The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-05 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

TERRIBLE COLLIERY ACCIDENT.
LON 0.1? EIGHTY LI PlB.

LATEST PARTICULARS.

•
In OUT distsrdeyre Impression wegave a few particulars of
eatestrephe at the coal pit at Burredon, near
Iltila=agth, air miles myth-east Cl Slimmed.% which ao-
tarred on Friday.
To understand the nature of this terrible saddest, it will
be seamesry to give tome description of the Cazepordows or
Bareedea soul as.. From the downcast slasitzuns "ewer
or tram-rod, in a north-easterly direction, for about MO
yards; et the extremity of this way the workings branch of
to the right nad lat. On the right, at • share angler °°63-
mown ualimp, emu incline, on which is • self-sating. rail-
way; the length of the incline is about 600 yards to the
plug where several ways meet, end in the neighbourhood of
whiehthe principal workings W. On the left, front durstart-
ins point bet ors indicated, Is a long and crooked way, up-
worth of a mile in eating, which curves round to the cwt,
end by en obbque sortie of workiege jodas the extreme
easterly point of the ph into which flex workings beyond the
plane at the top of the incline open. In the workings beyond
the plane, at the mid of the incline, between 70 and 80 men
were employed, end in the lug way between 30 and 40. The
current of air pug* down the long way to the north, round
towards the sadism tide, and across over the long way into
the up-cut ethilt.
The gies appears to have formed in the " whole" on gelid
workings, near the head of the Menu. The pretenre edges
In this put Cl the pit had been down for ism time; end
had felled soma amity amongst the nor ; moue of
bed remained * home from fear of an accident, and
di week! seeped od the men working thereabouts h been
Mani beck by the dispenes and viewer. At about. half-
pail 1 on Friday, fa the afternoon, • slight explosion. wee
observed, the exact locality of which Is net yet ilecerteined,
but it le believed to have takes pees in the " ennlght up
!I've* the whole" or unbroken coal. Whether any
drugs grew from Wm beyond injury to the persona
in aloes untiguity boot known; as such terrible results
fallessed ee them which were Moine* by • mond egpisidan,
which occurred within ten minutes afterwards.
Two lads, hewers, named Allis, were alarmed by the con-
maim of the fleet expiation end ran down the incline
towards the point et which it join, the principal air way, and
took shelter in a cabin where the bonne, dm., are kept ;
here they were epitome to by the "beck ounnen," William
Andersen, who, think*g that the thaw was past, urged
them to Mars, but they refuted, and the overman left to
pram the same request open the men engaged farther up to
the eget of the Mediae. In his rep he ad *tether boy
named Urwin running, and in vain peruided him to Marx
—the boy's life was eared. Scarcely had Utak Urwin whet
the second explosion took piece, and ems of the Allem was
struck by a ensue driven along by the force of the perseadows
bleats in the roadway, which destroyed the machinery sad
=with which it came in contact. The &Muir/ **Aar-
the met Cl the men employed beyond the by if the
ladies must have been Sweeten :me.
Some of the men in the "long way" felt the explosion,
and took to their heals, warning others as they come • others
appear not to have been consoicine of anything unusual, and
only sought to escape when warned by the deputy overman.
The whole of these fortunately escaped, most of• them
without sustaining any injury; many of them neither felt
nor heard the explosion' but some wero slightly injured.
One was knocked down twice, and another sustained some
rmettnelese.
eenwhile, the 'hock had been felt at the down-cut shaft,
end a little boy, who had noticed it, ran and alarmed the
resident, in' the asigitbouring bottalrat. The deputies and
oveemen who were not down in the pit forthwith eocuseneed
mains efforts to rescue those who were known to he in the
pit. They at as of the snu escaping from the " arose-
cut," et long air-way' bat, uneverieg se far se " miter-
drop " end enlphercue vapour weak waft, umetnited
pearly to the pleat) at the tap of the *tithe; to do thie
had to take in with them " brattice," or thin planks of wood,
to stop up certain openings, and so to lone the current
fresh air from the pit shaft to accompany them. The first
body found wee e led named Zuharith Beadles, who was
discovered at the top of the incline. la ell directions was
felted broken lamps, fragments of clothing, parte of bests and
shoes, indicative of the terrific force* the explosion. Up to
See ecolocik this menting sixteen bodies only had been re-
covered. Mad of these were so dreadfully buret and bruited
to be resegsked with difficulty ; few had any remnants of
clothing of any kind remaining. Bach of the corpus pre.
seated a dreadful ape:genie, but were sent up the pit shaft
covered in blankets.

