The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-23 00:00:00

CBARGE OF CRUELTY IN A MILL.

At vr
th Chester on Wednesday, William Tabner, overlooker
4
e factory of Messrs. Booth, Lee, and Co:, silk mann-
:, 4:attzerstin; oaf Patricroft, was charged before Mr. Trafford with
young woman named Ann Malany, one of the
~,}111444" engaged at the establishment. The complainant,
fi° is a cleaner of silk in the factory, stated that, on Friday
ght) the defendant came to her with a strap, and struck her
-it On her back, before she knew it was near her. He then
rtlehed her violently out of the place, and treated her like a
tloz
~h;' stased that she was enciente, and that the violence
,I,t had received was likely to be serious. She was
front neglecting her work at the time. Several persons
the factor~ndy attended to give evidence for the
tl,, but, upon being questioned by Mr. Trafford,
Clke.' rated that the defendant was the only man in
room where the children acd women work, and that
vvi,t, his habit to walk about with the strap in his hand, and
Aeetrtit
I;tbtwiladteoredebeefcearntydthe workpeople. They admit that they had
tl'aaafntte,ra he had beaten them with the strap, and
with the
nsttor atph.e
room The radaaily practice to thrash the children
the
et resses had he
was frequently in the habit of
har.(l. The w't when the overlooker had the strap in his
eard complaints of Tabner using
1'314 Sergeant Barlow stated that complaints had been
Ire of tho violence of this mart for eight or nine months.
are was now a c:iild laid u
h p hq
kijuries received by defendantat
beating
in
itconse withuence the
/'• Oae of the " bands," named Welch, was so severely
Nts,
tt, that she was " a mass of bruises from the top
to
Ash to the sole of her feet." He (Barlow) went
and he found her arms, shoulders, and
. breasts.h
ritr.%tti, black. He never saw such a sight in his life ,
be
rrrY totee a Christian beat in such a manner," and should
the di a brute so. Mr. Trafford said there was no mill
Nlrly"ivision with which he bad so much trouble, or so,
znee, 43Plaints of parties neglecting their work, but
.now he
they did the reason why." It was stated by the police that
it! not consider the proprietors of the mill were cognisant
ustr,l%°„°dllet of the defendant. Mr. Trafford said. he had
ass, 4, °r 30 summonses against persons in this mill, against
I'l a4lpoos from any other mill. He bad wondered how it
1111rio em °ow it was explained. He would have the matter
tighlY investigated, and the police must take out sum-
"No
at),. r every party who could give information upon it.
on
bete
L° expressed an unwillingness to attend, the police
"rea,;*`"tlY to oto his house fur further instiuction ; and
;.',(l,eeq ;'e'red the gsuperintendent to give his time to the case,
\av
the evidence well together. A system had, it appeared,
eb,earried on which required thorough investigation. It
L'llovlagh to make one's blood. run cold, to hear of a big
,ittioi Le the defendant walking about amongst a number of
t°
4°01) t
children with a strap in his band, use if neces-
hem in awe. The defendant wasto then remanded.

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-P4TAL EXPLOSION ON TILE LANCASHIRE

AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.

1)obled n'otesda at six o'clock, a most respectable jury assem-
Coroners Court Room, Bolton, before Mr. Taylor,
44,;`,vfor the purpose of holding an inquest on the body of
rttt
r,eting, aged 20, a guard on the Lancashire and York-
l`waV who died the day previously in the Bolton
from • j ries received near Singh station. on the
"lit a„,,n`l Blackburn line, by the explosion of the engine
Glarede.urolz the evidence of Ellis Isherwood, the stoker, it
about. two o'clock in the afternoon, Henry
,;(1 engine driver, and.
.Henr.y Young guard, were in
4 ballast train, comprising six empty and two loaded
s
Id.kriliin°", 4160 engine, tender, and guard's van. The train v47a
°ll the main line, the two loaded waggons being.
fisleci, the • driver and guard being on the engineOtt,
fit -,"te stoker englaef
fortunately under the engine, cleaning
fireplace.was oThe engine driver was feeding the
itattlt-s9tl'. Coke, and the guard was standing by his side
h,l" -e,t'tne About three minutes after witness went under
tline
, he heard the steam blowing off in an unusual
4% tb '9 as if from the bursting of a tube. Ho became alarmed.
began to move towards- Blackburn, when witness
is.!'illst-i,li_resenee of mind to lay himself down on the ground,
it a 4 "'engine and tender went over him, without doing
st v The train only went a shot., distance before
11',,tterPet,d' 44nr.d. on Isherwood going up to see what was the
teed
11%1e saw the deceased hanging frem the side of the tender
Pl,l ~1-"e6d d , his feet being fast to the handrail of the
dntett a,iThe fireboxown end of the boiler was blown out, and the.
run out severely scalding the deceased. The engine
' -44 also been, driven on to the embankment, a distance
OhllttL'ien.o yards, by the force of the explosion. Assistance
I,„l'a and the deceased r.eleased. from his position,
114 d °"'s discovered that, besides being seriously
.scalded,
.ee,i
'stigoo: ved a shocking wound on the bottom of his belly.
at4r'k the engine driver, had also been struck on the
It severely wounded, his clotheshaving also been
ki`,4 from his body. The poor fellow only lived about
110inntes after the occurrence. Young was conveyed
r
Isfferi 444 and taken to the infirmary, where, f._
?tiredt! 4bout three bouts of intense agony, b •
'rite engines were made upwards of ten years ago
con
agoby
iNtea Sharp,. Roberts and Co., of Manchester, and w
tht 1' With two valves, which blew off at a pressure of64lbs
Inhch• These velves had blown off only about an boor
e "eurrence. The plate which had been forced out
4,.44trr141 of the boiler was hurled a distance of sixty eight
~?"4 the engine John ather, a plae layer, assisting
11;Ptieat°fa75 of the acci.dent, corroborated thet stoker ass to the
e 'loe Bof the fatal occurrence. James Tong, foreman over
etive department at Bolton, said he had known the
d brat eight years ;it was not then a new one, but. it was
jt,*'4 irn"er, and, up to two years ago, ho had occasionally
:',111,,` During the whole time it bad been at work, and
,4°Y,4"harlY Previous to the accident he had examined it exter-
l''terl -4
seen no defects. At this stage of the enquiry it was
eo
1;4, t and
and I proceed with any further
.evidence until the
Practical gentleman
had been thoroughly examined by some scion-
gentleman ; and the coroner was instructedl
Xit,,t of nieate with Mr. Fairbairn, of Manchester, and int
,Tax:, not being able to make the necessary examination,..th
ia es Burrows, of Wigan, to be communicated with,
t 4
it:l44te't Was, therefore, adjourned until Wednesday, the