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OctOBEB 8, 1853.] THE LEADEB. 96t'
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TtfE WORKING CLASSES. Tun most notablo f...
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DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. Adm...
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OUR SANITARY CONDITION. In DormondHoy th...
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Terrible Accident On An Irish Railway. A...
the field and looked round me . I saw the cattle-train run riaht into the last carriage of the passenger-train—indeed , throuch it . In an instant all was a pile of nun . I ran back and saw the driver of the cattle-train , who seemed horrified at the frightful calamity . I asked him , was he hurt ? He replied' No , but I'll never get over it . ' Ho then proceeded to assist the wounded passengers . I perceived that 'the steam ¦ was being generated , and that in a minute more we would all be blown away by the explosion of the engine , and I sang out for theengineer and bid htm blow ofi" the steam . He did so , and then we set to work . The first sight I came on was tlie bodies of two women quite dead . They lay on the bank asif they bad been shot out of the door . Near them was a priest , orfriaror monk . He was quite dead , ly ing close to the rails ,
, as if he had been thrown against the embankment and had rebounded back . I next saw a man , both of whose thighs were broken across . Messrs . Kelly and Connor and I pulled him out from under the ruins of the carriages . He was living , and we laid him upon the bank . We were then attracted by tb / i cries of a lady , whose hand was jammed between the carriages . Her sister lay near her , either dead or insensible . After labouring very hard for some lime we failed to extricate them , and had to turn to others while more assistance was being procured . From a heap of ruins , where we saw shawls , hats , and handkerchiefs , wo next got out a lady , greatly disfigured , but still alive . We then came to the bo ' dvof Mr . Jelly , which could hardly be recognised , hishead being torn and smashed ofi—his lejrs both cut off—his body his
torn up , and his clothes torn all off him . I adjusted clothes , and we . put the body aside , and from near him we got out the bodies of the English gentleman ' s wife and sihter . Poor fellow 1 Rethrew himself madly upon the body of his wife , and kissed her frantically , and then we got the little baby , from uiulur her and the aunt ' s clothes , alive . We then went to the first-class carriage that had been first struck by the engine , and there we saw the bodies of tw » ladies , apparently cut in two at the waist . They Were so jammed in that we could not get at them . Near them was the body " of another . lady , whose dress only we could . see , she was so bruised iri the ruins . The cries of a little boy then attracted me . He was about eight ytiars old . " He-was ly ing -under the axletrce of a carriage , which had broken both his little legs , and was lying acrossthein . With great difficulty we got him out by raising the axlo with a- crowbar . 1 then "" returned with more help to the two ladios , one of whose -hands was jammed , and we got
them out . I don't know whether the . insensible . lady , wasdead or not , but I think she was . We laid heron the bank . The other was not much hurt . We next ' discovered the body of a very large man under the train . His head was cut off and gone . Wo found no . trace of if . IJoth his Irgs were ) cutoff also from the thighs down . We got out tho remains " and placed them on the bank . I was at . this ti : m ; a ' good deal exhausted , having worked very hard . Sir Edward Kennedy now came up . II « had been " a passenger in the carriage next the engine , which hud been shot on by the collision past StrafZ ' uu station . ' lie had escaped unhurt , ami had rendered everv u « sist « nce to tho |> as > engers in Uio .-e twi >' carriage . x , \ vliiou , with " llus engine , hnu been sent on by the concussion . He thun returucddoivnihelinetnludptliore . andloiik the command lr < m » me , u > my great relief , for I was quite worn out . I cannot toll you how bard lui worked , a » also did . thosfs gentlemen whoso liaiiie . s I have mentioned , and , indeed ,, every one ,
railway people , country people , and all . I broke ofl ' a piece of a carriage and helped to make a litter of it , on which we placed a lady wlio had her two legs broken , and thu JL-iUgliMi genilomnn ' js little child , ami took them to a house convenient . Sir Kdward Kennedy sent for a doctor undj a priest at onto . Seeing that somis people woro picking up carpet-bags , I suggested the necessity of the luggage being gunrdod , which wns atonco done . Messrs . Kelly , Connor , Lohch , and 1 ihen -vvalk . xl on to Striiil ' nu , thinking we hiu ' l seen all the damage , and not know ing about the two carriages that had been shot Jiway . At the station uo found r . Mr . Hoe , who had escaped
