The Sun.
London, England, 1819-09-28 00:00:00

CORONERS' INQUEST.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT —YeStee•:7 en riltreit
was held at the sign of he Swan, 1--Lin4,...rford.,
stairs, before TitomAs HIGGS, Es q. Coroner, on
the [Jody of James Mann, aged -ears, sort 10
Jetties Mann, appraiser, of flun,z.-:rford...ftitirr;
who was killed limier the following c:rcutustz.r.:c.s,
on Saturday last :—Thomas Dunf-:,rd, of 17*
Lewisham-street, Westminster, deposvi, that ant
Saturday evening last, about seven o'ClorA, he
was standing near the Globe public.bouse, itl ,
conversation with the father of the der.sed,
when he heard something apparently very
; upon looking round he saw a large pac*.i-
case lying on the ground, and a hat was
near to it. Some person called out that a
was killed, and was under the packing-L.
Witness, with the assistance of another, lifter!
and discovered that the deceased was under
neath it, jammed in a terrible manner, and in a
state of insensibility. He ryas carried to his
father's house, and a surtzeon was sent for, but the
deceased was quite dead on his arrival. The
blood came profusely from his nose and ears. The
packing-ease belooged to a Mr. Farlour.—Mr.:
Hem y dour, of 11-tinge, Bird-stairs, tit:posed,
that the property (lid not belong to hint ; it was
forwarded to his warehouse for the purpose of
being shipped; it was toe property of his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent, and contained ft,
cast from the Eight Marbles, and was g,tiog. to
he sent abroad. The winkinen placed it on the
outside of the warehouse on some other cases,
and the deceased, it appeared, was playing on
rhem, wilco, by a siirldeit jetk, it was preeip.tated
on to him, and he eras killed on the spot. He
thought it was iu a safe situation ; did not know
the value of the property ; the packing-case be-
10I1C11 to Mr. WestniaCOt, Of Smith Andleyd.
Grosvcnor-square.—Mr. It ‘urgeon,
of the Strand, deposed, that he was call TO at-
tend ;he deceased; three of his left rifts were
brokru, a, A 1 he was severely crushed. Tbe
joules recei.ed caused death. Vet Ac-
idewai Death by a packing-case belonging to
Mr. Westitilcot tailing on the deceased, with
deodand of h e shillings."

MFLANCHOLY ACCIDFNT.-CaZaign to those US•'
in Charcoal Fires.—On Friday a Coroner's
11t-
c wa, held at the B;rileag,, Siamford-lpill,
,over the body of a joinnieyaLtu plumber, who lost
his We whilst working, on the estate ot a gentle-
man named Osborne, by the imprudent use of
charcoal are. It appeared front the evi,lettee ad-
duced before the Jury, that the deceased fild been
employed in soldering a leaden pipe at the bro.-
tom of a well 131) feet deep, which was situate iu
a garden belonging to Mr. Osholue, and bad
lighted a charcoal fire inside the well, for the pur-
pose of melting the lead, and heating his irons.
The the burnt briskly, when the deceased lett the
well for some purpose or other, and soon after...
wards returned. A female servant belonging to
the house s' srortly after passing by, w he*
curiosity induced tier to Ink down, and site per-
ceived that tie light was ,nt, and at the same
time heard a noise somet,. hat resembling the gtoen
of a person in great but ton,t the :zreds„,
depth of the place, could not hear t:
She also petceivcd a vapour of a surfoca iu
smell overflowing the mouth. Being much alatiu.
ed, she ran for assistance, and returned wi.h
young man, vs ho was about to descend into the
well, but had not gone down many steps before be
sprang out, felt down, and was dreadfully con-.
coked. By this tune a number of persons had
leered round the spot, lair erns were li..hted, and
being suspended by a siring, were lowered into
the well with a view of ascertaining the sitinHoll
of the unfortubtate man, wh use es piring struggles
were now heard rery plainly ; hut no sonnet were
they imtnersed into the vr.ll, tha, they were in-
stantly exttngni lied by the I:uXiotiS vapour,
and the by-standers were in the greatest per.'
plexity, as none dared venture down or knew ill
what manner to act, until a passenger directed
them to ttia!:e use of the only effectual -Inca°
stile which can he used upon such occasions for
dissipating the impure gas ; namely, by throwing
down water, whico was intinediately done, and tire
young man n ho had first ventured to descend ag2l3
went down With a rope. The vapour, however,
vvas not entirely gone, and upon reaching the hot--
tom, it was with great difficulty that he could hold
Its breath long enough to affix the rope to the
hotly of the deceased, whom he found lying; upoa
his face. The body was instantly dragged out,
and every medical endeavour was used to rectore
animation, but without effect.—The Jury, after
a patient inquiry into time circumstances, found a.
verdict of Accidental Death."—The deceased,
we are informed, has left a wile and six small
children to moult) his loss, in whose behalf a sub.
scription has been raised ; and we are sorry to
add, that the young man who so coOrageously
ventured into the well, has ever since been se.
ionsly indisposed from the effects of having in.'
haled the gas.

DIRTH.

Friday, the Lady of the hey. G. L. Cooke, Professor of
Natural Philosophy, and Keeper of the Archives, Oxford, of
a Still.

On the 25th inst., at Balkans-hill, Surrey, the lady of Fiesari
Harford, E-q., of a datiL:hter.

2,lttftli.lED.

Oar Mooday, the c27th instant, at Allhallows, Bread.streei
Mr. Charles S; words, of Watiiog-street, to Mary, tblJ
daughter of Peter Adams, Esq. of Chigwell, Essex.

DIED.

On the 15th inst. aged 77, at his house at Walthanastorts
Samuel Hutchinson, El. many years Deputy of the Ward'
of Tower.
At ltosslane Fort, Wexford, suddenly, on the lth instants
while shaving hiu'sclf, Robert Wallace, Esq. many years a
Magistrate of that Countv.
Saturday se'nuiglit, at \Vaterf,rd, Mrs. Chambers, widely
of the late Mr. John Chambers, Lady-lam!, and muther-W'
law of Mr. Kean, the actor.

At Carron Part:, Scotland, on the 17th Seutember,
Cadell, Esq. of Banton, aged 82. Mr. Cadell was ott
the original founders of the Carron Iron Works, and dusini
the whole course of an active life was engaged in many usef4'
and important commercial untrtal;ings,

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