The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-22 00:00:00

BOILER EXPLOSION AT LIVERPOOL

At the o'clock on Saturday morning, the whole
lithe swath end of Lieerpoul was alarmed bye fearful ez•
e. Thou's& were stuffed Irma their sleep—and trithe neighbourhord of Everts hundreds hurried to
wards florelarshres4 to leers the mut It wee seam ewer
abed that the sepia*. led takes plea in the Waal of
Seger, ma Co., Imagism Butt, lemma
Way snake the new baths, at the Obi eahletroet. The
brewery epees by a getaway Into Seelsren Bash, and the
premises extend beet to Mwhokomoset bang a series e
earn on the earth, earl Penetrant* se the sends
Pat the brewery extorded OS peavey, ead
the of
en yea teeniest** at the amass of sheet
a Mmdrsd yards in the native Oa the debt et the yea
um plated the boiler end eaghsearat skeet thirty yards
hoes the Names : ever this wise the mat tub, wan, sad
ask MAIL Oa the impedes side a the yea were the hop
tems, and sissft *es we *shed, wadi was let as
ashliag 14 Want Tito night warlumseos %seal, bed
gee ep the stem. sad left the meshes s few minutes pest
rms. He left se the pumas, lir. Charge Seger, Wee of
Mr. Sups. nod sner in the brew ;
Be rth-
ington, sad Wli Langton. Mr. rimer, who
&ma es brewer, wee, is the at of 'skis; the beat, • tech-
aka term kw kyleg the strength of the liquor, sad the two
men employed es the some AAA (the third story), isg
s Mk of ask, for the purpose of taking it to the mill,
wises the beLler exploded, and buried them all ia the
Palm
The plead le the Minuet story, was at imitator,e
power only, bat la what coositioe we have not been able to
ken. The saes my that the valve always worked well, and
that the boiler was censiderod an Ily strong one. At
the time of the explosion the engine wee not at work, it being
the duty of Worthiogioa to set at going when the power we.
rein's ed.
The erect of the cello:Um we. fax more destroetin than
staid be well supposed from the else of the boiler. The
whole interior of the premises ts a complete rein ; the yard
ailed with timber, vats, cistern, and fallen wells. In front
however, the damage dose is smell, the wutdows cooly, sod
part of the roof having been blow. out ; but within all is •
easphte wreck. The whole of the buildings over the boiler,
ant the rooms extending from thence to Bevi eg ton Bush, have
tambhd down ; the large cistern, which stood in the upper
story, placed in a reverse positiou on the rains. It was tilled
with water, sod It. spis, no doubt, pretested the fallen
timber trout iamb's,.
The fell of the pension oa this 'idolise apnea the parti-
tion walls of ausero•A cottages whisk abetted ea the
breury, end the asks of nearly all are ezpoood. the SWOP of
the up ties been, blown Wilke rash, ad throws down
the upper patios of the well. The slates were hued over
the courts late Nicholas street, sad the samba of attar,
Wand is 14.
Oa the booth aide of the yard, the hop-roans are WO-
vend, and the windows dasursyad ; bet the walls are nearly
all stealing. Betwees theme rooms sad Pepper-street ie the
shod already mentioned ; end although this shed wee only
about eight feet high, it is unroofed, end a greet part of the
well blown Into the street
Oa the int mud of the ezp!ot ion the police, in numbers,
lusuised to the spot, and in a few minutes Inspectors
Yates, Barton, Rhamer, and Sergeant kl'Doaald, were
grew* to seat sad direct. Tao street soot ailed with
crowds who had Bed from their beds in • state of fearful
Baas, sway of them thinking thet an earthquake had
takes place, or,
_as etc of them expreseed it, that the sad
of the wok' had ease. Many of there, however, were
ecioa collected must to assist their poor neighbours, wbo,
in the attacks of the cottages, were covered under the
reins, while the police proceeded to explore the interior of
the beewery. A few yule nn the ri. of the entrance a
voice was heard, and Thomas Worthington was with cite
flout'', dragged from under a load of bricks, beams,
and stemtlis. He wee very little hurt; but his comrade
who wee found a few yards from him, had his shoulder dis-
h:rested. He was instantly WOW yed to the hospital. Thom
poor fellows, in their own fears, did not forget their young
sestet, and, in their satiety. re quested the police-officers to
search for him. At that tosuelet fireman 36 exclaimed,
" Here is a dead man !" " I ea sot dead," said • faint
voice, and Inspector Eaton instantly proceeded to liberate
Mo'. Seger from the rubbish. He was covered with dust,
but through the dust • stream of blood showed that his head
was injured. With all possible Cure t • was got through one
of the cottages, the wall of which had folks into s court
whieh :led auto Nicholas street, and conveyed to • public-
hone, to Buelinet-n street, where his father soon arrived.
In order to provide bet-er ace romodation, be WSJ carefully
carried in • chair to the Flossie, Inn, Scotland read, where
he was promptly attended by Dr. it; am, from the Dispen-
sary.
The scene in the courts shutting on the brewery, after the
explosion, it is difficult to describe. The poor people were
running admit in a state of nudity, but with that spirit of
humanity which never hushes them ; the se who hen oaly
been fries:seed eagerly assist, sl their lees fortunate brethren
who could not extricate thentselve from the ruins. Among
these were a labourer named Maxwell, his wile, sad six
children. The slept in an attie,and were completely covered
by the roof; Maxwell himself het his shoulder hurt, his
wife was also injured, but not serionly, but the children all
escaped unhurt, with the :a pt ion of one little fellow, who
had his kg woanded in deseending the suircere. The poor
people driven fros the cottages were rescind in the humble
aboies of their neighbours, and good Brie, end such covering
as could be hastily procured, made them tolerably omatort.
able. The brewery hones are all safe, bat at present im
ponied by the ruins. The berms in the shed-house Wu
pee pod.
The latest inquiries Incline US to the belief that Mr.
Begat will ream r, though me wounds are excessive; plc-
ions of the scalp having been completely torn away.

