R. Lord and Son
of Barn Brook (Barnbrook) Boiler Works, Bury.
Specialities.— Steam boilers, revolving boilers and digestors, kiers, steam chests, multitubular heaters, vulcanizers and cavity 'pans.
See Robert Lord and his son William Lord
Established 1843.
1858 'SHOCKING ACCIDENT. A YOUNG MAN KILLED BY A CRANE. On Saturday last adjourned inquest took place the Blue Bell Inn, Bury, before J. H. Sellers, Esquire, deputy coroner, on the body of Edward Bradley, who had been so seriously injured by a crane as to occasion bis death. The following is the substance of tho evidence given the inquiry, from which the full particulars may be gathered. Betty Bradley said she was the wife of Squire Bradley, but had not lived with her husband for fourteen years. She lived at Bury, and washed, cleaned, and sewed for a livelihood. The deceased, Edward Bradley, was her son, and was nineteen years of age last January. She had six children yet living. The eldest thirteen, and the youngest two years old. The deceased worked at Messrs. Lord, boiler makers, Bury. He was brought home about ten o'clock on Friday, the 20th August, insensible. Mr. Fletcher was in attendance in a few minutes at the instruction of Messrs. Lord. He continued his attendance until the death of her son on Tuesday the 24th August, at two o'clock in the afternoon.
Robert Lord said he was thirty-two years of age, and lived in St. Paul-street, Bury. He was a boiler maker by trade, and worked for his brothers Messrs. John and Joseph Lord, Barnbrook. He knew the deceased Edward Bradley, and knew that he worked for his brothers. He was an apprentice, and was a rivetter. Deceased was hurt at the works on Friday morning, between nine and ten o'clock. He was within eight yards or thereabouts when it happened. Witness was up a ladder, just coming off the top of the building, and a person named James Barlow was speaking to him. He turned round to speak to Barlow, and in so doing saw the deceased Edward Bradley. He was lowering a boiler flue, which was on the crane in the yard, that they might fix a piece of timber under one end to adjust the crane chain in the middle of the boiler flue to hoist it on a lurry. He was turning the crane handle towards himself. No one else had hold of the handle of the crane with deceased. There were two handles to the crane. No one had hold of the other handle of the crane. The boiler flue would weigh, he supposed, about five tons. When he first saw deceased he appeared to be lowering the flue, and to have command of it, and power over it, but immediately he must have let go, or let it slip, for the handle was out of his hands and struck him on the head, knocking him down to the ground. [Continued at length] .... a verdict of "Accidental death was returned.[1]
1862 J. and J. Lord, (John and Joseph Lord) Barn Brook Boiler Works. Letter concerning footbridge over the Irwell.[2]
1884 J. R. and R. Lord, Barn Brook Boiler Works.[3]
1903 Lords, Barn Brook Boiler Works.[4]
1922 R. Lord and Son. Principals: R. Lord sen., W. Lord and R. Lord, jun.
Presumably became R. Lord and Sons.
1980 R. Lord & Sons Ltd were advertising for a welder and a plater for work in connection with heat exchangers and pressure vessels, at Barnbrook Boiler Works, Brook Street, Bury BL9 6AF.'[5]