Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-02 00:00:00

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uuu in a sow .nays it is plain, from what has already EXPLOSION OF A .LOCOMOTIVE, AND Loss OF LIFE-
-occurred, all the men will" be absorbed, and:the usual A remarkable accident, unfortunately attended with the
routine of the trade will be in force. We wish we loss of two lives, has occurred on the I3uteside railway.
could see our way as clearly to a solution of the London On Tuesday morning, about eight o'clock, a locomotive
strike ; but of this happy prospect there are as vet no was being driven by a man named Sohn Raymond towards
symptoms." There is evidence on the face of the article sonic empty coal trucks, which were to be removed.
from which this extract is taken that the Sympathies of Philips: the latcher, was joining the tender to the empty
the writer are with the workmen, and it is not impro- trucks when an explosion took place, and the engine
bable that he has derived information from them. was blown to pieces. = Large portions of the boiler flew
LUMINOSITY AND ELECTRICITY ,IN THE SKY.—The in all direetions, and heavy masses of iron were pro-
heavens Were brilliantly illuminated about midnight on jested to a 'distance of 200 yards. The stoker was hurled
Sunday in this neighbourhood, says the Ha/aches/cr• under the tender and killed on the spot ; the driver's body
Guardian, by a mass of white rays or streaks, corn- was cut in two, the head and trunk being thrown into
pletely suffused with a vapour of a pink or dark roseate a pit, and the lower extremities into the company's yard.
hue, through which brightly shone the stars, present- Philips, being behind the tender, escaped. At present
ing a most beautiful appearance, and being far more the cause of this accident is unknown, but an inquest is
deeply coloured than the aurora borealis is to be seen to. beheld.
in this region. The phenomenon, as seen at Cheadle, STATISTICS OF, MoanoN POPULATION,—The Valley
Cheshire, was sufficiently luminous, notwithstanding Tan copies the following statistics of Mormon popula-
some overspreading clouds, to permit the reading of print tion :—" The 'population of Mormons in the United
letters one-eighth of an inch in size. The sheet of deep States and British dominions in 1856 was not less than
rosy light, perpendicularly streaked witn pale beams of 68,700 —of which 38,006 were residents in l'Utah,
a white hue, appeared on the western side about half- 5,000 in New York State, 4,000 in California, 5,000
way between the zenith and the horizon, these beams of in Nova Scotia, and the Canadas, and 9,000 in South
light almost reaching the latter; whilst a similarly- America. In E.tropethere were 30,000--of which 22,000
streaked appearance, but without the pinkness and in- were in Great Britain and Ireland, 5,000 in Scandinavia,
tense luminosity, extended over the eastern side of the 1,000 in Germany and !Switzerland, and in France and
heavens, moving en maw southward with the western the rest of Europe, 1:,000 ; in Australia and Polynesia,
part, and resembling the distant appearance of a career- 2,400; in Africa, 100 ; and on travel, 2,800. To these
mg storm of hail or heavy rain swept by a high wind. if we add the different schismatic branches, including
In a few minutes a great change had taken place in the Strangeites, Rigdonites, and Whiteites, the whole Sect
aspect of the heavens, the rich colour had somewhat was not less than 126,000. In 1857 there appears to
paled,. and a new form and position had been taken by have been a decrease in the population of Utah—the
the electric current ; at the zenith-a bright • and perfect number being only 31,022 ; of which 9,000 were chit-
radiation appeared, which extended, slightly interrupted dren, about 11,000 women, and 11,000 'men capable of
by cloud, a great distance towards every part of the .bearift arms. There arc 388 men with §3 or more
horizon, whilst amongst the rays incessantly.. played wives; :of these 13 have morethah 19 wives, 780 men
sheet lightaing, rendering this the grandest spectacle of with 5 wives, 1,100 with 4, and 2,400 with 'more than 1
that period of the night. `wife. Recapitulation-4,617 men. with 16,500 wives."