The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-06 00:00:00

SINGULAR EXPLOSION.

An inquest has )ust beeil held at Guy's Hospital wit,
ing the death of a little girl eight years old, named 1-49'..;
retce. Her father, who lives at Greenwich, said 111:1
a house painter and decorator, and that he was eraPl°J„,,,i
to make the limelight to be used during the performs the
at the Greenwich Theatre. On Saturday morning, tP, •
16th ultimo, while he was in the act of making it, all e-;
plosion of hydrogen gas took place. He had placed ode
old nails and some scraps of iron in a large glass vessel, 311 r
he then poured three pints of water into the vessel. Afte,
that he poured some sulphuric acid into the jar. b
were three pints of water in the vessel, and when ho 0
poured three to six ounces of the acid into it, an exPl°3,:,
tool: place, and he was covered from head to foot. Ile
heard loud shrieks, and upon rushing out of the work
he found that two of his daughters had been inial.,,ne-;
The deceased had her throat cut, and blood Ivo rug ken
the wound. He placed her in a cab, and she WO t9.:47;;;
to Guy's Hospital. Witness made the hydrogen gas
at
other day in a bag of three feet nine cubic inches.
lasted two nights. He had studied chemistry for 25 1".1,1
and he believed the cause of the explosion was the e°"of
ness of the preceding night acting upon an old solution
at
water, iron, and sulphuric acid that was in the glass WI,
the time that he poured the fresh solution into it throng',
funnel. The old solution was crystallised. He was TY;
injured. The house-surgeon of Guy's Hospital haviiig, of
posed to the cause of death, the jury returned a
accidental death, and recommended that there 013°llos
be more caution used in future while hydrogen such
being made. The coroner said that he did not thince,o
a dangerous compound ought to be made except in Pa'
properly allotted to it. verdict 0

INDIA. the
The following heads of intelligence are given by
Times of India of November 14 : body, of

The preparations for the despatch of the main u test
the Abyssinian force are actively continued. L
accounts from Zoulla state that the route to the ilifPh7ol3e
of Abyssinia had not been decided upon, but th.'o
Taranta Pass had been avoided. ore,
The diary of Dr. Blanc, one of the Abyssinian 011 ia•
has just been published in Bombay. It is the 331°604,
teresting account of the captivity that Las yet aPPearA 410
Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, Sir Robert Napier, 311- but
chief officers of Government, are now in Bonabol, col
lI.E. the Governor leaves for Mahalleshwar in it

days.
In response to a deputation from the Reoanstrt.ritP
Committee of the Bank of Bombay, Sir SeylvDtir 'on
gerald has telegraphed to the Secret of State toot-30i s
the Bombay Government becoming shareholders
new Bank.
• Donal°
The Bank of Bengal has opened an agency 111
The committee appointed by the Government to
1„N.
into the question of the proposed docks for
of
by the casting vote of the chairman, reported in fav°"-
docks. f
In accordance with the officially-sanctioned WO °•cito
compromise, a dividend of £175 per share is being 110
the shareholders of the Bombay Reclamation C°ll3'
by the liquidators of the Asiatic Bank. 1,1113 t
Warrants have been issued against some tic)) —IOO '
and fifty defaulting contributories of the Bombay-
Stock Corporation. f sol.
Barracks capable of accommodating a rogircleilt °ls4.4'
diers have just been completed at Deolce, 11°9:
sick. tice°
The doubling of the G. I. P. Railway line -eholie
Egutpoora and Nassick is expected to be finished "
end of the year.
During October 269,5661 b. of cotton, of the 044-
£7,000, was shipped from Kurrachee.
The Governor-General held a grand durbar at Pi
05te4
on November 10.
little
A slight disturbance is reported among the
of Bhootan, but it is officially reported as ef
portance. lihergik
The Government of India has taken up in
spirit the reform of the Indian furlough rules. pig'
The Right Honourable Mr. Massey returns tgbnclge
land immediately after bringing forward his next
in April. het
Mootizeem Meeza, son of the old King of Delhi'
Colon
been captured at Nandair, near Hingolee,

Murray.
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operative brickmakers of the Blackburn bra patio tioat
to
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form our respected masters that we rtillst V
be
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appeal for an advance of our current Prices,°;hliflo'ill
the divided as follows : 2d. for the kills wheeler, alic.:oo
46. per I,oog bricks, wi.7.21, fa
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you engage in casting your clay, or ill any °tiler 13.°t'llv°e°
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will not be allowed to work in the gates eld ;i3t oleic
further wish to inform you that all mswil° 'esigad
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the current price of brick:slaking of 131aekburn 7,601.,
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