The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-25 00:00:00

FALL OF A VIADUCT.

LIVERPOOL, DIARcu 2.l.—Yesterday an accident oc-
curred on the Liverpool and Bury Railway of a serious
nature to the builder, but without loss of life. Twenty-
one arches of the Liverpool viaduct fell, one after the
other, with a tremendous crash, the noise of which re-
sembled the discharge of as many pieces of artillery, and
was heard for more than a mile off. The site of this
disastrous destruction of property is about two miles
from the Liverpool Exchange ; and the arches, the six
northernmost of which were so far completed as to allow
of the centerings being withdrawn a few days ago—the
others having been completed three months ago—were
built entirely of brick. It is not yet known how it was
that the first arch which fell gave way, but it is certain
that each buttress afterwards, incapable of bearing the
weight of the arch reared upon it, when that on the
other side had fallen, was forced outwards immediately,
the entire destruction of the whole being completed in
about the space of a minute and a half from the fall of the
first. Symptoms of its defectiveness were, we understand,
first manifested on Saturday last ; but whether proceeding
from any sinking in the foundation of either buttress, or
from defective workmanship or materials in the arch itself,
was not known. It had been condemned, and means were
about to be taken to shore it up and secure the buttress,
in
order that it might be rebuilt. It is possible that
this work would have been so far performed yesterday
as to have prevented the accident, had it not been for
heavy fall of rain driving all the men away from their
work. This was so far fortunate, that no person what-
ever has sustained the least personal injury, though wo
regret to say that the loss of property cannot be less
than 5,0001. or 6,0001. The span of the arch which first
gave way was, we are informed, about 35 feet, that of
the others was thirty feet. They were constructed for
Messrs. M'Cormick, the contractors for this portion of
the line, by Messrs. Bullock and Evans, and all that was
wanting to their completion was the erection of a portion
of the parapets. Another viaduct, near that which has
fallen, is being erected by Messrs. Helm°, after the same
plan, and as these gentlemen are so eminent in their
business, it is a Froof that the plan for the viaducts
cannot be insufficient. It is not improbable that the fall
of these arches might have resulted from the sinking of
the foundation of one of the buttresses, in consequence
of the severe winter, or that the mortar in the detective
arch had been prevented from setting sufficiently by tho
late heavy rains.

MADEMOISELLE JENNY LlND.—During the per-
forrnance at her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday, a foreign
courier arrived, bringing letters announcing the depar-
ture of Mdlle. Jenny Lind from Vienna, on her way to
fulfil her engagement at her Majesty's Theatre. The
letters also announce the arrival, immediately after
Easter, of Staudigl. Thus we shall have the great Italian
basso, Lablache, and the greatest German basso at the
same time. Novelty will succeed novelty—Ernani on
Saturday, I Due Foscari after Easter week, whilst Jenny
Lind will make her debut in Alicia, in Meyerbeer's grand
opera of Roberto it Diarolo.—Post.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT AT WOOLIVICII.—On TueF-
day morning, as a gunner of the Royal Artillery was leading
one of the artillery horses, in a fatigue cart, from the Royal
Arsenal to the Barracks, the horse suddenly started at seine
object, and, turning round, commenced running at a furious
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