The following is • list of the persons believed to be lost,
Including those oboes bodies have been recovered—viz. •
Dawn.—George Maddox, leaves a wife and six children ;
John Maddox, jun., nephew of the nom leans a wife and
three orient children. 'Thane Madden, din, tingle man ;
Jam. Maddox, ditto, single man; John Maddox, ditto,
single am (brothers). Edward Drydea, a offs and three
ohildren; John Corr, a offs sad mem althea.; Thomas
Lawson, sio&; William Willie, a win end four sr five
children; Them a; Wilkie, son of the above, patter, single;
Jams Brown, a wife sad two children; Thomas Wilkinson,
a wife and family; Thomas Thompeenos wife and two dal-
dew ; William TWUR a Sii• and one or two children; Wil-
liam IJrno, a will and Isar children. Thomas Beadier,
mingle ; Zechariah Beadles, single (brothers). Thanes Daw-
son, sinus; Bonn Bonny, a wife and three or her chil-
dren • Willis. Denny, a wide and family Vooght,
singli. David Addy, eon., David Addy, jun. John Addy
((ether end two some). Robert Leathern, neiptiew D.
Addy, wife and large family, his grit day in the S
pit;
John M.Willients, a wife and three children • John Pins,
single; Robert Kyle, single; Amor,Munn ; Ralph
Heron, widower; John Poem, wife and two children; John
Pens, son of the above; John Thrift, nigh ; Alfred Alien,
Maple; John Carr, single; Genre Finer. wife and three
chants ; Martin hnkey, married three menthe ego; Mat-
thew Moraine, single; Nichol, nen David
Ingle, Thomas Phillips, angle (brothers). Matthew
Hepplewhite, single • June Nichol, single; Andrew Kaiser,
single; Meaner Cliehorn, single, his first day in the pit ;
pMoses Thompson, boy ; Jima Brown, his lin day in the
Weedbmiery, boy ; Was. Cook, boy.
Thomas Goligbd boy
r, Enos Goiightl bey (brothers).
Jo=sirumpave. boy. John Meashall, Marshall.
), snot of a widow; Wm Alderson, back evermore,
wife end lye children• Benjamin Niacin, John Downy,
deputy overman, bode lean Loge families ; Beery Johnson,
patter; lease Jonas. single; Hetbwhigion, boy; lean
Wilson, single • John Jervis, single; Jon Friar, single
George Rhottoi, a wife and two children; John Gallon,;
putter; WilWm Doxiord, putter • George Thrift, putter;
Jelin Celaad, boy; Balkh, shin ; George dchinipl, a
wife and two or three children; Edward Thompson, boy ;
George Whips, wife sad family.
Two onetime, mooed Thomas Prier and Robert /saw-
son, who west down the pit Mann in minoring the bodies,
have not been mesa dace about alas o'clock in the wrong,
sod it is supposed that they en lost. The outman, Mr.
Wean/Hey, shortly alter porting will them, tried a trap
dear lesdhe Into the waste, in the hope of Wog able to ap-
, prank the bodies by that route; bat the noxious pa was
overpoweing. sod he was obliged to shut the door quickly
to ease his hie. Re thinks that the two men most have sup-
posed he entered the nate, and that in attempting to follow
biro, they were suffocated. While trying this door a led al
11 or 14 sun up, alias bitterly ter his pony. Mr. Ws-
Shirley told biro not to venture inside the door, but be fears
hie warnings were disregarded, fur he has seen nothing of
the poor boy elnee, ands mans to how that he has barn
broaght to beak.
The list of names conveys to the mind of the stranger no
tress ides of the misery which the calamity has produced is
every bones la Burradon and Cumperdown. The character
weeny of thins men wee demoting of the highest stew., and
we writs with a print knowledge of them, when we say that
/OM of nem would have adorned any sphere of Ifs in which
they might ban been placed by their social and domestic
virtues, thsit 11•OralliT and piety. George Maddox—upon
whose Easily this calamity has fallen with upon' 'severity—
was a men of sincere religions mrseatness, and an nave
Monier In the Sunny school of the village, wherein he had
night for alannisere with scarcely the exandon of one
Ingle Banday. He was in his family circle tenderly offer
linen and fee three and twenty years never left his house
without khans She whole of hie Andy. Bober. just, and en-
preesading. be piton the respect of all who knew him. He
was an satin .wiser of the provhdonel committee of the
Maim' Provident Aseociatiogead wee usually called to pm
flao at the &Minn meetings of raisers on the subject.
The eserstary el the Minn' Provident Associadon—Wei.
Urwin—is ales those who ban been struck down.
W" ggml mymal ability, he madmen the oorrespradesce
in saint manner, sad manifested a comps.
ganehndassrts3sldata and aritiuneticel calcularks which
wee astonintes. He was a prudent and cautions Welshed
his hlloweeen, gni his privets ohs:serer was as virtuoso se
his philistine* efforts were pure. We could name a doses
more of then Burradon pitmen of equal respeot&bift end
moral virtue--prominent among whom we should name Deny
and Aherne, to whom everybody within their circle of &e-
-quines°, wee deeply attached. Peonage of many hada foe
tb laallennal Impermanent of the looJity had met with warm
enpport lees Duey of the deosesed. and nape we in pro-
per esiesi the moo to raise a public bail for their own use.
Halms neggeratica we may mg that anuh an eminent as
▪ saes amid mealy be bead together in any circle ee goisty,
and yaps the frightful calamity whin has occurred Is not
cialy to be deplored for the agony it hes produced and the
ndlest7 oink will gook to the persona immediately alined
by it, but it is ekes to be deeply Unmated ea second of the
penile Ices matehmed le the piano at Wes.
The cents el the snidest were set discovered et
inn eon* this neestsg, but ft nuns that a onell gem-
tfty of gee Is ese el the veridase exploded at fink and that
the Wilted is. brined a sirens snag the torwel ersnledvere-
oes PlegoPe. and berme assetled stilt a volume et
explodes Varier In an el the IMP etiMbeil lb°
mire by the ensevel the keens ethl. It will be the
duly el tin weber sod jury to lavaitlies than
th• (?!.star,Ohs pabile.B4
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In °occluding this notice, we oaf post to the fad that
public benevolent.* is urgently regufnd to alleviate the dim-
mer seising from this wholesale destruction of the Wars of
fersities, and remand our readers end the public that a sub-
scription het Hee at ow office, when the smallest eastribu-
times will be gratefully receissa.
Subacription Ibis will also lie at the various halts in this
town, and at Mr. Franklin's, central station.
Jobs Bowes, Esq., sad partnere, have opened a subscrip-
dem list for the relief of the seherere from this awful catas-
trophe with the sums of 6W.

