The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-03 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL WOOL SALES.

LIVERPOOL
(BFFORR MR. SANDS.)
GERMAN AGAINST HOLLAND.— MOthE Geyer, a Germs,n
goid , said he had an observatied or two to offer, aZ.
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chain, and 23s in mr:ney, from a Dutchman, namedst;,.,,
Jew, was charged with-having stolen a watch and
the gentlemen present. would beet with him
'
of the said cif all parties had been posted at
follows :-
Richard Robertson. The history of the case
was as
--,The prisoner met prosecutor in Paradise-Previous to the eounneneelatmt cr the st,,.o.Mbr.trWytleide
Docks, and amongst tiles« his
street, in company of. two females, and after having found it -had been removed,
some drink, they went to a house in Spi:alfield,
tilla e ' _ Mr. Cowan, who replied that it ..
they Went to bed in the same room, and about one in removed, without the sanctian of
the morning; the prisoner got tip, and rail - off With the labourer named Robinson. (He .....,..
watch, &e. He was caught by a police ()fa pe
officer, who got ntlence. He also read the staterneo
the watch and chain on his person. He was committed Sod, it la purer at the dock, who M
for a month; as it was his first offence. . directed to take down the notice of
ROBBERY BY A SHOP GIRL.—A young *omen, named Ronald. He (Mr. Wylie) spoke in St!
...
Henrietta' Jones, who was in the employment of Mrs. conduct of Mr. Ronald, and :Aired 11. e . --
James Redmond, haberdasher and mintier, of Scotland- they thought of such a proceeding ? He cen
road, as shop woman, was charged with hating stolen a condnctof Mr. Ronald, for haring or. eyed a
)
variety of articles, such as used in the business. Mr. labourer lo do what he ( 4r. Renald woul
Bluck was for the prosecution. It appeared that Mrs. hiihself. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Ranald at once ibv
Redmond missed a variety of ribbons, blonde, gloves, he told the man to take down Mr. Wylft's no.-- .
and the like, and that afterwards, such things were found the board where his (Mr. Ronald's) notice was, a
in the house of prisoner's mother. The prisoner also would not allow his name on the suit? ii;?:
received 6s on behalf of her mistress, - which she els Wye's imit he did not prevent the notla,
ewlihere—,on another board —he only of
kept, and also took several child's hoods, and other
things out of the shop. It appeared, that she had gone being along with his own name. He sai 1
under several names, and had obtained the situation of own act, and had no connection v,qratev
Mrs. Redmond by means of false representations, and Mrs. committee or Woolbrokers' Association,
individual, he was ready to take any rcsp,
Redmond said she did not wish to press the charge,
himsdf for what he had done, but he would
although she though it right to bring the case forward to
the act laid to the committee or the associatio
prevent other persons from being imposed upon His
they knew nothing of it. Mr. Littledale sal
Worship said Mrs. Redmond had acted quite right in
that respect, and also most kindly in not pressing the glad to find it was not the act of. the associath _
it been, he, for one, would have strongly 'Cowl
charge. The prisoner was remanded:
(Fleas, hear.) It was the act of Mr. Ronald' air
(BEFORE MESSRS. HOLT AND SANDS.) sThatever might be thought about it, it Wasi cal
A RUFFIANLY HIISBAND.—WM. Marney, who reisdes him to say it was his own act. Whatever differs;
in Rupert-place, was charged with having committed a might exist between the association and Mr. Wy!ie, vv,l4 desperate assault on his wife, who is near her confine- not a matter for them, but he thought -Mr. Ronald was
ment. The prisoner came home the previous night in a not perhaps justified in acting as ho bad. I, was
state of intoxication, and, without any provocation, struck pleasing, however, to find that the association 4.7,t7 not
her a violent blow with a poker, which cut tier head aware of the proceeding. Mr. Ronald said, Mr. II ylie
severely. The prisoner was sent to gaol for three did not act up to the rules of the association, and,
months, with hard labotir, therefore, lie could not allow his name to remain on the
A SAVAGE.—Henry Guy, a resident of Oresshall-street, same board with his own. Mr. Littledale trusted that
was charged with having bitten the ear off a man named such an occurrence would not happen again. The matter
Thomas M'Donough. The parties lodged in a house in then dropped. A gentleman said, as that seemed to be
er osshall-street, and on Wednesday night they had a a general court for the recital of grietances, he would
rght, when the prisoner actually bit the ear off COM- state a grievance of which he had to complain. (Cheers
plainant. He was sent for trial at the sessions. and laughter.) He then complained of the hardship
(BEFORE MESSRS. AIKIN AND SMITH.) and fatigue awarded to the buyers for several years past,
Mattriva FRIENDS.—Edward Davis and John Evans,
pwreorveiscihoaurgdeedawleirth havingsurn assaulteder a
Tl4h le pr Jamesr Sin having to go through a variety of warehouses looking
,
at the wool, which frequently kept them nine hours a
isonerhserwreintit' day, and nearly killed some of them.. (Loud . laughter.)
into the shop by way, as they said, of making friends
He suggested that this "grievance'' should be done away
with, by paling wool into one or two stores, which were
with complainant, and they certainly proceeded to do it
n
in a decidedly novel way. Davis took up a weight, and now ready. This suggestion met with general approval,
swore he would dash the brains out of complainint, and the sale proceeded.
whilst Evans took up a large carving knife, and swore MESSRS. LAW AND WYLIE)S CATALOGfia CIF 3,914 BALES.
he would cut Mr. Sherritt's throat if 'he survived the
scattering of his brains from the blow of the weight.
Davis did get hold of and nearly choked him. Mr.
Bluck was for the prisoners, and, Cu cross-examination,
the witness said the priSdners Were drunk, and he
admitted that Evans did not strike him. Mr. Bluck
contended that the latter should be discharged, and their
Worships did liberate him, telling the complainant to
summon him for having used threats. The other
prsioner was sent to gaol for one month.

