The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-05 00:00:00

RAILWAY

ACCIDENT

ON THE
tA.bT LANCASHIRE LINE.

T'EN PERSONS' KILLED.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.)

An accident of a most lamentable and awfill nature
occurred on Tuesday morning, on the tast Lancashire
line, which resulted in ten persons being killed and
about thirty others seriously injured. What makes the
accident still more lanientable is the tact that the whole
of the persons killed and injured had been on a pleasure
trip to belle VueGardens, Manchester, where there had
been a brass band contest, and, a performance by the
.great AmeriCan rope Walker.
Owing to these attractions at Belle Vue Gardens,
excursion_ trains were run from come and all the inter-
mediate stations to Salfßrd,on Monclay.,„ The companyxpected that. there woUldt;e Etio`tit 1,660 Ociitsiohists,
but irsteail of thit ndtitber, OWing to the weather turn-
• •
out tolerably fine, the number was i^-
3,000 ; and, as +l,-.•

......eased to
yompany had also trips to Blackpool
and other 'places, they had to borrow some carriages
from the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Com-
pany and from the Birkenhead, lustailiire„ and Che-
thire 4finctiori Onip'anY. •
In the 'course of the day thiee trains hill of excur-
sitonists were deaPatohed from. Colne and ,the jeterme-
mediate stations, and inordee to guard against accident,
Mr. 'Shaw, the pftesetiger:trafficsuperiritendeni, and Mr.
Goodier, :his head inspector; accompanied the train to
the Sall'ord stations iii nide!. to be present and superirt-
teed the teloadifig and working of the trains on their
On the return of the passengers from Belle Vne to
-the station, the first train full was despatched at 10 50;
the 'second train—the one with which the accident
occurred—was despatched at 11 10 ; and the third train
at 11 31.
The second train consisted of thirtY-enti 'Carriages,
bath of which contained nbotit twenty-eight passengers;
tivo ettgiries ili front; atitl. thiee drdinlify " breats,-- and
.k.,(;,'6l3iiiiianieci by tWO gnard:§. 'two Of the 'breaks"
were hi the fatter Polardii° Of; the train, and one ikfront.
The fir train arrived at Its deatiaatien all safe and
right ; -and the second train, in the front portion of
which was Mr. Shaw, 'the passenger traffic superin-
tendent, proceeded safely enough, to. Helm:shore, where
it: stopped to allowpasseigers to get out.
heir the .train .had been .riesiAy . to a stand, the
guards; ,according to theli usual custom, released the
.la.realcs'," and the deliSeqUence was, that the rebounding
of the Nide, Caused the shackles and sidechains of a
lairktillitad, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Com-
pany's carriage 'to snap asunder. From'lleltashore to
Ramsbottom there is an incline, the gradient being 1 to
78, and fourteen of the carriages becoming disconnected
from` the train, they commenced to slide back down the
incline.
Mr: Shaw, who Was in the frontiOrtion of the train,
fancied, by hearing a jerk, that something was wrong,
and on jumping out of theoarriage to look at the train,
one of the guards came rip to hitt and told him that_the
carriages were going brick: gr. Shaky, with ghat Pie-
zsente of mind, went arid got the Aid efigitie 'unhooked
from the fdrerriost 'bit Of
,tlie train, and crossed with
it on to the rip lirie, in order to proceed' do*retowards
AarrisbottOtri to stop the train' which he knew was fol-
iewing behind from Salford. But unfortunately his
efforts were unavailing; for before ,he could do so
the fourteen carriages had run clOwn the incline a
distance of font hundred yards, and the train froth
Salford coming up at the same time, a fearful colli-
sion occurred. The engine dashed into the carriages
with great force, %Icashed three of them into atoms
almost, and injured the remaining eleven more or less.
Eight persons were killed tipon the 401, two dicer,
%Wort three after they had teell got froth ender the
delni§, there hre deher pirsOns seriously injured, and
there are aboitt twenty Others who have received injuries
of a Ithter description. The top of one of the carriages
Was forced upon the engine, and as it was then about
half-past twelve o'clock and dark, the greatest consterna-
tion and alarm prevailed amongst the passengers, and
the screams that issued from the females are described
as being heartrending.
The collision took place in a cutting, with high em-
bankrnents on each side; bnt,.terrible as the results have
been, they might have been more lamentable 'if the
accident had taken place a few yards farther on, far then
it would have been over the Ogden viaduct.
Mr. Shaw wad on the spot a minute or two after the
