Halstead and Sons (Rochdale)
Also William Halstead and Sons
1867 Marriages, May 8th, at the Parish Church, Bradford, Mr Richard Sharp, engineer, Bradford, to Jane, fifth daughter of the late Joseph Halstead, Esq., ironfounder, Rochdale, and niece of Joseph Cliff, Esq., engineer, Union Foundry, Bradford.[1]
1868 'Shocking Accident to Three Men — On Monday morning, shortly after nine o’clock, an accident of very serious nature happened at the foundry of Messrs. Halstead and Sons, Drake-street. They had been casting a large pipe which is intended to-connect the basin of the canal in the wharf with the main sewer in Drake-street, so as to be able to discharge the water by that means whenever it is necessary. On Monday morning, a number of men were getting this pipe, which with the core inside it, weighed upwards of two tons, out of the foundry into the yard, preparatory to its being dressed. The pine had been raised upon a “bogey” or track, and being hardly balanced, three man sat upon the hinder end, to balance it. A horse was attached to the vehicle, and when it had been got out of the loose soil, and near the doorway, the horse gave a sudden jerk, which threw the pipe and the three men completely off the truck, upon the ground. The men were thrown more or less underneath tho pipe, and had it not been that one end of it fell upon a pile of weights in the doorway, which thus bore a portion of the pressure off them, it is probable they would all have been crushed to death. As it was, the results are very serious. One of the men, Isaac Halstead, of Richard-street, dresser, had both thighs shockingly broken, and having been conveyed home in deplorable state, was placed under the care of Mr. Ogden, Drake-street. He is progressing favourably, though he has doubtless a long prospective confinement to undergo. Two other men were injured, but not so badly. One of them, Edmund Smith, of King-street, moulder, had one leg crushed, and another, Thomas Fitton, of Buersill Head, a backtenter at the furnace, was crushed about the left leg and shoulder. They were both attended to by Mr. Crompton, of Drake-street, who reports favourably of their progress. There appears to have been no carelessness at the foundry, from all we can learn, the usual practice of removing such castings having been adopted, with the ordinary precautions.'[2]
1889 'ACCIDENT AT MESSRS WILLIAM HALSTEAD AND S0NS' FOUNDRY. Yesterday (Friday), a serious accident occurred to a man named Richard Lord, who was employed at Messrs Williaw Halstead and Sons’ Ironworks, Drake-street, and who resides at No. 1, Bamford-street, Rochdale. At the time of the accident Lord was engaged in assisting to unload a fly wheel, weighing about half a ton, from a lurry in the yard. A crane chain was attached to the outer rim of the wheel, and Lord was standing between the spokes. On raising the edge of the wheel the chain, which was in a slanting position, swung round to the perpendicular, and Lord, who was still standing in the same place, was carried to the edge of the lurry. His foot caught the raised side of the lurry and in consequence bis leg was broken. P.C. Paterson was soon on the spot, and after dressing the wound a little, he took the man to the Infirmary.'[3]