The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-15 00:00:00

EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF IJI.I'

The Sligo papers on Saturday bring the g,llill`l,by
account of a terrible explosion in a flout
,t, and
which five persons were killed on the sll'-
several others more or less injured by
_ " The valuable mills recently erected, biroyed
Robert Culbertson, at Ballisodare, were cies: the
on Thursday evening, involving the 100) `,.,,ro-
present, of five lives, and a largo amount (4 rote
perty. The mills were provided with serfitteur,
water-wheels and machinery for grinding dr.
and the material known as ' shudes,' or fire °c„allf
the latter being a very inflammable article, nstlese
burns i----xtr.
ground only in fire-proof buildings, wilieh ticeo
mills were. The cause of the disastrous occurrecoo,
il
as not been positively ascertained, but it is
g r of
rally believed to have been an explosion eitlicuroe
foul air or the dangerous materials then in„ci° arid
of manufacture. Attached to the shade re" joie
its cartio,
lcommunicatingf with it by doors on
lefts, was a store, not of fireproof
which contained arge quantities of finilrnhleo
s. udes. It is probable that the explosion toehif re.
in. the mill, which, being of immense streng.t 'into
tshrsted the shock, and forced the expanded allp'eued
eadjoining and weaker buildin a', Where it Wib.-1001
its fury. The floors and roof of the store Were
of the
uan d fell in shattered masses to the bottom iso of
t building and into the adjoining yard. Thei.ll°tare,
the explosion was heard at a considerable aLsci of $
an is described as resembling the heavy til,tt thee
mine. The mill immediately took fire, u-i,e 0
construe
ao
crowds that speedily assembled thought enflthe
rescuing the workmen involved in the ruins
,° ith
store. It was appaling to see them iri- "„va
fragments of beams, and flooring, and beforeSla till
the contents of the lofts. A few minutes busy
mill hummed merrily, and the workmen weron,led
at their labours, but now 1 Three Wrangled
ie-ifther
corpsesdt were tak( n from the piles of wood an'or fel-
debris, and four men seriously injured. A P°rior,
low named Brown, who was blown into tnecovntt
alnfi fell on the. rocks,died on his wayte tl'e Befil.;
n rmary at Sligo. The police statueied at derea
sodare.l were promptly in attendance, and renoieg
tihnyeasuuravbilveoarsss.istance, skilful and energetic, in 18,9$
safety
mpletely pn firße,yant
w hioh;
of the explosion
ti
ety of the men in it. George Smith, a ene thue
portionilm of
clerk, who had entered the mill about theor, is
dhiasttteiniliteionth;assigeccredil°(lteh:-
He has left a wife and le"' s'everab
werechildren to deplore his untimely end. wrineo
broken
hfound t
the
dead
inilcoa,ri
0,
,an:3loitilioe
g.i
found severely burned. Tw° fire.tet'd be'
the
property of the Sligo Commis.iioners, aro' n the
fore.l half•past 5 p.m., and continued to PlaY c)..(ih $
hm ding durhig the entire night; but, alther); far
considerable amount of property was
andsaved' it is,
the_ greater portion has been destroyed• able of
feared the mill is so injured as to be ineaPs ofthe
_being repaired. The following are then a.nb ill.
Boyd,
led and injured :—Killed.—George nlit , wit!,
oyd, sen., Wm. Boydjun. (father and sntion a
Taylor, and Mark Brown. Injured. cow
Drummie, sem...4y burnt • James Brennanti Ito iv
Robert Rochford, injured" by fall, Edrr-Carter'
ford, burnt; John Conaghton, burnt; <IA jolol
much injured ; James Tighe, burnt; $ll-
- injured by fall."