accident, and the first thing he did was to despatch
messengers to Haslingden and other places for medical
and Other assistance. Mr. Parker, Mr. I3inns, Mr.
Aspittall, and' Mr. Wright, surgeons, from Haslingden,
quickly obeyed the summons, as did Mr. Arkwright, from
Accrington, Mr. Garside, from Edenfield, Mr. Falshaw,
from Accrington, and a surgeon from Bury. Dr. J. G.
garrison, from Manchester, arrived in a special train
about four • o'clock, accompanied by Mr. Cooper, the
saPerintendent of the New Bailey station. Mr.
the clerk to the magistrates at Haslingden, was also
Present shortly after the collision, and, along with many
nthers, worked in a most indefatigable manner.
In order that those engaged in the work of extracting
'the killed and wounded might see what they were about,.
Portions of the broken carriages were collected, and a
Barge fire was made of them, which shed a lurid light
"Pen The ghastly scene which was presented as the
4lsd, one after another, were, taken out.
As the killed were' got oat of the debris, they were
sent to Helmshore, on shritters,' or anything which could
be Obtained for that purpose. They ware then taken to
the Turners.' Arms, where they await the coroner's
inquest, which will be opened. this (Wednesday) morning.
44 we have stated, there 'were 8 persons killed upon the
Wit; and Rich. Heap, of Bridge-end, near Colne, who
was 'got out alive; and John Hartley, of Accrington,
who Was' also got' out-alive, died shortly after they were
taken' to the TUrners' Arms. Those killed, when we
ktit 'them lying side by side yesterday; presented a
ii
°eking SPectacle, owing to the injuries they had
received, and we are sure our readers will not blame us
for not furnishing them with the harrowing details.
It is a Somewhat remarkable fact that none of the
Persons in the third train were serienslssinjured. &fine
'them were shaken, but beyend this'there was none
'f them injured. It has been stated that Ramsbottom,
_he_, engiue-driver of the third train, seeing what was
:pout to happen, shortly before the collision occurred
hut oft his steam, and consequently lessened the force
of the shock immensely. Whether this statement is
true or, not, however, we cannot say. The guard of the
within
which broke away was in a van, which was
lathin three carriages of the end, and we believe that
ale escaped with but little injury.
011 h
The
theywhole of the injured passengers having been got
were taken to their homes as speedily as that
could be done, an engine and carriages being specially
'engaged for the purpose; and one passenger, Mr. Hartley
Butterfield. of Barrowford, float •Colne, was brought'
to the Manchester. Royal Infirmary, where he is 'doing
aswell arican be expected.
The following is such a list of the killed as we have
beet able to get, after taking great pains to obtain a
e_errect statement :---Alice Hartley, Burnley ; Margaret
Barrowford ; Mary Reyes, Mangholes, near Had-
ingden ; Starkey Harrison, Barrowford; Isabella' Hindle,
:15.Taxenden; Richard Heap, Bridge End, near Coble ;
):44 liartley, Accrington; Samuel Duckworth, ,food
.ar raidge ; •an old man: from Huncoate, name 'lmknoWn
and a. Young man, whose mama was also unknown.
oe Were unable to obtain a correct list 'of the
tided before our parcel wasdespatched.
The question, no doubt, will suggesC iteelf to many
I'f our readers,—What has been the' cause of the
accident' To this, of course, we can give 'no satis-
facto
o, .rY answer, although we entertain our own
aPinion on the subject. By some it may be said that,
there were two engines to the train, if ofiehad been
n.
ha
°e
and one behind, the accident. could not
!,•se occurred. We know that a diversity of opinion
Tr,sts upon the advisability of this, but the Board of
h
prefer that when there are two engines to a train
Y should. both be in-front: There appears to be some
ta_ Wisdom in this preference, for on this very East
hfcathire line, a little higher up than where the acci-
ert°ol,l place, between Baxenden and Accrington,
an
_e is a declivity where the gradient is 1 in 40; and if
accident similar to that which occurred on Monday
.1:1:1:t were to take place on this incline, and thero were
sve ,nithle at each end of the train, the consequences
traintd have been still more fearful: That the coupling
pliins and the shackle all broke, is a matter beyond dis-
for e,; but whether the carriage. was an old one, unfit
isyetise, will be a subject which will no doubt be duly
itstigated to-day at the inquest.
the las nearly seven o'clock yesterday morning before
the ,ine was cleared, and, consequently, that time before
b,ird train could proceed to its destination, the usual
laightt
tit 'raffle having been completely stopped on both the
at down lines.

