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noise brought many of the neigh- 

 bours to the doors and windows : 

 amongst the rest was Mr. Gilby, 

 who was inamediately shot dead 

 by the ruffians, in revenge, as it 

 is supposed, for the death of 

 Boanaford. Such confusion pre- 

 vailed at the time, that the villains 

 escaped, although a great assem- 

 blage of peo()le were present. 



The neighbourhood of St. Giles's 

 was thrown into the utmost con- 

 sternation by one of the most ex- 

 traordinary accidents ever remem- 

 bered. About six o'clock in the 

 evening, one of tlie vats in the 

 extensive premises of Messrs. 

 Henry Meux and Co., in Banbury- 

 street, St. Giles's, burst, and in 

 a moment New-street, George- 

 street, and several others in the 

 vicinity, were deluged with the 

 contents, amounting to 3,500 bar- 

 rels of strong beer. The fluid, in 

 its course, swept every thing be- 

 fore it. Two houses in New- 

 street, adjoining the brewhouse, 

 were totally demolished. The in- 

 habitants, who were of the poorer 

 class, were all at home. In the 

 first floor of one of them, a mother 

 and daughter were at tea : the 

 mother was killed on the spot ; 

 the daughter was swept away by 

 the current through a partition, 

 and dashed to pieces. The back 

 parts of the houses of Mr. Good- 

 win, poulterer, of Mr. Hawse, 

 Tavistock Arms, and Nos. 24 and 

 25, in Great Russell-street, were 

 nearly destroyed. The female ser- 

 vant of the Tavistock Arms was 

 suflbcated. Three of Mr. Meux's 

 men employed in the brewery 

 were rescued with great difiiculty, 

 by the people collected to aff'ord 

 relief, who had to wade up to 

 their middle through the beer. 



The site of the place is low and 

 flat, and there being no declivity 

 to carry off" the fluid, in its fall it 

 spread and sunk into the neigh- 

 bouring cellars, all of which were 

 inhabited. The bursting of the 

 brewhouse walls, and the fall of 

 heavy timber, materially contri- 

 buted to aggravate the mischief, 

 by forcing the roofs and walls of 

 the adjoining houses. The crowd 

 collected from the time of the 

 accident to a late hpur was im- 

 mense. It presented many dis- 

 tressing scenes of children and 

 others inquiring for and lamenting 

 their parents, relatives, and friends. 



A great number of workmen 

 were employed the whole of yes- 

 terday in clearing away the rub- 

 bish, and the following dead bo- 

 dies have been found : — 



Ann Sayille, about 35 years of 

 age. 



Eleanor Cooper, between 15 

 and 16 years of age, servant tp, 

 Mr. Hawse, the Tavistock Arms. 



Hannah Bamfield, a child, four 

 years and a half old. 



Mrs. Butler, a poor Irish 

 woman, her daughter and grand- 

 daughter, and three others, whose 

 names have not been ascertained. 



One person has been dug out 

 alive. Two brothers, of the name 

 of Creek, store-house clerks, in 

 attempting to save some of the 

 property, were severely hurt. Two. 

 other persons are missing from the 

 neighbourhood, whose bodies have 

 not yet been found. Many of the 

 cellars on the south side of Russell- 

 street are completely inundated 

 with beer ; and in some houses the 

 inhabitants had to save themselves 

 from drowning by mounting their 

 highest pieces of furniture. 



One of the interesting circum- 