SIXTH DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

Yapping

I the

not d

with 131

'eing put up

Lot.
1
2
3
4

Per lb. Lot. Bales. Per lb. Lot. Bales. cer It
711 63 .50 106 la 101,4
81c1 54 50 106 1 0(1
9,1,1 55 50 107
Old 58 50 1107
Id 67 50
7tl 58 60
511 59 *0
6d 60 50
61d 61 53
4
61d 62 51
7+,,1
id

• la 21(1

1 11(8 12
1108* 12

109 12
110 10

(BEFORE MR. AIKIN.)
BEGGING, A PROFITABLE TRADR.—A woman, aeon] •
panied by five children, one in arms, was placed in the
dock, charged with vagrancy. She gave her name as
Mary Warden, and said she was a Widow. Pollee con-
stable 645, who preferred the charge, said that he caddht
the woman and children begging in Lord•street, and,
from the frequent complaints he had had from gentlemen,
took her into custody. In fact the, children extended
quite across the street, and it was dangerous to see them.
He had since visited her house, No. 1 court, Gore-street,
and found it respectably furnished, and several lodgers.
He had enquired about the children, but could not
ascertain to whom they belonged, or Whether they were
her own, but he had ascertained the fact that she only
left her home at five o'clock, and in less than two hours
had realised the sum of 5s 41. The woman, on promising
not again to go to thJ court, was discharged.

2 71d

112
lid • 113
114
11.9
116
117
113
119
120

2
1 10fr1
5 6d
2a 84
1d 81(1
24 81,d

64 50

h
14
1

4
lb
1

65 60
o;0 66 50
81 67 50
SP 68 60
81.1 C 9 50
811 70 50
80 71 79
81d 72 50
7d 73 50
7d 74 50
611 I 75 50
7W 76 .10
Sid 77 50
6d 7.8 .50
5.1 79 50
sAil 80 89
Si 81 60
4d 82 50
sid 83 50
72d 84 50
14d 85 50
6:td 86 50
9.1 87 50
88 50
89 50
90 .50
91 .50
•12 50
03 50
94 58
95 50
96 50
97 50
98 63
99 44
100 79
101 7
102 50
103 50

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14,1,r1 I 122

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TERRIFIC COALPIT EXPLOSIUN AT