THB WHISTON CONTROVERST.—ROCHIBTHE CA-
THIIDIAL 011A3110.11 Samos. —The Dean and Chapter of '
Rochester again .ambled on Fridge last. In the nun of
the afternoon the chapter clink delivered to Mr. Whales •
"dad,' by which they had profaned to ezeel
that gentleman from kis once of head master. The
chapter clerk was 'wool', stied by one of his clerks,
who tendered Mr. Whiaton hi. salary sip to Christmas
next, an offer which wee at ones declined. TM next morn-
ing (Saturday) Mr. Whisten delivered to the chapter clerk
a awn, 'expressing his intention to nation to the dis-
charge of his duties, as heretofore, which he aceordidgly did
tbr•ughout the day. The offensive tyranny of the den and
chipter has, a corn s wirlent writes, canted great ansation
in the city, where Mr. Whitton is generally respected;
and he will, It is unientoul. apply to th, Court of Qeeen's
B nth, on the op ring of Michaelmas Tenn, fora Writ of
Prohibition against the Dean an CC ip er, towards the ea-
res of which a subeeriptioe by the nines is spoken of.
THE FEES CiILAMMAR SCHOOL In SUDBURY, which'
bas hose in Chancery for about xn years, is likely to obtain
its &Becton during the analog term. The following
gentlemen lave been selected by the Attorney-Osaeral as
Morten or governors of the soltenl, and their appointment
only awaits the Sat of the mart: The fie,. Charles Badham,
Nathaniel C. Barnudiston, By., William B. Bann, Esq.,
William W. Humphrey, Esq., Arthur Serinkablne, Req.,
Charles Munn, Ihq., Thomas Meeking, Egg , end Jon
13.1 tee, Esq. The mansgeseent of the s-nol, subject to the
direction of the court, will be vested for the fame in the
trustees. The appointees( of the nester, whenever a
vacancy ocean, will still reside with the Reversed
ilippesley Keelson, wiles be should neglect to no-
minate within a stated period, after whin time
the appietmeat will rest with the truism The
master will bensehrth naive the nth" rent of the Maple-1
v.'s d farm. ON. par annum, tannin tea pounds which wi 1
be left to annettalate ; he will alga enjoy the nes of the
router% seethes* rent fen, together with the privilege of
taking IS bessises epos terms approved by the treatom.
The edged .a be epos to Tessin 60 boys from the toes ec
neighs ±a6, et the rate 016 shillings • saner ter an
Rnglialt, and RI anises a quarter he a elerdeal edundiee.
It is okras* is be hoped that the sense may be well quail.
led it ell gegen he so elks him wkin se mash he
expend et the went day, an alt lbe innitaate of Sod-
Puy will Imelliblad to oaJoy ealandllaWaialcanlagek whisk
the richest deer lead might be happy to were he their
eltildrea.—Dwrg P.M.
COMMITTAL OF A WOMAN FON POISONING 11112
Ennero.—llerty Ann Hayward. charged bet week es up
pins of pendia her heed, a neeneker, at Spiny-
llehlt Ifig- bog bees aft Namored to take ber trial at
the mewl asttase. The peinmer wean shed, sad sneered
to bee** gilded walla the *Weer wee presseW with,
whin Min to Mew that ite bed winsinered es two rem-
nee mothkoo eniebs, wales nenelleete insider, sad eel esel
