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London, England, 1865-11-01 00:00:00

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TEI OAS =PLOSION AT NINE-ELMS.
LATEST PARTroul,stsi.—crttra DAY.)
To-day, in the neigllmourbood of the explosion,
the dole a°. to property le found to be greater than was
Anticipated or described. For mom than a quartet of a mile
f.A.n the gas worts, in a southemsterly directaces, every
moss and building le more or lose damaged, while those in
the immediate vicinity of the explosion, especially in
stanuardetnet, Raley-term" and Burton-road, are
readered totally uninhabitable. Is the first-named street
of 24 boasts, the doors and windows have been battered in,
thighs torn from the roofs, and the plaster and paper on
Me walls and ceilings oompletely stripped, end Ea several
serer the ceilings had fallen in. The furniture, also, in
time house is almost destroyed. Mr. Deller's provision
warehouse at the menet of liedley.terraoe, several hundred
yards from the pa works. le Dearly destroyed, the whole
frost 'el the house having been driven in, and the stock
scattered in all directions. A long range of sheds at the
Nine Elms Station of the South Western Railway was
nontphesly acroofed, and the works of the railway itself
mesh injnied.
Let evening the district was in total darkness, the corn.
piny being unable to supply any gas to the consomme, but
this morning a large body of workmen ere employed in ma.
meting the amine of the Landes Company with the Yank.
ball Company, who will supply the district until the London
=y can get their plant spin in working order. A
of the board of directors of the latter company is
to be held in the course of the day, when a strict
Sameligation is to be made into the came of the explosion.
It is feared that seem of the mains ruining out of the
mammy's premises have been Injured, bat this cannot be
smortained until the &leis of the meter.house is °leered
sway, for which purpose gangs of workmen here been un-
remittingly at work since yesterday. In the meantime, to
amid any further accident, no gas will beperruitted to enter
the mains. The amount of damage dose to the promises of
the company is vary great, but atpreeent it would be quite
premature to estimate the amoust. Including the damage
time outside it moat inevitably amount to a large sum.
Up toll o'clock this morning no more bodies had been
found, sad it is now believed that the seven poor
that were
fellows
now lying dead is the gatekeeper's lodge re all
killed at the time of the explosion. Their names are—John
O'Domell, foreman plasterer; Edward Burke, F. Tbosir.
seta, plseteren ; Fielder, carpenter; Carter, J. W. Driver.
labourers ; and Freak Woedham, a plasterer's boy. Thi:
first fair are married men with familia,. and it was a most
distressing sight this morning to see the wives with their chiL
dyes crying and anatomise at the gates for admittance, but
which from motives of humanity was at present refused.
The bodies present a most frightful and sickening appear.
linos, the features being hardly distinguishable from the
fearful asters of the injuries.
Os inquiry at the hospital this morning, the house
supoo, Mr. Clark, reported that two men, named S.
Smith and P. ghee, had died, but that the remaining 11

we goiog on heourably.
The shook of the explosion was sensibly felt by the steam•
brats passing at the time between Vauxhall and Battrsee•
bridge', and they swayed about in a manage that caused
the utmost alarm to the pasesogins.
The time for holding the inquiet will not be settled until
alter the meeting of the directors has been held.

SHOCKING DEATH IN BERMONDSEY.
STRANGE CONDUCT OP A HUSBAND.

An inquiry was held by Mr. W. J. Payne, ,
deputynoroner, last night, at the Vestry-hell, Fair.atreet, •
lioreleydown, respecting the death of Elizabeth Wens i
Faith. aged 67 years.
Ti. facts of the ales were of a very painful nature. The
deceased was the wife of a muter stonemason, named
Joseph, who carried on humilities at No. 141, &wenslds,
Bermondsey, but for the lan eighteen years she lived apart
from him. Her husband allowed her half-crown
a week to live on. She was in such a slats of distreee,
the neighbours stated, that she used to go al.
seat ishoelese sad stockiness', and clad only in a
thin gown and without any other clothing. She lodged for
some weeks past at No. 65, Gainsboronghnirset. BovtalY-
down. Fever brokeont there ten days ago, and the officer of
health ordered the occupants to leave. The doomed was
therefore rendered homeless. and she had from that time
until her death to sleep in back yarda and in the casual wards
of the workhouse. On last Wednesday night she was
seen in the rain leaning up against a wall in Gainsborough-
street, near her old lodging. She at length fell upon the
pavement, sod, polioesergeant Dodswortb, 7A M, coming UPp
bad her removed to the Police-station, and then to the Be,.
mooday workhouse. She had then two incised wounds on
the left aids of her head, and the sergeant said that they were
lid caused by the fall. These wounds caused her death.
She weld not give any acconnt of how she received them,
for she was at first insensible, and then delirious.
Mr Matthew George, the master of Bermondsey Work-
base, proved that she bad not these wounds when she was
is the casual ward on the previous night. It appeared that
shortly before the deceased was seen in Gainshorooghetreet
she had applied to her husband for shelter. The result of
his application was detailed by the husband himself.
Mr: Joseph Smith, 141, Snow's-Leda, Bermondsey. said-

