The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-05 00:00:00

SATURDAY AND YESTERDAY

The revision proceeded on Saturday and yesterday, and
our reporter attended in court for a long time, but no case
of peculiar interest took place. A considerable number have
been struck off the list on either side, principally in conse-
qu'ence of the absence of the parties when their names were
calied. We understand that arrangements have been come
to by- which many of the objections on both sides will be
mutually withdrawn, so that the revision will be completed
much e trlier than was anticipated.

THE L ATE DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT PENY-
DAAIRAN WORKS, MERTHYR TYDVIL.

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(A bridged from, the Merthyr Guardian.
The tidir,,s of this distressing accident having only reached
us last week on the eve of publication, we were unable to give
as full an account of it as could be desired. The main facts,
as stated, were, however, correct.
On Saturday last a jury was summoned by the coroner,
William Davits, Esq. ; the only duty which they performed
was the distressing one of viewing the bodies, in order that
they might be Pried ; it was then adjourned till Wednesday.
The funerals of the deceased workmen took place on Sa-
turday morning last ; the unfortunate woman who met her
death was interred the day following the accident.
On Wednesday morning we paid a visit to the Penydarran
Works, and the scene of the awful catastrophe was such a
one as we shall never forget. The interior of the premises
are almost completely demolished, one large and very high
stack towering over the ruins. Had this stack fallen, the
consequences.must have been far more disastrous even than
they were ; prOvidentially it withstood the shock.
It is impossible to give our readers any accurate ides of
the present appearance of the Pennydarran Works. The
immense boiler which burst, and which weighed upwards of
twelve tons, with the tube, lies 45 feet from its original sta-
don, it having been blown to that distance ; the boiler tube
was projected about the same distance in a contrary direc-
tion ; four stacks were knocked down, and one has been taken
down since; the iron roofs are bent in all directions; im-
mense masses, and beams of iron, are lying about in the
place.% to which they were driven by the explosion, and the
whole. place is filled with a network, if we may so speak, of
masshre iron bars, beams, &c., almost inextricably blended
together. The surrounding houses are also much injured,
many of the roofs being full of holes, caused by the fall of
bricks aid pieces of iron.
The ac...munt given as by the individual who attended us
through tfie works were most heart-sickening. In one place
we were told that torch a man had been killed there; that in
another spot a poor workman had been literally broiled alive;
that here a poor wotnan had discovered her dead husband;
and there a child ha d in vain sought for a missing parent.
The narrow escapes, t..ro, which some of the workmen expe-
rienced, were most wonderful. One young man told us that
an immense quantity of iron fell around him, but be did not
receive a scratch. Sev era], who were close to the boiler
when it burst, escaped, w .hilst others at a distance were either
killed or seriously injured-
On Wednesday and Thuitsday an inquest was held on the
bodies, and after a most Si torching inquiry, the coroner ad-
dressed the jury, and stated that he would read over the
whole of the evidence if they reqrdied him so to do. This,
however, they did not desire. On the conclusion of the co-
roner's luminous address, the jury retired, and, after re-
maining in consultation for about two hours, returned the
following verdict of " Homicide by misatlventure; they find
that the death of John Williams was occasioned by the pro-
jected part of the tube, which fell upon him they find also
that that explosion was occasioned by an insulAcient supply
of water on the tube, whereby it became heated, and that that
insufficiency was produced partially through the ig.noranee of
the engine tender and superintendant, and they affir. a deo-
daad of ss. on the part of the tube causing the death. The
jury recommends to the notice of the proprietors that signal
whistles should be adopted. which, by being properly at-
tached to the boilers, will give timely warning of approachii:g I
danger.

CONVERSIONS TO PROTESTANTISM .—OR Sunday, the
26th ultimo, in the parish church of St. Audoen, Dublin,
twelve persons conformed to the holy apostolic church of
Ireland. The Rev. Thomas Scott preached on the occasion,
from the 16th chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, 30th and
31st verses—"Sirs, what must Idoto be saved ? And they
said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved and thy house." He administered also the outhS, ab-
juring the errors of Romanism. The church was crowded to
suffocation.