The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-14 00:00:00

CRIMEAN COURT OF ENQUIRY'

The court re-assembled on Saturday morning at. re-
usual hour. The examination of Colonel Love via' -ble.
sumed. In his opinion it would have been perfectly theypd
to have got up shelter for horses in a few weeks, 'had ig
sent to Constantinople for materials. His
displayed great energy in providing shelter for it'
horses when they had means. He had about one
stables.the
twenty men available for the purpose of erecting'
Colonel- Tulloch asked whether the paragraph °Lide
report stating that a want of ingenuity and promP`
had been shewn in the cavalry in providing shelter for t
horses, met his view of the case ? A that
Lord Lucan objected to the question, on the grip"- who
Colonel Tulloch was calling a few selected witnessek.-ect,
could not be able to form a general opinion on the all"In as
It was the court whose duty it was to form an oPitlio, it
to the conduct of the cavalry officers in not shelteripg the
horses.
The board decided that the question might be Put' god
Colonel Tulloch accordingly repeated the question, s
i bad
the witness after referring to the reply of other
men certonthe,
to the same question, declined making any reply, as
be
never considered the question. ntlf
In reply to the board, Colonel Lave said he treclue-di.,
visited the camp of his regiment, to enquire into the c°l/
tion of the horses and men.

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Colonel Griffiths, of the Scots Greys, was reca
examined by Colonel Tillloch : When his horses ea
to Kadokol, early in December, they were Belle
pretty good condition, though some were weak.
about the 3rd of January before any of the hot.:
under cover. They had no cover from the mi
November to the beginning of January. No or
given until the 16th of December. The delay was
table to the want of men and tools.

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Major Thomason, of the .sth Dragoon Guf
called, and stated that his men dug trenches a
earth for the protection of their horses, bu

success he was not prepared to say. The excessi
in his regiment, as compared with other cavalr

co.,s explained by the fact that he had more sp
few men than any other regiment
...Rawlingson, civil engineer,
oiatocl th.gt hP had examined the nature of th
thatwhe r
ien the s
o
coralrF camp was placed in the Crimea,
places horses might have been pro

was next called on

earth works.
,"as next examined as to the possw,:vbfs
Mr. Braeebridge
of protecting the hom, 3by earth works and canvass. !ails
evidence went to shew 0,,
to cover the horses separ,st%t
might have been obtained ,
at a sufficient number of top, 1,,,,
and that any amount of asskiki
Constantinople, if money was n.' object. bat
Si R. Airey was afterwardg called. He stated t A
nee might have been v°l
about the Bth and 12th November .
Lucan to prepare covering for his boe:ses, but Lord Luc
did not do so. s of
Colonel Tulloch asked whether Sir. R• Airey wilacova
opinion that want of ingenuity and romntitt;de was
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in providing shelter for the cavalry hPhoersseeisn. „„a that
Lord Lucan
objected to the question, on the gr 6- mine
it was not for witnesses, but for the' board, to deter-
t orders to Loaf;
that point. r. le the
The Judge-Advocate said the board would eOnslt
matter, and state the result at their next meeting.
The court then adjourned.

TREMENDOUS BOILER EXPLOSION'

LOSS OF FIVE LIVES

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About seven o'clock on Friday night, a terrificiamik
explosion occurred at the flour mills of Messrs. l'ost
ton and Arthur, Commercial-road, Hutchesontewntsoe,
Glasgow. At that hour, a loud report, which Wooers,'
was compared to a loud peal of thunder, and by -a
Oa;
to the roar of a piece of ordnance, was heard for ale':
siderable distance, while a dense cloud of vapour, 111-burs'
with masses of brick, timber, and other material fear'
over the vicinity. On proceeding to the locality', a 0,0.
fnl picture of devastation presented itself to tited'ivitil
For many yards around, the streets were corere,;,,oent
the debris, whilst the walls and windows of the acY"
de.
houses were battered as if with a brisk cannoo3
pone'
was in the mill itself, however, that the immense ddivh_e_re
tive force of the explosion was most obvious,
it was accompanied by the most awful consequenr's *On'
boiler itself seems to have been shivered to ribben,„'biorit3',„
the gable of the mill and a portion of the inroo e,„raref
away, and several adjoining houses,
couple of stables were utterly demolished. 00 the
Anderson, the engineer, seems to have been Mlle:beets,
spot, as a few minutes after the melancholy evl willeAr"
extricated a blackened corpse. John M'Cubbill''ninrel
was taken out of the ruins alive, but so dreadfullY loyera
that he afterwards expired. At the same time of the!:
fine horses were overwhelmed in the debris ; efieerif
was killed on the spot, the others rescued. lum,Therre 'is
of Mr. Rutherford adjoining the premises .terei-P
explosion took place, was also damaged. -n'- in e:
the employment, who were supposed to haYe,Apeir se
stable at the time, were buried in the ruins. "T`ohn
are John and Andrew Stewart. The body oft ;-8
rbaelenns.recAovbearyedx,iabinuetdthGaitiboefrtATnadrraewer,iswastsilsltratreg:aoritly
head with a brick, in South Wellington-street, n-t It,
yards from the spot, and so severely injured, till,„ael.)9t,,`lt
since expired. The poor little fellow was stanuTceier,,
side of his mother (in a back court) when the `", 003``"
occurred. Considering the terrific violence of the owner,
sion, and the dense showers of brick, stone, a.tical that
which it scattered around, it is only surprister.s was e 5
greater amount of injury to persons and property bad hie
occasioned. As it is, a man named James TOrne.r 0,110 jet
leg fractured. In a kitchen, erected over a corm he
on the ground floor, and situated within 20 feet cot lwhrie •
house, four children were amusing themselves,nipiet LS,
portion of the boiler struck the house, and c% iniere
knocked out one of the ends. They all escaped s 001
with the exception of the youngest child, vpa lace leaf
on the hearthstone, and on whose legs the Prlatjoll
and inflicted some severe bruises. The Preseriace
these children was most miraculous. The firef i,to
blown out, and portions of the furniture hurle ab,
flat beneath ; a piece of thli boiler, in weighltie
cwt., was thrown over a four-storey house on erty,
ly
side of the street, and alighting on a back Pre,,Pnie tatirtel
through the roof into a kitchen, where a wThin t'd
were assembled, all of whom escaped uninjured.
_3sl
piece, about the size of a dining room table top,,T !,
over Mr. Rutherford's brewery, in its flight tear.lo4l,
ft,
destroying] the roof of the brewery, and a 2. As
Govan-street, a distance of several hundred fee` 35 P,
the cause of this dreadful occurrence, nothing is2,t, tllo`.,
gssoa,rYarttesapett:tai
known, but there is too much reason to believe.L:. stotle';
werefitti
injection
all of
overhauledcol d water.
must have been an overheatin of the boiler ana
boiler, &c., was considered substantial in evert
,eyerA
The total destruction of property must amount 0
thousand pounds. about boilerthr ee awnede weeks cae

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LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY. -- Week :endit3gatile°o
April, 1856. —Admitted : In-patients,' 6; "t.„Paientg,
5 ; casuals during the week, 11. Discharged :
out
cured, 13 ; relieved, and at own request, 12 ; e 177'
patients, 8; irregular, 2 ; dead, 1. Remain in the bousiivtoo 9
House visitors : William Gregson, and Charles 1,3,, pr,
Esqrs. Physician and surgeon for the ensuing we. 18•
Rose, and Mr. Halton. House surgeons beef,
Halford. Junior house surgeon • Mr Cecil we • 00,
• • gotoble
Chaplain : Rev. 11. Garrod, B.A. Robert
treasurer.