The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-01-16 00:00:00

THE SHIPTON ACCIDENT.

Oxford, Tuesday.

Although the great majority of the injured who
were taken to Oxford on the night of the accident
have sufficiently recovered to be enabled to leave for
their homes, about 20 are still in too critical a state to
be removed. Out of the 53 patients originally ad-
mitted to the Radcliffe Infirmary, only 17 remain
—Charlotte Faulkner, Beckley, Oxon, injury to
elbow-joint; Jane Wood, Shrivenham, lacerated
chin and severe contusion; Keziah Danby, Egham,
compound fracture right radius and ulna; Mary
Lilly, Barking, very severe abrasions; Charles
King, Northampton, lacerated eyebrow and scalp,
very severe, much bruised; Philip Whatmore, Staf-
ford, compound fracture radius and ulna and lacerated
scalp; Mary Turner, Barking, compound fracture left
fibril and fibula, fracture right femur; Fred. Lilly,
Barking, lacerated over eyebrow, severe contusion of
the leg, injury to back and shoulder; Annie Barker,
fractured base of skull, fractured radius and ulna ;
Keziah Turner, Oxford, fractured four ribs and
fractured collar-bone William Hill, Birkenhead,
severe laceration of scalp; Joseph Ridd, Leamington,
compound fractured left radius, abrasion of arm and
back,- and laceration of face; Charles Lewis, Wolver-
hampton, compound dislocation of ankle joint; Wil-
mer A. Reed, Rotherham, fractured base of skull and
contusions; Joseph Simmonds, Waterperry, Oxon,
amputation of right humerus; George Ward,
Wolverhampton, fractured left thigh and frac-
tured ribs; Thomas Pearce, fractured ribs. The
most serious cases are said to be those of Wilmer

Reed, Annie Barker, Keziah Turner, and Mrs. Danby,
who are progressing as well as can be expected, while
most favourable reports are given of the remainder,
except Mr. Leiis, who was not quite so well. Mrs.
Dimby, who lost her husband in ,the accident, and
whose case waS at one time considered almost hopeless,
recovered consciousness some days since, but it is not
known if she is aware of the sad loss she has sustained,
and her weak condition necessitates the information
being kept from her. Her little- girl, who is one, of
the survivors, is with her grandmother, at Egham, and
is apparently-quite well. Wilmer Reed, the engineer
of the ship Hampshire,- Southampton, who for so many
days was considered" in imminent danger of his life, has
improved beyond the anticipations of the medical men.
He has been visited daily by his father and mother from
Rotherham' but the health of the latter has suffered
much from the shock, and she is now compelled to seek
the medical assistance of Mr. Frederick Symons.
Annie Barker, whose severe injiiries• would, -it was
thought, have a fatal termina,tionrhas recovered
consciousness, and some hopes are now entertained of
her ultimate recovery. The Bishop of the Diocese
visiteff the Infirmary last week, and was engaged with
the patients some time in prayer and reading. His
Lordship is one of the governors of the Institution.
and takes a livel3,-interest in its welfare. Dr. Hitch
ins' patients have all left Oxford, save three—Mr.
Whalley's sister-in-law, and two young girls who are
recovering rapidly.