The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-28 00:00:00

TItBAERDAPB GALA

FIVE LIFEBOAT YEN DROWNED.

The schooner Only Hon, from London for Dieppe,
went ashore at Boulogne at 8 p.m., dose to the bolt jetty.
The lifeboat, moaned by ten men, was proceeding to
rescue the crew, when she capsized, and five of her
crew were drowned. The crew of the Only Son were
saved at 11 p.m. by the rocket apparatus. There was a
heavy westerly gale blowing and much sea on.

A SCHOOL BLOWN DOWN.-400 PEIZSOYS

B URIB!).

A shocking calamity occurred at Rochdale
yesterday. The weather in that town was boisterous, and
the wind blew in fearful gusts in the streets. Ina new
street off Spotland-road a row of houses has just been
completed, and two of them are so constructed as to
answer the purposes of a Sunday-school. Mr. Beswick,
of Manchester, was the contractor. and Mr. Turner,
of Yorkshire-Aced, and Mr. Watts, schoolmaster,
were the owners, and had opened the school under the
the sanction of the Wesleyan body, to ascertain if • new
school in that part of the town would answer. If not, the
building was so constructed that at any time it could be
altered into two houses. Yesterday the place was opened
for service for the first time; and lathe afternoon Mr. John
Ashworth, author of "Strange Tales," preached a sermon.
There were present about 400 persons. The service began
at half-pest two, and shortly after one of the windows was
blown out by a gust of wind. Little notice was taken of it,
and the service proceeded until five minutes to four, when
another violeut blast heaved up the roof, the gable end
fell in, and the two side walls fell inwards, after which the
roof crashed in upon the whole. A distressing scene of
confusion and horror ensued. Some hundreds of the
unfortunate persons managed to creep out from under the
debris but a large number were buried beneath, and
their cries for help were piteous to hear. Those that
had escaped and the neighbours heroically pulled
away the fallen timber and bricks, and gradually released
the unfortunate persons. The tire brigade, and Captain
Davies, with the police force, soon appeared at the scale
and exerted themselves in removing the fallen building
and liberating the injured persons. Miss Nuttall, Mary s-
gate, milliner, for half en hour was imprisoned by a large
bcam on her feet, and she displayed great fortitude and
patience until released. From the time the catastrophe
happened to the time when all wen takes out, about an
hour and • half elapsed. Ao fir as could be ascertained
at the time, noperson was killed, but the following persons
were seriously injured :
Miss Jane Cooper, Hudson-street, off Spotland-road,
fr,tured forearm.

"'Miss Mary den, Spotland-read, fractured thigh.
Mrs. Sarah Kay, wife of Mr. James Kay, Mitchell.
stree fractured leg.
Mr.t, James Taylor Spotland-road, fractured forearm.
Mr. James Slates, Spotland-road, injury to back.
Mite Kershaw, eon-street, injury to leg.
Mira Sarah Trickett, injury to leg.
Miss Nuttall, St. Mary's-gate, oompouud fracture to
leg.
Mr. Lomax, Back reel-street, incised *maid back 61
the head.

Edmund Kepley, Moleeworth-streg, two or three
scalp wounds.
The Rev. Mr. Elston, of Yorkshire-street, two large
scalp
. w
li Turner, draper, Yorkshire-street, bruises oa the
head.

—Alexander Pitts, eon of the Rev. Mr. Pitts, Fenton.
street, leg and thigh broken.
Mr. 1„-Iweris, Mitchell-etreet, right foot crushed.
Mr. Henry Ratcliffe, of Smallrest (who someyeare
ego rendered harm memos at a fire at Mr. Henry
Kelsall's mill), injured, but it is thought not seriously.
Miss Porter, milliner, Yoricaltire.etreet. slightly injured.
Mr. Tyson, of Freehold, head mjured.

Te top part of Messrs. Stott and Piling's factory
chiming', at Rochdale. was blown dawn, and the bricks
the roof of a cottage in Dawson-square, but
rosnrtlitte'ld yesas none of the occupsnts were injured. Part of
the freed wall of a Methodist New Conneuion chapel, in
the course of erection in John-street, Rochdale, was also
blown down.