The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-12-09 00:00:00

THE CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.

RAILWAY COLLISION.—On Saturday evening a vio•
lent eollision took place at Cottingham, near Hull, on
the Hull and Scarborough line. While a luggage train
from Bridlington was shunting on a siding, when the
Scarborough passenger train came along at a fearful
rate, and struck the Bridlington train about half-a-
dozen carriages from the engine. Several of these were
empty ooal wagons, and they were broken into atoms.
The Scarborough engine was thrown off the rails and
deeply buried iteelf in the soil, while the first carriage,
containing bags of flour, was thrown into the tender,
and many of the bags burst open. The second was
turned completely on its wheels, and the whole was
blocked up by the immense wreck till Monday at noon.
It is truly marvellous that the engine-driver and stoker
of the Scarborough train did not meet with instant
death.

FRIGHTFUL BOILER EXPLOSION AT MASHRO.—An
explosion of a most fearful character occurred at Messrs.
Beateon and Co's, the Midland Iron Works, adjoining
the Midland Railway Station, Miusbro', on Wednesday
morning, about half-past six o'clock. Most fortunately
the men employed on the night turn had just gone off,
and those to be employed during the day had only
arrived in small numbers, or the consequences must
have been much more serious. The cause of the fearful
calamity was the bursting of an horizontal boiler, ad-
joining which were throe furnaces, one being a ball fur-
nace situate at one end, and at the other were two
puddling furnaces. These are completely demolished,
and the roofs of nine others entirely stripped away.
The length of the mill is about 140 yards, in which were
numerous sheds covering furnaces in daily use. These
sheds were covered over with slates and sheet iron,and
were supported by massive iron pillars and girders with
massive beams. Al these are entirely swept away,and
the mass of debris is of an indiscribable character.
Mr. Hartley, the manager, was on the spot, and ren-
dered every aid. lie succeeded irk extricating one of
the men from his fearful position in an inanimate
five men were shortly recovered, all being dead, and
state, and immediately swooned away. The bodies of
near twenty others in a fearfully lacerated state. Two
of these have since died, and the others are in a pre-
carious state. All the medical gentlemen of the
neighbourhood were In attendance upon the injured
vrorkm.n, several of whom were conveyed to the
Sheffield Infirmary.

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.—Mr. Benson has en
attractive ease of plate ; chief among the articles is a
dinner set of elaborate workmanship, on part of which
is depleted the "Triumph of Baoolins," the god being
seated on a tigress, distributing the product of the
vine. The candelabra, tray, and dish-covers are beauti-
fully finished works of art, well sustaining the de-
served popularity of the produoers."—City Press, June
7th, 1862. J, W. Benson, Prise Medallist, No. 6605,
International Exhibition 1862, has just published a
most elaborate and oornplete cealogue of his mans-
&etyma, both in argentine and silver plate. It con-
sists of 130 pp Imperial Bvo., and includes a full and
carefully arranged prise list, and upwards of 300 en-
gravings of articles of various kinds. It will be sent
poet-free by enclosing six stamps to J. NV, Henson, MI
and 47, Cornbill, London, I.C.