THE AZUOIOOB DISSENSIONS AT 81'.
0.E0103'8-111-71111-E487.

Mr. Superintendent Howie and s. body of 260
policemen of the R. division presided over the services at
St. George. Church, yesterday, and to a very considerable
Imam succeeded in preserving order. Notwithstanding
their exertious, however, there were Nome serious debar-
baoses in the afternoon. The morning service yesterday wee
quiet, sad aar. Kim. who preached, was uninterrupted. la
the afternoon, the Rev. Thomas Richardson, the newly-
elected lecturer, Preached a rennon which was extremely
moderate in tam sad conciliatory in manner. As soon se
it woe over, a body of young men took possession of the
choristers' seats, with • view to holding them against dm
clergy and chair at the evening service. They remained
in patient posearket of them until just upon six o'clock,
when the ashy, sesompealed by several members of his
choir, 'stared the mash end entered them to leave, stating
one rtitalkesipi left the freeholder ef the church, and that no
had 6 *ln ta be there without his permission. The
Nom times eddresesd resod to move, .upon
which Mr. - - Meg took one of them by the
collar and dragged him off the seat • another
person then seised him and dragged him to the vestry town,
when he wee locked up as a prisoner. A similar operation
warn performed upon a woad moo, then upon • boy, *bile
• yowlg man named Littlejohn, the son of a vestryman, was
so severely has/Ilea by the rector that hie clothes weer torn.
While ibtsfressis was ping on several policemen were in
the church, bet in answer to appeal. made to than , they
stauld that they had no authority to interfere. At the same
time they intimated that if either of tha persons thus as-
saulted wenid.gtve Mr. Ring into custody, 01,1_1 should con-
rider themselves bound to take the charge. Pin or !de of
these periods declined to do this, preferring en application to
the map strain for • amnions spina the rev. rector. The
evening service wee peaceable, the bodg of police whp was
meant completely overawing the noisy portion of the con-
gregation. The sermon, which we. by no mesan judicious
or attractive we. 'preached by the Rev. C. J. le kisyt,
M.A., incumbent of St. Mathis., Stoke Newington. Alter
the rector and his friends had retired, the people muck up
the doxology, and the organist with ospitaltact helped•hem
out, sad thus prevented say disturbance.