Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1883-01-20 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THE EX.A.MINER-SATURDAY, JANUARI 20, 1883  ALLEGED CRUELTY AT SEA.  At the Fouthwark Police-court, London, William Jeffery, mate of a vessel trading tr•tween London and Goole, now lying off Harwich, was brought before Mr. Bridge non warrant by Inspector Read, Thames Dividon, charge with cruelly beating and ill-uaing Henry Charles Black on several occasions while on board the vessel. The prosecutor stabd that he jointed the vessel on the Gth of November last at Hull for a voyage to Woolwich. The crew consisted of the master, mate, and Itimself. When at anchor off Goole the prisoner began ill.oeing him. The witness told the master of the prisoner's ill-usage, when he said it served him right. A few days after that where off resell the prisoner struck the witness with a heavy piece of rope until he was nearly insensible. The master laughed at him. On one other occasion the witness asked the prisoner why be was so cruel to him, when he swore at hint and struck him several throes. When the wanesu appealed to the master for protection, he exclaimed "I'll serve you the same," and made a rash at him. Seeing a fishing smack passing, the witness jumped into the emend swam to it. He told the crew the cause of his coming to their vessel, but after a short consultation they declined to keep him, and took him back to his own vessel. After that the mate behaved hotter to him. On the arrival of the vessel at Woolwich the witness left, and being very ill was sent to the Plumstead Infirmary, where he remained two months. When he left the vessel at Woolwich the mate gave him es. Gd., and told him it he made any complaint to the police he would charge him with attempting to coconut suicide, for which he would be sentenced to live years' penal servitude. The prisoner here said the prosecutor's statement was false. He was a dirty and lazy lan, and would not do his work. As for beating him, he simply gave him a cuff on the ear because he was saucy and obstinate. Mr. Bridge remanded the prisoner on hie own recognizances for the attendance of the master.  SERIOUS OAS EXPLOSION 7N meNcErEsTER.  About seven o'clock in the morning an alarming explosion of gas took place at the Rochdale-road One Works, Manchester. A number of men, nod r the direction of a foreman, were at the time of the accident engaged in lifting a large purifying cover from a vmsel charged with oxide of iron, when a loud explosion took place. Several of the men were knocked down, and the sheet of Hann which burst out burned all of them about the hands and face and body. Immediately after the explosion assistance was rendered. The men were removed in cabs to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, where, after an examination of their injuries, it was denied advisable to admit five of the number as in-patients. It was at first thought that the explosion was mused by the contact of the oxide with the atmosphere, which had been the means of two previous explosions at these works. The real cause has, however' been found in another direction. The men were working by the light of a safety lamp carried by the foreman, James Watson, and this lamp, it has now been ascertained, was defective. The oxide got to the name when the cover of the vessel was removed, and the explosion was the result. Watson, it may be said, was the most se-lonely burnt of the six men. Their names are Michael Riley, aged 23, rein ling in Simmon. street ; H. M'Cormack, 23, Percival-street; W. Reynolds, 29, Sudoll-street; James Watson, 40, Shelmerdine. street; and George liarkend, 31, Rochdale-road. The above are all of Manchester. John 11•Clelland's injuries were dressed and he was sent home. It is not expected that any of the cases will prove fatal.  TRE ACTION AGAINST A LADY FOR