The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette. — 1861-07-09 (Dorchester, Dorset, England)

TLIZ BODIES.—Four of the twenty-five lemma* whew' lives were sacrificed by the inundation of the Clay Cross colliery, were found on Thursday at noon. Their names are Francis Bradley, Joseph Wilbraham, and • man named Woo& They were in • date of nudity, and near them was part of a home which they had killed with a spike used in the pit. The hind legs of the hone were cut away, and portions of the animal hail been divided amongst theni, as though they in. tended to eat the flesh, but there were no indications that any had been eaten. On proceeding about twenty yards further they found the body of • boy named Taylor, also naked and dead, and near him was the hind leg of a horse, which lie hail concealed under a skip used for loading coals into the wagons in the pit. The clothes of the men were laid on the pit Boer, as though they were going to rod. What is more remarkable, is, that one of the men was found to have dreadfilly mutilated hunself on the lower parts of his person. SINGULAR DRATH or A flott..—A FOOLISH Via, Gier.—Oß Monday afternoon an inquest was held, near , Barnsley, on the body of Sophia Field, a girl just turned thirteen years of age, whose body was found on the previous day in the canal. ft appeared that the girl lived with her grandmother. The girl started about j five o'clock, and was seen by a young woumu, named I Uottliaril, going in the direction of that part of the I wind where the holy was found. Nothing more was ' seen of her till the body WAS found the next afternoon. The Coroner said there was no evidence to show how she came by her death, end, if she committed suicide, she was of that age in which else could not be held responsible. The jury, notwithstanding the remarks of the coroner, returned • verdict of " Feb. deme.“ The poor child was buried the same night without any ceremony. The sad cam, and the verdict of the jury, has caused no little excitement in the I neighbourhood. RAILWAY AcCIDENT IN Fa.tece.—Railway aeridents I are not frequent in France. A serious one, however, is announced to have occurred at La Reole, in the Bordelais. It was caused by the collision of two trains. , The information as yet received states that the engineers and hreuien of each train, together with 20 travellers, were wounded, but not dangeronidy. The two locomoiie...: sml ..Ilhl waggons wars chattered to pieces. The prefect of the demirmuent, on being acquainted with with the accident, immediately proceeded to the scene of the disaster. Breast Boitee Exetrestoss.---The constant loss of life froin the eaplosiou of steam 'boilers owing to defective construction or Gerdes' and inefficient manage' nient becomes every day ruore serious, and requires that some effectual means should be adopted to put a , stop to those frightful (occurrences, or at least to guard j against their increasing repetition. We have this • wick the painful duty of recording two terrible &celldents of this nature. The first took place on the London and North-Western Railway, about four miles i from Rugby, on Thursday night. A powerful locomolive engine hal taken down the Irish mail train (ruin I London to Rugby, where a supply of water was given I to the boilers. The train then proceeded for four miles down the Trent Valley line, when the engine exploded, inflicting frightful ii.juriea to the driver, • Post-office clerk, and several pimengers, caused by the sudden stoppage and break down of the train. An ininienee destruction of property also took place— the engine and boiler, with everythiug belonging to the atructure, were broken into thousands of piooes. The noise of the explosion was distinctly beard both at Itegby and Nuneaton, and engines, with ac..iatance, were spec-lily sent froni both 'lace's. The driver and stoker were found mat the bottom of the embankment, dreadfully scalded, and the stoker was al) greatly injured that it is stated he died at a village to which he had been taken. The Post-office clerk was dashed with exceeding violence from one end to the other of the Post-Mike carriage in which he was, and lie was reinoved along with the eneine driver to the Royal lloapital at Birmingham, where they lie in a hapless state. Medical assistance quickly arrived from Rugby, when it was found ! that four or five passengers were more or lees injured, amine of whom were taken to Birmingham, I while other"' returned to London by the mail train. The second accident happened on the premises of Messrs. Shrubbs. India-rubber webbing manufacturers, mu Holton. While seven of the workpeople were waiting admittance on Thursday morning in the boiler-house , the boiler exploded. whereby six of the number were , seriously scalded and otherwise injured, and one young j man to so fearful an extent that he expired six hours , after his admission to Bt. Bartholomew's Hospital.