The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-18 00:00:00

THE TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION AT

aoresamrms.

1N1,11., —(TH DS DAY.)
Thin intoning Mr. Carter, the coroner for
storey, opened ae topmost at the Horne public-home,
touching the sleuth of Hamm) Wild, Molnar Pinks, Jame*
Kelly, Alexander Bark, Patrick Canty, and Alfred Darien.
eart, who were killed on Monda♦ by the explonion of •
.team boiler on the premises of Mowers. Francis and Joseph
Itolart, oil cake manufactures, Lower Ordnance Wharf,
Itntherhithe.

Mr. Wall,r, a.,licitor, of the firm of Waller and Son, 27,
dKingrt.atreet, Chearode, appeared op behalf of Mews.
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The jury haring been sworn,
The Coroner said they were assembled together to inquire
into a very serious matter, and before they commenced he
would ask them to dismiss from their minds anything they
had beard touching the melancholy affair, sail to return a
verdict according to the evidence given.
The jury having clown Mr. Yeah as their foreman, pro-
ceeded to view the bridles of the six deceased who, with one
exception, were the premier.
It appears that the other four sufferers who expired on
beard the Dreadnought will require another coroner to hold
en lammed oe them on hoard the ship on which they died.
He the return of the jury the Ind wirer called was
Itkbard Riley. who said—l am a labourer. living in Lower
I have seen all these ladies since the sod-
&""ltrir: tee them AIL Alexander Burk way our forma&
Our premise were milled the Ordssoce Wharf. dames
Kelly, Petrick Canty, 15, Thomas halts, 34 (smith),
Samuel Wild, 24 (comne.driver), Alfred Deterred, were
all reeportively employed at the wharf. I think Mr.
Derrensart was eh nit twenty years of lige. I last saw
them six penman alive about haler 6 o'clock on Monday
evening, the 16th instant. They were at that time in the
11141004.111%.
Mr. Waller ben esplaised that yens( Mr. Duo lamest
wee sot employed ea the premiers being as it were a mere
were
■imes rosined—Pinks bed come os Monday to do seam.
Wog to the swim. There was • joint broken, which we
Astected ivy the map, of resin from the steam pipe. 1
=Wild tell Mr. Devisers', that there was • joint
Upon last they both pulsed into the engine-mom.
When I saw theta hat Wild wan cutting the packing be-
[ de the jells, sod Mr. Doviensart was beside him. and
the Mime were leVie,os. At this time only ono
boiler was in and only one lumens
err Dr ill had charge of this boiler soil
ft, Mr. Figenell tar charge of the boiler duri •
the dm, When Irma ears on in tie eveaing he append
ped.health sad perfectly caber. Ho wee a sober man. I
west est elf the segisivreem while they wee, in the parities
I have dermas&asi left the engine-room to go and got half
a pistol beer. When 1 left 1 said I would Ilaba,lc by the time
Miele* nee put in and the boiler at work again. I had
M doubt el the •ftibility of the hailer. 1 left the premier,
mid ea Ipt esti& • loud explosion took place. 1 then
am It mein and went Isla the cake mom. I went round
Seth, side of the elegise ream towards the river. I then
seared Yr. Neon, the headed of this house, sod Jolts
Dna. I ass fwd that the Miler bad exploded. 1 looked
ire the seglisseeem but meld em sethiag but smoke sad
Mara, with Midi the room wee Iliad. I then helped to
carry Jobe Nark to the river side sad put him in a boat.
Afterwards I sow ethers takes out of the eager=
all el Mims were deed. They were all very much d*
by embia, besides berm very much contused. There wee
se mar of their escaping from the explosion,
If they wen 1.1 the perioe to which I lint law them. I
had sever beard my complaint, of this boiler. As far ea I
man warms, if wee is cooditide to be worked —it wan a Int-
-1 sate haler. At the time el the explosion the boiler was
sr being warted, es resat of the leakage. I did not ab-
eam whether the atom was abut or not. I did not nee
rink ads sagging to the boiler, only about to rdeolote the
Pt the Jerp—WSl Mapped tbe mere when he mine es
after Pargeseem WI There was every meadow» is the
boiler by the Ems she wwtt Imo the eatine.roam. There
we en steam le the rem "boa RIM went in.

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