The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-19 00:00:00

working is about 16 hours per day for ten year&
She has run under 300,000 miles; 291,508 miles is
the actual amount. It is heavy worn for the work-
ing parts of the engine. Our wo s heavier than.
on the North Western or Great Western Railways.
Mr Humphrey Lamb, of Violet-street, Devon-
road, Bromley, said he was foreman of the boiler•
makers in the employ of the North London Railway,
and knew No. 4 engine. Never heard any emu'
plaint about her firebox. Had examined the fire-
box since the accident, but could not tell the cause
of the accident. Such an accident might occur to
a new engine. The copper of the firebox was par-
ticularly good.
John Ellis said he was driver of the engine Ne.
4, to which the accident happened on Tuesday
at
lie was slightly scalded. He left Chalk Farm at
9.32, and on reaching Camden-road was Stalldllgg
on the foot-plate when the explosion took Place'
He had been a journey before, from Bow to Sew,
and had taken in water at Chalk Falna. About
a minute before the xpiosion took place looked
at the pressure gauge, and found it standing at
120, the pressure at which it worked. When th,en
explosion took place witness was blown off en '-
the platform. Saw no leakage of any kind before
the occurrence. The guard was blowing his whiß-
stitee,aamndwwheintnetstasewaacsciidnentthetaapcpteonfedt.urning on the
There were
when
eight inches of water by the water gauge
they started. There would be no danger from wan"
of water if it was as low as four or five inches.
By the Jury—Had reported the engine vow.
respect to her tubes being out of order, but rm.
as to the firebox.
A juror said he should not like to stand 0.0
engine which had been five years, much leas an
years at work, as this engine had been.
At this stage of the proceedings the Coroner said
he thought it desirable that the jury uv
the engine at Bow, and it would be betterhet, is
order to enable the Government to send t
inspector, that it should be adjourned till that day
fortnight.
The inquiry was adjourned accordingly

Explosion at Vauxhall Foundry, Liverpool.

the
A fearful explosion took pl.ace yesterday morning at
extensive works in Vauxhall-road, Liverpool, known se til°
Vauxhall Foundry. It appears that a portion of the south
wing of the foundry is used as a machine shop, and that for
the purpose of driving the lathes, &c., there is a powerful
engine and a boiler of 90 horse power. In order that there
may be no delay in generating steam when the men g° t°
work in the morning, the boiler fires are " banked" overe
ual
night, and a moderate pressure of steam always readY th
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first thing in the morning. Yesterday morning, as
the men went to work in the machine shop at six o'clock.
Everything appeared to go on well until about tc1(1
with a terrific crash, completely demolishing
minutes or a quarter past six, when the boiler explocle
in wilich it was situate, and causing great alarm through-
soon as the smoke and steam had cleared,
out the works and the immediate neighbourhood. 4t5
presented itself. The boiler and machinery were shivered
to atoms, and were scattered over the works in all
scalded among the debris. Oro, man, n
directions. A number of the men employed lay bruised 50
Bernard
tile building
M'Evoy, was picked up in a frightful state, and died in fl
few minutes afterwards, and another man named Atlas
Rowe died in about half an hour after he was admitted to
the Northern Hospital. Several other men were also takeed
aarapeacjintul scent!
to the hospital, all more or less suffering from scalds et:
wounds. Six men were temporarily attended to
At the
Northern Dispensary, from whence they were removed t°
their own homes. Fortunately, their injuries are of such a
nature as to prevent any immediate serious consequence!.
Five men, however, in addition to Rowe and isvEvy, iteld
h
in a very critical condition at the Northern Hospitaol),
name"
A
at the time of the despatch of our parcel two of tem
Calvert and Baugh, were not expected to long survive their
injuries. he damage done to the building is very
rieetoraten:
sive, and will incur considerable expense to the prop
Messrs. Forrester, and Co„ who give employ
800 men. A singular fatality seems to hang over this tons-
dry, as it is only a short time since that one portion of the
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works, embracing the modelling and joiners' departure
was destroyed by fire, and damage to the extent of L 16,00
present 1111-
sustained. The cause of the explosion is at
known, and those who saw the boiler before the explosiert
a proper
occurred assert that all was right—that there was
merit to abaft
quantity of water in the boiler, and that there were no in'
dications whatever to show that there was any fear of
explosion. The folio wing are the names of the poor fellows
now lying dead and wounded at the Northern Hospital
Bernard M'Evoy, aged 48, dead—James Rowe, '23, dead
George Calvert, 53 Edward Baugh, 19—Michael Iti'Ver-
mot, 31—Thos. Goulburn, 29—and Edward Sweeney, 46'