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IRON CEMENT FOR ARMOUR PLATES

... were not less startling than those already mentioned. An arch of brickwork seven feet in radius was commenced, but when only half completed the centring was knocked away, and the brickwork stood firm, and held suspended, as at arm's length, heavy weights ...

Published: Monday 30 July 1866
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1188 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION AT CORBYN'S HALL IRONWORKS

... i-inch best iron. Its weightlwas about13 tons. At the time above mentioned this ponderous mass suddenly rose from its bed of brickwork, a loud report was heard, and everybody in that portion of the works was immediately sursounded with a mass of falling bricks ...

Published: Friday 28 February 1862
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 808 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

THE BADDESLEY COLLIERY EXPLOSION

... collieary that the coal wes on fire.-Mr. Giilett. conesltiseg engineer to the colliery, spoke to leaving ordered Parker to place brick-work around the engine In tle pit h bft whee lie went to the colliery on the 26th of April hie foused, to his great surprise ...

Published: Friday 30 June 1882
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 732 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE HANLEY BOILER EXPLOSION

... and the brickwork around it moving, He ran away when he saw that, and was about 40 yards off when tho boiler exDloded. lie was hli on the shoulder with a brick. John Fox had made up the fire just before. He saw the boiler shake and the brickwork move 6 ...

Published: Tuesday 20 December 1870
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 834 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

GREAT FIRE NEAR BOLTON FIVE PEOPLE BURNED TO DEATH

... renioved their friritrirL. At four o'clock this. afternoon, thle engines werc still playyirig upon the heated masses of brickwork ai1d mnachilicry, in order to extricate tine bodies. Two bunired persom' are thrliown ouat of employmient. TThe alamage is ...

Published: Thursday 02 February 1871
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 302 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE THUNDER-STORM OF [ill] NIGHT

... back of the inillmalinery lstablisisnent of 'Messrs. Lea ant Greathead, which extends into 'N eedless Alley. Rending the brick-work asunder, it passed dowur bse chimney for a short distance to the point rirste a smart [lue joins it. This it burst into ...

Published: Friday 18 June 1858
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1293 | Page: 1 | Tags: News 

THE REA IMPROVEMENT SCHEME

... course of it about 35,000 cubic yards of detritus will be taken oak of the river, between 25,000 and 27,000 square yards of brickwork will be laid don as an artificial channel, and about 3 500,000 bricks will be used in forming the cbhnel, building stout ...

Published: Friday 09 September 1892
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2015 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY MYSTERY SOLVED

... window while the train was still in the flat-roofed portion of the tunnel, for his head carns into violent contact with the brickwork of the arch at the point where the arched portion of the tunnel begins. There is a great deal of blood on the arch at this ...

Published: Monday 27 September 1886
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 925 | Page: 5 | Tags: News 

THE BROCKMOOR BOILER EXPLOSION

... and in the flues, and examined all the plates, both inside and out, as far as be could get at them without takdig down the brickwork, sand he reported that there was a slight leakage at one of lthe sweep seams in each flue. Nothing was dons to these -seams ...

Published: Saturday 28 April 1888
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1973 | Page: 8 | Tags: News 

Foreign Miscellany

... painful sensation has been created throughoutbthe hamtlet of Hanipstean, by the giving way of a considerable portion of the brickwork of the tun- nel ill course of construction between Pend Street, South Emid, Hampstead, amid the western portion of tlte Fiashloey ...

Published: Monday 13 September 1858
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1485 | Page: 1 | Tags: News 

ROOF-FALL IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL AT WORCESTER

... line. I£ wits fortuilite tha1; no triisi was passing thfough the tunnel at tha time of the falL About noon another fall of brickwork occurred, nddall trafficthroughthetunnel ?? ped' PFassen er froth Birmin.ghain to belbw Wiorcbster by the iadline are cveyed ...

Published: Thursday 21 January 1892
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 901 | Page: 7 | Tags: News 

THE LAWLEY STREET ACCIDENT

... order to provide rorn for certain alterations required by the railway company. The contract for the erection of the new brickwork was sablet to John William Swift, of- Wimson Green.-In answer to toe Coroner, the witness said that it was necessary to leave ...

Published: Wednesday 30 January 1889
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2171 | Page: 7 | Tags: News