1341. r A HI Royal Highness the
ERY --RMOURERS.— S
tneral
Commanding-in-Chief has (with the concur-
:, or the Secretary of State for War) sanctioned the
ovil3°lntment of battery armourers for the field brigades
trtill whose duty it.. will be to repair the Arm-
6-r°ng guns.
ttpEl'atseNTA:rrort OF TAALEE.--L-The Kerry Pose
that
thent the authority of Captain O'Connell himself,
" is no foundation for the rumours that he is
about to receive an appointment at the hands of the
Edward
IR
Government.
dallder COMMANDER E. W. GARRETT.—COM-
,, dward William Garrett, died suddenly on Sun-
o r!lor,ning at Greenwich Hospital. This gallant old
Trai" was wounded when lieutenant of the Mars, at
the algar, and was in the same ship at the capture of
of cV Nato Ahin and four others. He was at the taking
181xenhagen in 1807, and senior 'lieutenant, of the
; 9att the capture of the Dutch brig-of-war Manly in
408 Re was
1844 appointed a commander. in Greenwich
APril) .

DREADFUL IVIURD.ER, OF
A YOUNG GIRL;
NiAR tdratrEkT,

On Monday last, George Thorpe; a man-servant in
the employ of Mr. Spinks, farmer, Upton, was conveyed
to the lock-up at Pontefract, charged with the wilfr,;
murder of his fellow-germ', Eli abeth Mitchell; a
y9ung girl fourteen, years bf age: It appears froth the
investikatioii that he Ha beets quarrelling Avith the
deceased; an'd lip NA pog.tagd hiniselt of a gttti
to Mr. AOl4l, A:4 the
back as she reas entering the cOalAiotise,,.iii
to get away front hint. 'he deieaded, 811 teeeiVitig the
shot, had WM Upon her face,, her feet towards the
door, upon which her brutal murderer coolly left her,
and quietly returned the instrument of death to the
place whence he had obtained it. , .

•
The inluest the body cif the,unforttinple tA.III
be opene this day, (.`jednevlay), at 4aster.

EXECUTION of YOVNCiIktAN

AT HORMIONGER-LANE GAOL,
YESTERDAY.

William Godfrey Youngman, who was convicted- of
the murders at WalWatli at the last session cif the
Central Crinailial Coiirt, tindeiWent thy, penalty of the
law yesterday mliriAngi at mine o'clock, on the top Of
Florsemonger-lane)Gaol.. -• •
It has ali-eady been -Stated that th prisonei'has all
alciligsdefilegi. the'justice of his sentente,. and 'asserted
that it was his mother who committed the murders, and
that he killed her in self-defence, and he persisted in
that statement down to the very last moment of his
existence. The Rev. Mr. 'Jessopp, the chaplain of the
prison, earnestly entreated him on Monday to tell the
truth, and not go out of the world With A lie in his
mouth; and he replied that -he should be telling a lie if
he were to admit that he had committed the crime.

