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      164 The Stau Of Freedom. [Ootob^, I

      164 THE STAU OF FREEDOM . [ Ootob ^ , I

      Accidents Mb Casualties.

      ACCIDENTS MB CASUALTIES .

      Shocking- Accident By Machinery.—An Inqu...

      Shocking- Accident by Machinery . —An inquest was held at Manchester on Saturday before Mr . Rutter , the county coroner , on the body of a man , named William Jackson , fifty years of age . Deceased was stoker at the works of Messrs . Thomas Bury and Sons , Adelphi , Salford , and had also the care of the machinery . On Wed . nesday he had been sent out soon after dinner by the foreman of the ¦ wo rks to get some machinery repaired , but had unfortunately taken advantage of the opportunity to obtain some drink . When he returned the foreman perceived that he was in liquor , and feeling that

      it was unsafe for a man in thatstate to be near machinery he ordered him to go home . Jackson left the works , but between 6 and 7 o ' clock he had returned , and encountered the foreman , who , however , contented himself with a look of disapprobation , and did not think it necessary to order him again to leave the premises . He was seen afterwards to take a lamp into a corner of a passage between two walls , where it is presumed he stooped to examine some machinery revolving a little below the floor ; The machinery in this place is ponderous' and of a very complicated character , consisting of two large vertical cog-wheels , giving motion to horizontal wheels and

      slides , working a pump which is used to fill the boilers ot the engines . Among this machinery Jackson must have fallen almost immediately , for a person working in an adjoining room suddenly heard a crash , is if something had disturbed its motion , and running into the passage saw the unfortunate man in the act of being torn to pieces among the wheels . He lost no time in going to the enginehouse and getting the machinery stopped . Every exertion was made to drag the body from its position—a work of extreme difficultyand when accomplished it was too shockingly mangled for

      description . Both legs and both arms were torn from the body—the . head only of the unfortunate man being uninjured . Altogether the body was in above twenty pieces . Life had of course passed away long before the body was released . There was no blame attributable to any one but the deceased himself . He had been at work there six years , and was generally steady . It was the practice on all occasion when men appeared to have had drink to order them from the premises , which course had been taken with deceased . He had returned , probably , before he had recovered from the effects of liquor , and there was little doubt , from the position in which he was first

      discovered , that he had stumbled among the machinery while stooping with a lamp to examine the slides , which had been rather out of gear in the morning , and under which he had temporarily put some pieces of wood in place of brass fittings , that had been sent to be altered ., The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . " Accident on the Bristol and Birmingham Railway . — -A fearful collision of two trains , under circumstances very similar to the recent accident on the Great Northern line , occurred on the

      Bristol and Birmingham branch of the Midland Railway a few evenings ago . The accident happened through an express train running into a goods train on the same line . , of rails . The exact particulars have not transpired , but from the best information that can be obtained , it appears that the up express train , which leaves Gloucester at 4 . 30 p . m . for Birmingham , arrived in due time at Bromsgrove , the last station at which it stops before running into Birmingham . The train left Bromsgrove at about a quarter past 6 o ' clock , but had not proceeded far before the driver saw another

      train in advance . He immediately shut off . the steam , sounded his whistle , and did all he could to stop the train , but the rapid speed at which it was proceeding rendered a collision unavoidable , and in another minute the express train dashed into the goods train , smashing one or two waggons and severely shaking and bruising the passengers . Some of the passengers received more severe injuries , and one of them sustained a concussion of the brain , and is now lying dangerously ill . Both trains were disabled , and the Birmingham passengers did not arrive until two hours after time , and lost the trains to Loudon and the north . One account of the transaction is

      that the driver of the goods train was crossing the line to proceed to the Camp-hill goods station , and that a policeman , whose duty it was to signal the trains , omitted to do so , and has since been dismissed from his situation by the Midland directors . Melanchomy Accident at Richmond . —One of the police force on duty at Richmond has met his death under the following melancholy circumstances " : —It appears that he was on night duty , and was on Sunday morning , about three o clock , seen by his superior officer by the river-side , a short distance from Richmond . As he did not make his appearance at the station-house at the proper time , fears were entertained in his regard , and after a lapse of some time , and

      inquiry in the meantime having been made without success , the river was-dragged from an early hour in the morning until about four o ' clock in the afternoon , when his body was discovered . It was immediately removed to the deadhouse , life , of course being quite extinct , where it awaits an inquiry . The tide has , during the last few days , rose to an extraordinary height at Richmond , the towing-path and public walks being completely submerged at high water , and it is feared that he by some unhappy mischance was walking along the towing-path , and by some mistake took a wrong direction in the dark , and thus met his melancholy fate . The deceased was a steady and respectable man , and has , we understand , been married a few weeks only .