in one of tlu-sa carriages , and who was very active in rendering assistance . In the station-room eight or nine people were lying aide by side . One of them seemed dead . I placed my hand upon lii . s forehead , and found that ho was dead . Ho was n Mr . ligan , of Birr . I said ho wan dead , and his body was nt « i ;; co removed , and tho gentleman died soon alter . A priest w « j hearing the confession of another , who evidently had very iinv moments lull him in this world . The dead bodies were removed from the room . Mrs . Burrington was lying iu another room in the station , very badly hurt 1 heard . One of flic Indies I saw at ihe . station had her . chest broken in . I don ' t
tliink she would live till morning . Several had their . legs broken . One serv-tut boy , who \\ ax very badly hurt , had been aoht by Sir 1 'ldward Kennedy , on hi . s own car , to sonic ; hospital in thiv neighbourhood . Thiro wns n medical gentleman nro-Htiutwho was doing nil in Inn power to ulloviatu the stiflurings of tho Mounded . I bolievo thero worn soverul medicul gentlelnen , but I am not sure of nioro thnn one . The Hon . IS . Lawless was there working very hard ; and there was one ycuuiR man , ft < loalt > r , nnmed John iloowey , who was going down in tho Kilkenny train when ho heard of tho accident at thu tuition . Ho at once threw up his piiKsngo , quitted the down truin , and set to work to help tho sulferoi-H in u most oxtruordinarv wanner . Sucli vigour ami kindness and geutlenoys m ho exhibited could not bo Hiirj « i «» ed . A train watt got ready about half-past 10 o ' clock , and by it I eamo to town . Wo arrived at the King ' n-bridg © termiim . H about 12 o ' clock . Neither the driver nor . stokerol' tlmcattle-train wiw injured . "
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OctOBEB 8 , 1853 . ] THE LEADEB . 96 t'
Ttfe Working Classes. Tun Most Notablo F...
TtfE WORKING CLASSES . Tun most notablo fact of the week is tho combination of tho Lan'cuBli ' iro millownors to rcsiat tlio domnndH of tlio operatives . —At JJacup , tlio associated millowners havo entered into a bond for 5000 / ., to bo forfeited by each iii-ni that ehnll fail to carry out tho agrcomont of tho majority in thoir rcaiHtanco to tho " tyranny" of tho operatives . This ia tho enmo pounUy as that imposed by tjio Preston bond . A bond for tiOOQt . is tlio obligation which a great number of firms at Burnley and thoincighbourhood lmvo imposed upon themselves fpr the 'jiMuuying out of that object in thoiv quarter , * ' .
The men are for the most part still firm . Two hundred and twenty of the Manchester hands have returned to work , but eleven hundred are still out on strike . The Wigan Times states that 6000 operatives in that town and neighbourhood are out of work ; but we consider this estimate exaggerated . It also states the number of colliers out of work at 4000 ; ; a probably correct statement . At Dowlais , twelve furnaces are now . in blast , and 800 colliers have returned to work . These have turned out ajsupply of coal equal to the present consumption . All is now proceeding most satisfactorily , and a better feeling prevails . At Cyfarthfa uo strike , as anticipated , has taken place , and all is in full activity . Some dissatisfaction appears to have existed between the colliers , who stated
that , owing to the high price of provisions , their pay was inadequate to support them ; but matters have been amicably arranged . At Bolton , the bed-quilt weavers have turned out , asking an advance of one penny in the shilling . The Sunderland shipwrights , now paid 30 s . a week , demand 36 s . The masters refuse to give it , and threaten to reduce the wages to 27-s . A compromise is likely to be effected . The Wolverhampton carpenters and joiners demand Cd . a day advance , and are likely to get it . The tapemakers of Derby are resisting a reduction attempted by their employers . Of distinct successes there are not many , this week . The Greenock police have obtained an advance of 2 s . pet 1 week . The iron foundryjmechanics of Blackburn have returned to work on increased waees .
Several facts showing the general industrial advance of the nation come from different quarters . — -In the course of last week , two Glasgow firms ojened warehouses in Carlisle for the giving out of work to handloom weavers . In Longt'bwn . there are five connected with Glasgow . Hand-loom weaving has now obtained its full value in the market of labour , and has advanced within the last 12 or 15 months at least 50 per cent . ; that is to say , what was paid at ' the rate of 9 ^ d . is now 14 d . And this is not . ill—the quality of the
material given out to work has been greatly improved , and the operative , so far from having now to wait many 'days for work , it is so plentiful that for every weaver there are half a dozen masters . On the whole , therefore , taking price , quality , and full employment into account , the advance is not 50 but 70 per cent . In Norfolk ,: farm labourers are now paid twelve shillings a week ; and in Gal way , labourers ha-ve been so scarce that women have been extensively employed in the harvest-work . The emigration of the
workingclasses still goes on ; the numbers who loft Liverpool lor new homes last month was over twenty-four thous ' , being one thousand more than the number who left in the September of last year . The Devonport dockyard labourers are com bining to emigrate .
