The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-20 00:00:00

QUEENSTOWN, April 18.

KINGSTOWN, April 19.

Wind, N.W.
Sailed—Crest of the Wave, for Balaklava, with troops

(Br SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH
GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.55 a.m,
Wind, N. ; tide, four hours ebb, fine.
Arrived—,Canada, from Rragero; Albatros, Antwerp.
Sailed—Orion, for Balaklava.

DEAL, Friday, 9.30

Wind, N.E. by N.
Passed—Arab Maid, from London, for Swansea; Susan,
London, for Constantinople ; Forget-me not; London, for
Malta ; Charlotte Mai ia, London, for Gibraltar; 11,191",1
London for Malta; Hurkum, London, for the Cape of
Hope.
...r_vlacles, Odin,
Sailed—Her Majesty's steamers Oriop, i
d
Harier, and el, for westward. an a Freud'
/W Phoenix
Remain—Her Majesty's ship
frigate.

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Cookeley, one
inquest respecting the death of Williat
f mhe Bath bridge,
of the sufferers by the deftructione
THE LATE CATASTROPRN AT BRISTOL.
:Deluded before the
_The Adjourned
at Temple-bridge, Bristol,
waogn Monday. The para.
petered in The Skin
.culars of this occurrence haveobn,
j A screw steam .
barge
Charles Charles, mate of th_%
de osed that
coroner, Mr. J. B. Grindon,
i f was ca, P there was
sacpbpießetarance ofd the tide at the time to
all davgerous. There w
render navigatio
The mait of the vessel as
the
nbYotwhil
usual crew on. boat' touched
inigchinthre
little, which turned
the railway bridges. her bow towards
tie was at about
the shore. The encl. _ half its power. It
d immediately. A rope was thrown out to
take a wry round a post
on shore, in order •
but the post,which to bring the
barge LIP, -
there, bad been removed, and always before been
about the same rate. The meet, the vessel went on at
vessel did not obey her helm. Herr was at the helm; the
dragging against the bank, stern and screw were
against the bridge stem on,The vessel then went
abutment, between one of at about ten feet from the
piece of iron about a foot thel ribs of the lower arch ; a
other pieces of iron and long, and afterwards several
the bridge on deck ; some. rubbish, fell down from
all the bridge went into the water,
except a few stones.
Everything necessary was done on board before they
1 the barge, bridge. Another seaman who was onboard
said that in his • .
,
could be done for its navigation, and that the accident
was unavoidable. The captain of the John sated that
if he could have made the vessel fast the accident might
have been prevented, but the post had been removed,
there had been a mooring post there within a month.
A. policeman stated that he believed the mooring posts
had been broken off accidentally on the same morning
by a tug-boat. The coroner, in summing up, expreSsed
his belief that the bridge had been properly constructed,
but that was fifty years ago, when the Construction of
I iron bridges was comparatively in its infancy. The
main point, however, for the consideration of the jury
' jwag, whether the bridge was destroyed. by unavoidable
accident, or by an occurrence which might have been
avoided by ordinary cal'e? Twelve of the jury out of
fifteen were of opinion that the accident was caused by
I accident, but one said he believed it was caused by.oul-
' pabla iii4gligeoce• As twelve jurymen were in favour of
' a verdict of accidental death,
it was so recorded by the
coroner. ,
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