The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-06 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

On Thursday a special meeting of the Council was
held, for the appointment of trustees, &c., under various
local acts.

Messrs. Wood, Mann, and Atherton were appointed
commissioners under the Birkenhead Improvement Act.

The Mayor was appointed a trustee u
for enabling the trustees of Mrs. Ann Mc

nder a local, act
alyneux's chari-

for the ber

pang were deserving of censure because they

great mistake the

.bed to

was in allowing the Water Company to go out of their
With respect to the accident, he thought the

been any neglect as regarded the construction of the tank
which bad given way.

After a fear remarks from the Mayor and Mr. Lace,
Messrs. Nichol, Rathbone, and the Mayor were ap-
pointed Directors in accordance with the act of Parliament.

p shortly after twelve

INQUEST ON THE FIVE PERSONS KILLED
AT THE HARRINGTON WATER WORKS.

On Wednes,lay an inquest was held on Mary Ann
Smith, Sarah Eliza Smith, Catharine Gibson, John
if, • rr,

Deaveney, and Catharine Gibson, the five int-sods killed
by the bursting of a tank at the Harrington Water Works,
in flock• Street, on Christmas Day. Mr. Jamieson ap-
peared on the part of the Corporation : Mr. Stauistreet
on that of the Harrington Company ; and Mr. Miller on
that of the Hawarden Company. _

Five witnesses were examined to prove the finding of
the bodies, and the cause of the deaths. We subjoin such
portion of the additional evidence as will be or general
interest, premising that we are obliged very much to con-
dense it.

Thomas Thompson, sworn.—l am manager and chief
clerk to the Liverpool and Harrington Water Company.
During the summer of 1844, the directors of the company
resolved upon having a tank made, capable of containing
200,000 gallons of water, for their station in water-street.
The object of the company in having so large a tank was,
to have an abundant supply of water in case of fire, so
that the mains might be filled at a moment's notice, and
to supply the shipping at that end of the town. I was
instructed to send applications for tenders to several
lmongst others, to Messrs. George For-
Vauxhall-road, to the Hawarden Iron

eers, and,

rester and C

Company, in Flintshire, and, I think, to Pearson and Co
There were four or five in all. We received several ten
ders. We had a tender from Bury, Curtis, and Co. tt

make a tank capable of containing 200,000 ga

ons of

.
more. Forrester and Company's tender was for £1,243105.
The Hawarden Company's tender was for ELIO°, and, if
bearers were requited for it, £lOO more, making a total
of £1,250, and they offered to make a cistern of any re-
quired sizefor ld per gallon. The directors were not
pledged to accept the lowest tender.• The Hawarden
Company had previously done a great deal of work for
the Harrington Company, and always very satisfactorily.
The tender of the Hawarden Company was accepted.
Mr. Stanistreet put in the contract by which Messrs.
T. P. Williams and John Williams, trading under the
firm of the Hawarden Iron Works, agreed to erect for
the 'Water Company for £1,250, a cast-iron cistern capa-
ble of containing 200,000 gallons of water, together with

all necessary screws, &c., for fitti
proper and substantial man

g up the same in a
according

tions of the
warden Company enga,,,

d the Ha-

ge which might

m to the said water

bouring property

detect is ii,, iaid cis