The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-16 00:00:00

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.

YOUR YIN KILL= AND WORT INJURID.

A frightful occurrence took place, between seven
sad eight o'clock as Iloaday morning, at the new irate
works in the oesupatioa of Hears. George sad Alfred
Hlcknisa, at Lea Brook, by which four men were almost
lathastaneoisely deprived of life, and eight others injured,
two of them very 'evenly. There are five boilers at the
works, and at the hoar above named Themes Stealth:am
wee is charge of two of them, which were (Moog ogee.
That which has sassed gush a fearful lose of life and injury
werkfiall (Amster, and the pressure ea it was but 15. be.
to the rash; but it is supposed th►t some Ma sir
get into the piper, sod, mizieg with the water,
geserated ges. sad that ibis wan the cause of
the unfortunate 041C1117111100. As the paddlers were
about to make the Ant draw, the boiler exploded
wit► a terrific mash. The roofs of the mill and other poe-
ticise of the works were shattered by the descent of the
pieties of t►e boiler, and bricks were thrown by the thorn-
aka to a distance beyond the canal which adjoins the works.
A high pressure earths of twenty horse power wee broken,
and throe men close to it killed ow the spot. be longer
than • fintaight since the boiler in question bad bees re-
paired, sad on Saturday hat Mr. Thompson, boiler maker,
bad premised to seed his men to exanithe it again, asd
if needful, effect further repairs. Broken pieces of iron
sad bricks were projected into the premises of Mears
and the roof was partly daniege,l, but forts-
wally their men were not at work at tea time. The
roof of the Bosh Inn was driven in, and three of the
surrounding buildiep are more or lam damaged. Is
the Beth, the children of Mr. Savage, the laadleed, lai
a miraculous ma" laving beta removed fres aec of
the top rooms bat • few minutes before the roof was
forged la. The names of the me* killed are Edward Powell
(wife sad two children), Patrick Morten (wife, but no
family), Michael Cresson (wife and one child). sad William
Hubbard, • boot unloader (two children). The latter wee
in the employment of Mesas. Berman, and was struck by
the MUM projected arras the renal. The names of the
persona lIINTIPCI are James Hickman (eeverely), George
Stereos, Joseph Homer, William Jones, John Teller, i.e.
Oiddiao, Henry Taylor, end Benjamin Msddocks. The
damage done to the works and =aghast ry is not under 60W.,
sad we believe Messrs Bicknell were unioeured. Mr.
Under\ill, surgeon, of Tell End, and his seamiest, promptly
attended, and afforded sorry aid to the @offerers. Thecae•
of the sad catastrophe was in the thane of the day visited
by large numbers of people ; bat • body of police, coder
laspector Shirley, wee on the ground, sad =abstained
order. The inquest on the bodies will be commenced on
Wednesday (this day). at Lea Brook, when, of course, a
searching lnvsetig•tlon will be made into the origin of eo
frightful In occurrence. We have se yet heard of no blame
being attributed to say penes.

Ta 9 FORDIA MACKENZIE Acr.—lo the storm of
the night of Tillman, the 18th ult., at about ten o'clock,
the sebooser Elko, of Wisheach, ,was cast u►ore at this
entrance of the Tay. At the moment she struek a poor boy
wee washed away and perished, and after a time the master,
the mete, and two hands secaseded is rainier the Mhos-
Dhabi, shore, and made for the lights on the railway. Un-
fortunately, it was past eleven o'clock before they were able
to claim sdaittence at the door of an ion, where they were
Mused admittance, and cm spolication at other houses of
weaned eatertaieetest, these approfitahle customers were
not beard." In fart, is Carnmartie the My is so riireroesly
observed, that it was three boon before these poor half.
drowsed perishing streams *waived that shelter they
thought they had • right to expect in a Christian land. At
last, it appears, they fell tato the hands of one who consi-
dered them to be both "lonaftde travellers and Sena fide
fellow creature.," sod, !needless of the law, took them to,
and made them es comfortable as We circumstances would
allow.—Nceth prressA Daily Neil
Ms Dermal Court MASKIT.—In the Parte:corn
market at the soameaoeseat ot lest week Soar was offered,
and seemed to @WI lead downwards; bet during the last
I two oe three dap prises bessum decidedly firmer. Great
somptaiate are made of the quality of the Star last Hat
Iron the United &sta. The first samples were mama.
mealy fine, but those whit* followed were sweetly inferior
The price of the four marks at present at Paris is 104 f. the
159 kilos., being from If. to If. 60c. higher than a week
book. Good flour from Nosey has been sold in Paris at
from 99f. to 100 f.; from Ortease at 10If.; sad Irma t►e
flanks. at 10If. 60a. Wheat is sold at from 521. to 62f. 60e.
tbe 116 kilos., but without math business done. The last
scomints from the departmeete speak of prima es having
Weems all at once unnsually Arm, probably omits to the
roam of freely weather, which may fret se up lb* liked
water eesmaisatieas, and es reader the sapid es mon