The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-16 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL-

CRIME IN THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICT..—
The Mane Assess Courier says .—" Although trade through-
out the whole of Laneeahire was never before known to be
is so depressed a state, yet, to the credit of the whole nom.
=unity, but particularly the hungered and helfetarved
working population, crime sensibly duoiniahas.
THE COLLIERY ACCIDENT NEAR BOLTON.—OII
Saturday we mentioned the death of three men by an
accident at a colliery at Harwood, belonging to Mr. Hard-
castle. On that day an inqurat was held upon the bodies of
Wm. Smith, aged 43; John Ramwell, 16, and Wright Jack-
son.—Mr. R Sampson, surgeon, described the state in
which the body of Win. Smith, one of the colliers, was
when taken out of the pit. There was a neaten cm his
leR leg between the ands Bed Meek sod bell
bones are fractured. There is alas • sewn loin on the
right temple, sad a dislocation of Os varelsies.--By Mr.
Roberts: The bruise upon the heal IRO not im.
gt= should think muses of death was from the'
in the beck.—Mr. Bsbals old he 'Mehl make

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application that a piece of the rope and of the fasten-
ing should with a copy of the depositiuos, be sent to the
Secretary of State.—Abraham Pilling was then sworn, and
stated that he was a miner, twenty-two years of age, and
had worked in a coal mine about fourteen years, at Brown-
low Field, Harwood, and Turton. The coal miss at Har-
wood belongs to Mr. James ilardeastle. The deceased,
William Smith, was a miner, and met with his death on
Wednesday morning last. Re does not know if it is the
duty of the bankaman to be there before the tub goes
down, nor of any printed orders or regulations. The wag-
gon is not over the pit when we get into the tubs. The
tubs are level with the pit eye :or us to stride into them.
On that morning I and five others went down in the tubs
about six o'clock. There were three in each tub. The tubs
were letdown and wound up again before we got in ; but, as
usual, they were empty. Junes Howarth, the engineer, let
us down. The minors an let down and wouud up slower
than the empty tubs or coals. Witness did nut discover any
thing wrong until within about four feet of the bottom, when
they dropped down faster than usual, and our lights were
put out. I can give no opinion as to • the speed in going
down. When we got out, the usual signal, by knocking at
the iron rod, was given for them to go on again. When
coals are to be wound up they knock once, and when colliers
want to come out they kneel' three times. The tubs came
down by five minutes afterwards, very quickly. He
could hear, but could not see them. ven men came
down with the tubs, and they were all hurt, and two of
them killed. He could not see them for want of a light
till about ten minutes after the accident. Smith was
then dead, and he had not spoken previously. The tabs
were both broken and Smith lay under the rope. The
others were Wright Turner or Jackson, William Smith,
Thomas Ball. John Entwhistle, William Collier, and John
Hallowell. Barnwell was also dead, but none of the rest.
Has never known more than seven colliers go down the
mine at once.—By Mr. Roberta The tubs we descend
in are the same as those used for Cringing up coals.
About four hundredweight is brought up in two tubs.—
By Mr. Gasket' We have been grumbled at for so
many going down at once. Has heard the colliers say
that they had orders for not more than two to go down at
once.—Thomas Hamer, a young man, stated that be never
knew six men go down at one time before that morning, the
usual numbers being four and five.—Thomas Bell, a boy of
fourteen years of age, has beard the manager say, that not
more than fear should go down at once, but has seen seven
both to go down and come up at once. On this occaaion
seven went down, and witness was in the tub with John
Entwistle and his brother, who has both legs broken. When
they had got about fifteen or twenty yards down, our speed
began to increase. Smith said, "Oh lads, what a fall we
should have, so many of us, if the rope was to break," and
he had scarcely spoken before it began to %lip, end he then
called upon us to stick—witness became insensible, and due
not recollect anything afterwards. All were either hurt or
killed with the exception of himself. John Davenport
James Pilling, and John Ramwel: proved the fastening of
the rope, and believed it to be quite safe.—Mr. Heaton, the
manager, gave it as his opinion that the rope had been cut.
Other evidence of a similar nature having been given, the
inquiry was adjourned nil! Friday.
'tiORKSIIIRE.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—YORK AND NORTH
MIDLAND RAI LWAY.—A fatal accidtnt mcurred on Tuesday
at the Burton Salmon station, on this line, owing to the Hull
mail train having run into a partion of a cattle train, which
had stopped there. Three lights bad been hung at the rear
of the cattle train, but, at the moment of the train advancing,
two or three of the trucks were in course of being removed to
a siding, and therefore the lights were not seen. The colli-
sion was very severe, and, in addition to the damage to the
carriages, two persons (cattle-dealers from near Hull) were
killed, and one bad his arm broken
ACCIDENT ON THE LEEDS AND BRADFORD RAIL-
,AY.—On Monday afternoon as the express train, which
leaves Bradford at 2 o'clock, wee passing through the deep
cutting at Armley, about a mile from Leeds, one oldie cranks
of the engine snapped, and caused the engine to incline out-
wards ; and before the train could be stopped the engine
turned upside down and imbedded itself in the @idea of the
utting, throwing the whole of the carriages 'cross, the line.
The stoker, a married man, named Charles Smith, was
killed instantaneously but fortunately the engineman and
the other passengers escaped with alight injuries.