The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-04 00:00:00

KILLED.

The bodies of the following were taken out of the
ruins during Thursday afternoon and evening :-
1. Joseph Tweedale, of Lower House ; a manager ;
aged 48 years; has left a widow and five surviving
children ; two of his sons being killed at the same
time.

2. Robert Tweedale, of Lower House, a son of No.
1 ; a twister; aged 17 years.
3. James Tweedale, of Lower House, a brother of
No. 2; a reacher or assistant in drawing-in; aged 12
years.
4. William :Bannock, of Dirtcar-lane, one of the
hands, an assistant or reacher-in, aged 12 years.
5. Susannah Wright, of High-street-hill, a twister,
aged 40 years; has left a widower and five children.
6. E hnund Wimpenny, of Fouleach, a twister,
aged 50 ; has left a widow and a large grown-up
family.
7. Ann Buckley, of North Moor, a twister, aged
22 years. She was the daughter of Joseph Buckley,
a blacksmith, and was unmarried.

8. John Kershaw, of Bath Bank ; a drawer ; aged
26 years ; has left a widow and one child. His brother
James is amongst the missing.
9. Ann Ogden, of Fouleach ; a twister, aged 25
years ; unmarried.
10. George Taylor, of Lower House ; a fly dealer
and also apparitor at St. James's church, Greenacres
Moor; aged 63 years. He did not work at the mill,
but was coming to fetch a key from his wife to get
into his house. He has left a widow, who was hurt ;
and his neice, Hussey, is killed.
11. Daniel Dunkerley, of North Moor, or May-
gate-lane ; a beam carrier and jobber for dressers ;
aged 35 years; has left a widow and a large family
of small children.

12. William or Robert Butterworth, of Green-
acres Moor; a weaver ; aged 24 years; has left a
widow.

The following persons were found yesterday morn-
ing and forenoon :-
13. James Ridgway, of Lower House, assistant in
twisting or drawing-in ; aged 16 years.
14. Mary Ann Hussey, of Lower House, twister;
aged 28 years. She was unmarried, and the niece
of Taylor (No. 10), with whom (and his wife, Han-
nan Taylor, who is numbered amongst those hurt)
she resided.
MISSING.—SUPPOSED TO BE KILLED.
15. Ann Hulme, of Henshaw-street, Priest Hill ;
a twister • 26 years of age ; has left a widower
(Ralph Hulme, a power-loom jobber) and one child.
16. Hannah Slater, Rhodes Field ; a twister ;
aged 26 years • has left a widower and two children.
17. Elizabethi Smethurst - of North Moor ; a
twister; aged 26 years ; unmarried, but she has left
a child.
18. James Kershaw, of Lower Moor (brother of
No. 8) ; a drawer-in ; aged 30 years; has left a
widow and four children.
19. William Whitehead, of Lower House of Fon-
leach ; an engineer ; aged 25 years ; unmarried.
20. Sarah IVatmough, of Lower House; a twister;
aged 26 years; has left a widower and three children.
21. Ann Ashton, of Priest-hill ; age not ascer-
tainedpnmarried, and a sister to John Ashton, shoe •
ri
a.
It would thus appear, that at the time our re-
porter left, about one o'clock yesterday, there were,
besides the fourteen persons known to be killed,
and whose bodies had been found, seven others
missing, being, in all probability, under the
ruins, and doubtless all dead, viz., two men and
seven females ; so that, the total number of persons
who have lost their lives by this dreadful accident may
be stated to be twenty-one tlersons ; twelve males and

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nine females; of whom sixteen were u
twenty years of age. Most of the bodies
fully crushed and mangled.
MAIMED AND OTHERWISE TYAT:
Hannah Taylor; lived on the premises; iiiter;;;-r
about sixty years of age; she received a compotuutLC—
fracture of the leg, and is otherwise very muc#:lltqt,;ci s
it was apprehended that her shoulder was dislocated.
she was the wife of No. 10, who is killed.

Betty Dearden, of Lower-house; aged 40 years ;
a twister. She was got out about six o'clock on
Thursday evening, very much scalded and bruised ;
she was taken from the top of the boiler. She is
married, and has several children.
William Mills, of Pipe Row, or North Moor a
bricklayer. Ile has received several cuts on the head
and was on the roof when the building fell.