      A Police Constable drowned at Leeds . —A coroner ' s inquest Tsas held at Leeds on Monday relative to the death of George Studley , one of the borough police . The deceased had not been very long in the force , and on the previous Saturday morning he was found drowned in the river Aire , near Ciown Point-bridge . He had been seen on duty by his sergeant at one o ' clock on Saturday morning / but at two o'clock he was missed from his beat , which is near the river side , and was not seen alive again . There was nothing in the appearance either of his clothes or his body to indicate that he had been maltreated , and it is supposed that he had accidentally fallen into the river . The jury returned a verdict of "Found drowned . "

      Accident at the Zoological Gardens in the Regent s Park . —On Wednesday morning , soon after eight o ' clock , John Girling , the keeper of the reptiles , lost his life by an act of imprudence on his own part which appears almost incredible . It seems , that instead oi proceeding at that hour with his fellow-servant to perform their usual duty before the arrival of visitors , he most improperly began to play with some of the most venomous serpents , and actually removed one of them , the Indian cobra di capello , from its cage . After it had crawled about his person for some seconds , he drew it from his waistcoat , and it then bit him on the bridge of the nose , close to the eyes .

      He had courage and presence of mind enough , notwithstanding his previous incautiousness , to replace and secure it in the cage , which is so constructed that no injury can possibly be inflicted by the serpents Upon their attendants if ordinary care is exercised by them . The unfortunate man was in possession of a preparation of Libamacedron , said to be a specific against serpent poison , and was acquainted with the method of applying it ; but it appears that , although sensible of his danger , he Jorgot to resort to this means of assistance . He defello for the and

      ^ JiWyp / fjlSi ^ w-servant to go keeper superintendent , who ,- ^ J ^^^ re ^ faiediately brought to him . He was then removed as rapidly ^ A if £ r [ ; t |^^ siWe to the University Hospital , in Gower-street , where , how' /; " ,. ' " - -- -: ^^|^^ % iedical aid proved unavailing , and before nine o ' clock he j ; f ^ ' 4 s ^ $ | f * - ^ JplW' ' £ be young man who has sacrificed his life by this > - ' ' I * - ' r' ^^ B ^ fe ? imprudence has been about eighteen months in his situa . \ ! ' ^ ' L' ^^ fi ji ^^ " ^^ fully acquainted with the habits and power of the 'f ^ amgfel ^ Mder his care . KMffi Mio wis ,

      Shocking- Accident By Machinery.—An Inqu...

      Melancholy Cases or Drowning . —Early on Sabbath morning the officer stationed at Springfield Quay heard a plunge and a cry proceeding from the north side of the harbour . He immediately procured the ferry-boat , and went to the spot , when , along with two other officers , he succeeded in taking the body of a woman out of the river . Life was quite extinct . Deceased was seen walking along the quay in the company of a sailor shortly before the accident . From marriage lines , and certain papers found in her pocket , she has been

      identified as the wife of a respectable person , from whom , however , she has been separated on account of her own irregular conduct . About four o ' clock the same morning while Charles Cochrane , seaman on board the brig Sarah , of St . John ' s , was proceeding along the quay , for the purpose of going on board his vessel , when , nearly opposite Clyde-street ferry , he fell into the river . Before assistance could be rendered the poor fellow had sunk . After a short time , however , the body was found and taken to the Clyde police-office , where Dr . Robertson was in attendance . The usual means were

      used to restore animation , but without effect . Deceased had been drinking rather freely during the day . He is about thirty years of age , and a native of Halifax . —North British Daily Mail .

      Ihotests.

      IHOTESTS .

      The Late Fatal Colliery Accident At Dowl...