DUKINFIELD

FOUR PERSONS KILLED,

—•
A serious accident, resulting in the death of four Frsons
and injury to two others, occurred on Tuesday morning, at one
of the pits of the Dunkirk Coal Company, near Dukinfield:
The company have several pits in the neighbourhood ; the one
iu question, known as the " Now Pit," or the cc Big Mine,"
iA situated in the open ground about half a mile on the south of
the town of Dukinfield and the Guide Bridge OM Hall. At
this point is the up-draught shaft, another pit at a distance.

and in co
is 22G yai

ineetioa with it having the down drangli
as deep, and the tinder-ground work'n

The pi;
ranch in

various di

ions. About 120 men and boy

Iliery, and these are lostered awn
ast five to six o'clock, tlio latter

tho morning, from
ing the time .for

The overlooker is Mr. Wray, and
ion is the under looker. The deceased dearer

commencing wor

Wl(liam

rut his o'clock in the rr

called the " head gobb."Tii

foot of the shaft,

ris s'retehes southward, from the
)'of 600. yards. The coal, about

I 104 3

thick, had bi

I_,ls far as Lilo boundary, and tho

men were " robbing," as it

5 no bid
6 '

is not very inappropriately termed.
treatity, masses of coal aro left in

rower and

---,wee apart, to act as supports for the
On receding from the extremity towards the
shaft, these pillars of coal are partially or wholly hewn away,
called " robbing," and their places are supposed to be supplied
—and in this pit, we understand, are supplied—by wooden
props. While a number of the colliers were thus employed,
some 350 yards from the shaft, a large block of the roof,
estimated to weigh several hundred tons, fell without the least
warning, about seven o'clock, and crushed four of them to
death. The following aro the names of the unfortunate men :
George Hadfield, of Church-street, Dukinfield, aged 20, single
man ; Robert Clough, Charlestown, Ashton under-Lyne, single
man, aged 24 ; Joseph Williamson. Charlestown, single man,
aged 22; and James Collier, aged 24, of Dukinfield, leaves a
widow and one child. Two others narrowly escaped with their
lives. One of them, Joshua Bumby, was crashed, and had his
hip dislocated ; the other, Samuel Scotson, was also hurt inter-
nally, but was able to walk home. As soon ns the accident
was discovered, a messenger was despatched for medical
aid ; and on Buwby being brought up to the shaft, he was
immediately attended to by Mr. Ross, of Dukinfield, surgeon,
and then conveyed to his horns. As the four deceased were
completely buried, and it was impossible to raise such a load
from them, as many persons (under the direction of the under-
looker, the overlooker being also in attendance at the pit) as
could
be got to such a confined spot were set to the work of
recovering the bodies. This could only be accomplished by
ybroofu Ggrh eto. to
Hadfield the s surface, tce,
was
recovered then those
at of
ha Robertlipa
undermining the fallen mass, which involved considerable
labour, At half-past nine o'clock the remains of Joseph
Williamson
tewl°elvugelh The were brought
These were crushed to the utmost degree, the
st
watch even of one of them being completely flattened. The
remains of James Collier were not reclaimed until about
three o'clock in the afternoon. Ile was also severely crushed
in the upper part of the body, and death must, in every in-
stance, have been instantaneous. The deceased were conveyed
to the Globe Inn, Dukinfield Hall, to await the inquest of the
coroner, Mr. Johnson. We believe the necessary notice of
the accident to the Secretary of State was forwarded last
evening. Soon after the occurrence the works were stopped,
and most of the hands prudently made the best of their way
to their homes, thus to anticipate the anxiety which would
have arisen, had the tidings of the misfortune otherwise
reached them.

roof of the pit,

124 30 101(1
125 35 Bid
126 Id
127 7e
12S 7.f
.129 37

130 2g 13d
131 Oh
132 6
133 I
134 5
135 14
136 5
137 14
138 20
139 3i
140 9k
141 131
142 11
143 la
144 10
145 9
146 9
147 la
118 2
131 149 2
150 la
151 1
152 1
153 6
12d 151 la

9d
/id
61d
7d

341
3VI
Sid
41d

b country damaged. c p'ckines. d locks.
g skin. h fierce. i merino. k black skin.