Discovery Of The North-West Passage. Adm...
DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE . Admiralty , flct . 7 , 1 S 53 . Commander iNGi . EFiEr . n , who , it will bo remembered , was despatched in II . M . ' s steam-ship Phoenix , in the spring- of the year , with supplies to Sir Kdward Belcher ' s squadron , arrived at the Admiralty to-day , having left the Phoenix at Thurso , N . B .
Commander Inglefield brings no intelligence of Sir John Franklin ' s expedition ; ho has , however , succeeded in depositing the supplies as directed , and , wo arc happy to say , ia accompanied hy Lieut . Creswell ,, of the Investigator , with despatches from Commander M'Clure , thus enabling us to satisfy tlio public , and tho friends of those embarked in tho Investigator , concerning which ship considerable anxiety had exiated as to her safety . Tho Brcadalbaiie transport , which accompanied tho Phoenix , was totally wrecked by a nip of tho ice—tho crow saved and brought homo by the Phoenix .
It is concluded from Sir ' Edward Belcher ' s despatches , that that officer would endeavour to retrace lii ' s steps this season to Beechy Island to winter . Jt is further to bo gathered from these despatches , that tho Investigator had completed tho pnasng © between tho two oceans , having passed into tho Arctic Sea by IJohring ' s Straits , and returning homo by Davis' Straits . rt
Our Sanitary Condition. In Dormondhoy Th...
OUR SANITARY CONDITION . In DormondHoy there lmvo bcon four fatal cosoh of cholora , Thoro in a black ditch in tho neighbourhood , and in ft lato cleansing of it > most oflbnnivo effluvia wore spread ovor tho neighbourhood . Tho donthB in Kormondooy aro attributed , to tho defective dridnnffo or noxious vupoura arising from tho atu Knant watem innomo of tho factoritm whoro glwo and Bizo nro prinoipally mado . In ono houao in Bormoudsoy , mftu who worked in ¦ ono of tho leather factories wna Belzod with cholera , and ho diud hoou after tho attack . For nomo tlmo previous a votv nnpIeoBant « moll wan oxporioncod in tho houeo , but no ono could toll whonco it , proceeded ; but after Mb death , tipon a aearoh boin K made it wbb found that a drain ran undor tho parlour floorlnff of that and ul « o under tho next Iiouho . MenBurofl arc now being ; adopted to carry tho drains off in
another direction , so as to avoid poisoning the occupants of both houses . Several other parts of tho parish are beingcleansed and improved , bo aB to prevent , as far as possible , the spread of the cholera . On Tuesday , a fatal case of cholera occurred in Park-street , Grosvenor-square . . Another fatal case of cholera has occurred in Southwark , in Friar-street , Martin-street . A second fatal case of cholera occurred , on Friday , in Lambeth , and a third case has occurred since . In Christchurch , Blackfriars , very few cases of cholera have as yet taken place . The only decided case known was , a few days since , in Broadwall , -where a female died in six hours after she was first attacked . During the last visitation thia part of the parish , suffered to a moat alarming extent .
