The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-23 00:00:00

(Stamped ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

shady carried of whatever was precious Orem the cam the
=in the house were about to execute their threat
army Munn being in the building, when a voice
tided oat that the public treasure had been found. They
thou rushed from the house to obtain their share in the
booty, and the sisters, without losing a moment, placed the
gurtchildren on their shoulder., sod taking the other.
hand, proceeded a. rapidly ea they could towards the
fort, which they at last reached, and obtainui a 'halter in the
zettlet of other fugitives of ovary age and condition. It is im-
possible to praise too high!p the devotedness el thus peer
women, who Asked without hesitation their own Hess to nave
those of the children tanaded to their care."

could be der on that aide of the work, as It was fall st
sulphur ; when they told him to keep the men out, and dr
wirer did so. It was the duty of French to try the
safety lamp every morning before the men commented
working, or to see that it was tried. He (the evilness)
had tried it for the hat two or three menthe. No person
had been at work in the aide of the mine where
the explosion occurred for three days parlor to it. On
the morning of the explosion he (the Intone) descended and
tried the story temp all round the work and la the side of the
explosion. He found a quirky of sulphur, which be disco-
vered by its burning the lamp. The witness and the doggy and
betake told the men to be careful, sit waathe same unial,and
contained sulphur. The doggy and butlieserent into the used,
and Griffiths and Williams then went out tithe pit. Fresh
told the witness to carry on as well as ha arid, and he wield
come and see what could be done. In an War after the wie-
ner, who was in the "dip" aide, head the uptake he the
" crop." He made his way in that dirrios, tied four the
timber and shaft blown in. He found George French is the.
side of the work where the sulphur wee, burnt in
the hoe and body end suffocated by the sulphur. Dairy
was covered with 'slack, &c., end severely injured; Darby,.
who was lying in the road, had his skull fractured, and his
brains were scettered &rut, the force of the explosion barer
blown him against the aide of the road; Middy wee much in- •
fractured
was at the bottom ; Joseph ()Militia bed his rob .
The witness discovered a safety Limp about
fifteen yards from French. He could not may wbat fired the
sulphur. It was the duty of the bailiff, Mr. Edward Aston,
to attend to the ventilation, but he had not seen him there
for some time. The air heads were four or five feet wide,
and ix feet high. It wee the duty of French to see that the
sir heads were kept clean. If this had been done, he thought
it would have carried away the sulphur. The road was
clear up to Saturday, the 6th instant, and the man
worked in it that day but that night a quantity of oars fell
and stopped up the IA holes. There was a fire at the bottom
of the shaft up to the time of the explosion, to aid the venti-
lation. The men win ant sent to open the bolt hales on
mount of the sulpha:. Up to within five weeks since there
were two safety lamps at the pit, end one was then taken
away, end einco that time there had been only one lamp at
the pit. He (the witness) took that up the pit on Wednes-
day night, and had it cleaned, and took it down again on the
Thursday. He had several times applied to James Williams
and French Griffiths for more lamps, and they replied they
would see Mr. Mills about it. Ho (the witness) did not con-
sider that one lamp was sufficient. The proprietor of the pit,
Mr. Mills, went to the pit occasionally, end gave &realer,
bat did not descend. The witness, in answer to
farther said there Ina not much sulphur fore month=
eapkeion. He brat times found sulphur 30 or 40 yards from
the bailout. In rawer to Mr. Collis, he said there were three
or tour lamps altogether. There was only ono la the pit, but
he saw two or three in the engine bore.
A jurymen—Had not some lamps to he borrowed after the
eritenwilinisa—No ; it was before the espladon hap-
pened. (In answer to Mr. Collis)—Mr. Mills.' clerk had the
care of the lamps in the office. They could be had by ril-
ing for at any time. He wee under French. The witness or
French could have had lamps by asking any lime. Joseph
Bird wee stationed at the bottom of the pit by him and
French to prevent anybody going into the crop side of the
mine.

Mr. Brat:lb—lt is a question of ventilation, not of lamps.
Mr. D. Timmins, surgeon, of Dudley, said he attended the
decimated, George French. The head and face were alight)y
burnt; the blood was oozing from the mouth and nom • both
arma were burnt, more particularly the back parts, and the
back itself severely. He made • pad morktes ammination,
end described the •pprraoor. He said the immediate cause
oldie* was the inhaWbn of noxious gee such gas as would
be in the pit when the explosion occurred. Death vie not
caused by the burna.
After some further evidence the inquiry was adjourned for
a weak.