The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-02 00:00:00

FATAL COAL•PIT EXPLOSION.

An. inqueet was held on luesday and Wednesday at
the Miners' Arms, iii4eam, near Stough, in the We=t
Riding of York, before Mr. T. Taylor, on view of the
body of John Fouldieg, who was burnt so severely by
an explosion of fire-damp in the Old Silkstone Main
Pit at fligham.comtmn •as to result in his death,
which took• ?Lice on Saturday lase. It appeared
that deceased, along with William llouldsworth and
Benjamin .Preston, was engaged in working the main
level in the pit. Preston had had a naked candle
iu a slit between the two boardtgates.
Irec cel illased day
used a safety lamp, Suddenly an explosion
took place, and on Ilouldsworth turning round he ob.
seeeed a bl"3cOble to the' end 'of the level he was
working at': Ha Waited until the sulphur had gone
nut, and then ran to
the back of the board-gate
in the main road, Where he found the deceased
standing up. . Deenised then said to Houldsworth,
.:: done, Bill;" "'cap or head was at that time on
fire, arid Houldsworth had to put out the filmes with his
hands. Hastily Catching him up, and putting hibi.in a
v
floulda worth Hai
about to run Fouldin,g to the
shaft nottome.when he heard Preston also callieg out for
help. To release him .:from the coal round him was
Ilouldsworth's next duty, and this teing done,' are.
Preston
deposited' also in the corf, they were both
taken to the pit till;- and from -thence conveyed home.
Preston, it ii.At'OUg/
was s severely burnt, that' ha' only survived until
Saturday, when death' released him from his
may recover; but Foulduig
st
have
w
sufferings. Slllattp
the board-gate face and Preston's candle, for it was
here where the exphjiion took place. One of the
accumulated between
standing orders of the bottom steward was, that no men
except with lamp:in the straight work, and
limps, he ordered their oat of the pit for the day. - The
jury deliberated far nearly two hours, and then returned
a verdict of 4' Accidentally burnt ;" but they requested
without tors to then
fitihf:htl''Cid:UVlTollondiCk37t:rerps:
was
accordingly done. • ,
atvid-"kthi6el4 bottom' steward, which

teheillooia excellenttthe
e i ncsitti;,u.
CITY Or LONDON SCHOOL.
00 gridaY, .1.11. the afternoon, the annual meeting of
head tioDur.warisiohrterin,
the
master, commenced the business, according to cas-
tom, by gi.vinghln account of the proceedings of th,,
school during t..e last year. A great number of prize,
were
.theu distributed, the following being the principal
ones. 'rho names of the successful candidates are ap-
pended :-1. Tte 4`• Beaufoy scholarship," value 50/.
unuov--R, C. Rall.. 2„ The " Tegg scholarship; per a
value about 201. per a
~,:,,,1 neolli—q. scholar by the name of
Bridge w" cd'ered 4 the examiners as being.
ttliheerifttri:n ItiLohlo
of thi4 prize, but he declined it', in the ho -
worthy pe of
the " Beaufoy ' •
obtaining
The ,g carpenter scholarship," value 351. per an
nom—Thome " N. Sheffield. 4. The `• Lumber
Jones seho , brship ,
. : value about 221. per totem
—Ernest Abrah tut Hart. .5. A polyglot copy
of the
sacred
.scriptures, handsomely bound, the
gift of 13f,i'i3n" Scott,,_ Esq., of Guildheill, for
Profiew -
,_ney is the Knowledge of the Hdy Scripturrs,
-6
mid the evidence Of the truth of Christiantty"—Charles
C.
Hall. Also a eoPY of the Greek Septuaiint version
of the Old•Teatatueht, to E. A. Harr. 6. A prior of the
valw ot. live guiurahs, presented by Donald Nicoll, El.,
for the best ' Begliti essay -ea the 11111lb:rice of Che-
,,e vrogreas of Art and malufacturea"—
inistry opila t" A. prize of'
E. A. 1-1411' 7",-1- (tomb the Value of three guineas,
presented by - .
h Y 'tsci'' f°n2PrlY Carpenter
scholo. for the -0,,
_. ;English. essay on " Natural and R.
vealed 'lteligion"---kiuristian Mortimer. 8. A prize•of
the value of three guineas, presented -by H. J. Hose,
Esq., B. .formerly "e UT-17 and Carpenter scholar of
_,„„ school, for the -
best knowledge of
the City of Lotioc—
• " paradise L
the text of Milton b,... H.
Evans.
Lost"—E, A. hart, with
an extra poition to T. ii 1 A nuthber of medals.
in gold and silver, and many other Prizes, were then dim-
e Lord Mayor, who in all cases most en-
tributed by th
essed the OoPPY recipients, urging them
couragingly addr
h'evf-.nients.
to still greater ace'

. distress were heard bY
•
13 -TRING_—.OII the
pool adjoinif..g
afternoon of FridaY• whilst'. socm.e b
of were bathing in the
FATAL ACCIDENT WHILST A
Mkiley Lack, lies
Mrs. Bosom, the poundkeeper s wile, and her
• assistance. Youn son, who im-
mediately rats to their g Bessoin, who had
•to run quito '2OO yards, on riving at t
arriving
'En d*
he sPot, found twoo of
the boys struggliog for life; Ime iatoy jumped nd
succeeded in rescuing both ; but some minutes atter having
in.
done so he found that there was another
;
saiug, and that
.the body had been in the water a quarter of an hour. The
exertion-, however, Made in re,cuiug the other two had so
weakened him that he had not strength to plunge in -h
any chance of saving the lad. Draga were resorted to, and
in a few minutes the body waF- brought to shore, and al
though every exertion was made life ccmid not be rest ,red.,
T,Je 1:d 's name was William Emanuel, aged eleveh years,
son of a shcemakEr residing in St. Peter'. The depth of
water where the body was' found 'was ' fifteen feet. The
coolness and intrepidity. BOSOM of young . seventeen years
old, will, we trust, not be allowed to pass unnoticed... Ban.
'bury Guardian.
SHIPBUILDING IN LIVERPOOL.—In a yard on the
west side of Brunswick Dock, the keel of a vessel Of upwards
of 2,000 tons has been laid. When completed she will he
the largest merchantman' ever built in England. The great
• features in the construction of thi3 vessel are that she will
be built of soft wood—pitch pine, with American oak floors.
She
,intended for the Australian trade, and is expected to
carry an immense cargo. 'Her cost is expected-to be a little
above half of that usually charged for an oak-built veuel.
Liverpool ,Advertiser.