The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1880-01-13 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

GREAT FIRE AT BRADFORD, DAMAGES £50,000.— Messrs. Samuel Sutcliffe and Sons, cottom mills, Valley-aoad, Bradford, was completely destroyed by lire yesterday morning. One woman was killed in jumping from one of the upper windows, and anotherwas seriously injured. The damage is estimated at £50,000. A LADY SOMNAMBULIST IN Praire—At daybreak on Monday a lady was seen by a coastguardsman sitting on the Teignmouth beach in the water knee-deep. She was immediately rescued by the men, who waded out to her; but she was unconscious and benumbed, and could not stand She was attired only in her night-dress. She was taken to an hotel, and when revived it was ascertained that she was a Miss Gole, lodging at Beach Villa, a visitor from Sornersetshire. The works of Messrs. Cooke and Co., near Sheffield, were the scene of a serious boiler explosion on Monday morning. The wire shed was blown down, and some bricks were carried a distance of 100 yards into the adjoining street. Two men were injured, and had the explosion occurred a little later the whole of the men would have been at work. The heat from a furnace had weakened the end plate of the boiler, and thus caused the digester. THE LATE CHARLES DICKENS AND HIS HALL Ceocx.—The following hitherto unpublished letter aritten to Sir John Bennett by Mr. Dickens has appeared in the Daily News :—" Gadshill-place, Higham. by Rochester, Kent, Mondey night, 14th Sept., 1863 —My Dear Sir,—Since my hall clock was sent to your establishment to be cleaned, it has gone (as. indeed, it alw ,ys has) perfectly well, but has struck the hours with great reluctance, and after enduring internal agenies of a moat distressing nature, it has now ceased strikinee altogether. Though a happy release for the clock, this is not convenient for the household. If yon can send down any confidential person with whom the clock can confer, I think it may have something on its works that it would be glad to make a clean breast of.—Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens.—John Bennett, Esq."—Sir John Bennett replied, giving got d hope of the clock's perfect restoration. THE MANCHESTER Thum Y.—A singular effort to discover the murderer of the girl Roberts, at Harpurhey, is to be made. It is thought by some people that a person killed suddenly, or dying from shock, retains on the eyes the last impression received, and that in this case the murdered girl !lily retain the impression of her murderer. Aecordingly, by the instructions of the police, a photographer has taken a photograph of the face of the girl, and especially of her eyes, the closed eyelids being raised for the purpose. This photograph. when finished, is to 'be subjected to careful examination by means of a powerful microscope. The reports that the police are on the track of the murderer are only true in a remote sense. They are doing all they can to solve the mystery, but they are still without any tangible clue. Ihe remains of the girl were interred on Saturday. The county magistrates forwarded by telegraph a resolution to the Rome Secretary, requesting him to offer a reward for the discovery of the murderer, and on Monday morning Messrs. Walker and Rutter, the clerks to the magistrates of the Manchester division of the county, received a letter from the Home Office, stating that the Government would offer a reward of £lOO, together with a free pardon to any accomplice of the murderer. A. similar reward, with the same condition in reference to pardon to any person not being the actual perpetrator of the crime, was agreed upon at a meeting of the magistrates held on Monday morning at the Assizecourts, Strangeways, at which Mr, W. H. Higgin, (LC, presided, and at which there was a large attendance of justices. THE FINANCES or