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London, England, 1853-08-19 00:00:00

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Mr. Ambrose Drev;it; another juror, was next exa=
mined—He stated that he was a carpenter and builder.
He had looked over the works generally at the Crystal
Palace, and found everything, as far as he saw, well put
together and well executed. The struts and braces
appeared to be particularly well put together. The
wood was of the best quality, and all the materials were
certainly quite new. The trusses appeared to him cal-
culatecrto carry ten times the weight that was likely to
be upon them.
A juror said the man Downer had also stated on the
platform at Sydenham that a similar accident had oc.
curred at the same place about two months ago.
his Docorme
ur
nwi was
iaogna ionn r
teicl
is pe do ,i
natnwd
aags
ea
qi nu iatl al
yp pger ao ruelfl
lte
sh as t.
He had been "given to understand" that the same scaf-
folding had fallen, but he knew nothing of his own
knowledge, for he had never worked at the Palace.
Mr. Henderson felt it right to explain that an accident
had occurred a few weeks ago, and special care had been
taken by strengthening the struts in all the parts of the
scaffold, to prevent the recurrence of a similar disaster.
The former accident bad arisen from a high wind, and
plenty of warning was given for all the men to get out
of danger. The present accident was a totally different
matter.
The Coroner asked the jury if they desired to know
anything more ? There could be no doubt the contrac-
tors were interested in doing the work in the best man-
ner, audit had been shown that when the struts formerly
gave way, they were afterwards made much stronger in
order to prevent a similar accident. Even if the contrac-
tors were wrong, it could only amount to an error of
judgment, for after the evidence they bad heard, it would
be impossible to affix criminal responsibility to any party
The jury here expressed a wish to retire, and, after an
absence of about ten minutes, they returned into court,
and unanimously pronounced a verdict of " Accidental
death."

[I'RICE SD.

The funeral of a portion of the sufferers took place
yesterday afternoon, in the churchyard of new Sydenham
Church—an elegant modern structure, embosomed in
luxuriant foliage, and situated in a most romantic spot.
The friends of eight of the ten deceased persons lying at
3a
ndcaly therewas
Svdenham bad selected this locality as the last resting-
place for their remains, and a grave sixteen feet deep had
cessation of all work within the Palace. The mournful
owbasservaedtotaasl
procession formed in the central nave, and as the clock
chimed three it slowly emerged from the building, headed
by the foremen of the various departments of the works,
ab been
solemndu g forhol
itdhaeyi their
n reception.
the
dis
con-
ducts to the church. Each coffin was followed by its
district,
own particular mourners,
ing.
t47:hteheand at the rear of the last
came the whole body of the workmen, numbering some
and wended its way along the beautiful road which
thousand persons, clad in respectable mourn in, and
funeral
mou r mourners, headed by Sir Charles Fox, Mr. Henderson, and Mr.
ers, service
exhortingwa s
Cochrane. In its course the procession was swAled by
fresh additions, until when it reached the church there
must have been between 2,000 and 3,000 persons follow-
pressive manner by the vicar, who, before the removal
of the bodies from the church, delivered an affecting ad-
dresspracti-
cally to themselves the awful •
warning conveyed by the
distressing affliction which had fallen upon them. A
great number of people were attracted to the spot from
performed
them
hemto in
apply
ap
lvye r very im -the surrounding districts, and every point along the road
was occupied by sympathising
spectators.
The bodies
of the other two deceased persons had been,the i
at n.
stance of their relatives, removed to more distant and
more cherished localities.
It may not be out of place here to mention that the
cintractors, Messrs. Fox and Henderson, invariably
make a provision for the widows of workmen who lose
their lives in their service, by a weekly allowance ( t
from 10s. to 125., continued over periods of not less t ian
twelve months ; and what is, perhaps, really more im-
portant and beneficial to them, the firm invariably take
charge of the orphan children and introduce them to
habits of industry in their own service.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 18.
THE QUEEN EXERCISING THE FLEET.