The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-01 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

LOCAL MEETINGS.

MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.—At the monthly meeting
of the Council tomorrow the proceedings of the health
committee will comprise the appointment uf Mr. Thomas
Duncan as assistant surveyor, at a salary, of £450 per
annum. The proceedings of the gardens committee will
comprise a recommendation that the herbarium at the
Botanic Gardens be extended into a museum of foreign
vegetable products, and that for this purpose the surveyor
be requested to report as to the capability of the present
building for affording such a museum, or-the necessity of
any further erection for that purpose. Notice of the fol-
lowing motion has been given by Mr. Councillor Higgins,
" That reporters be admitted to the weekly meetings of
the health of the town committee, so far as regards public
business - that a committee be appointed to inquire and
report why the rate for the payment of the policemen
employed to watch the property of the warehouse..owners
has not been levied according to the provisions of the
act." By Mr. Councilor Samuel Mame,- "That the
resolution of the Council of the 3rd March last, con-
firming the recommendation of the law courts committee,
' not to proceed with the erection of the organ of St.
George's Hall, until the interior of the hall is finished,'
be rescinded ; and that the committee be requested to
take such measures, subject to the confirmation of the
Council, as may ensure the completion of an organ by
the time that the edifice is ready to receive it."
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.--The weekly meeting was
held on Wednesday, Mr. Sheppard in the chair. A letter
was read from the Poor-law Commissioners, recommend..
ing that, on account of the high price of wheat and other
grain at the present time, the diet of the paupers and the
out-door relief afforded in the shape of bread, should be
made of a somewhat inferior description to the finer qua-
lity of the same article now used, and that in the unions
where the habits of the labouring classes admit of it, as in
Wales and the north of England, oatcake or stirabout
should be occasionally substituted for bread. The com-
missioners also state that they will be willing tumake any
alteration of the dietary which may be found necessary to
enable the guardians to carry out their suggestions. Mr.
Shaw, in accordance with his notice of last week, moved
that £lO4 a-year be added to the salary of the assistant
overseer of Everton, to enable him to keep a rate book
and office clerk for the township. Mr. Parker seconded
the motion, which, after some discussion as to the pap-
priety of the overseer appointing his own clerk, was car-
ried. The Rev. Mr. Badnall hoped that the committee
appointed to inquire into the expediency of erecting a
hospital in connexion with the workhouse, would appoint
an early day for meeting. Mr. Peers said that something
must be done, as the present hospital was in avery crowded
state ; many of the patients were lying two in a bed.
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—It was reported that
the north stack of warehouses, No. 8, at the Albert Dock,
would be completed and ready for the reception of goods
on the Ist of June, and that the new offices would be
ready about the same time. A letter was read from Mr.
Elias Mosley, complaining of impediments in the de-
livery of bullion from a ship in the Albert Dock. Letters
were read, showing the delay occurred with the Custom-
house officers, and not with the dock estate. It was re-
commended that an iron barge of forty tons burthen,
should be provided for transporting goods from one part
of the Albert Dock to another. Mr. Royden thought
that a wooden barge would be better than, an iron one.
Wood would be more likely to stand the wear and tear
than iron.—The Chairman ; I'm afraid you did not see
the iron buoys which came in the other day. The iron
ones stood double the tear and wear of the wooden ones.
—Mr. Royden : They can put stays into the buoys, but
you cannot do so in a barge. It is, however, a matter of
opinion.—In compliance with a recommendation from the
Shipwrights' Association, a bye-law was submitted and
passed, for regulating the graving. docks. It provides
that no vessel shall be admitted into the graving dock
unless blocks have been duly prepared for its reception,
and lines stretched across the docks, and in the event of
the owner, consignee, or captain of any vessel entered for
the graving docks neglecting to provide those things, he
shall be liable to a penalty of £lo.—The receipts at Run-
corn for the month ending the 26th instant, were stated
to be £B2 12s. 9d. on 310 vessels 15,768 tons, being an
increase of 60 vessels, 1971 tons, and £8 19s. 9d. receipts,
as compared with the corresponding period of last year.—
Toxteth Dock was ordered to be let dry after the evening
tide of Sunday, for the purpose of repairing the gates.—
A letter was read from Messrs. Wilson and Sons, agent
to the Cork Steam Packet Company, requesting permis-
sion to use lock-up lanterns on board the Minerva in the
dock. The application stated that they understood other
vessels had this privilege.—The Chairman : No such pri-
vilege was ever given to any vessel, nor have we the slightest
power to give such permission.—Mr. Henderson : The
ships are allowed to have fides on board in the Birkenhead
docks.—The Chairman : That is no reason we should fol-
low a bad example.—Mr. Henderson : Mr. Mann says
there-is no great danger of fire in the Birkenhead docks.
(Laughter.)—The Chairman : You are positively inhi-
bited by your acts. I had such applications daily during
the winter, but they never were in one instance complied
with.—The Chairman stated that the new landing stage
would be removed on Tuesday, the Ist of June, (this day.)
Seven steamers had been engaged to tow it, and it would
be launched about an hour before high water. Mr. Hart-
ley, jun., said she was completely ready. They had no-
thing to do but to pull down the embankment.—The
Chairman said there was an inquiry from behind (the re-
porters) as to whether there was to be any festivity on the
occasion.—Mr. Rankin : It is not a matter for rejoicing
—The Chairman : No, it is a very great imposition on tl

