The Stockton Examiner, and South Durham and North Yorkshire Herald. — 1879-01-11 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE WATER SCHMME. pipe below the eurface of the street. At the tines, it The subject of the Stockton and Middlmbrough appears, candles were in uee ite the house, aziol this ii Corporatioue water undertaking and the position of how the elplOSlOn was brought about, About eight the Board in relation thereto woe considered at a o'clock Mr. Kilgour, with a light in her betel. was special private wee ing of the Board held on Friday, g„ing epicene, being, of course, quite unaware the 20th Dec. Having resolved into committee, of the destructive and latent force which exmted several questions were asked by the Cheilman and beneath her feet, and awaitmg a cause to set at. other members as to the mode of levying weter ratm motion. She had not proceeded many steps whi-n the and ninny ether points, to which Mr Doilda and Mr house was shaken by a tremendous explosion, which Richardson replied. A very full dimasmon then eaused the greatest consternation and alarm in the eusued, after which it wea proposed by or Bich .rdson, neighbourhood. Mr Kilgour was, it is understood, ...dad by Mr Andersen, and resolVeol, That the eitting in the front room along with a young Hon, aud Clerk du embody the various points discussed and the both concluded for the moment that from Nome edits informetion elicited at this meeting to a report to be the ormk of doom Cu, sounded over the dwelling, the sent to the members and considered at a future meet. • j„,undecioee of which seemed to totter. The pmsege hag ; and that the members of the Board be requested of the escaping gm being towards th back premises, to communicate to the Clerk in writing the various thi, woe, nee at affected by the exph•siott ; the On e points mentioned by them "-•00 Tuesday the Chair- over the front door, however, was Mattered The wan stated that nothing farther had been dune on the light held by Mrs KOgour as she wall going upstaire queetion. It was agreed that when the matter gets proved sufficient to ignite the moos of gat in the cheats iuto shape it will be comidered by the Board at a below, from which,nodoubt, there weremicapes turough special meeting, at which the prese will he repro. crevices in the stair bottom By the tremendous seated. force of the explomon the staircase was he .ved tip bodily and turned topsy-turvy. awl nionteetary but most destructive operation on fixtures anti fun:inure was performed. The scene imutmlimely eft, the otieurreme was one of wild terror mil dilapid,ion, it being very naturally believed that poor Mrs Kill4our, whose cries were moat piteous, had received mortal injuries. This, however, happily proved he the case, hut the accident which had le fallen her was discovered to he of a somewhat remarkable and a distreseing nature. Beneeth the upper part of the staircase is the pantry, which also adj.. the gmMrs Rigour mw tit eirneyleoretee .01 onnt h :it:hp aoiercsu rcrandt g tha placed in an almost inextricable position. She teesteesretina with her heml and shoulders forced through the parlay roof, and whilat the fore part of her body rested on the melees, her lower limbs were jammed between the ceiling and the staircase. Her couditton cue one of comp etc helplessness, but the noise of the explmiou drew neiehboui• to the house, and she was immediatedly lifted down and placed. on the initch in the front room, medical aid being at once summoned. Joseph It•ibi.on, a constable and clerk eruployed in the poliee-office, reside. near bend, and whilst in his house heard the explosiou and welit at once to Mr Kilgour's. From outward oppear.ces he teus led to eonclude that the ho ac was on fire, there being a tlame of immense volume observable within. Notliiiig &meted, however, he rushed forward, and observing the epparent eause of the exp'etclon got peeves to the meter, which he adjusted, mei stopped up the aperture occimiencel by this removal of the screw already ieftrred to. Pming acquainted id the accideht winch had befallen ere Kileour, and having first obtained a light, he got the amistame of • men named Marshall, and front the ,tricated her from the dangerous and awkward • • 'oh. was pneed.  AVAIL AlUtiLl./1,11,1, U.) ri.e Tees Conserv.rney Cinamirsioners, at Portrack, deposed that on Saturday last, at noon, he saw deceased's body floating in the river at about high w tee, and brought it ashore ; it did not appear to have been long in the water, but if it had been under ice it would not soon decompose.—Police sergeant Could, of Stockton, stared that on S tturday of •ernoon he bad dece..eiTs body conveyed in a boat to Stocktoa, and it was removed to the dead.house. Here he searched his clothing, and found a letter dated Nov. 7th from his wife, which had no reference to his condition, but &Hog attention to an unpaid go bill, which she advised him to pay at once, lest he be taken for it This concluded the evidence.—The Coroner having reviewed the circumstances contained in the testimony, and advised the jury that there was no evidence to show that death was caused either by suicide or drowning, in...inch as death might have occurred before his body entered the water, the jury returned R verdict of "Found dead in the River Tees, on January 4th, there being no evidence to show how the deceased came by his death."  ILES UuN A.% U e i I