The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-13 00:00:00

CHOLER.A.-INQUESTS.

Before Mr. Payne, at the Union Tavern, Union-
street, Blackfriars, on the body of Elie 'teeth Frances Allen,
aged twenty-one, who died of Asiatic cholera. Evidence
was given to prove that the whole neighbourhood was in a
bad state of drainage. The Coroner said it was eatisfectory
to know that the Commissioners of Sewers were doing all
they could to improve the draivage. Mr. Baker, a surgeon,
said that the water from the gas works, which was pumped
into the river, had a great deal to do with the illness of the
neighbourhood. A juror said that since Tuesday lest there
had been thirty-five cases of cholera in that parish, out of
which number sixteen or seventeen persons had Lied.—
Ve relict, " Death from Asiatic cholera."
Before Mr. Bedford, at the Plough, Carey-street,
on the body of William Kay, sge d 13. The deeessed re-
sided with his parents, in Norwich-court, Fetter-lane, and on
Mande,' last he partook of some wilks. When he returned
home he complained of sickness, and during the night he
had cramps in his feet. The father gave him some Epsom
salts, out neglected to apply for medical 'civics until the
following day. The mother went to King's College Hos-
pital on Tuesday morning, and at a subsequent hour the
boy was taken to that institution, where the galvanic battery
was used, and every possible remedy was resorted to, hut
he died in leis than an hour and a had' after his admission.
Verdict—" Death from Asiatic e holera "
SUICIDE FROM AK ATTACK (IF CUOLERA.—Before
Mr. Wakle y, at the Middleerx liospieal, en the body of
William Edward Batt, aged 38 years, clerk to a notary in
the City, who destroyed himself by jumping out of a window,
while suffering from an attack of Asiatic cholera. It ap-
peared that the deceased resided at 22, Buckingham-place,
Fitzroy-square, and enjoyed a Trey good state of health up
to Monday last, when he partook hastily of some shrimps,
end on his return home from the effl. e in the evening, he
was taken suddenly with pains in his bowels. He was after-
wards attacked with vomiting, purging and cramps. A sur-
geon was called in, who pronounced h:m labouring under an
attack of cholera. Be prescribed for him, and about half-
poq two in the morning he puddle my jumped out of bed, and
before soy person could prevent him, opened the attic window
and precipitated himself out on the pavement in the yard. Ile
fractured his skull, which caused instantaneous death.—
' Verdict, " Temporary insanity."

FATAL ACCIDENTS ON Tll6 EAST LANCASHIRE
RAILWAY.—Two MEN KILLED.—On Wednesday evening,
ehi.e the Preston train, which is due in Liverpool at seven
,!,lock, was epprosehing Walton Station, Henry Martin,
superintendent at the Lostoek Station, who was acting as
special guard, was !employed on the top of one of the car-
nages, he had neglected to throw himself flat, and as the train
paieed under one of the bridges his head came in contact
with the stone-work, and he was killed instantsneocsly.—
Oa the same day, another of the servants of the company
while endeavouring to jump into one of the carriages while
in motion, missed his looting and fell, when the carriage
passing over tim put a period to his existence.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT DOVER. —On Saturday
craning lest, about six o'clock, a most de,'ructive fire broke
out at Pinham, on a farm occupied toy Mr. Taylor, and im-
mediately adjoining to another fans, the property of Mr. C.
Phipps, of River (the same whose stacks were fired on Mon-
day se'nnight by an incendiary). It is supposed to have
originated in a cottage occupied by a farm labourer, named
Marsh, who had returned home from work, and lit his fire
to boil hie kettle. The fire-place is o:te of those old fashioned
ones having a large beam passing through the chimney.
Marsh, it appears, had lighted an unusually large Ore, whioll
ignited the beam, and which speedily fired the thatch of the
couture, while he, quite unconscious of circumstance,the sat
smoking his pipe at his fire-side waiiing the boiling of the
tea water. The thatch being very dry, and the timbers old ,
the place was von wrapped in flames, which quickly raw*
a barn close by, and from thence it spread to the stacks. T es
fire soon raged with tremendous fury on bath farms' and
defied Ql exertion to extinguish the flames. Thera. 'neve
been destroyed 3 wheat stacks,l bean stack, 3 barns filled
with wheat, barley, and straw, a large stable, cow h owe,
piggery, 2 waggon lodges, 2 waagoes, 4 carts. Then were
30 pigs on the farm at the time, two of which were t iurned
re-
turned, but were found to be so much burned that they were
to death, the remainder ran away; 11 of them have fines
directly killed. The mush:dog 17 have not yet been die-
t thewoee pariah
for kindlytb„ir ola,ll edtotiwums,
covered altt.ouith a reward has been offered fur tfum. The
amount of the proper.y destrosed is at present sup-
posed to amount to about 2,0001., the greater part
of which is insured. The poor containers lost all
they had. A subscription has been set on foot for
tThbeeirgrteeilietetf. t
praise
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them to sleep at the l'areonage-tiou-e on Satusaay night.
isei.argi'llUneato4 hof e m
which were of no ordinary kind. The Diver engines vrived
between seven and eight o'clock, but partly owing to the
want of water and partly to the bad state of the engines and
the pipes (some of which we:e tied up with the people's
pocket candkerchiefs, to the shame of Dover be It spoken)
they were of very little UN. Suspicion has already fallen
upon a man uho had been imprisoreql for cutting down trees
on Mr. Phipps's grounds, and so great is the feeling of esteem
ae.d respect entertained towards that gentleman, both at
River ar d Dover, that no rains will be spared to bring the
culprit to justice. About 3001, worth of property was de-
stroyed at that time, but the whole was insured. Some
pilules devoured nearly the whole of one of the burnt p;ga—
Aga Benda.