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I DENBIGH. THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE WATER WORLS The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the three unfor- tunate men who lost their lives at the reservoir of the Denbigh Water Works, was held on Saturday last. Ro- berts, apd Isaac Jones, labourours employed in the works, were examined, but their evidence did not differ in sub- stance from what we have already published. Mr. Hurd, the foreman of the works, also gave evidence in a way considered very satisfactory by the Coroner and jury. It was his custom, he said, to inspect the cutting every morning before the men entered; he did so the day of the accident, and found it quite safe. Mr. Duncan, of Liverpool, the engineer, described the euttiug as being like a bing of corn, the men had unsettled the bottom, and the rush of the sand was so sudden, and the momen- tum was so great, that they nad no means of escaping. Under the supervision of Mr. Hurd (who had been in his employ for 14 years engaged on works of a similar kind) there would be no danger to proceed with the work. He had been trying to find out what could be the cause of the accident, but he had failed in doing so; in his opinion it was pure accident. The Coroner in summing up explicitly explained the law of manslaughter to the jury, and in his opinion, neither of the two great ele- ments necessary to constitute the crime of manslaughter, viz., non feasance or mat feasance, could be proved in this case. The Jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Accidental death." A committee has been ap- pointed, consisting of the Mayor, the Rector, Mr. Gold Edwards, Mr. M. Smith, V.C.B., Mr. Preece, Mr. Blackwall, sen., &c., to receive subscriptions to relieve the widows and families of the deceased men, and to dis- pose of the money in the most advantageous way to the recipients. Upwards of oClOO has already been sub- scribed.

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