The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-01 00:00:00

TER DIBADITIL ILIPLAYION AT BOCIIBLOW

7o Wailful.

We are enabled, from inquiries made on the spot,
to place berme our readily some further particulars with
reference to the deplorable accident which occurred on Wed-
nesday morning at Messrs. Curtis end Harvey's Powder-
mills, near Hamalow. In eider that our readers may under-
stand the detaike, it is right to state that the mills are situate
in an enclosed Mace of ground oovering upwards of 100 sores,
distant 21 miles from Hounslow. In the grounds there are
in all some 30 or 40 powder mills, each of which is situate 60
or 100 yards from its neighbour, and in order to check the
concussion, in the event of such en accident as the present
occurring, the works are surrounded by a plantation of trees.
The proems of manufacture is conducted in somewhat the
following wiener the thermal, saltpetre, and brimstone
are first ground and prep red In different houses, and that
brought to the incorporating mills, when they are ground
between large iron rollers mixed in proper proportions, and
brought to the omeistancy of thin paper. The mix-
ture in this stage la called a grew charge," and is brought
toreparing house, when it is pesesall by a bydreolio
machine into hard tykes of some two or three feet in distorter
and half an inch in thickness It is then broken with wooden
osafets, end carried in boats or oasis to the granulating or
easing homes whose the lumps are placed is a hopper and
thee dropped Into iron rollers, which form it into grasps In
ail those operations the utmost precautions are taken to pre-
, met sceident The quantity of powder in any of the mills
never exceeds ten barrele, as, when that amount is misinfee-
tared, tt is removed to the magazine. As none of the enfnr.
tenet* workmen =gaged la the pass house and corning
house destroyed have survived, It is impossible to tell what
quantity, but se torch bevel oontained 10010 e., arid se in all
probability all were fell, 2,000 Ike. most have exploded. The
accident occurred in a pressing.house close to the stream
celled the Coins. Faux workmen, named Lencooks, Little-
ford, Davie, and Althorn, ware engaged at the time, and were
killed on the spot. The granulating house exploded tome-
diets], afterwards, inetastreamely killing two men named
Compton and May. Tba wind at the time was providentially
trout the weer or otherwise the diameter might hove been
more lames as, as, bad the flame been driven in the direc-
tion of the other nildiog, some hundreds of lives might bare
been lose. The government impeder visited the /scene yes-
terday, and remained fur some boars making inquiries.

Tint NECORDEEBHIP OF NO/MlCH.—the Recorder-
abip of fide eity, readered meant by the death of Mr. M.
Q C., has bees conheral cable. R. E. O'Malley,
111.terhe emoluments attached to the Aloe are km than
1001. per atemen. TM appointment was held for many years
by Mr. Immo Jenay, one dthe 'Mims of the Stanileld-hall
=mhos. . .

FATAL ACCIDENT AT WORCESTEIL—A ticket-of-
leave man woe killed a few days ago at the Worcester Railway
Medea, by falling down a long flight of atone steps. He
wee to have proceeded to Birmingham by an early train, but
was se drunk when be presented himself at the booking-
dace, that be was not allowed to go. He came to the station
again at a later hoar, and while waiting for a train, leaned
against a gate at the top of a atone staircase, leading to some
of the company's offices. The gate flew open, and he wee
precipitated head foremost to the bottom. When picked up
he woe found to be dying, having in the fsll dislocated his
neck. In his pockets were band a ticket of leave, bearing
the name of John Meal or Male. a free railway ticket from
Bristol to Manehes.er, and about Se. in money. A verdict of
tt Accidental death" was returned at the baguet, which was
held on Monday.
EFFECTS OF DRIJNEENNESS.—On Monday a man
mimed Huh Murray, • labourer residing in Donnelly-
stieet, Ganged-road, on retuning home from Bloebairn
Ironworks, when he is employed, found Ms wit* drank, and
Ida littb son, Alszsader, airily three years old, drowned in
a tab, plum* behind the door, wLich contained about bur
lulu of water sad • quantity of filth. Dr. Willis, Gars.
gad-road, wee immediately sent for, bat though the body
was still warm on his snivel, all effects to restore enfilades
prevail iseavailing.—NeriA British Mail.
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