The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-26 00:00:00

BRISTOL.

The coroner's inquest bofore J. P. Griedon, Es,
on six of the sufferers by the t ex tut aro '
Samuel Jefferies, Remy Starr, o. J re.
Julia mid ;Mary Ann Fulford—was resumed
day, when the followiog evidence was
John Nicholas, engine boiler-maker, oat
Phillip*, deposed that about throe weeks aen be e
upon by the captain of the Red Rover to
of the lied hover, which lay at Raoline's wt.r .
denim was presenc. It w.s an old boiler, tce rave
gone into the sides by the prosseune of the it- r.oi
was also a crack at the end where the stay gees
eighteen inches in length. Mr. Anderson asked o
he could not mend the boiler? He told him ar.
coull RCM be male safe; upon which Mr. Atider.
he would have a new boiler. A,crevrircia, wt h-.
put a patch over it Witness told him that h
to have known better than to have mended retch s
that it would never be safe to trust a cat with m
remonstrated with him, and begged him not to fat
packet, up .n which he was sagry, took up hit C.,t
left the house, saying he knew what a boiler w
would not stay there to be made a fool of. list t
tuned to witness's advice, he would have b-en
The boiler spin ared to have been mode of old iron.
Tao witness and jury than went to inspect the r,x
of the boiler, which lay io a blue is ne
and, on their mum, his xaminsiion woe ro-:7.
He said he bad sees the remains of the b 'der. sad t • e
phone, having been parted by vi,lence. Con,i !ere:
plosion to have been mused, tire:, by the want it
is the plates, end mat by there being an :
her of stays. In such a boiler there ought to rave
stays, and there are but three. The plates, wh.n cs o w.
5-16 Ms of an inch, but it is thinner by w:ar ; i 7
have bson 1 16th, or lof an inch thi.k. The bei,er Lid ?I
ploded at the sides, and the nuts of the st eye `e, re -rte.
tnraugh: I consider the aceide,d to have arts nf-n --
thinness of the plater, and from there not having beta se.':
sient stays to strengthen them. Witt' a bri.er t
thickness witness had never seen the cute infs. The
hs knew, used to leak sometimes ro as to lut :he ti's out.
Albert Brain deposed that he wagon haard the tied liver
and heard Mr. Anderson come and *peek to tae enpe.e,r
The engineer tried the gauge-codes of the toiler, and Mr.
Mader, on asked him if he had not better give a few stela
at the pump, and told him to be ostoiro!ar is purer:tog is
suffloient water. About a minute Met re the exoloston the
captain tried the safety valve.
JAMES Tamlin, Waterman, dersed -hit in Ili be
was in treaty (Jr the purchase et the li lit eel r,j-cted
her, as he did not consider her in wakil g soder, scm. it her
tubes leaking.
Samuel Cherry deposed that he had locked over tl.e yet
mains of the eaploded b..der. lice injuries were at
sides and top. Witness was on board th vestal C. re r-e
exploded. Mr. Anderson tried the earety v este, 051 :he
steam was half up. Oa the lower geure coot Meg tr,,.:
there was no water, and the pumps were worked for two Ct
three Ol'llUlis.
John G oneh, engineer, &peed that he looked at the 1:.•1
R. Nor a we,k since, with a view to a purchase, and
sati-tied with her engines and boiler. He should
have been farad, wilt ear, to have worked thern
twelve months; but a new heifer was contemplated. M ::-
ness thought that the explosion had been caused by an excess
of steam.
Mr. Lawther, engineer, said he had seen the boiler a week
ago and enssidered it in good condition. He thought
the accident had been occasioned by some pave* other than
Wulf ; probably, the generation of some explosive gee, but
he could not tell what.
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gaged to clean out the boiler. 11* took out a baririr-fuel
make
horse-Janet which a previous engineer had put to ma • c
steam and stop the crack.
endterrasiundoote
T.uhrreered beaninelirtwnoo fmartorheerboeidliesi.netbe'en Wand. been is ue.
Only one death "h
was
has pleovrurt elpn,atrat etdhl awntlaohstbliCe; dlypr itorces:et di
deaths.ed
found. hu:

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A •rebetre

Tali LATE GEORGE STErlilitNatla.—
At a meeting of the Instittrion of Mechanical Enginera.
held in Birmingham, oa Wednesday evening, Mr J. 1.•
M'Coanell in the chair, the members resolved to exert then:•
selves to procure subscriptions, tor the purpose of rector;
uitabls monument in hoixtur of this late George Stepheron.
The place for depositirg it is not let fixed upon, bat it
understood that the authorities at Westminster Abbey hoe
made some objection to plugs; the monument in that
editice, and di Paul's has been "worsted instead.
POW Ku-Lm %V t VERS. STRIKE. —ln In conettiner.ce
Ku-Loom
of some of the factory masters of Barnsley ticni.
made addiii3na to the leng.ths of their weeps with,•:,:.
mskiog any addition to the weavers' wage*. I
took place of the weavers of Mr. T. Richaraser.
I which terminated in the fore part of last nr..:
by Mr. Richardeen complying with the wear,"
request. A deputation then waited up'n Me•fr•
P:got and N ewton, r. questing them to make their gooir
coding to the standard length u stated in the list of
This they refused to do. The w eeeee s struck, am! shnit
of them are walking the streets Dyers, bleschere end ;al
down complain bitterly of those loco lengths, for sluchn
of them recuve any additional price. It is thogyht that
t.
suite will terminate with the week.
RAILWAY PtsSItNGERS. l'esterdar a
mentary paper was printed, showing that in the year tn.: •.
the 31st December last there were as mane a'
passengers by railways, of which number i`1.101.867 11'"
the half year ending the 30,h June, and 31,073,672 .5
half year ending the 314 December, The total
from Pawerfron were 6.277.892 i. to. 7.1., aid from
cattle, pare. Is, mails, Sc , 5.629 &W.
total receipts in the year 11,80t3,A9E1, Se, Wid., or sosottl
under one million per month.