On Saturday the culprit was visited by his father and
his brother and two sisters, and he spoke in very angry
terms to the feriiieto and accused him of behaving ill to
his niother and to, hiniself, and the rest of -the family,
and a sharp teftiiiiinatioti took place betVrebri theiii; and
at length the tathei was requested to leave the Cell, and
more calm,
when he had yriaotier becameand talked to his brothp.arid siSters; andagaii declaredthat he ;was, innobent et *e. He also pornPlairied
verynairieh of the conduct of Mr. Spice, the uncle of the
unfortunate deceased young woman, Mary Streeter, and
said that if he had been near him, although he was not
a murderer, he would strike his head off, and do some=
thing to be hung for. The father of. the prisoner again
came into his cell .shortly afterwards, and. just before
they separated he shook hands with him and kissed him.
and his sisters and brother ; and he thanked the latter
for the trouble be' had 'taken in 'endeavouring to obtain
a commutation of his sentence. lie was subsequently
visited by another brother and his wife and child, and
- • • .
he. Spoke to them in very affectionate terms. They
remained with him-half -an hour; and shortly after they,
left. he fell into a swoon, and remained insensible for'
nearly half all both-.
The prisoner appeared to pay gfeat .atteiition to the
disCotirse Of the lev. Air. Je-SsOpP, .and seemed to pray
fervently. Ite slept- soundly last night, and ate his
breakfast, which consisted of cocoa and bread and btittei,
this morning heartily, and asked for more. Mr. Jessopp'
visited him at seven o'clock, and he prayed with him for
some time, and again asserted his innocence of the
crime for' Wliich he suffered. Mr. Abbott and,
Mr. West, the under sheriffs, 'were in attendance,
shortly before nine o'clock, and was the prisoner
then brought down from his cell, accompanied by one of
the warders in order that he might be pinioned. He,
shook hands with all the turnkeys, and Mr. Keene, the
gnverrtor of the Tirison, and Mr. YessOpp, and thanked
them for the cindil'ess ivith Which he had been treated
by them. The plisehet Walked firmly, hitt It was
observed that his face was very pallid, and he exhibited
a great deal of tremor. Calcraft, the executioner, then
proceeded to pinion the culprit, and he underwent the
ceremony pithout exhibiting any emotion.

The fatal hour being announced, the Metal:l'oloy pro-
cession moved toirards the drop, which is erected on the
top of the front of the IprisOri. The 'culprit walked up
the stone steps Ivith great *firmness; and when he was
placed Under the drop, he repeated a prayer after the
Rev, Mr. Tessopp in aloud tone. He then said to the
executioner, "Strap my legs tight, and be wire ft! Alike
hands with me before go." 'Cakralt did as he was
requested, and the bolt• was drawn, and the unhappy
man appeared to die almost instantaneously.
It Was computed that there were at least 20,000 per-
sons present to witness the execution.

It is stated that the ex-Queen of the French hat
taken the mansion of Sir Augiistus Oliterci, at hyde. •
We. are infornied that Jones, who was last year
acquitted of the rithrder of Mr. Masefield's office keeper
at Leclhttry, has lately died in America in great
wretchedness.