la been Ng need up he ea apple dempliog, to the ren-
nin, Ada erased violent vonaltiog, sad greeted enspieloa
Cadge apprelornalms. She at Sot denied all
. tengestien, but attentards admitted that
shOm rhea se the shop of Mr. Charles Baker
teethe' 'anode. The upbraided her husband with
Ingesstgagy. The peensenter is genaidered out of d ,inger.
ENTINIIVII FINNS AND DESTRUCTION OF PAO-
nelers.—A lee broke en to II etarday Ronne lan, between
two a .14tbruk,eilsON la the Beek road, Bateliff, in a nog-
ai helMsr ahem Whet Peg, be surly 30 feet wide, be-
-1001011.00 1(1. amiltilia. _ Whin', she betide,. As Penn
alarm wee glen, est, to mph* et the utmost szenions of the
brigade, it woe nerty lee "felon teeters the lire send be
eaniesoni mod set staid the whole of the workshops and
gryiethense were Welty emaamed. The Imams sosattend
10, 11, 13, 13, 14, Ili,lll,es 17m: . end 18, is Beth street, each es-
mind by monad hu severely dmage aa she heeh
yrenestry re% en the win glass is domMtatop egg the rop.
share enessively blued by linty rensnal.—Whilet the
non are was reglegonetkee happeaed at No. 74, Quadrant,
Magent.stegetil no Iwo et Mr. B. Beejnia, • tailor
eel draper. The ilessi when lest preened were banking
is the first, mend, sad third 8 mss beck, 113 that it wee vita
hilleelty the leases cold Whet a safe retreat. The whole
et the bash mute wen sztessively betread, mad the valuable
steak Is teed, deete by weer —headers be liegesed et
No. 8. Zigtla-lese;Weadetreat. Obeagible. the pregerty of
Mr. B. A:Hyde, bootanker. The sten In Inds was very
mien, injured by In. nil the pinion eff Mr. Defferey
M the seal ship, dowsed by mad
Illeate OfiTNIZI Coe vlCre.-02 Eleterday morn
ing, diet Wats ohm Vesely three ho were
the tosadey degortimeet et wed Arsenal,
=l6lllllllr wasps frees thee selehlhheeet by scaling t •
well thee Nelda that part at the armed from Warren-lan
The UM 110,11 employed in the , end swirled to re-
mom awe Wee keel the Pp of a bin , from which their
awe err Meera wee eememestivt ly pay. An immediate
sheet we robed, bat, though mind persons law Win
*ldly dinsibq .1.554. their nape ; and Shoe& they
were he their pesos Era, sethlag bad been heard of thin
no to One Maces Saterday eflaracee. The names of the
ise—Jimegli ?era, egad_ ,211 6 feet 7 inches high ;
IA ' 38, 5 feet 0 Nines high; and Jobs
mom" aged 20, 6 het 6 lathes high.

THE PRESUMED CASE OF SUSPENDED
ANIMATION AT BRISTOL

When oar parcel wee cleapatchfl from Bristol on
Friday evening, the evidence oar Mr. Sheppard, surdeon.
who assisted ia tasking the post wariest ezataination, had
Pest twat aseladed.
Mr. Blythe @pia ospessead a wish to have the testimmy
Dr. Mew Oho moo woe ono of vest importance to the
Wilk to Immo them orbit premature burial.
A somewhat lanathmad osevasetion missed *stems the
Caroller sad Mr: Blythe, who appeared very sazious for
Wilier Inquiry. Several Jurors however intirasted astir
'ration at what had &heady Ines widowed, and lb* Corneae
saving stamased up, the jag rimmed a verdict of " lhed
boa sledded Chokes."