The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-10-29 00:00:00

THE ACCIDENT
.ON_THE TAFF RAILWAY.

The e.orrespondent of a C.zthff C m temporary wilt.. .
The canes of this tern's* diameter we. • mistake by the
signalurtn,Want 11.herts alerts has been in the
service the Tall Vale It Matey Company eve, since 1841,
and for 25 retro was signalmen at the Cardiff 0 eke. Hg
waS aft• near& etationed at Llsndeff, ber• he lost one of
legs le heing run over by • goods trick. Loiter on he did
duty at Llautri•ant, and for over two nears he has leen at
hie present poet. Ile ban always teen known a.. remark-
ably 'body man, and mat sympathy I. felt for hint in his
pc.'. at trouble. He gives the following account of the
accident :—" The Coartwidge train came to a stop opPasita
the signalds 1, and I went down the steps to speak to Um
driver. When I waa at Use bottom of the stairs
could have sworn that I beard the hells ring, and
I cried out t the driver " Hecht." Ihe t,sin went away,
aagt I went into my box. When there I found tint the
needle had not turned rounds—in fact that the signal for
the train to entrees' was given. I ran out and cried
oet, hut hy that time the train was out of sight, and I
condi th nothing." Speaking with great entphsals.
Hobert. " I woo perfectly ronfldent when I to'd
He. Inver to, proeted that I heard the signal. Ort going
up al terwarde, however, I saw toy error. Ido not want
to isolate as antibo lwwl dy, for it was toy fault, and ony
else's; Roberts, whom voice was at intervals choked with
convulsive twits. continued. "1 man • ruined M.A. I know.
I do not care for nit self, let it is my wife and children
Alm I ...re for. But above all, what gives me the moat
%rouble is tho liv a that are hot—lives that cannot I*
resivered. It kills me to think of it. God know. that
air e..nmeience is clear. I matte the musks, and I am
*Elms to stand by It. I exp. et I oh di have to soli'
illapfll.lstnent for this What I have to deal with now 's
the Board et Trade." it derts add' .1. "It lea matterthea
I rano 4 ender.tet,,l, het was old,' on Saturday morn-
tog wit. • 44.14 •h.• been dreaming dreadful thinen
aisno tha• the teen ha I:eft the line next to the
egolt.stkete nt arse (remitting to the cutting down In the
Vail ii
.•n Ite t I a. in 1-triol .....,ht. "

A Cardiff contemporary ssys —lt. seem. that in Roherts's
box are two gong., usually drawls, by the power of elec.
',jetty by the signalinanstatioael in the Rhondda line hog
in rapid succession the moment the Rhondda train bed
named the manta leading to the cutting from which Cow.
I,risj,e train etuer,mil on liaturday with such disastrious
results, me gong calls " Attention !' the "Alt richt r•
The needle, it ia stated, in Roberts's box would not be
toa,•lnost loy the "Attention signal, lout by the next.
K.A.ert. atates that he could hare sworn that be heard,
while at the bottom of the .tairs, the gong going, and he.
without looking at the dial where the needle was,cave the
fatal ,gnat to the Vowloridge train to enter the cutting.
Now the important question is—ant no doubt it will
reinoise the close Attention .of the coroner, jury, and the
gentlemen repreeenting the ;, WentMen' —nid the Rhondda
boa aignalinan touch the " Ittention" signal, and thereby
met .one id the con -is in Roberta's box going, and then. And •
ing that be had stone at too WWI, refrain from touching
the" right- aignal. It is • singular fact, and worthy
of the mood serious attentisou of the authorities, that the
Rhondda Nos signalman actually entered in his book the
Rhondda train as haring paused the points at 4.lri p.m.,
and then scratched it out. Ile himself pointed this out
to Mr. Mumma. the traffic manager, as soon as that
gentleman entered his box on his arrival from Cardiff
after disaster._ . . .

Thomas, Baptist minister, who died
'liturgy after the acrid. nt, and who so heroically insi4,pl
OD the surgeons kraintc after others hefore they attendocl
to him, ttras interred Palsy. All t'ut ministers of the
district were present, almost every relutious denomination
being represented. AU sectarian jealousies were sunk
nver the grave.

