. The place
where the body was found was near a public footpath. No
letters or papers leading to identification were found upon
the person of deceased. He appeared to be about 35 years
of ag.,, 5 feet 8 inch(a high, very stout, and well dressed.
There was an old scar upon the right cheek. The jury
returned a verdict of " Found hanging from a tree, but
under what circumstances tLere is not sufficient evidence
to show.-