Mrs. Rayner, of Lower House ; wire of the carter
so much hurt that she is not likely to recover; she
was going past the stables when the accident oc-
curred.
Joseph Travis, of North Moor ; bricklayer ; said
to be maimed.
John Lees, of the Star Inn, Saddleworth, plasterer,
who was running out at the time; cut in teveral
places, and much bruised about the head, neck, aid
back. He is a brother of Thomas Lees, plasterer,
who had a narrow escape from the sixth story.
Thomas Mellor, Higginshaw-lane, or Greenacn
Moor, a bricklayer ; slightly hurt.
ESCAPED WITHOUT SERIOUS INJURY.
Joseph Mellor, of Dirt Car-lane, one of the en-
gineers; he was got out a few minutes after the
accident. _ _

Robert Brierly, of Greenacres Moor, a painter ;
his brush was struck from his hand by some of the
falling material.
John Rushworth, a painter.
Thomas Lees, of the Star Inn, Saddleworth,
plasterer.
John and Thomas Whitehead (brothers), of Man-
chester- street, millwrights.
Thomas Windle, millwright.
James Whitworth, a stoker, who had a narrow
escape. lie was mending the lire under the-boilers,
in the fire-hole, below the ground-floor of the new
mill. Hearing a tremendous crash and fall above
him, he crept along the fire-hole, which is arched
under the yard, and in this way escaped unhurt.
It would be a vain attempt to endeavour to depict,
the scene which ensued on the fall of the mill. The
hands in the old mill, about eight hundred in number,
quitted it immediately, and commenced working with
the greatest energy, to remove the mass of building
materials, and iron beams, pillars, &c., in order
to rescue any of the sufferers who might still sur-
vive. One or two were thus rescued more or less
hurt, and several bodies mere also found ; and, during
the afternoon and evening, twelve bodies were taken
from the ruins. On the first alarm, which, as may
be expected, spread rapidly throughout Oldham, hun-
dreds of anxious relatives, chiefly women, might be
seen hurrying towards the premises, in order to ascer-
tain if their relatives were amongst the sufferers.
Several surgeons of the neighbourhood were
promptly on the spot, and rendered every assist-
ance in their power. Amongst those mentioned
as being first, were Messrs. John Renshaw, Wilkin-
son, Enoch, Dunkerley, Rowntree, and Fawcett.
They inspected several of the bodies as they were
discovered, and pronounced that life was totally ex-
tinct. They also examined several of the living suf-
ferers, applied dressings to their injuries, and gave
directions as to their being conveyed home.
We understand that a subscription has been com-
menced already for the bereaved families, and also
for the living sufferers ; and the authorities of Old-
ham have convened a public meeting for this, Saturday
evening, to promote this object. We understand
that there is some intention to propose the transfer to
this fund, of a considerable sum, report says 4001., the
balance of a subscription some years ago, for the suf-
ferers by the destruction of the Union Mill by fire.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
SlR,—Since my last, several other bodies have been
found dead, among which are the manager and his
wo sons ; about sixteen now have been got out ;
three or four are expected to recover. It is supposed
there is five or six more missing. Several workmen
tmployed on the uppermost stories were carried down
to the ground, and escaped with slight bruises. Four
or five painters, engaged in the interior, feeling the
movement, had presence of mind to rush into the old
mill, which joined to this, and were preserved. You
may form some idea of the dis'aster, when I tell you
that an extent of six stories in length, and the same in
height, fell without a moment's warning. As to the
cause, nothing certain can yet be assigned ; but it is
generally supposed the walls were too weak to bear
the weight of the columns and beams, which are all
iron, and the floors being formed of heavier materials
than usual, as it was intended to be fire proof.
I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
A CONSTANT READER.
Oldham, Nov. 1.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 2.'

The long vacation concluded yesterday, and
Michaelmas Term commenced to-day. The Lord
Chancellor was waited upon at his house, in Georg,:-
street, Hanover-square, shortly after eleven, by the
Lord Mayor elect, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, and several
members of the Corporation, when his Lord-
ship signified her Majesty's approval of him for
Lord Mayor of London for the ensuing year. His
Lordship afterwards, as is usual at Michael-
mas and Easter Terms, entertained the Judges,
Masters in Chancery, and Queen's Counsel, at
breakfast, and then, accompanied by the Learned
Judges, proceeded in• State to Westminster to
open the Courts. The Lord Chancellor took
his seat about half-past one o'clock, attended by the
Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor of England,
the Vice-Chancellors Wigram, and Masters Sir G.Wil-
son and Duckworth. It was understood that the Vice-
Chancellor Knight did not- attend his Lordship in
consequence of there being no place in which he
could sit. Surely at the present time, when the
House of Commons is not sitting, the two
Committee-rooms that have hitherto been devoted to
the new Vice-Chancellors might again be placed at
their disposal, instead of subjecting the bar to the
inconvenience, in the first place, of one judge not
sitting, and in the next of compelling them,
amid the drenching rain, to cross from the courts
at Westminster Hall to the Sessions-house. On the
Lord Chancellor taking his seat, Mr. Hilyard and
Mr. Thickust, on being appointed Queen's counsel,
were called by his Lordship within the bar.
The COURT then heard appeal motions. The appea
of Toledo v. Vieta was postponed to a future dayl
The Court then proceeded with other appeals, and
rose shortly after three o'clock.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 2.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR Or ENGLAND took his seat
in his Court at Westminster, shortly after half-past
one o'clock, and proceeded to hear motions, none of
which possessed any points of public interest.