istrut. .rb3s.

CLITHEROE.--Matthew Wilson, Esq., of Eaton-hall,
issued an address on Saturday night to the electors of
Clitheroe, offering himself as a candidate for the borough.
The address alludes to Mr. Wilson's being elected six
years ago.

DISTRESS IN MANCHESTER.—ThE condition of the
poor in this town is daily becoming worse, and the de-
mands upon the poor-rate are fearfully increasing. From
16,000 to 20,000 persons are now relieved weekly, at a
cost of nearly £l,OOO. How long this state of things will
continue it is difficult to say.

On Friday, when the Blue-school boys at Chester were
taking a walk along the river side, some of them, in the
absence of their master, would bathe, notwithstanding the
repeated remonstrances of the person under whose care
they were placed. The stream being strong, one of the
bathers sunk to rise no more.
THUNDER STORM.—During the progress of the thunder
storm that occurred in Lancashire on Friday the 14th
inst., an oak tree in Knowsley Park, the seat of the Right
Hon. the Earl of Derby, was shivered to pieces by light-
ning, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon.
At the bottom of the tree the electric fluid passed into
the ground, and tore up the surface, to the depth of four
or six inches, as if it had been forced by a rude plough,
the furrows extending about four feet on each side of the
trunk, towards the south-west and north-east.

FATAL FIGHTS.—On Wednesday week, two navi-
gators, one known as " Bristol Jack," the other's name
being Paul Price, entered into a pugilistic contest at Daf-
ford Green, near Worcester. At the end of the fifth
round, one of the men, " Bristol Jack," was so severely
injured that he could not continue the fight, and the next
day he died.—On Monday last, two men, named Marsden
and Hyde, quarrelled at Darwen, when the latter chal-
lenged the other to fight. They accordingly went into a
field, and during their contest Hyde frequently kicked
his opponent ; and before the fight was over, Hyde felt
back, and died instantly.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT WALTON-LE-DALE .—On or
about Saturday week, the murder of a child, under myste-
rious circumstances, was, it is believed
this quiet village, near Freston. The bod

IscovereC

on the followiiig. Monday. A woman, -on the previous
Friday, went to the house of an innkeeper there; to whom
she was a stranger, with .a child in her arms, who she
said was poorly, and she gave it a little gin. She went
away towards Darwen, saying she was going to search for

her husband. She passed the same inn next day without
the child. She appeared too old to be the mother, but
said she was so. The body was found by two little boys
in Gregson's Brook, near the bridge, with the face in the
water. The same woman had been seen before carrying
the child, and was also seen coming from the direction of
the brook without the child. The surgeon who examined
it said death was caused by submersion in water. Verdict,
wilful murder against a woman unknown.
THE CHEAP TRIPS.—We gather from the Manchester
papers, that during last week, the number of scholars and
teachers who were
_conveyed to various beautiful localities

dock estate, anc

one it has no business to bear.
MEETING OF THE RATE-PAYERS OF BIRKENHEAD.
ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS.-A meeting of the
rate-payers of the township of Birkenhead was held on
Thursday, for the purpose of considering the best course
to be adopted at the ensuing election of commissioners in
the present position of the affairs of Birkenhead.

