19.--The boiler of an engine at work in a field near Watlington Station
exploded, killing five persons outright, and injuring seven others, two
of whom died on the following day. Such was the force of the explosion
that the boiler was blown a distance of forty yards. It was proved at
the inquest that the accident resulted from the tying down the
safety-valve.
29.--Charles Dickens appeared at St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich, and read,
before a numerous audience, "Dr. Marigold" and the trial scene from
"Pickwick."