The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-06 00:00:00

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Within the last few years the question of water
supply has engaged the serious attention of munici-
pal bodies. The spread of social science has brought
home to the minds of civic authorities that pure
water is the first of sanitary agents. Towns are no
longer content to take their water from the nearest
river or canal without regard to the chemical changes
which it may have undergone in flowing from its
source to the point at which it is diverted for domestic
purposes ; nor are they satisfied with such a supply
as may be obtained by the inhabitants at a parti-
cular hour and at a particular spot. Street pumps
are all but superseded, -even house cisterns are
not deemed sufficiently convenient to answer all
purposes of domestic use, and most of the new
waterworks are being constructed on the principle
of high-level service—that is, of affording a supply
in any apartment to which pipes may be carried,
as is the case with gas. In this metropolis the
New River Company have recently gone to the
expense of filling in the cutting which carried
the water into North London, and of laying down
large mains to take the place of an open canal. The
town of Glasgow has spent an enormous sum in pro-
curing its supply of water from Loch KatriuP., and
at this moment works are being constructed to
afford a high-level supply to Dublin from water-
sheds and the River Vartry, at a point in the
county of Wicklow 27 miles from that city. It is not
surprising, therefore, that the dreadful catastrophe
which occurred at Sheffield in March last should, have
given rise to considerable apprehension through-
out the United Kingdom, and that wherever
great reservoirs had been recently provided, or
were in ccurse of construction, much alarm was felt,
lest they should meet with a fate similar to that
which had befallen the Bradford reservoir of the
Sheffield Waterworks Company.
The evidence taken at the inquest which followed
the inundation at Sheffield put the public in pos-
session of the immediate cause of that accident, but
since that inquiry the Town Council of Sheffield
have procured professional opinions, which, while
dealing specifically with that particular case, eon*
tain a statement of general principles which are in•
teresting scientifically, and cannot but prove useful
to corporations and companies engaged in the cone
struction of waterworks on a large scale. It is the
conclusion of several eminent engineers that the
giving way of the reservoir at Bradfield was caused
by water having got under the outside slope of the
embankment, which either induced the bank itself
or the foundation on which it rested to slip. But it
is satisfactory to learn on the same competent au-
thority that the most capacious reservoir may be
provided without the dangers of any such mishap.
As a preliminary, however, a careful geological sur-
vey must be made. Whether this was done in the
case of the Sheffield reservoirs we are not prepared
to say ; but if Sir John Rennie be right it scarcely
could have been, for he tells the corporation, "I
cons der the site of the Bradfield embankment to
have been injudiciously selected—the strata con-
sisting chiefly of millstone grit, but with loose
friable shale in the deepest part, unequal in qua.
lity'and dislocated, with old land Slips in the
vicinity, extensive faults in the strata, and with
several strong springs of water which it was difficult
to avoid." Other engineers are equally decided in
their objections to the site. But even supposing
that the site had been a good one, those gentlemen
state that the embankment was extremely faulty
in its construction ; and their remarks on this
head have a universal application. Most people
have seen the process of constructing a railway em-
bankment, The " stuff" or material is deposited in
"tips"—that is, it is tilted over from a waggon,
and load after load is deposited until the required
height and width are obtained. This appears to
have been the method followed in the construction
of the Bradfield reservoir. Mr. Conybeare says
the material " was loosely thrown in by waggons,
in tips of from five to nine feet ; instead of being
evenly spread and well consolidated (by the passage
of one-horse carts all over it) in parallel layers of
only as many inches thick." Mr. Leslie observes
that in tips of that character the material may con-
tinue to sink or subside for many years after the
construction of the embankment ; while Mr.
Stevenson points out that by such a mode of
construction clods or stones must invariably
find their place of repose at the bottom, and
thus produce unsound layers or strata in the
embankment, which layers will be full of interstices
and calculated to admit the free percolation of water
Some half-dozen engineers of great experience ex.
laves similar opinions, and all concur in stating that
the embankment of a reservoir should be laid in
layers of only a few inches in depth, which should
penned," or rammed. The next point to
be well
which then: gentleman apply themselves is one of
f;gnaliy general importance—namely, the construc-
tion of the pipes and the manner in whieshthoiery.
should be laid when passing out of the reservoir.
Tine pipes ei the Sheffield Company were
hular_
and as such conduits
of such a calibre as to afford an opportunity for be
inches in diaraCter ;a
in-
ternal examinatioe;
thatdidemefete c diameter
most of the engineers whom
the corporation have
to have been insufficialt- still
cutlet' ltAed o d
greater
on the outside of the
hefe was no means of
was that the valves wore
embankment only. Thus z
had been fixed nit the inter end
shutting off the water in the inside of the dam ;
whereas, if valves

An accident, nearly attended
rese
nwih. Thetht 6 o'
very
seriousolock expnsse
co
t
to-night. queuees, occurred at the London and North-Western Com-
pany's station,in thistown,
from London, due hero at 9 p.m., arrived punctually. The
engine had passed through the tunnel on to the line in the
station; at this point the engine, tender, and guard's van,
with one passenger carriage, passed on all right. The second
and third carriages were thrown off the rails, and the fourth
carriage was thrown on its side. In it unfortunately there
were only two passengers, who almost by a miracle escaped
without being much hurt. They were extricated through
the windows on the upper side. The remaining portion of
the train, consisting of three or four second class carriages,
with the last guard's van, remained on the rails. The train,
having been brought to a stand the carriage thrown on its
side was dragged along a few yards, and ultimately the end
of it came in contact with a portion of the platform, which
it tore up. A part of one large flagstone, three feet in length,
was forced into the carriage which had been thrown over.
The passengers above referred to were extricated, having it
is hoped, sustained ne very serious injuries, and Mr Oliver
Pemberton, the company's surgeon, was in a few minutes
on the spot, ready to assist the passengers, many of whom
were in a state of great excitement. Mr Roberts, the
general superintendent, was also at the scene immediately,
and every effort was made to clear the line, which just now
is much thronged. This was done as speedily as possible.
Major Dixon, of the Ist Royals, was standing on the plat.
form when the accident occurred. lie was knocked down
and much shaken. Two causes have been assigned for the
accident. One is, that the turn-table, over which the train,
had to pass, had been left improperly fastened ; the other
is, that there was something wrong in connection with the
points.

THEATRE INTERESTS IN LIVERPOOL.—The
Liverpool magistrates on Friday cancelled the fol-
lowing rules relative to the theatres in the borough, inas-
much as they had been instructed by counsel that they had
no power to impose their terms upon the managers
" That no common prostitute, or reputed thief, or other
notoriously disordered person, shall bo knowingly admitted
into or permitted to remain in any of the said theatres ;
but that the manager shall, to the best of his ability, main-
tain and keep good order and decent behaviour in the
theatre during the hours of performance." " And every
manager or other person having the taro or management
of any theatre who shall make default in compliance with
these rules. or either of thew, shall forfeit and pay for such
offence a HUM not exceeding £20.0 It was stated that
similar rules to those existed in Birmingham, Manchester,
and elsewhere.

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