Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-08 00:00:00

Rep mourning, and r.

On reaching the

felt for the deceased

church,' which

moved from the hearse and placed on tressels in front 0:

Worcester, and at the proper period of the servie,

white marble slab, one half of which was 'already occu-

pied by the. deceased lady's lamented husband,

Lady Peel, widow of the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel,
Bart., and daughter of Sir John Floyd, Bart., born
Nov. 19, 1795 ; married, June 10, 1820; died, Oct. 28,

1859."

At the close of the ceremony, the mourners
to. Drayton ; and the spectators, many of whom

returned t

was conducted in an unostentatious manner, in accord-
ance with the deceased's known wishes, by Messrs.
Charlton and Allen, of Mount-street, upholsterers to the

deceased lady

MEN

TEN LIVES LOST AND ELEVEN
INJURED AT HANLEY POTTERIES

On Saturday afternoon, a frightful accident
occurred at Hanley, caused by the carelessness of

an engine tenter, at the " big pit," at Far Green,
near Hanky, one of the coal mines belonging to
Earl Granville. At half-past two o'clock a,"cage,"

containing. six men, was being lowered dawn
the pit, while another " cage' was ascending
with 14 men who had left off work. A bell is fixed
in the engine-houso, and - when the " cagc," is

within a feW.yards.of the surface, rings to signal
to the engine tenter to stop the
by which time the
_" cage" LS at the surfa

the men get out. Unfortunately. in this instance,
just before the bell . rung, he allowed himself to
be called away to speak to some persons at the
window, and, while there, the bell rang. He ran
to stop the engine, but as it is absolutely neces-
sary to do this at the very moment the bell rings,
he was unable to avert the mischief which ensued.
Each revolution 'of the ponderous machinery pro-
pels the " cage" foitY yards, and the wheel, over
which the rope attached to the wcage"Tasses,
being about thirty yards from the ground, the
" cage" was drawn up with great speed to the
•whec‘l, over which the rope was drawing it, and,
in so doing, turned the end of the " cage," which
is open, towards the pit, When the force of the
contact precipitated the unfortunate 'men out of
the cage. Six of the poor fellows felt down the
pit .beneath, and were dashed to pieces against
the sides. of the shafts. Three others fell on the
pavement and the framework around the mouth
of . the pit, . and were instantly killed. Four
thrown in a similar way were Seriously injured,
and one escaped in a. most extraordinary manner.
• The " cage" in going over the wiaeel left him
behind, and he escaped with only a severe shock.
The' " cage," having snapped the rope, fell
against' one of the beam supporters; which it
broke, and then fell with a crash on the iron
pavement beneath, a portion of which it, broke
into fragments, and was itself, greatly damaged
by the fall. The descending " cage was sent
with terrific force to the bottom of the pit, forcing
its occupants into violent .collisionwith each other,
and with the' sides and roof of the " cage,"--the
upper roof Of which was also broken through by
the falling bodies of the unfortunate men who
'had been thrown from the'" cage" above, and
who came down with very heavy force. Although
Some of these men.were severely injured, no one
was • killed, or received wounds from which
it is expected they will not speedily re-
cover. Lord Granville's .agent, SPI3-
times Bourne, came to the spot very shortly
after the melancholy occurrence, and sent for
medical assistance, and the poor fellows who were
lying about wounded were properly attended to.
Some were afterwards sent to the infirmary,
where one shortly afterwards died, and one or two
others arc not expected to live many days.
The wounded men in the pit were as soon as

possible brought up, but the remains of those
killed were. found to be so frightfully mutilated
and scattered' about, that it was almost impos-
sible to attach the portions of the bodies.
with any certainty as to their identity, and. they
were left in the pit Until coffins had been prepared
for them.. Up to ", a late hour on Saturday
night; the scene of the disaster has been crowded
with people, many of whom are related, to those
who have been killed and -w.minded ; and, us may

be expected, the greatest distrc
neighbourhood, where the unfortunate
:men
. , .
resided. The engine tenter, who, has borne u most
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