Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-13 00:00:00

THE BUILDERS' STRIKE.

nit building
.yards were opened this morning
to such of the workmen as were willing to sign
the document, but not more than 40 men altogether
have signed it.

EXPLOSION ON BOARD

GREAT EASTERN.

INQUEST ON THE BODIES.

The inquest took place this morning, at the
town of Weymouth, on the bodies of the unfor:

men. y The solicitor of the company and
several of the directors were present. The pro-
ceedings were confined to the identification of the
bodies, it being understood that the enquiry would
lbe adjourned for legal and scientific evidence.

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break open a

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THE GREAT

EASTER, N, , as a lamb, and moving as easy as a Thames steamer
kind, -
-'' • with all questions of a similar. may safely be above bridge, tossed, and pitched, and rolled in the
stances, to obtain much heed. or credence.m enTwheeremactatrei•
, -- allowed to rest until all the evidence is produced at the : most awkward manner. - She had no steerage way, and
tn knots through. the water, with Hastings on her
FATAL AND ALARMING ACCIDENT. inquest. . ' 1 she was dashing . and plunging as she pleased at some
All through the night the injured
fully attended to in the dispensary by Messrs. Slater port 'side and a large ship running across her bows.
sttioraiingeoslwiiipng
In our yesterday's impression we were able to inti-
mate the fact that, after a successful run from the Nore and Watson, the ship's surgeons, and also by Dr. Mark- It was the a-vearance of this ship that led ,to the
to Weymouth, a fatal and very alarming accident had ham, of St. Mary's. Hospital, who happened. to be on order to port her helm, and not with the view of
wore round, and escaped inevitable occurred on board the Great Eastern. Up to the' point board. One died from exhaustion about midnight, and running the Great Eastern ashore.' Fortunately the
last named, the voyage, although prosecuted under very
to the extraordinary foresight and great
highly. another
dangeroussank t o towards ards
condition morning.Nvhen Five
destruc-
disadvantageous circumstances, the weather having
proved thick and squally, had been entirely satisfactory. the ship at Weymouth near twelve at noon on S,aturday, practical koowledge of Captain 'Harrison, chains had
The North Foreland was due west at noon on Friday, and the other five, whose injuries by scalds and contu- . baen put, on board in order to provide against any casu-
and soon after the Great Eastern was in the Downs, . sions- were slight, will no doubt recover. The dispen- alty such as that which had Occurred. These were
where it was blowing half a gale, which continued as .far sary is in a quiet but remote part of the ship, difficult of rove through the sheaves, and made good as quickly as
as _ Portland. At one o'clock the ship was Makin.. access, and it was in no proper condition to receive a possible, and the ship was in a few minutes again under
iNdlsewnielbearkleed fiinoma
thirteen knots, and there was scarcely a. perceptible dozen dead and dying men. the most perfect command, and the last cause of alarm
motion, notwithstanding the fact that one of the Dover While the mattresses were bein.. i .thrown down and was removed.
• and Calais mail boats was obliged to put back into the the blankets prepared, the dust and shavings were being
little town at the foot of the cliff. From the Foreland swept away, as the . ship's carpenter here—as in bath-
to Dover little could be seen as a thick haze covered the rooms, berths, and sitting-rooms—had. not half-finished
sea for miles, and it was not till below Deal that the his work. The experimental trip, even if this disastrous
mist clearel off ; the Goodwins, however, were distinctly and fatal accident had never occurred, must, by any
defined by the breakers, although covered by the waves. honest and observing person, have been pronounced
About the usual hour of four o'clock, the company premature.
were summoned by bugle-'call to dinner, which was The suffering men were bathed with oil, and covered
spread, as it was the day biore, in the principal dining- with white wool hastily torn from beds and mattresses ;
saloon near the centre of the ship. and their moaning and calls for drink, and their re-
Towards half-past five p.m., as we were passing Hast- peated attempts to rise in their agony from their rough
Fags, the few ladies on board and most of the gentlemen couches, were truly heartrending. Those who were in
began to move once more on deck, leaving a party of some the most dangerous condition, soon complained of cold,
fifteen representatives 4 the press below, who had re- and some were at last got to rest by the administration
salved to congratulate Mr. Herbert Ingrain upon the of powerftal opiates. Several of the visitors humanely
prospects of this seafaring undertaking, with which he rendered assistance all night in this dreadful hospital,
is connected. This gentleman had just listened to and Lord Alfred Paget.was amongst the number.
his health beirig proposed in a short and
.appropriat In all accidents of this kind th,--
speech, and had -men to return thanks, w,
booming report was heard upon deck, accomparieu iy-aecoratei
..orio. of nraslips.--a distant rumbling Round, and fol- I-. ..v ..mie. bitlUoll, a nign:l . •
- -
lowed by a sharp shower of broken glass, which came
like hailstones through the skylights above the dining
saloon, falling upon the table at which the little party
was sitting. As the cloth had been removal the clatter
of the falling fragments was increased, 'and most of
these gentlemen supposed the main boners had burst.
and had blown the centre of the ship to pieces. This
turnedout nis't to be the case, but it \vast]] e chief fore funnel
thathadburst. My first impulse (says'tW correspondent
.., , 1 •