UNSERVICEABLE GUNS.—The Secretary of State for
War, by letter dated August 4, 1860, has approied of
unserviceable guns been marked with a cross on the
upper part of the face, and a second Cross inintediVely
below the broad arrows in order to preVeut tinserViceahle
ordnance, when in use for dfill purposes, being mistaken
for service guns. Officers cransanding Royal Artillery
will, therefore, take the necessary steps to cause these
marks to be cut accordingly.
A VOLUNTEER SHOT.—Two members of the Milford
Volunteer Corps, Corporal Hardy, and Sergeant Loder,
were, the other day, practising at 150 yards ranges on
the saltings near the river. Corpora Hardy batik;
fired ten rounds, went to mark *hit° Bergeant Loder
fired. Instead of lying behind the river wall, it appears
that Corporal Hardy went behind the target to look at
the effect of his shots ; and Sergeant Loder not seeing
him, fired through the target. The ball entered the
muscular part of Corporal Hardy's left shoulder, within
two inches of the joint, coming out at the back, anti
making a wound eight inches in length. he Wounded
volunteer has since been doing well.
TESTEVIONiAL TO lib; gEW 13ISROP OF CARLISLE.—
The Hon. and Rev. Dr. Waldegraie ' has just been pre-
sented with a chaste and exceedingly handsome silver
salver, bearing the following incription, surmounted by
his family crest'and arms :-" Presented to the &nom--
able and Reverend Samuel Viraldegta" D.D., canon of
Salisbury, and fifteen years rector of Barford, Saint
Martin's, Wilts, by his parishioners, private friends,
and attached attendants of his ministry, as a snitill Mark
of affectionate respect on his appointment tie the See of
Carlisle. August 30, 1860. Psalm txxiv. 3; 1 Cor.
xvi., 23."
WHOLESALE Rattner or CHILDREN:-Charlotte
Hoolahan, a girl twelve years of age was placed at the
bar of the Woolwich Police-court, on Monday, a re-
manded charges of robbing a number of thildten of
tender age. A woman, named tl.oldsmith, deposed she
sent' her child, seven years of age, to purchase tivo
loaves of bread, but she returned and said that the
money had been taken from het. Amelia Berty proved
seeing the prisoner take some money from the child of
the last witness. No less than six similar charges
were proved against the prisoner, who, it appeared, had
been previously convicted of theft. The depositions of
the several witnesses were now formally taken, and the
prisoner was fully committed for trial.
ANOTHER UNOFFICIAL AT.IBASSADOR,-1110 follotving
canard in the Ceerrier d e Dimanch,e is, to use lengttage
suggested by the day (Sept. 1), "exceedingly strong on
the wing " s' A piece of news which will surprise
of the
nobody, but which shows,the sincere and intense solici-
tude English Government for the success of
Garibaldi's enterprise, is given us with all desirable
explanations by our London correspondent. Mr. Edwin
James, the most illustrious of English advocates, and
one or the orators moat listened to in the 'House of
Commons, left eLondon the day before yesterday for
Italy and Sicily, in short, to see Garibaldi. The Hon.
Mr. Edwin James does not go out for the mere purpose
of offering the personal encouragement and counsel of
himselfand his friends to the celebrated dictator; he
will moreover offer those of the British Cabinet, and of
Lard Palmerston more particularly. In other words,
the eloquent member of Parliament is charged with an
officious' and confidential mission of the most important
character to Garibaldi. Hais commissioned to impress
two things upon Garibaldi's mind, and to induce him to
make two promises.: first, that England will not, under
any circumstances, suffer any foreign intervention what-
ever in Italian affairs, and that the English Govern-
ment,..thanks to an understanding with France, has
taken all necessary measures to prevent any such inter-
vention ; second, that although Austria is condemned
to remain an impassive spectatress of the fall of the
Neapolitan Bourbons, she will derive from such an atti-
tude immense advantage& in case of Garibaldi proceeding
to attack Venice. In such an event neither France nor
England would prevent the armies of Francis Joseph
from going forward, and Victor Emmanuel, and with
him all Italy, would be left alone to, coatend with the
accumulated anger and reserved strength of the Austrian
empire. So much for the information which Mr. Edwin
James is to convey to Garibaldi. The promises which
he is to obtain from him are :-1. To confine the war to
the Neapolitan territory, and to think of nothing but the
te
reorganisation of the Two Sicilies ; and, 2nd, not to
abandon the idea of an Italy with Victor Emmanuel for
Any other
of h
pt combinationnouse otfhasnavthoyatwoofualdmboenaftrachz
King.under A
the sceptre
and would precipitate the Peninsula into a most perilous
course, a fact of course leading to destrUction For our
own part we, having the tamest confidence
in the
poli-
tical capacity of the Hon. Mr. James,consider his •
mis-
sion as certain of complete success."

TRADE CATALOOUES.—One cannot but - be' struck with
astonishment at the innumerable ways in which an enter-
prising tradesman appeals to the public with a view io increase
is Printing in all its branches, assisted by the skill of
the wood engraver, seems in the present day to be one of the
media most generally employed in spreading the knowledge of
various manufactures. These arts have ably been brought into
use.by Mr. Benson, the eminent watchmaker of Ludgate-hill,
who has sought by means of an " Illustrated Pamphlet" (con-
sisting of nearly 60 pp., and containing
upwards of 250 beau-
tiful designs for watches, clocks, &C.
. , with an elaborate
description of eery construction of watch now made), to
enable persons living in any part of the world to select a
watch best adapted for their use, and have it forwarded free by
post.—,Sun, 23rd AUF46t.