shire Railway, up to Friday_ evening, was
number conveyed on the London and Birmingham lint
was somewhere about 9,000. The cheap trains to Liver-
pool took, on' Monday 184 persons, on Tuesday 413, on
Wednesday 668, on Thursday 748, on Friday 845, being a
total of 2,858. The number of passengers who went by
the ordinary trains from the Victor'

room was crowded, and oh the platform were William
Jackson, Esq., Joseph Mallaby, Esq., C. Bentham, Esq.,
John Hicklin, Esq., Mortimer, Esq., &c., &c. Wm
Jackson, Esq., was called to the chair ;• the announce
ment being received with loud c
tion was moved by Mr. Hicklin

—ia station was, on
Monday 2,019, on Tuesday 1,779, on Wednesday 1,630,
on Thursdhy 3,160, being an aggregate for the four days
of 8,588. To Newton races there was a much smaller
_ _

peers. T
It was—

resolu-

sions, owing to the fact that they were held on the same
4-1,—;" num Thorn men* 1-11;41,m. 117-A

sequence of the present condition of the township affairs
of Birkenhead, and acknowledged want of public confi-
dence, it is essential to the interests of the town and the
restoration of credit, that a change should be effected by
the election of commissioners, who are totally independent
of the party now predominant at the board." Mr. Hick-
lin went to show that in consequence of a want of unity
amongst the commissioners, and the expulsion from it of
some of the master spirits, who had contributed so much
to the rise and progress of the township, there was a want
of confidence, injurious to the interests of the commu-
nity. He referred to the course pursued by the commis-
sioners in reference to the Gas and Water Bills, which he
deprecated in the strongest terms. They had expended
the township money in going to Parliament for bills which
would not only be- no advantage to the people, but a po-
sitive disadvantage, as difficulties had been thrown in the
way of the present company, who were prevented by the
unsettled state of the question, from making those reduc-
tions to the community which they might otherwise have
don(

nesday 70, on Thursday 447, and on" Friday 78.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.—On Thursday morning, a most
extraordinary attempt at murder was made by an aged
female in Caton:st7q, Hulme, Manchester, the life of

the person sought being a young man named Thomas
Royle, a shoemaker, a son-in-law of the would-be mur-
deress. The name of the woman is Elizabeth Jackson,
and her daughter and son-in-law Thomas Royle lived
with her, at No. 43, Caton-street, Hulme. Jackson is a
married woman, but has been separated from her husband
about eight years. She slept in the same room with her
son-in-law and daughter, and at an early hour on Thurs-
day morning went to the bed side of the young couple,
who have only been married nine months, and leaning
over the body of the daughter, with a large common table
knife cut the throat of Royle, who lay next to the wall,
and who, as wail as his wife was fast asleep. Fortunately
the knife was not very sharp, and the young man was
awoke by its passing across his throat before a sufficiently
deep incision had been effected to prove fatal. He put
out his hand to save himself, when the end of one of his
fingers was nearly cut off, and he then sprang out of bed,
and ran into an adjoining house for help. The female
has, it appears, a little property of her own, consisting of
four cottages, recently built in Hulme, and an attempt, as
she alleges, to get hold of it by the son-in-law was the
main cause of the horrid deed she attempted.
FR EEMASONRY.— On Wednesday, the annual provincial
grand meeting of ancient, free, and accepted Masons, of the

It had been said they must sup-port the docks, and
he agreed with those parties who said so. He wished the
docks to be supported, as they were for the benefit of the
town, but that was no reason they were to uphold a par-
ticular section, who did not study the interest of the people
at large, but their own private ends. He urged the meet-
ing to come forward on the day of election, and vote for
those men, a list of which he submitted to them—men
who would do all they could to relieve the township trom
its embarrassments in the present crisis, and be the means

was held

a was esse

future and permanent progress. The resolution was se-
conded by Mr. C. Bentham, who observed that if he
should be elected a commissioner, as he understood his
name was on the list. he would serve the township to the
best of his ability. Mr. Appleton made some remarks in
condemnation of the conduct pursued by Mr. Mallaby at
the Board of Commissioners, to which that rc
replied in an energetic and well-timed s
lution was ti

Le Gentre N. Starlcie, Esq., of Huntroyd. The Craft
brethren assembled at eleven o'clock, in the large room,
which was elegantly furnished with the various insignia of
Masonry, when the c

stomary cere

Shortly after the approach of the Provincial Grand Lodge
was announced; the doors were thrown open, and during

