The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-01-31 00:00:00

PUS PERSONS KiLLID AND SZVINAL
INJURILD.

COLLIVON ON THE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY.

A collision occurred as the North Load= Hallway,
not far from Old Ford station, lemon naturdity night.
An empty oral trim, composed of from 35 to 40
trur.ka, left Poplar at five minutes past tea o'clock in
the imnirig foe WiNasuen. All went well until 1460
Tiedegar.road bride* a point midway betwese the
Bow and Old "Turd surima, was reached, and here it
war that the anforthaate iocidient, happened to which
may b• attributed the immediate Witlie 01 the awfal
oulitaion that took place almost instantaneously. The
greeter part of the empty malt/Ala had already pared
the bridge when some eight or ten tracks became
detaches feces the rest of the train through the &odds*
snapping of one of the drawbars by which they were
linked together, and they were forced by the Triers of
the shock off the roils in to the up Lim. At Nu time
a presager train from Broad-star to Biackwall was
peados the trout portion of the coal train' and a
moment later it dashed Into the truck. that blocked
the up line. The engine was hurled off the rolls, and
Iltlraily et...bedded itself in the solid mass of numary
forming the abutment of the buidke. The break-van,
which immediately followed, was completely shattered,
while the third-class carriage adjoining the van wet
tarecoped and splintiwol into inataiwood. The rest
of the carriages were not thrown off the rails, but the
trucks into which the tram had sun were, of coarse,
reloced to a hopeless state of wreckage. The carriages
and *brie were piled Up almost as high as the level of
the bridge. After leaving the Old Ford region it has
to amend • Sight declivity, and it I. believed that
when the oodles's% with the tracks took place
at the bridge, distant some 2f yards from the
station, the train could not have been going at •
less speed than from fifteen to twenty tulles an hour.
Toe work of extricating the passenger and removing
the *lair proved • ions, arduous, and harrowing teak,
and nearly three hours had elapsed before the last
dead body was obtained. Altogether five dead bodies
were recovered, all of them from the front portion of
the thirdoms carriage moral rely behind the break.
van. Tali dead compiled three women, one urn, and
• baby, and when brought •,ut life wasaxtuact, in each
cars, though it is stated that one of the women mud
have lived some ume alter the oollision. Toe sane
was aUeged with reference to the infant, which was
found clasped to ita mother's breast; sad it may be
mentioned that with it were found • new pair of
infant's boots wrapped in paper, as though they had
not been bag purchased. As the bodies were
extricated they were taken on to the Old Ford
etatiou, sad LIVID there removed in polar ambulances
to the olurtzubry at Bow, there to await idsmilication.
Strange to my they were little mutilated. Those
of the passengers who had contained iiiinnes were taken
els) to the waiting-rooms at the Old lord station, and
attended by Dr. Dickenson (the company's surgeon),
TM news of the accident Own spread in the neigh-
bourhood, and in a abort time some thousands of
spectators bad assembled. The excitement was in.
tense, end it was only with the greatest MBank, that
a large body of prise could keep order. After the task
of exuirring the presager had been succrislully
accomplished, the work of clearing ••ay the debris
was proceeded with throughout the night; but it was
not until eight o'clock yesterday morning that traffic
maid be retuned. TIN mils where We engine wee
hurled against the bildge were mach beut and twisted
for • di ,tance of some 20 yard., and had to be re-
placed. tinswick, who was the guard in the van, had
a remarkable swaps, for though he had Barrier the
fall force of the Moot he remained unhurt, though con-
siderably shaken. The names of three may of me five
deceased presager here up to the present been asoer-
Mired, and they are as follows :,
Oherlotte Miller, 27,
Men dory, 46, ad her baby, Corolla* Seary, two
mouths old, all of whom lived at 10, Elgin-etaset,
Hackney, Wick.
The body of the rom rid that of the other woman
had tot been identified dowa to • late hour on zun-
day, though they have been mesa by ahoy persons.
The woman is apparently shout 12 years of age, Wt.
31a. in height. and felt, with brown hair. On her
person aro found two rug., one • gold keeper, and
the other a hair rill, with gold heart, on whim are
engraved the W.' The man is about 25
years of age, It. 71n. high, with Mak hair cut short.
In hi. ',medlar' W• 6 futln• a brown leather purr 0660•
riniug £3 10e. in gold, Ile. in silver, and 50. in
broth., • cigar case with sd,er monogram "li, T.,"
and silver watch and chain. .

On Sunday °reales tbs body of the young mau
the mortuary was identified by Ids father as tbat of
James May, sired 18, of Malmesburproad, bow. Re
was rem pee tably 000n•cted. lb* woman'e uckly remains
uoidentified. The fog uest will be opined to-day.
(By TaluersiAl

The injured are doing well, few harlagereceived soy
hurt beyond a series shaking. (1.1. el Yolland
opened a Board of Trade inquiry this inorniog.
Al the Board ot Trade inquiry at Old Ford
accident, the trakestnan of the goods train stated ha
was unaware of the train being separated until the
collision occurred.