The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-02-17 00:00:00

BURSTING OF AN AQUEDUCT AT LITTLEBOROUGH.

On Sunday morning week an aqueduct, which carries
the river Roch across the front of the Littleborough Tun-
nel of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, imme-
diately over the line, burst, owing to the great accumula-
tion of water from rain during the night, and inundated
the line, so as to prevent several of the morning trains
from passing along it. Fortunately, the tunnel having a
rising gradient under the bills into Yorkshire, the water
took an opposite direction, and the damage was easily re-
paired. The passengers were transferred over the hill from
Lancashire to Yorkshire, and vice versa", by vehicles which
were promptly supplied by the railway authorities. A
great number of excavators were set to work to cut out a
new channel by the side of the line for the river, and, be-
fore night, one line of rail was entirely restored to work-
ing order.

BURSTING OF THE HOLMFIRTH RESERVOIR

The names of 91 persons who pErished by this teriiblo
eatastrbpne nave been given ; but it is still believed that
all are not included. A public meeting was held in
Holmfirth, on Saturday evening week, to consider the
propriety of raising subscriptions for the relief of the sur-
viving sufferers. The most influential gentlemen of the
district were present. The following subscriptions were
announced in the room :—Messrs. W. and C. Brooke,
£200; Mr. Joshua Charlesworth, £100; Mr. Joshua
Moorhouse, £100; a friend, per Joseph Firth, £100;
Mr. Joseph Firth, £75 ; and Mr. Joshua Charlesworth,
£5O; besides numerous smaller sums of £25 and under.
The total amount raised at the meeting was £l,OlO.
A public meeting was held in Huddersfield on Monday
evening, and at the close the amount promised was £4,934
4s. In addition £6 lls. 10Id. was collected at the doors,
after the proceedings had terminated. During Tuesday
the subscription was increased to upwards of £6,000.
A committee is to be formed in Manchester, for the pur-
pose of taking steps to raise subscriptions for the benefit
of the sufferers. In Ashton-under-Lune a committee has
already been formed, and they are said to have been very
successful in their first canvass ; a place has also been
offered and accepted for the reception of cast-off clothing.
We believe that sermons are to be preached, and collections
made, at the parish church.

LOSS OF LIFE AT LONGTOWN

On Monday week, at Longtown, near Carlisle, William
Johnstone, ostler at the Graham's Arms Inn, together
with four-post horses, were drowned in the river Esk, into
which Johnstone had driven to wash the horses' feet, after
having conveyed Sir James Graham, Lady Graham, and
part of their family to Carlisle, en route for London.
Another carriage driven by a post-boy named Dennett,
was entering the river at the same time, and the wheels
of Johnstone's carriage came in contact with those of
Dennett, and thus overturned bcth. Dennett being able
to swim reached the bank in safety. Johnstone and the
four horses perished, one of the carriages was completely
destroyed, and the other was much damaged. The
river at the time was greatly swollen with the flood waters
from the hills.