(LATIOW.)
5„....hy, hanker at Soanub it ban given dil,Otho for the
,g statue to L oti BeAconslield at Moog Hoeg.
Mr. Sims h... eves has dandled his t or in the PrOvi....
H. h. 1p.„0,v1 in nine &Greta towns before 31.510
people.
Friday was the 2lth Lonivervary of the memne&hle
charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. Of the officer"
Salltactql on that OCCWIIOO an I • • loin now survive.
The death is annouticed al aWatrloo hero minted George
tirmhy. He died fit Banaley Led was nearly tilosty yeate
of age. Ile leaves over seventy grandchild,n and gm,
grandchildren.
The storm which hunt over America a Tuowlay night
was very deatructive to shipping. Inn wreck in Cbeupeake
Bay twenty permos per's/met, and eighteen more were lad
In . .hp which foundered off Civ. Henty. 0 bar ewe
of drowning an reporte I elsewhere.
A P a. Amociatton telegram announces that Mr. Potter
has retie. d from the contest at Pttershorough : and has
aimed an Addy.... tithe ritetore rying his ream's. for ibis
sty. Three emendates are now before the COD•titueocy—
tro.Liherale and a Tory.
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--itTi:t7;-i7;;;17n.:1(;;114111 *At on Sunday buried at
Dahlia a tth great pomp. About ten thousand persons
tooS part in th • f inerel pr.weeemn, which was witnessed
nl•••ut ao.wo spectators. The fOrp. was enclosed ía
or. eoffie.. The leading Roman Catholics o. Ireland
were present at the funeral.
Nearly 030 to-rn labourero are under lack-out notice Is
u...nt for ref ‘l'ing lo seerfd re bleed About half of
them have rejected 2s. 31. rwr day with low, of time far
days, instead of the 2s. 6.1. which they base been
receiving.
S,une ide• ran already he formed of the share esti
to different nation* in the Exhibition &wants Out of LIS
rr,,, 2,170 gold medals. 6.4•0 dver me.6l*. in to
rrnze niedsb. and 10040 hot ~,,, ruble mention.. Engla
take. - Kizoe, p'l,l. 311 .tls.
3
on•I 349 honourable mentions ; uhtle the rolonle...arry off
h irrand priies. :it gold, 190 alice..%ri bronze niodals,
t. Ime bonotimble mentions England also take* 21 and
h'er*••dinic. 31 ,11141..1L1A. of honour. The Unite.' States,
in..• to the American Register, varrY off grand prises.
toj ~,.. of honour. 30 ; gold medals, ; oily..
2100 • limns/ medals, tin ; and honourable mentions,
1. •

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11. r. is • ...vs they are telling with greet ruAo ha the
.wadiaa. Whath. rit .• era or not Ido not know but at
any into it I. studi..l from the lila Mr. Frith haa little
girl re a model the unser day, and, wishing to give her an
rw..lligmit expression, he entered into conversation thou:
'H .we you been sitting to rayon* !stole r "Yes, sir •
to Mr. Ge 0..." Any one Omar "Mr. Hersley." "Alt'
agmley—ioy ong else r " I gat to Mr. Whistler
day." " Willa did be gay r " asked we If T bad hem
fdttint ti any one lately, and I told his to Mr. Cope."
What did be say to that r "He asked me who else,
apd I said Mr. 11..re1.y." "What di.' he say then r "He
ask.d m. ..ho awl I raii I bad been sitting to you,
" W.ll, gal 1.114 did he then r Ito said,
" Whet a damned erne r.
Ti.-. 1 the United Kingdom Atli's°, to
be renr...en•ed at the riseritini next Tuesday cold dna the
fol: oring oges.r. :--" The Aileen. i • oertaialy far from
N OnIV will irrontinue the
o, hut it will labour yet MM.* •/Alll4otly to
101 lip nit. opersti..na with an undgeia•ine aim and
with I. il.,inihl eat! uessm• The Alliaaeg gamut,
and ii .e not, turn amide, of Mawr from its earmws
et.l.se• or*. Until lie great and merg.l task km been
sccutioli•lo d. Bonner or leer the Alliance most and I
will sureeod Ti,. lisitur tram:. alleedY foredoom.d,
will
purely oam swey from the dgevociee of civilised life, and
front the sanctsiise of all Christian communities." The
smount of subwriptions and donations received during
the ant yea, ,ya. Lli ein. and from all sources an
p
of tie 4tl; the total amount expended was
710.367; and the imlassee In band on the 14 October was
£l,6xj, being SRO to. that the below@ in hand at the end
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