The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-27 00:00:00

ANOTHER DEATH FROM DESTITUTION.

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. John Humphreys,
Middlesex coroner, held an inquiry at the Prince of Wales
Tavern, Bethnal-green, respecting the death of a destitute
man whose name was unknown. . . . . . .

Police-constable Webb, 106 11, said that •t 2 o'clock last
Sunday morning he found the deceased, a man of about 70
years of age, insensible and destitute in Slater-street,
Bethnal-green. A gentleman who was holding him up
said that he had found him lying on the pavement face
downwards. He did not smell of drink, but witness re-
moved him to the station.

Coroner—tinthetlsualpolice charge?
Witness—On the charge of being drunk and incapable.
He was bleeding from the nose. The police surgeon was
sent for, and the deceased was at once taken to thellethnal-
green workhouse.
James Lille y, gate porter at the workhouse, said that the
deceased was brought to the workhouse on a stretcher. He
was removed to the receiving ward, where he was stripped,
cleaned, anti put in bed. The doctor saw him during the
day, and at 6 o'clock in the evening he was removed to the
ward for sick men.

Mrs. Mary A. Easton, paid nurse at the workhouse, said
that the deceased was very ill and insensible when he was
brought into the sick ward. Witness had 133 patients
under her. All the patients were men. She had one as-
sistant, named Dun.
Coroner—You may be a good nurse, but you can't nurse
133 men.

A juror—Sick people ought to have proper attention.
There are too many patients for one nurse. She can't
nurse them. _ _

Dennis Dun, an old man, 63 yeah of age, said that he
was a pauper inmate of the workhouse. He was ill, had
a pain in his side, and was not able to work. On Sunday
evening he received the deceased man under his care. He
had an assUtant.

Coroner—Yes, Mrs. Easton has got you as an assistant,
and you have another.
The witness said that brandy was ordered for the de-
ceased. It was given by witness's assistant.
Dr. John Karnett, medical officer at the workhouse,
said that he saw the deceased at 5 o'clock. He was
much emaciated, and was insensible. He closed his
teeth when stimulants and medicine were being given to
him. He never rallied, and after death witness made a
post-mortem examination. The stomach and intestines
were nearly empty and paler than natural. The blood was
thin from privation. The lungs were diseased, and ex-
posure would accelerate his death. The immediate cause
of death was extravasation of blood on the brain. A fall
would produce the extravasation, and exposure to cold at
night would cause hiiu to fall. Ho had probably been
rambling about the streets all night, having no home to go
to. He had fallen from sheer exhaustion.

Police-constable Webb said the deceased looked as if he
had lived on charity ; 24d. was found on him.
The Coroner said that the workhouse bad done every-
thing that could be done for the deceased. Mrs. Easton,
the paid nurse, who has charge of 133 patients, saw him,
and handed him over to her assistant, and he handed
him over to his. lie (the coroner) thought that between
them all the deceased got his medicine and brandy.
(Laughter.)
The jury returned the following verdict :—" That the
deceased unknown man died in the Bethnal-green Work-
house from extraysaation of blood on the brain, caused
by a fail in the public street from exposure acting on a
low vitality consequent on long privation."

DEATH OF A COUNTY COURT JUDGE.—On Tues-
day morning Mr. Charles Harwood, judge of the County
Court for the Folkestone circuit, died at his residence, 1,
Bauvere-villas, Folkestone, after a long illness, which in-
ca
ucitsted him from public business.
THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT NORWICH.—Some
particulars have already appeared of the alarming boiler
explosion, which occurred on Tuesday afternoon at Messrs.
Stark's dye works. Duke's-palace' ..Norwith ; but a few fur-
ther details remain to be added. The explosion occurred
during the workmen's dinner hour, or the results would
have been still more serious. The works comprise a series
of rooms leading into each other, the largest of which is
known as the Black-office. Adjoining this stood the boiler,
which was attended to by a man named James Payne.
Several men were in the premises during the dinner hour,
and nearly all these felt the consequences of the explosion.
Portions of the premises may be said to have been literally
reduced to heaps of rubbish; and as regards the boiler it
was severed as completely along the edges of the middle
plates as if it had been taken to pieces in a workshop. At
the same time the explosion was not attended with any
very loud noise, and it is stated that a man who was driv.
ing within 50 pints of the spot at the time hardly heard
any unusual sound at all. From beneath the rubbish
in the Black-office the blackened and scalded re-
mains of two men named Daniel Taylor and James
Taylor, each about 63 years of age, were extricated ; and
after an interval of nearly two hours a third corpse, that
of one Henry Clarke, was discovered in a dreadfully mangled
condition. The man Payne, and four other persons named
Henry Browne, John Rump, John Diann and Joseph
Lemon were removed to the Norfolk and Norwich Hos-
pital. By direction of the town scrveyor (Mr. A.W. Dloraat)
some portions of the shattered buildings were pulled down,
end others shored up so as to guard against further dis-
asters. The premises were insured in the Royal and Nor-
wich Union Offices; the amount of damage which they
have sustained is estimated at shout 6,8001. The city coroner
(Mr. E. S. Bignold) commenced an inquiry on Tuesday
evening, and the investigation, which will be of a searchng
character, was adjourned for a week. The boiler which
exploded was a comparatively new one, having only been
at work about nine months. Norwich, Wednesday af ter-
noon.—Leamon, one of the sufferers taken to the hospital,
died this morning, and the four other wounded men are also
considered to be in a critical state.

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