A correspondent, writing under the date of Dudley, Friday evening,
says—" For the second time within the short space of three weeks, we have to record one of those appalling accidents which have of late been of such frequent occurrence in this district, and attended with such terrible consequences. The scene of the new catastrophe is the Bloomfield Iron-works at Tipton, near this place; and it seems that one of the boilers in use was a condenser, somewhat resembling in shape an egg, save that it was flat at one end. From some cause or other, this part of it gave way; an explosion took place; and the entire boiler, which was about seven tons in weight, was forced with considerable violence in a horizontal direction across the canal, and into a brick-yard one hundred yards distant. So soon as the first shock was over, search was made after the bodies of the unfortunate persons who had suffered by the occurrence; and up to the hoar of writing the following had been discovered—Henry Millington, aged nineteen, found dead, unmarried; William Perry, much burnt, and not likely to recover, wife and two children; William Jones, head cut, body much scalded; John and Thomas Lister, also very much burnt; three females, engaged in packing bricks, much injured. The cause of the explosion is a mystery. It is fortunate, however, that a great number of those employed at the works were at their suppers outside the building at this time, or the loss of life must have been much greater."—Daily News.
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