      The late Fatal Colliery Accident at Dowlais . — The coroner ' s inquest upon ihe bodies of the three unfortunate men , Jacob ' Griffiths , H . Edwards , and John Davies , of whose deaths by accident at the Rhas Las colliery some brief particulars appeared in last week ' s Star of Freedom , has ended in a manner which does not wholly acquit the managers of the works from blame . It appeared from the evidence that there is an entrance to the mine through a level , but that , in order to save a journey of two miles

      underground , some of the hands prefer descending by the shaft , a depth of 170 feet ; connected with this shaft is a guide chain , which it was proved had been before used at an incline , from which it was removed on account of its having broken . By this level the three poor fallows descended , and they had got near to the bottom when the guide chain gave way , carrying with it a considerable quantity of earth and stones , and the accident happened which resulted in their deaths . The most important evidence adduced upon the inquest was that of Mr . Mackworth , the Government inspector , who deposed that he had examined the pit , and found that the lower part of it

      was undergoing repair ; he did not consider the upper portion quite secure , and recommended that that should be repaired also . Willi regard to the guide chain , the breaking of which had caused the fatal occurrence , he had found upon examination that it was highly crystallised , and not good enough , for the purpose . Wooden guides , which were used in other districts , afforded greater security , and he recommended that they should be adopted at the Rhas Las Pit . The chain in question had been rejected from an incline through its breaking ; now , very great caution ought to be observed in adopting chains which had broken , or which had not been found to answer .

      Certainly , before such chains were employed as guide chains , they ought to be fairly proyed , In reply to a question by the coroner . Mr . Mackworth said the accident was caused through tlie descending carriage striking against a projection in the pit , thereby straining the chain and causing it to snap . Certainly there was a want of due caution in working the pit , as without changing the guide chain , but merely altering it a little , the friction of the carriage against the side might have been prevented . He believed that it was now intended to remove the projection by which the mischief was caused , and he did not consider that the want of caution was such as amounted to

      criminal neglect . Alier a careful summing up the evidence by the learned coroner , the jury , after some deliberation , returned the following verdict : — - " We find that the deceased , John Davies , Jacob Griffiths , and Humphrey Edwards , came by their deaths accidentally from the breaking of a guide chain , and the falling thereof , accompanied by rubbish and stones ; and we recommend that the instructions and advice ' of the Government inspector be followed in the future management of the pit . "

      The Murder and Suicide at Stepney . —On Monday the inquest , adjourned from the preceding Tuesday , on the bodies of William Thomas Elliott and Jane Collins was resumed before Mr . Baker , the coroner , at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , Nelson-street , Stepney . Mr . Henry James Taynton , member of the Royal College of Surgeons , residing in Commercial-road-East , said he had examined the body of the child , William Thomas Elliott , and found externally no marks with the exception ot * what he had before mentioned , viz ., two bruises on the back and a scratch , on the cheek , which were not sufficient to account for death . On opening the chest

      and abdomen he found all in perfect health . On opening the head , he found a great congestion of the scalp , just behind the right ear ; and on opening the skull , below the dura mater was a large quantity of extravasated blood , which diffused itself over a considerable part of the brain . He had no doubt this was the cause of death . The effect had been produced by a blow over the ear # > Anno Greenlees , the mother of the girl , was , at the request of a juror , called , and in answer to questions put by him said , that her daughter was very bad in her head and strange in her conduct , but she " had no idea that

      she was insane . The coroner summed up the evidence . The jury said that it was their wish to return an open verdict , and accordingly gave in to the coroner— " That , on the 11 th of October , the deceased was found dead in bed ; the death caused , as it appeared , on the post mortem examination , by an effusion and extravasation of blood on the brain ; but how that was produced there was no evidence before the jury to show . " The Coroner : And I suppose , in the case of the girl , you are of opinion that she destroyed herself while in a state of temporary insanity ? The foreman , having consulted with the jury , said they wished on that point also to return

      an open verdict , as they had no evidence to show that she committed the act . —The coroner : But do you not think , if you return such a verdict as that , you will be throwing a suspicion on some other persons ? The foreman said that a majority of the jury appeared to be opposed to the view of the coroner . Upon which he said , that in that case it would be better that the room should be cleared , and then they could discuss the matter among themselves . After nearly an hour ' s consultation the reporters were admitted , and it was stated that the jury had , in the case of Jane Collins , returned a verdict " That she had destroyed herself while in a state of temporary insanity . "

