The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1865-05-13 (London, England)

FALL OF A MILL—THREE LIVES LOST.—On Thursday afternoon, about five minutes after four o'clock, a seri' ous accident, which resulted fatally to three men, hal): pened at a mill situate between the Rochdale Canal ane the viaduct of the South Junction and Altrincham Rail; way. The mill, which is an old one, is the property, 0,1 Mr. J. IL Fernley, barrister, but has been unoccuple' for some time. During the distress, a dining and re' freshment room was opened in the building, but syse subsequently closed. Recently Mr. James Bently, mien' deter, took the premises on a lease, but owing to the mill being considered unsafe by the city authorities th premises required to be strengthened, and with that viol six men were employed in erecting brick pillars in the basement for support of iron girders over which arches were to be,built. At four o'clock on Thursday, the men/ who were so working, left off to have their tea. TO of them went away from the building, leaving their, four companions sitting in the window sills of one 01 the rooms on the ground flour. They had scarceli commenced their meal when the part of the building where they had been employed, namely, towards the centre of the lower end of the zni, gave way, and fell in from the roof downwards. The crash carried awsl the whole of that portion of the building which connects the two main portions of the mill, and the whole intr terials of eight storeys fel upon the unfortunate mett? and buried them. Three or four of the men were killed. "  FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE OF A YOUNO Wol,llls.—At nooo on Friday, Mr. John Humphi-eys, Middlesex Coroner, held an inquiry at the Globe Tavel n, Gteat Chart-streei Boxton, respecting the suicide of Emma Burrell, age' twenty years.—Benjamin Hardwick, 7, Barhen's NO, said that deceased lodged in his house. She was a sba girl. On last Monday evening she came in, saying ths,ti she was poorly. She went up to her room on the secon, floor at the back of the house. The next morning S" six o'clock witness found her lying on the pavement 10 the back garden with her head smashed to pieces. window oh her room just above was open, and it Ws' evident that she had flung herself out and killed salt. There was no distress to occasion her to conlol. suicide, and she was not keeping company with any 011°J but her mother had been insane. Miss Caswell, a frleo of deceased, said that the latter used during the last weeks often to state that she was in a distressed state ° mind, for she could not do as well as the other sill girls, and could not dress as well as they did. She 03 that if she could kill herself to perfection, "so as net to be laughed at" she would do so quick enough. Witness tried to "chaff" her out of the notion, and thought that she would not do such a thing. Witness did not wonder at the poor girl's going mad, for she had enough to en: dure from her father and mother to drive any one out o' her mind before she was fifteen years old. Her mother died in Caney Hatch. Mr. Jardine proved that de; ceased was killed by the fearful injuries to her heal' occasioned by the fall.. The jury returned a verdict -That deceased committed suicide by throwing herself out of the second floor window while of unsound mind."  BRITISH AND FOREICIp7