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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 Wednesday he had been sent out soon after dinner by the foreman of the works 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 that state 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 , workiug a pump which . is used to fill the boilers of 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 Hailway . — -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 cue 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 London 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 . Melancholy Accident at Richmond . —One of the police force on duty at Richmond has met his death under the following melan . choly 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 lew "weeks only .
A Police Constable drowned at Leeds . —A coroner ' s inquest was 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 liver Aire , near Crown 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 Kegent ' 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 of proceedin g 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 serpentsand 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 m possession of a preparation of Libama cedron said to be a specific against serpent poison , and was acquainted with the method of applying it ; but it appears that , although sensible of lis danger , he forgot to resort to this means of assistance . He desired his fellow-servant to go for the keeper and superintendent , who were immediately brought to him . He was then removed as rapidly as possible to the University Hospital , in Gower-street , where , however , all medical aid proved unavailing , and before nine o ' clock he had expired . The young man who has sacrificed his life by this melanchol y imprudence has been about eighteen months in his situation , and was fully acquainted with the habits and power of the animals under his care .
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Melancholy Cases of 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 bsen drinking rather freely during the day . He is about thirty years of age , and a native of Halifax . —North British Daily Mail .
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The late Fatal Colliery Accident at Dowlais . — The coroner ' s inquest upon the 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 doe 3 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 Ihe 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 . With
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 ^ proved . In reply to a question by the coroner Mr . Mackworth said the accident was caused through the 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 m 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 . After 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 Hhe-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 Taynlon , 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 externall y no marks with the exception of what he had before mentioned , viz ., two bruises on the . back and a scratch on the cheek , which were not sui&cient to account for death . On opening the chest
and abdomen he fourfd 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 ; exiravasaled blood , which diffused itself over a considerable part of the brain . He had no dbubt this was the cause of death ; The effect had been produced by a blow over the ear . Anne 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 ac cordingly 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 , oil 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 herselt 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 . " i
Alleged Manslaughter at Bethnal green . — Yesterday an inquest was opened at the Bloomer beer-shop , Abbey-street , Bethnal-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 , bhe had previously applied to the parish officers for assistance , and when Mr . Moore , the parochial medical officer , of the Bethnalgreen-road , visited the deceased , he found her in a very emaciated condmon , and bruised on the bacjc from some violence : Mr . Moore suggested the propriety of her removal to the workhouse , but this she reiused . He continued- to attend her at her residence , but she
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gradually sunk , and died on Sunday . Charles H ^^^ neighbour , stated that he had . often heard th * a ' au help when Stretton was beating her , and on ZvmT ^ * Cf l ' seen her bruised about the face and with black eve \ S Casioil A ° ! opinion that the woman had been starved and il "« } tne « s w J ! which had caused her death . The deceased [ v y 1 ] 1 W woman , and would rather suffer anything Ihan niak / t ^ Wei known to a neighbour . —James Yates , the son of the \ lro « blcsixteen years , said he had seen Stretton strike and I- Sefi a ! N
' ceased down when he came home drunk , Sometim m tllL > i the deceased out of bed in the night and ill-treat her * y V 0 lll ( l dr , v also beaten witness for taking deceased ' part . —Tl ' ell ° n ha d in answer to the coroner , that he could not declare tV" ^ ° nstlU ( - '< I of death without a post mortem examination of tl ^ ^ k ' CW « Coroner adjourned the inquest to afford time for such in y . ^ % and also for the attendance of some females who ua . Nation brutal conduct of Stretton . llaa M essed { L