      Alleged Manslaughter at Bethnal green . — Yesterday an inquest was opened . at the Bloomer beer-shop , Abbey-street , Betlmal-green-road , by Mr . W . Baker , respecting the death of Ann Yates , aged forty-one years , who it was alleged had died from gross ill-treatment and starvation . It was shown that the deceased had been cohabiting for several years with a person named Charles Stretton , a brickmaker , who would beat and otherwise illuse her

      and frequently leave her without the merest necessaries of life . About three weeks since Stretton came home intoxicated , when he seized her by the throat , and threw her into a corner of the room . She had previously applied to the parish officers for assistance , and when Mr . Moore , the parochial medical officer , of the Betlmalgreen-road , visited the deceased , he found her in a very emaciated condition , and bruised on the back from some violence . Mr . Moore suggested the propriety of her removal to the workhouse , but this she refused . He continued to attend her at her residence , but she

      The Late Fatal Colliery Accident At Dowl...

      gradually sunk , and died on Sunday . Charles Ha A " ^ neighbour , stated that he had often heaid the dec ? . n ° Ppos " t help when Stretton was beating her , and on several * ^ Ch ]] il * t seen her bruised about the face and with black eyes \ v ^ AII opinion that the woman had been starved and shim ' f n Une , -s Wav ' which had caused her death . The deceased ™ w y iU * tre « te ! l woman , and would rather suffer anything than make * ) n ^ quiet known to a neighbour . —James Yates , the son of the d lr ° ' l « j CCe

      sixteen years , said he had seen Stretton strike and k ? ' 8 eJ sixteen years , said ne naa seen otretton strike and k i , a S « l ceased down when he came home drunk . Sometime ! ^ kthe deceased out of bed in the night and ill-treat her n Av ° < l \ also beaten witness for taking deceased ' s part . —The « . llon taS in answer to the coroner , that he could not declare the UrEe ° - sta H of death without a post mortem examination of theT ^ ^ Coroner adjourned the inquest to afford time for such an v ^ 'to and also for the attendance of some females who hii e ^ a ! 1 ) ' 'bti brutal conduct of Stretton . lu Wu ^ ed (! '

      Chimes And Offences . N

      CHIMES AND OFFENCES . n

      The Murothi In The Rue Vivieknis, Fauis ...

      The Murothi in the Rue Vivieknis , Fauis . —It w ; ij membered that great sensation was caused m August \ r \} Ie < murder of a young Spanish woman , named D olores per . ¦ ' ^ Rue Vivienne , Paris ; and by the-subsequent arrest of the m ' ? ,,, e a young Spaniard named Valentine Navarro y p erez xh 'lp 1 ' of Assizes was on Thursday and Friday last occupied " in trvin !'•' man . He is twenty-three years of age , and Ins occupation t'l , i of assistant to a bookseller at Valencia . His features arev ' H any striking expression , and nothing in his manner indicated be of violent passions . The court was crowded to excess VT ^ the trial . The indictment set forth that the accused becam quainter ! with the young woman Dolores Perez at Valencia in Rn She was ^ of remarkable beauty . Intimate relations soon be > established between them . She was the mother of a child vh three years . At the beginning of 1852 they came to Paris to ^ th and took up their residence at an hotel , No . 49 , Rue Vivienn e T ' the month of May they paid a second visit to Paris , and went in side in a small apartment . No . 19 , Rue St . Nicolas d'Atitiii . On \\\ 27 th June , Navarro left for Spain , leaving Dolores alone ' at Paris "

      She had for some time been taking lessons as an equestrian n « - ' former . She was glad when Navarro left her , as she was iu £ i of his violent character . On the 1 st August Navarro arrived from Madrid , - and took up his residence in the hotel in the line Vivwmie He had left that city in a great hurry , taking with him only 2-I 0 fr " His object in coming was to persuade Dolores to return to Madrid with him , and he threatened to blow out his brains if she . should refuse to follow him . On hearing of his return , Dolores manifested great emotion , but she saw him as before either at her own Jenkins

      or at his . She dined with him at his hotel on the 4 th of August and she was accompanied by her child . She recommended him \ l return to Spain , and he appeared disposed to comply , The next morning he caused his portmanteau to be removed to the house ot M . Dottres , Consul-Generai of the Republic of the E quator , Rue du Senties , who knew his family and had behaved kindly to him . Navarro afterwards hired a room at No . 23 , Hue St . Nicolas d'Antin , for five days , and paid for it in advance , At about four o ' clock he returned to the hotel in the Hue