The reso

.i. organist,

lowing waS-lethnepnutparon
pdocsaerdr,ieads Uanalnisitmoofusplyers.
proper to serve the township effectually in the present
emergency :;—Mr. Joseph Mallaby, Mr. C. Bentham, Mr.
o nTs hfiet faonld
J. H. Green, Mr. William Pike, Mr. 11. Fox, Mr. John
Hieklin, Mr. Henry J. Nicholls. The list was proposed
by Mr. Willoughby, and seconded by Mr. Robert
Hughes, who observed that, when it was known there
were 3,600 ' houses in the township, and 1,200 of them
_ . _ empty, there must be Something-- ..

tx rand Lodge entered, and the throne was taken by the
D.R. G.M., brother Drinkwater, prayers being said by the
P.G. chaplain. The usual business of the province was

wuuweu. uy solemn prayer. At two o'clock, the .
brethren walked in procession to the beautiful parish-
church, where an eloquent discourse was preached by the
P.G. chaplain, brother Gilmore Robinson, incumbent of
Tocklioles from the Bth Psalm, verse, and a collection
made in aid of the Lancaster Dispensary. Prayers were
read by brother Rowley, who, for the last 53 years, has
been the chaplain to the Brethren in this town ; brother
Miller officiating as clerk. During the absence of the
Brethren at the church, the regalia was removed from the
Jodge-room, and a transverse table, upon a raised platform,
and two longitudinal tables were fixed, upon which was
spread a mist sumptuous entertainment, provided by
brother,Tagot, in his usual style of profusion and good
taste, comprising every delicacy the most fastidious could
desire:- Additional effect was given to the piles of good
" •

wrono-, and it was high
time that a change should take place. list was car-
ried by acclamation. Mr. Bentham prziposed a vote of
thanks to the chairman, when the latter, after acknow-
ledging the' compliment, referred to the history of the
township, the interest he had taken in its affairs, and his
expulsion from the Board of Commissioners, he justified

the course he had pursued, observing that in consequence
of the measures taken with respect to the gas and water
bills, he could not remain in the Board as the capacity of
buyer and seller, and there was no alternative left, but to
resign his trust. He administered several severe reproofs
to 111 i; Appleton for some remarks he had made in refer-
ence to him (the chairman) having a great part of his pro-
perty out of the township. In reply to that, he said there
was not one sixtieth part out of the boundary of Birken-
head ; he asked Mr. Appleton how much money had been
lent them since he left. (Hear.) After a short pause Mr.
Appleton replied—" When you left, the money poured in
till the fountains of money were dried up throughout the
country." (Laughter.) The Chairman thought the
flowing in was similar to the last drop from a pipe.
(Laughter.) After much cheering for the chairman, and
some groaning and hissing for Mr. Appleton, the meeting
broke up at a quarter past ten. Great activity prevails in
canvassing the rate-payers, and a strong contest may
be expected ; various placards calling on the electors to
come forward are posted on flie walls, amongst which we
observe the following squib :—" In the press, and will
speedily be published, a new edition of that popular work
The Last of the Lairds.' "

things,. by the introduction of a great variety of silken
banners, upon which the various emblems were beautifully
painted by brother J. Shrigley. At foui o'clock, the
D.P.G.M., brother Drinkwater, was conducted to the
chair by the P.G. officers, the P.G. organist performing a
grand march (Handel.)
APPALLING MURDER NEAR MASBROUGII.—The locality
of Masbrough was yesterday (Friday) the scene of one of
the most revolting and fearful murders that ever fell to our
lot to record. The atrocious deed was perpetrated on the
public highway, at a spot which is very much frequented,
and in the open face of day. Th#victim is an inoffensive,
peaceably-disposed woman, named Susanna Jagger, who
resided with her husband, Benjamin Jagger, at the top of
Masbrough-common, where they kept a small shop for the
sale of provisions. Her murderer is a man about 45 years
of age, named Samuel Linley, who was in the employ of
Messrs. Schofield and Co., of the New Park-gate Iron
Works, near Masbrough. The hapless woman was on her
way to Rawmarsh, between eleven and twelve in the fore-
noon, for the purpose of collecting her little accounts
amongst her customers. The village of Rawmarsh lies
along the turnpike road from Rotherham to Barnsley,
about two miles from the former place. Near the road to
Rawmarsh is the extensive establishment, called the New
Park-gate Iron Works, and some distance beyond this the
toll bar, known as the Four-lane-ends Bar. It was in the
direction of the latter place that the deceased was proceed-
ing ; and when about one hundred and fifty yards front the
bar, she met the man coming in the opposite direction.
A number of women, who were standing near to their
dwellings, a little on the Park-gate side of the bar, had
just before seen Linley pass, and they observed him to
turn off the footpath to the woman, who was in the middle
of the road,. and knock her down with his fist. He conti-
nued to beat her violently on the head while prostrated on
the ground. Her loud cries for help excited considerable
alarm among the women, one of whom instantly called of
a man, named Joshua Hewiud. She continued to scream
for assistance. Her bonnet and cap were torn off, and
lying by her side, and the man was striking her violently.
on the head with his fists, holding her the while between
`his knees.. The man Ileward came up just as the murderer.

