The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-07 00:00:00

PIKE IVA TER,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMPA• fiV
Sir,—Out of the many objections to tbenf
water, perhaps the mast important is that of
effect on lead (if true.) Now this is very easill
instead of lead cisterns substitute slate; the oP
now made very light, always clean, and tilef
lead cistern will sell for more than the cost ° j,
slate.—Yours, &c., AO°

[ADVERTISEMENT.)
THE SHIP J. L. WARNER•

. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN 113'15. '4
Sir,—T be
he report published in some paPeir I,'
calculated to misguide, and incorrect as `-tP,
cause of the ship J. L. Warner remaining
,1• '
strand known as Sacamsciau, near We'fbr':lii
have to state briefly, that on the 15th Jani-la
went on board the ship, then laying nearlY
beam ends in about fifteen feet of water, an' etY
menced operations. On the 19th wrote took,
Manager of the United States Tug Colllsed
with whom I hid previonaly agreed to the
the tugs leaving •Liverpool not later than pJ
24th ; on the 27th, waiting tugs ; 28°1110,
tugs ; floated the ship, when she righted w'" fee'
feet water under her, and at least tw°ci oreAl
of water to spare oa the -shallowest grain of'
which she had to pass. My undertaking, s°eoff,
lifting the ship and floating her, was thus a' 51)1
plished; but having no anchors, grounded, th ecoti
sitting upright; the 29th, no tugs at high 1,004 d
On this day the evening tide cut very munli,
why: die ship was not brought to Llverr"
Yours &c.,
JOHN WILSON g

THE LANGUAGE Or THE WIRE.;:.—The vpDfie,
copy of a message recently sent by telegraph
`.
Third Eois'le of John, 13 and 14 verses." signed, „
By referring to the text it will be seen that there :',i'eAtv
a respectable letter centained in the verses dee'rA
and likewise a small amount of money saved,lol3?„t
" I had many things to write, but I will not vital lye
pen write to they. But trust I shall, shortly see t 0,4
we shall speak face to face. Peace be to the,,/
friends salute thee. Greet thy friends by naree'
John, 13th and 141.
l;lcyatej
SHOCKING PIT ACCIDENT.—FOUR PERSON'S
On Tuesday afternoon, about four o'clock, at thell "et 0,10
Colliery, near Bailiff Bridge, Low Moor, an acei'7ol,l
frightful character occurred. and proved instantlY
three persons, and during the day to a foUrth PerFfiff,li
pads not sunk to the bottom, and blasting was s'lteeivls
on. The deceased had lighted a fuse, and were of'"tbe;::4
descend the shaft to explode the powder, whet!, fie ll;'0
came in contact with foul air, whichexploded, and e 0
in its course blew up the landing boards. The ...'„isttb
were looking down were blown a considerable ;.e3ll
end when found three of them had their beads seve-p11:1,
their bodies. The names of the deceased are forfveilriit
(Pike), John Tordoff and Henry Woodhead tile)
and Samuel Robertshaw, one of the proprietors o;jec9
(who survived the accident a few hours). All the eeikool
were married men.—Leeds Mercury. From the bad
given at the inquest it appears that sufficient care eittlefir
been taken by the unfortunate men themselves' the I:0
providing sufficient ventilation for the pit, or leerrie;`"
cautions observed when blasting. One of. the Pfl.,,—tef,
named Thomas Pitts, stated that he wished a 14;
the p
been got, measuring 22 inches by 11, bat t,bee'erlYe
which had been nut down by the deceased, x‘e"eer'eloi'
measured only 9 inches by 5, and this, it 0131)„"j blot
insufficient to carry off the sulphur accumell`,l4o:l)l
The witnesses were examined at considerable le'renoes
nothing was elicited to criminate any person,
verdict returned w6s—" Accidentally killed by et: race
of gas," the jury being of opinion that the 11';
sufficiently ventilated. The deceased,. Robertsht"
of the partners. , fe' je
REVOLUTIONARY Reercs.—A dealer in old
other cant away articles, residingett Lyons, fined, rd to '4,0,
ago, amongst a lot of m'scellaneous matters o,'tteto ref
a small copeer"ca,e, containing two autograph 'e,.c
Dr. Guillotin to Robespierre, dated Lyons, Jarlee';!eofelr,
de ailing ,he advaataees, promptitude, and.ab3°7ote wdir
in the punishment of death effected by the guiiloll
he had just invented. In one of these letters, llejtt
him to aSk Denton to send in a favourable r.eP fsoe,
Legislative Assembly, and to speak, himself, teegtoref
the invention. The second letter is one of thane A6-osll,
spierre, for having supported his application to t otll,te
bly. It bears the date of March. 27, 1792 ' eIP sd°/;1,4'
week having elapsed since the guillotine had 'bee infe,ol
as an instrument of death, and thanks voted to Oleo 01010,
Tne general opinion that Dr. Guillotin Waseoreor;ef
first victims of the terrible instrument is an oge-
died a natural death oa May 26, 1814. at the cost
The two letters in question, and the coPPer it
immediately purchased frcim the dealer for S.lres yt'r4
EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT.—A girl named eeilolf
in the service of Mr. Claxton, farmer, of Stoke be 10,14
Norfolk, recently absconded with nine £lO eete3eceee:o6
to her master, and having adopted male attire, shyte
getting quite away. The character assumed 011'1,
"
seems to have been that of a fist" yottef.„bell,ei,'l,
travelled twice by railway from London to 0!"(Ife;,
laid in a liberal supply of of clothes, two ehured
and other books. A day or two since she erl'e:e- ode' !,.1,
Yarmouth, where, still playing the part she he:, eigel;ol
she incurred a considerable tavern bill, bougneeoe9
indulged in the usual diversions of youtb.,,,, tent'or
however, her career was cut short, the Pot` stet. jot
into custody on the charge of robbing her Ina all
ell
found that the foolish girl had dissipated near"
gotten money.