The detwasiiwas rni wife. She has notlived with me for
18 years. I allowed her 21. 6d. a week, although she
pulled me up twice before the magistrates, and they said I
reed not allow her anything. On Wednesday night she
called on me, and asked me to allow her to remain in my
back yard for the night. I said that it was not a fit
place for her, and told her to go home. She said that she
had no home, as she had base turned out. I gave her a few
halfpeote and said, " Go, or I shall seed for the police ; you
have pp claim ou me." She said, " Yon are • cruel man." I
replied, " That is no matter, you go." She asked me to let
her in to sit down on a bench in the shop. I said, " No." I
thought she wee very ill as she stood outside the door Ant I
would not let her oome beyond the step.
As the witness laughed while giving his evidence, the
censer indignantly said, " Is the death of your wife a
matter to laugh at ? She was ill and you had not the
common humanity to sand for a doctor or even to get her
into the workhouse. Did you strike her on the head when
she applied to you ?"
Witness—No, I did not. She had called on me on the
Tuesday, and I gave her • shilling. She used to drink. I
dm% know where she lived. Her sons were 30, sad they
ewe on good terms with her. They used to give her 6d.
when they met her in the street.
Dr. J. Alonzo Taylor said that the deceased died on
Saturday from the effect@ of wounds on the bead, producing
fever. The woman were nab as would be indicted by a
sharp instrument or by • fall on • sharp Moos. If the
wounds were inflicted by a sharp instrument there must
have been two different blows. The deceased seemed to be
under the influence of drink whsa he saw her. Her arm was
broken, end had been so apparently for some days.
The Coroner said that the case was involved in mystery.
The manner hi which the Dumbed gave his evidence was
shozking and indecent. Under the circumstances the jury
could only return an open verdict. If the polies could
obtain evidence implicating any person as having Pothered
the deceeeed's fatal injuries, they could have the case
reopeeed before the magistrate.
The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased died
from certain incised wounds on the head, but bow the said
wounds were mend there is no evidence so show,"

P. HOLIDAY AT THI BANK OT ENGLAND.—(THIS
Dar.)—This being the Feast of All Sainte, agreeable to
110011111 custom, was observed ea a holiday at the Bank of
Englaud, and eo busioese was transacted in the transfer-
office, ko. The Stock Exchange wee also closed.
SIR Rowan!) CUSS AND HIS DOO.—OD Thursday
hat, at the Birkenhead petty sessions coon, Sir Edward
Cast, as our readers are already aware, sentenced a man
named James Wynostauley to fourteen days' imprison.
meat for stealing her (Sir Edward's) carriage dog. The
tircurostance was freely commented ue by the press and the
public, and Sir Edward, probably seeing the illegality of
the conviction, communicated with Sir George Grey on
Friday lest, and solicited the prisoner's discharge from
Chester Castle. The result was that ce Sunday morning an
oder arrived at Chester Csetle from the Home-ofßoe for
the release of Wynostauley. and he was at once discharged
hom custody. —Li rerpool Prof.
FOUND DROWNED. —On Monday evening Mr. W.
J. Payne, coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster. held an in-
Pit, at the Cock Tavern, Clapham, respecting the sup-
pled suicide of Fanny Pierce, aged 46 years. The Rev. Mr.
Trhas, Muorstensquare, itegent'epark, said that be had
known the deceased for 18 years u a member of the cony*.
ptioo of the Clayton ChapeL She was au upper servant.
red was very religious and well conducted. About a
mouth ago she called upon witness and stated that she
'ma out of a situation. She was very desponding, and
said that she was afraid the should come to want.
Wham said that he and his wife would Dever
lit her want, but she burn tote tears and said
flat she was gettior old, sod that she should he better
mad than alive. The witness believed that she com-
mutd through failing to obtain a 'acetic's. Ser-
pent H. Beaumont said that the deceased was found
drowned in Moutat•pood. Clapham-eammon, on Fri-
day morning. Her umbrella was found on the grass near
the pond. It appeared that on the previous day the de-
l:laud had acewered an advertisement in a newspaper, but
there were several other applieants, and she failed to get
the libation. She was out all day la the rain look* al tar
duff meet situations, and it is supposed that belag name-
credal she returned by the train to Clapham steMpu. sad.
instead of goiog to the house of a lady at Balhi
where she was allowed to atom turned sells
drowned herself in the pond, which was only 150 pails
from the roadway. She bad said to a friend, "No ems is
so noforturiate as lam ; I feel that I shall go eat ed my
mind.* The levy returned a verdict. " That deceased was
bud drowned is Monalrpoed, Clapham."

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