been making upon the subject, that all the districts, with was about to strike a knife in the throat of his victim, and
the exception of those ocoupied by the Irish, were at pre- tried to prevent him, but the murderer was too strong for
sent in an exceedingly healthy state. (Hear, hear.) him, and s-aoh a frightful wound was made in the poor
Mr. CAFFEEATA.—Have you got another lazaretto yet ? woman's neck that she did not survive more than three or
Mr. FERGUSON.—NO; but the fault is not with the four minutes. It is said that the murderer had never
vestry ;it lies with the owners- of cotton, who are not die- before seen the poor woman • and the only way in which
charging it as quickly as we could wish. the horrid deed-is accounted is on the supposition that
Mr. CAFFERATA.—The sooner you see the entire six of the man was a maniac, labouring under delirium tremens,
the lazarettoes the better. from excessive drinking.—Sheffield Sercury.
The committee reported that there were 1641 persons
in the workhouse at present, and that 557 of the inmates .
were lying down in fever.
The committee passed a resolution to the effect that
money should not be borrowed for the relief of the poor
under any circumstances, and' that any relieving officer The scene of the accident is the noble bridge over-the
h money for- such a purpose would be river Dee, close to the race-course. The river is there
instantlyw o
might
d i s borrow
dismissed. d . Icrossed by an iron bridge of three spans. Each span 100
The arrivals of paupers for the week ending the 24th feet in width, and is composed of massive iron girders,
instant, were reported to be 6,392. supported by stone of the most firm and durable eon-
The total amount of relief given during the week was struction. There are four of these girders in each span,
£645 6s. 6d. ; and the total cost of relieving the Irish and one on each side of the up and down lines of rails. Strong
the poor legitimately-belonging to the parish had exceeded wooden beams were fixed across the girders, and along
the cost of the corresponding week of last year by the sum these the lines- were laid. The girders themselves were
of £763 16s. 3d. formed of two pieces of iron firmly riveted in the centre,
The CHAIRMAN informed the board that the large num- and seemed well adapted to sustain an immense weight.
ber of 1,363,000 quarts of soup had been given out in The train which left Chester at a quarter-past six on Mon-
Liverpool since last December. day evening consisted of one first-class carriage, two se-
not more than two dozen passengers. The train was pro-
Mr. RIDING said, that in remarking at a former meet- cond-class carriages, and a luggage van ; but there were
coming as usual along the line, had already crossed two of
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had not the slightest intention of impugning the conduct the arches, and was in the act of crossing the third, when
of the medical officers. The inconvenient practices which all the carriages were precipitated into the river, a depth
had been going on there were made apparent upon an in-
of about 120 feet ; the engine and tender, which had
vestigation before Mr. Austin, whose report had been crossed the bridge, pursuing the course along the line.
transmitted to the magistrates-;- and with the opinions The consternation of the passengers at this time must have
been frightful ; and some individuals who witnessed the
tided. then entertained by the committee Mr. Austin fully coin-
accident from the Roodee, describe their shrieks as being
Mr. FERGUSON gave notice of motion for the next day
most heart-rending. But even this terror was merely mo-
that an efficient medical staff' be appointed. mentary ; for the sudden shock and concussion rendered
Mr.
almost all the persons in the carriages totally insensible of
begged
their situation. One man, indeed, named Proud, reco-
Te Poor oO resign Hwrote
eleftttrier, sienleewthvicehetr hye.
vered himself almost immediately ; he found himself in a
in consequence of the high price of provisions, and the
carriage turned upside down in the river, and being fully
JOHN
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nem begged to suggest that,
probability of esculents continuing dear until the harvest, sensible of the horrors of his situation, he exerted himself
to the utmost, and succeeded in getting through the car-
it was desirable that bread should be supplied to the par- to
and swam ashore. The crash was heard at a great
r
pers of a somewhat inferior description to fine wheat. riage window, whence he precipitated himself into the
The letter was referred, and its receipt was ordered to be
distance, and assistance was promptly on the spot. Four
acknowledged with gratitude.
dead bodies were taken out of the river, John Matthews
and Knyvett, both coachmen, passengers, and the
guard and stoker of the train ; one man is still missing.
Thirteen passengers were more or less injured Mr.
Towns has a severe concussion on the brain, and his sister
slightly injured : Mrs. Evison a fracture of the hip-bone ;
Mr. Isaac Jones his skull fractured; Mr. John Jones a
severe contusion on his head, and his wife her thigh frac-
tured ; Ann Evans, a servant-girl, her thigh and collar-
bone fractured, besides internal injuries ; Mr. David
Evans his thigh fractured, his wife seriously bruised ; a
boy, named Stevens, concussion on the brain ; a boy,
named M`Gregor, his skull fractured ; Mr. J. B. Ford a
cut on the head and some slight injuries ; a married fe-
male, name unknown, severe concussion on the brain.
The rest, happily, escaped uninjured. Upon examining
the beam as it lay in the river, we could perceive two
fractures in it,—one of which, in the middle length, had
to all appearance been the result of the fall, and anterior
to it. The other, doubtless the immediate cause of this I
frightful accident, v-s from 17 t- 1 f--- .. I

THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT

CHESTER,

~as to 20 teet distant from the
south pier of the bridge ; and as the engine driver said he
felt the giving way beneath him, allowing for the length
of the tender, there can be no doubt that this was the
fracture which caused the calamity. The fracture was
directly across the beam, from its upper to its lower
flange; and connected with this, the flat side of the beam
striking against the rock or other hard substance. The
trusses, or tension rods, so far as we could see them, ap-
peared to be entire. Until this massive girder is got .out
of the water, which in part conceals it, it is impossible to
say what may have been the cause of its fracture. So far
as it could be seen, it did not appear to be from any flaw
or defect in the metal. The single line of rails on the
bridge remaining entire, will be made secure for the work-
ing of both up and down trains over it in a few days.
For the present, however, and till it is so re-opened, pas-
sengers are conveyed from Chester to Saltney, a distance
of about a mile and a half, by the high road, in omnibus
or coach.

On Thursday, the remains of Roberts, the guard, and
Anderson, the stoker, were interred at Chester. The fu-
nerals were, attended by a great number of persons. Mr
Nivitt, the coach driver, was interred in the same afternoon
On Friday, an inquest was held on view of the bodic
before John Hostage, Esq.. ad

ournec

been severely hurt, breathed his last. John Taylor, the
engineer, detailed the facts given :—He felt the bridge
sinking, put on all the steam, and cleared the bridge, but
the carriages fell over. He had never had any fear of the
bridge. The station-master said that the train in ques-
tion consisted of the three first-class

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Frith, who was fishing at the time, saw aus,asaanz,
girder fall into
the river, and immediately after the carriage fell, the last
one first. They fell in different directions, together with
a quantity of timber and rubbish. On the same morning,
while bathing under the bridge, when a train passed over,
he observed the inside girder of the part that gave way
bend downwards about four inches. Robert Barlow, I
fisherman, saw the bridge fall, and he and his father rowe,
up to the spot. They first picked up a lady in Mae'
alive, and then helped to get the others out. The r-
stone of the bridge was lying above one of the -
The bodies were identified. The foreman. S

air E. Walker,
id that several eminent engineers would be called in for
examination as to the accident. Mr. Yarrow, C.E., said
he bad been an engineer for twenty years, and had studied
the building of bridges. He had found the bridge on
surveying'it by request, to be apparently sound with the
exception of the part that had given way. He con-

sidered the work good, but found one displaced stone
forming the acute angle of the river pier, and upon which
one end of the broken girder rested, to be totally inade-
quate, in
.its form and bearing, for its important situation.