The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-26 00:00:00

children as there was plenty of evidence against us all.
She I should get my libeey if I did. I g
no ave her
sati.fictory answer. When I was going back to the
e
cell a detective evoke to me and advised me to speak th
truth. I sent for Captain 111.91abon, and on receiving his
it was
promise that nobody should be hanged for the job, and
that I should got my liberty, I told all I knew. No re-
ward was offered to me. I cannot swear whether.
3, 500 c
onfession,
we ea got, or more.
It was this confession, and the clue given to the other
offenders, that led Lo the apprehension of Garrett, Pow
in custody in this country.

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EARFUL EXPLOSION OF GAS, AND SERIOUS
F INJURY TO NINE POLIOE-CONSIABLES BE-
LONGING TO HER MAJESTY'S.DOCKYARI2.

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A terrific explosion took place at Portsmouth on
Satur lay, which caused the inhabitants in the immediate
vicinity to imagine that a heavy gun was fired as ail
_"alarm" and they immediately rushed to the scene of
disaster., It was soon ascertained that a frightful ex-
plosion of gas had taken place, and a number of men
were buried under the roof and timbers of the pollee
station at the ncrth-east corner of the dockyard. The
director of police, Lieutenant Hall, was quickly on the
spot, and gave instant orders to clear away, and
extri•
cite the unfortunate men, whose groans were distinctly
waster
and painfully heard. The Easter
erattendantkly,
build, an dockyard auth we quic on the
spot. The d medical staff wereorities sent for, and with promp-
titude attended to the distression- cases of the sufferers.
But little time was lost in dragging them from
iite the
ruins, and then a sad scene presented itself ; mom"
bodies and broken areas and legs to all that were gal
or standing in the room at the time of the explosion.
reminded 4.
one of the cockpit of -a man-of-war during WI
en first
altion. Many of the men were insensible wh
taken out, restoratives were applied, and the skill of the
medical men were speedily put into requisition insetting
the limbs and dressing the fearful wounds. 2 legs
The names of the sufferers are—lnspector Stroun,-
broken ; Serjeant Riley, seriously crushed eviler,va
Lane, Giles, Wassel, Sydenham, Palmer, Nor
Elms, legs and arms broken, and otherwise serionsil
injured. Private Miller escaped by a min,4ele. Pe .g
The accident appears to have arisen from an
eons ,
gas from the main of the dockyard, and this had b_tA
continuing for several days. The same bad been•reP'of
itn theito,aitni
llf
odaui
trne de
lengthto
itsr owftahwyeo immediatelyri
nkos
r,
eboustedn oesnuooantpdi ceeerohtf had bee
..t.:,
tit
0 ,
peg a shi take':fr
ijo i r
and there formed a completemagazine.Vet:dilliiillsert
this time, ten o'clock, wasneariysffo tin , .
(the man who had so narrow an escape)
mined to find out where it proceeded from, stooped down
minedtermo
and turned on his light, when, in an instant, a r
explosion took place, and men and briclo, and noThe
and timbers, were buried in one ruinous 03358.,,,,, was
anxiety of course was intense. Instant assiet.e'n": ads
afforded, and by twelve o'clock the sufferers' //jos.
were dressed, and they were taken over to gads/ joss
. pital. Great assistance was also rendered by dock enear
and crew of the Basilisk, the vessel being in d the
being ii,eot::
to the place in question, and whose boats conifer
sufferers across the water.

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en visiting.h the
by the
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ohirporilubgor Marlborough-row, top
pletely blown
to bottom—doors,' •
pieces, the- ght. The roeofffecotfs threJibilucieldding Is co°
off, the thick walls rent in twain fronitoo;
oppositer,r,owwst hmeddsewiosdtwher
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obv
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lois
wit :
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sioi
onawde ano
house, anodfntithheewainllnsiaatess
shell or 1-
sho,„ Even at 100 vaids distance the oho i
ownaes soreat as to destroy all the glass and or short o°f
shor
re.
tihmoaugghinedstrnuoloP
an earthquake. Crowds of anxious eople have c°°, 'a
p
t aciterneo. I
gated about the spot to-day, and 03 i the of-
visible. We regret to state that Giles, one 01 -. not
ferers, died early this morning, and that Stroud is
expected to live an hour. Threiothers are also deep
of. So melancholy an occurrence has not happened "
lett°
Portsmouth since jeorbgtyors
boveit
. since the launch of the Princei Char
in 1825.