      Vivienne to meet Dolores , with whom he had made an appointment to dine . She arrived at the hour fixed with two of her countrywomen —a woman named San Pallaio , and an unmarried young woman named Rosa Mauri . These two females went away almost directly , leaving Dolores . Both she and the prisoner were calm , tho \ i « h tlie latter expressed regret at having to return to Spain alone . Shortly

      after the two women had left , Mme . Lafohe , the keeper of the hotel , fancied she heard a strange noise , as of a person suffering , in Navarro ' s room ; and at the same moment Navarro , descending the stairs , passed before her , calm and tranquil . She sent a servant to the room . The door , which was fastened , was opened . Dolores was seen lying dead on the ground just before it in a pool of blood . The wall was marked with blood , as if after having been stabbed she had

      attempted to grasp hold of it . On her hands , breast , and head were eighteen wounds ; and the right hand was literally fastened to the shoulder by a sword-cane sticking through it . This sword had been plunged with such force that it was difficult to remove it . One of them in the breast reached the lungs , and must have caused instant death . The murderer went calmly to the house of M . Dottres , hut that gentleman , seeing blood on his hand , and noticing something strange in his looks , ordered him away . He then went to the residence of a fellow-countryman named Lima , Hue Lamartiiie , oi ) ,

      He told him that he had just arrived from Spain , washed his hands ,, and sat down to dinner . At dinner he made jokes on one of Lima ' s * friends . As Lima was unable , in compliance with his request , to > give him a bed , he went to the Rue de Buffault , and hired a cliambr-rr in an hotel . Having passed four days after the murder in debauchery / , he was apprehended August 8 . The prisoner said that he was niadv dened by Dolores saying that she did not love him . He did not know what he did . The president of the court having summed up , the juryy retired , and in a quarter of an hour returned a verdict of Gwliyy ,

      with extenuating circumstances . The prisoner was , therefore , sen * tenced to imprisonment for life with hard labour . He received h' | ' sentence with seeming indifference ; but previously when his counsel were about to address the jury , he was attacked with such seveim illness that the court had to adjourn for half an hour to give lime low his recovery . Attempt to Murder a Female by " Burking . "—Yarm outihi . burking

      Saturday . —A horrible attempt to murder by means of " , ; . took place in the vicinity of this town late on Thursday cycmiij , »» has produced no little excitement in the neig hbourhood . ' 1 !^ iwn ' tended victim of this diabolical act is a servant girl , named nmv Ann Proudfoot , whose recovery is at present somewhat doubtful , « nin the party arrested on suspicion of having made the atrocious atteinpl is a corn porter , of the name of Samuel Howth , who was in the sanui service with the unfortunate girl , and by whom she is l n ' c ua nt ' circumstances attending the affair are revolting . Between eigli a « nine on Thursday evening , some boys , who were playing near

      town battery , had their attention drawn to some moans cm ' - ^ and on giving an alarm at a near public-house , search was nm , ^ the direction of the noise , when a woman was found lying »» . . wall of the adjacent mill . She was perfectly insensible . a * ^ and head were horribly disfigured , and a plaster ot P ' ^ tar fastened under her chin , was covered over 1 UC part of her head . The gloves on her hands wc 6 «™ 0 . , with tar , as if she had endeavoured to drag the PlabltJlrnrni and her dress showed that she had taken part in a sevetc ., ¦ gle . The poor creature was removed to the Northumow £ , iw a * ig yum uic-iiiujt ; whs icuiukuu . »< *— - . . ; l | ; l | i

      Arms public-house , and then to the hospital . Captain w ^ Mr . Smith , magistrates , hearing of the outrage and the u-n ^ condition of the girl , deemed it prudent to take her teaumou > , ^ upon sufficiently recovering , she made the following statew " My name is Mary Ann Proudfoot , and I am a jy ^ % living in the Lion and Lamb-row . 1 am servant to Mrs . ^ Southtown . I am pregnant by Samuel Howth , a corn po » umi ^^ employ of Mr . Buan . I was to meet him by appoinanen < ^^ o ' clock this evening ( Thursday ; , respecting some money ' dj } d give me against my confinement . I met him at the urn ^ ^ the Pudding-gate , and walked to Tooley ' s-miU with him ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23101852/page/4/