The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-08-04 00:00:00

SERIOUS RAILWAY COLLISION AT BINEGAR.
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TWO PERSONS KILLED AND SEVEN
INJURED.

A serimm railway collision, involving lose of
occurred at Binegar, on the Smnereet and Dorset
Railway, on Friday afternoon. Although the pout
at which the accident occurred in not more than Pi or
17 utiles (nun Bath, no certain information /44 t.I the
extent f the disaster was available in that city, nor
did tho moat ititoiduomi inquirie. result in eliciting the
exact CalUlti of the accident, Only the liesomagero who
were fortunate enough to escape injury were enabled
to throw any light oil the occurrence. It would
appear that the exprese train, due at Bath at 2.32,
left Bournemouth as usual, and proceeded safely to
within • hundred yards of Binegar station, when it
Clinle into collision with a good* train, laden chieffe
with coal. The Somemet and lioniet, as is well
known, is a single line, but at Binegar a section of
double line had been just completed, and as recently
as Thursday morning Mr. Dykes, the traffic superita•
tendent, had accompanied the Government Inspector
on an official inspection, and the section, we believe,
hail loom peened NM meeting all the Government
requinenetito. It W.I. at the point where the
double line io laid that the goodo train stood for
the express' to ply.. A. ti Whether the melitltc hail
been disconnected ill aIIV way is a iwetter doubt,
but the expense, instead. of oentinuing straight 011 it.
I comer, dashed on to the bop formed by the III•W
auction, and all awful 110PIld ml I.lllllllltOr was the rieult
The two engine tenders fine snet, and were telews.ped.
The first ward's Vlill *lei the carriage adj.iuiiing it
were onutolied, and the guard, 'Mimed Wake., wa.
• borne up high on the jagged timbeni, bath libi kg.
fractured, and terribly lacerated. A young W.Mail
110111111.3,111 V froui Bournemouth to Cork to)..in her
iand was mainmast...m.ly killed. A lilrl in one of the
carriageo 1.14:14151.4 a.. if by a miracle. The forte of the
shock was elleh WI to throw her front one id the iii•
pertinent on to the bank, the only hurt being few
itcratchee. MOVIIIIII of the piesiengero ouotainisl more
or how oerheis Mimi... There were in all idiom le
tremens in the train, which conoisted of four ca the cm
nape and two brake vane, and of those eight were
admitted ti hoopitail. Before their arrival, Dr. Waugh,
of hlideemer Norton, we.. able to give newt prompt
and valuable aid. The find information of the oad ic.
currenee was a telegram at half-past two, received by
Mr. 1/ykee, at the Bath otation. It stated dud it
collision hail occurred, Ind that several pmowtagers
were injured, and medical seoiotatice was reijuir.ol.
the time the iwooeige was received, a train was due
out from Bath, and Mr. Terry, And a I.nak
&morons wasimpanied it. The injured mere
etionised by the otalf at Rath station, under the
direction of lir. Yasley, the otationniaoter, and they
were uotiveyed isit otretchero and in cabs to the !Loyal
United Hospital. The itninjured on their arri, al were
able to 'ironed to their %anon. ileotinationo, one of
thew. being it gentleman, the Ile,. If. 1.001,. King, if
Clifton, who, however, had been rather oliakeu awl
whose clot was very much trim. The surgical omit at
the Hiepital gave instant attentii oi to the wounded.
.Imputation of lo.th lego was found netiewutry mu th.•
mew if the guard (Thomas Ileake.)and Ow poor fellow
ouccumbed hio injurieo at about eight 0 clock, this
making the second fatality. The f.dlowing is it full
list of killed and injured:
KlLLS:P.—Thiene. Iteake, guard llf the paieenger
trim, so. In, INirsetodreet,Twerton. ,% young wourin,
unknown, travelling from U earnemouth to C.
%wimp. —Fred, !f01.% fireman of paieienger train.
Wunierrne. Alfred Burl. rd. driver, Wienbonw. lliti
garet quayle, Wehlimsgtuinrin.d, ohnee woman. at ill,
l'emono, married, Chilconijaon (very oi.ri..isoly.)
George Twiling, trawler, Folkotone. Cecil Roberto.
13. Knowle street, Cardiff, singly. WOlll4lll, SO other
deaths are anticipated.

ATTE.% I 'Pr To MURDER A LIUY.
yams, Fridsv.- .131 attempt to tutirder 0 lady 1,4
night, relsotvd this 1111 l mum, is the day's Parisian
sensation. The Cmutesse Martel, the well known
author, and a lady moving in the highest society. in
France, was sitting in her study last night writing
at a disik, when two bullets from • revolver fired
through her window (coin the outside passed close to
her. The police have the matter in hand, but it is at
, present sumanded by mystery.

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