len a loud

dential esca

this explosion forme(

any prom

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r—eslenrtantlodiAtiorn 'to the vast con-
coursegenerallyß sT.
magnificent exhibition of wax-work, sculpture
Allsop's
musical promenade &c., Teutonic Hall
TiiE CoAf slEisoitrorDsn.
who Sm. Ent
, Lime-street,
galleries,
pool, the numbers have been greatly augmented-tlfieset' Livcr-
the introduction of Dr. Smethurst to his alread's week
by
renowned establishment. The figure is a full-length one,v.orld-
wax, and is positively a perfect and faihtful likeness, modelled
by by that renowned artist D. Bruccian, of London, from careful
drawings taken during his trial, and is certainly the only model
taken. So great has been the excitement caused by the case of
Dr. Smethurst, that upwards of 5,000 persons have paid a visit
.., ;,,i,rissting exhibition in three days.

The ladies' saloon,' a highly-L. inner (
room attached to the chief saloon, had its flooring
thrown up in the centre and torn to shreds, and its
staircase, with the pavillion on deck that covered it in,
blown utteily to pieces. The only lady in this room a
I
few minutes before the explosion was Mrs. Parry, the
wife of Mr. Parry, the contractor for the ship's up-
, 1,0 1 she had just left Or piano to go on de-

nolstery, and
The woodwork of the staircase and the pavilion followed
close upon her, but without causing her any serious in-
jury. She was thrown forward, and received a slight
_

!nts in the inv

.on of t

this lunian -stream, up into the not ana
team above. I proceeded *towards the head.of
ftie 'vessel, which was concmled.bs Idle mist, and, going
:down:a:nailer staircase, which ;lea to the grand saloon
ithe 'dtiminp,,room of the passengers), I found ro-s,3lf

plosion and its results. The Chairman, Mr. uamp pet
called in the-aid of Mr. J. E. M'Conuell, the engineer, ar
prepared a report for the " gentlemen of the press
which he could hardly expect would be adopte

to this very gorgeous ana
Open from ten a.m. to ten p.m. Admission 6d.
d
THE WAX-TREE.—In the nursery gardens established
by:the French Government of Algeria a trial has lately
been made, with perfect success, of a tree—new in
Europe—the goingamadon, or the wax-tree of Cayenne,
which furnishes a species of wax exactly similar to that
in
common
use, and possessing all the properties of bees'-
, a -4 14+10 ana it has

Town stem will }•

from twenty to twouty-five kilogr-ammes annual produce.
A hectare is to be planted on the government lands.—

The Builder:
THE ROBBERY AT THE IRONWORKS, BILSTON.—
Two letters, bearing the Plymouth postmark, and dated
from that town, have been received by the father-in-law
of Swatman, the clerk at the Millfield Ironworks, who
absconded a few days ago with a bag containing £336,
the moneys of his employer, Mr. B. Gibbons. In one
of these letters he had enclosed £3O for his wife, and
stated that he was about to set sail for Australia. Both
these letters have been placed in the bands of police-

lei.k of

Ignoring the fact that titre

sitting

men were c

the -totalwreck of the 'chief sand most emooratay
orn'affietted apartment om 'board the ship. The -steam
'Was still ascending, :old •the fragments of ',rich
and"costly furniture, arabe4citte„ designs, enormous
•

sev era'

was priSenied for public
which admitted barely
and the serious scalding

newspapers

looking-glasses, and disordered hangings,. pro-
duced a most meta ucholy ,tand unexpected .picttire.
Ca stain Harrison, Nth°, According to repott, was
staticred on the paddle-boxes at the moment Of the
exiilmion, was the .fist men,to descend into this deco-
Timed •byt-iix of the 'crew; md Mr.

late
_apartment, f

at the tilston police-court, on Friday, on

gran in the shin

The,vaptain's first stx

was tc

)re robbery

:to see if

Lniz, he was