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The Murder in the Rue Viviennb , Paris . —It n membered that great sensation was caused in August I ^ ° ° " murder of a young Spanish woman , named Dolov ^ p !! ^ Vllle Rue Vivienne , Paris ; and by the subsequent arrest of ih ** ' ^ a young Spaniard named Valentine Navarro y perez JJ " ' ^ , of Assizes was on Thursday and Friday last occupied ' in t / Coilrt man . He is twenty-three years of age , and his occunxtion 8 lllis of assistant to a bookseller at Valencia . His feature ' s ap V IlHt any striking expression , and nothing in his manner indicator be of violent passions . The court was crowded toexceVt ? the trial . The indictment set forth that the accused bee quainted with the young woman Dolores Perez at Valcncia T p- ?" She was of remarkable beauty . Intimate relations soon established between them . She was the mother of a child ™ three years . At the beginning of 1852 they came to Paris ine ?' and took up their residence at an hotel , No . 49 , Rue Vivienne i the month of May they paid a second visit to Paris , and wenitn side in a small apartment , No . 19 , Rue St . Nicoias d'Antin fl i ( V
07 * V » T »» n \ In ,,. >»^ ,, lr . ( V „ Cnnl ,, !„„ ..: l ~ v I X . "' Hill ! 27 th June , Navarro left for Spain , leaving Dolores alone at P ' She had for some time been taking lessons as an equestrian > former . She was glad when Navarro left her , as she was in dM of his violent character . On the 1 st August Navarro arrived fn Madrid , and took up his residence in the hotel in the Hue Vivienn * He had left that city in a great hurry , taking with him onlv 2101 ^ * * His object in coming was to persuade Dolores to return to Madrid with him , and he threatened to blow out his brains if she'iu lil refuse to follow him . On hearing of his return , Dolores mainWd great emotion , but she saw him us before either at her own loil" % or « vt his . She dined with him at his hotel on the 4 th of Aug ust
j ^ h 4 ^ ^« ^ fe I * ^^ Kd a _ fc __ *» . . .. _ _ . _ . *_ « ^ - — —— ^ j Ia ^ 1 _ . _ ^ 1 _ . 1 .. 1 ft 1 . _ . ^* 1 and she was accompanied by her child . She recommended him to return to Spain , and he appeared disposed to comply ; The next morning he caused his portmanteau to be removed to ' the house of M . Dottres , Consul-General 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 , Km > 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 fine 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 piisoner were calm , though the latter expressed regret at having to return to Spain alone . Shortly
after the two women had left , Mme . Laiblie , 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 ii 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 . Ou her hands , breast , and head were eighteen wounds ; and the right hand was literally fastened lo 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 iu the breast reached the lungs , ami must have caused instant death . The murderer went calmly to the house of M . Dottres , but 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 , Rue Ltimaru ' ne , 39 . 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 chamber
in an hotel . Having passed four days after the muvder in debauchery , he was apprehended August 8 . The prisoner said that he was maddened 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 jury retired , and in a quarter of an hour returned a verdict of Guilty ,
with extenuating circumstances . The prisoner was , therefore , sentenced to imprisonment for life with hard labour . He received his sentence with seeming indifference ; but previously when his counsel , were about to address the jury , he was attacked with such severe illness that the court had to adjourn for half an hour to give time lor his recovery . 1 armouth
Attempt to Murder a Female by " Burking . ' —i , Saturday . —A horrible attempt to murder by means of " burking , took place in the vicinity of this town late on Thursday evemn ? , and has produced no little excitement in the neighb ourhood . The intended victim of this diabolical act is a servant girl , named wan Ann Proudfoot , whose recovery is at present somewhat doubtful , ana the party arrested on suspicion of having made the atrocious attempt is a corn porter , of the name of Samuel Howth , who was m the saint i
service with the unfortunate girl , and by whom she is pregnant , " circumstances attending the affair are revolting . Between eigiu « nine on Thursday evening , some boys , who were playing near n town battery , bad their attention drawn to some moans close oy , and on giving an alarm at a near public-house , search was niaut the direction of the noise , when a woman was found lying u ' lflL V " wall of the adjacent mill . She was perfectly ins ensible , aei i « and head were horribly disfigured , and a plaster ot PllcB ' tar fastened under her chin , was c overed over tnej part of her head . The gloves on her hands were ocsm ^ with taras if she had endeavoured to drag the P ltoie * '
, and her dress showed that she had taken part in a severe b „ gle . The poor creature was removed to the Northumbe ^ Arms public-house , and then to the hospital . Captain l ^ t Mr . Smith , magistrates , hearing of the outrage and ue a > j ^ condition of the girl , deemed it prudent to take her testin g upon sufficiently recovering , she made the following . stat f ^ ' „ , " My name is Mary Ann Proudfoot , and I am a W of living in the Lion and Lamb-row . I am servant to wrs .. b ^ SouthtownT weennnt bv Samuel Howth a corn poiiw .
. am , employ of Mr . Burin . I was to meet him by appomnnenu ^ o ' clock this evening ( Thursday ) , respecting some money-u ^ give me against my confinement . I met him at the tun ^ the Pudding-gate , and walked to Tooley ' s-imU vitU »
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164 THE STAU OF . JHESBOM . LOoio ^ ,
Accidents And Casualties.
ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES .
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Crimes And Offences.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1701/page/4/
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