)CAL BOARD OF HEALTH

The usual monthly meeting of the commissioners,
constituting this board, was held at the public offices,
Egremont, last evening. Mr. Pooley, the president,
occupied the chair. The other commissioners present,
were Messrs. Penny, Fishwick, Neville, E W. Colborne,
Wilson, Hughes, Singlehurst, Littledale, Hall, an I the
Rev. Edward Roberts.

The, minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.

THE PERRY ACCOMMODATION

Mr. Neville : -Has there been any s'ep taken by the
committee appointed at the last meeting on this subject ?
The .Clerk said a copy of that resolution—the one
adopted at the last board—has been forwarded to the
Messrs. Colhornes, and I have a note from Mr. Colborne
asking what powers the board had. I then wrote to
Mr. Colborne again that there had been a meeting of the
committee, and I forwarded a copy of the resolution
adopted by them.

Within the last two years four fatal accidents have happened
at coal mines in Dokinfield, at each of which four men have
lost their lives. The unfortunate man Hadfield was most
seriously hurt, and had his leg broken about twelve months
ago, at the pit of Mr. Astley, contiguous to that in which he
has lost hie life.

REVISION OF THE BURGESS LISTS

Yesterday, at ten o'clock, was the time appointed by
the Mayor, J. Stewart, Esq.. and the Revising Assessors,
Mr. IL Bremner, and Mr. W. A. Jevons, to hold an open
court, for the purpose of revising the municipal lists of
votes, and for deciding the several claims and objections.
Mr. Buckinaster attended to watch the interests of the
Conservative, and Mr. E. Harvey that. of the
.Liberal,
parties. Shortly after the hour appointed, the Mayor,
with Mr. Bremner, took their seats on the bench, when
a gentleman announced that it would be impossible for
Mr. Jevons to attend, as he had been suddenly called
away by a severe domestic affliction, and, therefore,
expressed a hope that the court might be adjourned
iintil such a time as Mr Jevons could attend and devote his
g--
time and attention to the duties he was called upon to per-
form. The !Mayor said he understood that he had the sole
plwer of decidin
or not. If only his own convenience was at stake, he
whether the court should be adjourned
should certainly not have objected to an adjournment,
but feeling that a large number of parties had been
called together, and as it would be of great inconvenience
to them to attend again, he did not see how he could give
his assent. At the same time, he regretted that he could not
comply with the request, and would, therefore, proceed with
the court, assisted by the person Mr. Jevons bad appointed.
Mr. Buckmaster and -Mr. E. Harvey explained to the
Mayor that no inconvenience would occur to any person,
as most of them had been apprised that an adjournment
would be asked for ; and as the other Revisionary Court
did not -adjourn until a late hour on the previous
evening, it would be a great convenience to all parties.
The Mayor then said with that explanation, he had no
objection to adjourn' the court. The court was then
adjourned until

Mr. Neville : Then, in fact, nothing has been done?
The Clerk : Mr. Colborne is present, and, perhaps,
he will state what course he intends to pursue.
The Chairman : I do not see that he is called upon to
do that.
Mr. Colborne
matter.

I shall not do so—it is a private

The Clerk : I merely asked you if you would.
THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.
_

Mr. Neville: Has the sub-committee on this subject
had a meeting ?
The Clerk : There has been no meeting of the corn •
mittee.

Mr. Penny : There were a few persons, appointed from
the different boards connected therewith, me' together
for the purpose of considering what was to be done. At
that meeting there were present representatives from
the different railways, and likewise from the Birkenhead
Commissioners and Dock Trustees, and also from this
board ; and at that meeting it was agreed that a special
notice should be given, stating what was required of the
Town Council. The notice had been submitted to the
Corporation of Liverpool and to the dock committee. As
to the approaches to the landing stage—that was a sub.
ject so intimately connected, that it could not be then
discussed—it was expected that a day would be specially
fixed forit to be brought on. At present they had
received no communication. The notice was only placed
before the dock committee.
Mr. Littledale : The fact is, that we have done