What local energy cannot do is pointed out to Lord Palmerston in the following letter , which , according to his promise at Perth , should be welcome , and acted on : — "St . Saviour's Union , 79 , Blackfriars-road , Southwark , Oct . 1 . "My Lord , —At a meeting of the Sanitary Committee of this union , consisting of the whole of tho guardians and the churchwardens of the parishes which constitute the St . Saviour ' s Union , held on Friday evening , the 30 th ult ., it was resolved , — " ' That the Secretary of State for the Home Department be written to , calling his attention to the general state of the sewers emptying into the Thames within this district , and requesting his interference with tho Sewers Commissioners to abate the dangerous nuisances occasioned by them . "
"I am directed by the committee to represent to your Lordship , in the strongest manner , the necessity for immediate measures for the abatement or removal of these
nuisances . " Your Lordship will remember that in tho year 1 S 49 this district was visited by cholera almost as severely as any in tho metropolis , and it was then considered that the severity of this ' . frightful disease was attributable in a great measure to the imperfect state of the common sewers , which have not been improved since that period . "The Sanitary Committee eit three times a-week , at great personal inconvenience , and are adopting vigorous measures for the suppression of nuisances under their jurisdiction ( but all the 3 e efforts must prove unavailing while the dangerous nuisances to which I have called your Lordship ' s attention remain untouched . " The committee , therefore , trust your Lordship will , as speedily as possible , ' direct some means for remedying these most fruitful sources of disease in the neighbourhood . " I am , my Lord , your Lordship ' s most obedient servani ,
"James J . Blake , Clerk to the Guardians . The following case , tried before tho Lambeth magistrate , on Wednesday , illustrates the general condition of many houses in the metropolis , and the general difficulties in the way of removing nuisances . —Mr . George F . Cardcn , the barrister , and brother to Alderman Cardon , appeared before Nt . Elliott , to answer to a sumpions , charging-him with suffering to be kept on his premises n certain quantity of noxious m . itter highly injurious to health . —Dr . Bu . sb . oll , cv member of tho Board of Guardians of the parish of Lambeth , and also one of the committeo appointedfor sanitary improvement , reminded his worship that on Tuesday week Mi . Carden , when summoned to this couvi ; on a charge- similar to the present , had promised to abate the nuifiancc by tho following Thursday ,
and tho summons stood over for him to perform his promise . This , howovcr , he had neglected to do . —William Henry Markwick , the inspector of nuisances for the parish of St . Mary , Lambeth , deposed that on that d ^ y ho visited tho houses Noa . 114 , 115 , and 110 , Vftuxhall-walk , and found them in a very bad state . In the corner of tho yard of ono of them he found a foul privy , with the soil half way ovor the seat , and a qxiantity of stagnant water over a largo portion of tho yard , aa deep an from four to fivo inches , so that it was impossiblo to pass over it without tlio planks that woro placed thoro . A largo holo had been dug in a portion of tho yard into which tho liquid Boil had boon baled . —In cross-examination by Mr . Cardcn , tho witness said ho had been at tho premiECfl at twclvo o ' clock that day , and that ho had not
ob-Borvod any oporation going on then to remove tho ovil or nuisance . A pumplng-machino had beon at work to pump out somomattov from ( mother houso . —Mr . Carden : Will you inform tho mngifitruto and the court how thin nuisance complained of could boroinovod?—Witnoiin : It could bo removed by making ft eowor from tho promifioa into tho common Bower . —Mr . Garden : Very good ; and don't you know that , before such a sewov could bo made , you must havo tho sanction and authority of tho conunimionorMof rowoi-m , and ths . t if you domakoHuch n drain without tho sanction of Lhono ( jontle < ncn , you would bo liablo to heavy jwimltiofl?— . WitnoBH : It is necesRai-y to havo tho nnnction of tho cominisaioiiorH of sowers , I boliovo , before you can nuiko a drain running into any of theno sowoi-H . —Mr . Cardcn : Oh f to bo miro it is ; and from
thenco arinos tho greater part of tho ovil , thia abnoluto < mnction , which scarcely ever am bo got at . —Dr . UuhIioII horo called Dixon , ono of tho nunmioning ofncorH of tlio court , who Hftid ho had viewed the promiiiofl of which tho defendant waa tho landlord , and lmd no honitation in wiying that tho rttonch mining from tho overflowing privy , and tho accumulation of night-noil iwul nt , agn : mt water , anil othor matter in tho holo recently dug , wan a mon ( , ofVonnivo nultumco ; indeed , no Bhockin ^ was tho / itonoh from' tho promisor ) , that nomo members of tho family of Dr . Thompson , and n . young lady living cIoho by , complained to him about it . —Mr . Garden , in reply to tho charge , miriurod his womhh > that tho roal aggrcHsornin
tho matter woro tho conuniRMionorn of nowoi-H , wIiohq nsaiatanco and lioonco to romody tho ovil ho hail nought for Homo weekH , but nought in v / iin . Tho loarnod gentleman hoi"o wont ovor a longthonod hintory of hi ; i cornjspondonco witli tho commiHHionoro of noworc , and hiii intorviow with Mr . Jobb , thoir chairman , and Hovornl of thoir ofllcora , on tho nubjoct of tho dralnogo , but was ntill loft without ; rodronn . Mr . Cardon hiniKolf wan inotit willing to do ovorything in his powor to remove all civvjuo of complaint , but wan loft without nny romody to do ho , —Dr . fiuriholl wild tlienj was a tihorb and u cheap romody oponoil to the loarnod gentleman , and that wau , to pay 10 / r . for tho hho of tho pumping-machino ho ntontlonod , and it would < vt onco roinovo tho nuiHtvuco . —Mr . Ci * rn
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 8, 1853, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08101853/page/7/
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