Middlesbrough & Stockton Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1876-05-18 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FENLAII DISMONSTBATION.--.011 Sunday a Fenian demonstration was held in Dublin. The occasion being the unveiling of a railing round :the tomb of Allen, Larkin, and O'Brien, who were hanged at Manchester for murdering Poliee-constable Brett. About 1,000 persous were present. Mr John Daly , made a speech.  shocking and Fatal Accident :t Stockton..  o On Saturday night an inquest was held at the Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton, before Mr Settle, coroner, upon the body of John Scott, s clerk in the employ. tuent of Mr Morrison, iron broker, Middlesbrough, who met his death under eircumatances of a peenlierly painful character. While watching experiments with dynamite the deceased was struck on the head with a large piece of metal, and death was fitstantanenne. His head was completely smashed, and his face was so disfigured that his features were rendered unrecognisable. The following evidence was adduced :—Robert Morrison, who was the first witness, said: I reside at Coatham, Behar, and am an iron broker at Middlesbrough. Deceased, who was7a clerk, was in my employ. His name is John Scott, and he is about 31 years of age. He was a native of Dumbarton, and has been ebant seven months in my employment. He, I, and others were in company at the efillfield Ironworks in Stockton this afternoon trying experiments with the dynamite in breaking up metal. The charge was lighted by a man named Andrew Miller, and about three minutes afterwards it exploded, when a piece of metal struck the deceased severely upon the forehead, and killed him instantly. The ALMA' Ironworks are not under Government inspection, and do not require to be licensed by any authority for the use of explosives. I did nat witness any negligence. Deceased, who woe watching the shot going off, was standing under an open shed, but no damage was done ta the premises. It was not an explosion of the dynamite, but it was just doing it work, and threw the metal. Andrew Miller had cherge of the work, and is employed by the Dynamite or Rock Boring Company. Deceased was about 30 yards from the shot, and it is not often pieces fly great distances, but deceased should net have been in an open space. It was his own fault that he was not sufficiently clear, as Mr Miller wished him to go further off, but he was so conEdent that he would not go. The charge was an ordinary one. Deceased was too anxious to witness the work. The charge depends upon the weight of the metal, and the piece that struck deceased would be aEoat 20 pounds. Two shots had been previously fired withcut damage or iejary to anyone.—Andrew Miller said :—At present I live at Middlesbrough. I lighted the charge which caused the injury to the deceased, who walked out of a place of safety into an open space and within 26 yards of the shot. The rest of the persons present were behind a building. The work was done in the usual careful manner, and deceased was to blame for leaving the place of safety. I tried to prevent him being so near.—Wm. Davis deposed ! I live at Stockton, and am employed at Messrs Smith and Thompson's, Millfield Ironworks. I saw the charge lighted by Mr Miller, and cautioned the deceased as to hie danger. I saw the metal corning, and told him to take care. Mr Miller had hold of deceased's coat tails when the metal struck him. Ido not think the deceased saw it. When the first report went off deceased went back. I told him there was another fuse, and that he was to stoop down.--This was all the evidence, and the jury returned a yerdict of " Accidental death."