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groaning and bleeding till he was taken to a public-house, where 
he died in a few minutes. The tank was forty-three feet eight in 
diameter, eighteen feet deep ; it was nearly full of water. Witness 
could not tell what caused the fissure; he did not think there was 
any flaw in the iron plates ; he never observed the foundation give 
way. The remaining tanks were fourteen inches only less than 
the one which had burst. Several of the J ury commented on the 
dangerous situation of the premises, and said they ought not to be 
placed so near the habitations of the surrounding neighbour- 
hood. 
Mr. Percival (a Juror) said but few of the plates exceeded half 
an inch in thickness in the centre, and contended they were not 
sufficiently strong; he spoke from his own knowledge, for he 
knew the plates for vats were generally an inch and an inch and a 
half in thickness.—Another Juror said, that if it was only made 
of tin, and the hoops were sufficiently strong, it would not break, 
Mr, Percival resumed, and said, the hoop was not stronger than 
that which he had round a vat that contained only two tons of 
water.—Robert Monro, Esq. a Director of the Gas Company, 
said the tank contained 752 tons of water. The plates were 
three-quarters of an inch in thickness; some were stouter. The 
works were furnished by contract; the ironmasters engaging to 
make them water-tight. The contractors had put up eleven tanks 
in London, which were all standing. The whole loss (the tank 
cost between 7002. and S002.) would fall on the contractors. It 
was one foot longer than the others, but he did not know whether 
the iron was made proportionally stronger. Of course the build- 
ing was left to the contractors, and it was their interest to make 
the tanks of sufficient strength. 
SUCCESSFUL METHOD FOLLOWED IN THE UKRAINE FOR THE 
CURE OF HYDROPHOBIA%,. 
When Mr. Marochetti, an operator in the Hospital at Mos- 
cow, was in the Ukraine in 1813, in one day fifteen persons ap- 
plied to him for cure, haying been bitten bya mad dog. Whilst 
he was preparing the remedies, a deputation of several old men 
Made its appearance to request him to allow a peasant to treat 
them ; a man who for some years past enjoyed a great reputation 
for his cures of hydrophobia, and of whose success Mr. Maro- 
chetti had heard much. He consented to their request under 
these conditions : Ist, that he, Mr. Marochetti, should be present 
at every thing done by the peasant ; 2dly, in order that he might 
be more fully convinced that the dog was really mad, he (Mr. M.) 
should select one of the patients, who should be treated accord- 
* From the Beilin State Gazette of the 14th February 1822. 
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