The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-08 00:00:00

THE PERILS OP RAILWAY SERVANTS.

Last evening an inquiry was resumed by Mr.
Richards, deputy coroner, reepeeting the death of Henry
Gale, aged 3t; yeara, a number taker on the Great Eastern
Railway, who was cut to pieceson the night of the :kith
November.

Mr. Ashley attended co behalf of the railway company.
A pnt deal of evidence was taken, but the facto will be
fosnd in that of two of the witeenea _

J. Church, a rsilwsy poletams— n, said, that at 8.11 on the
night of &titular, the 26th of November, be was at the
Great Eastern goods station, SpitaThelds, and saw the
deceased walking between a goods train in the siding and
the down line. A down train seme along, and witness
called out to deceased, but be did not take notice. The
down train engine struck him and knocked him against the
ntationary engine, when be rebounded, and falling under
the train was decapitated and otherwise cut to pieces. The
spot where he was first struck was 6 feet 11 indite wide
between the metals, and the place where he was pitched
under the wheels was four feet wide. The engines each
projected 18 inches beyond the metals. The down train
came along at the rate of 15 Loam an hour. The whistle
was sounded.

By • Juror—Deceased bad his book in his band. He had
to take the number of tke trucks end of the covering sheets,
and their destination, and to look out for his life at the
same tine. But he was a studious man, and apparently '
wee absorbed in thought. He could hare taken the num-
bers after the train had passed.
Mr. W. Gale—Did you not hear him often say, " In the
midst of life we are in death ; a clean truss of straw or the
London Hospital?"
Witueas said that deemed did not say those exact words,
but he constantly " joked" in that kind of way. Straw
was only used when • man woe put in a cart with his arm or
leg broken.
David hoard wee called by Mr. Ashley, end said that be
was number taker at the goods 'tattoo. He and the dr
ceased relieved one another —one going oa duty at 8.30 a.m.,
and coming off at 7 in ths evening, the other taking the
eight duty.
r. As ley—Well, do you end the danger excessive
Witness—lf you forget yourself it is all over with
Ton most be vary careful, oa am you.ount of the tram. If dr
passed had noticed Use train cocain becould haveavoided it.
By a Juror—Witness gave evidence a year ago in the cue
of a man who was killed on the mote spot.
Mr. John Ferdiriando, 29, St. Peter-street, South Hack-
sey-roed said that be met the deceased two months ago.
Dseeased said that his employment wee a most dangerous
owe. "My life," said Its," is ampandad between heaven
and earth. If I make a little mistake, or aoy one else
makes a little error, or any accident happens, I shall be
crashed like an insect under your foot." Witness noticed
that he was dressed badly, and said, " You must be paid
handsomely for so deuteron') a affirm Deceased said,
" I mare you I em very badly paid." He said it was diffi-
cult to get persons to do the badness well.
Mr. Aahley—lf he thought it was dangerous be could
have discharged himself in a week.
Whims—Tea, but then was his family at borne to be
thought of. He said that when at work be felt no fear, but
that he went to it without foreboding.
David lizard, recalled by Mr. Ashley, said that the wages
were 11. per week for six &ye, but that for overtime—half
the day on Sunday—la. Pd. extra was paid. Deceased had
been three or four years in the employ of the company.
The Comer having rammed up,
The jury returned Lhe following special verdict :—" That
the deceased came by Lis death by decapitation and other
injuries through brims accidentally run over by an engine
near the Great Eastern goods station ; and the jury consider
that the sompany are to blame foe not providing against
such accidents, a similar one limiter occurred twelve menthe
ago at the sane spot."

THE 3112K1F.H. AT SUNNINGHTLL-PAHlL—Teßter-
day, at Maidenhead, Frederick Croft alias William
Smith, the tramp charged with the murder of Elizabeth
Butler, at Sunoieghill.park Lodge, was again brought
up on remand. It has transpired that on Monday
last the woman seen with Croft by the different witnesses
was in Windsor. It seems that lira Merick, the Scripture
reader, took a return ticket at the Windsor station for
Maideobead, and while walking about' the departure plat-
form waiting for the starting of the train at 11.5 a.m. po-
liced two women, who seemed anxious to avoid the gaze
of the pueengers. Mrs. Myrick was going to Maidenhead
for the purpose of giving her evidence against Croft, sod
when the two women stepped into the carriage she tank
her seat in the same compartment with them. The appear-
ance of one of these women ►ttracted the attention of Mrs.
Ideyriek, who thee remembered that the female she was
looking at was the very W4OllO whom she had non with
the tramp. Presently two gentlemen seated in the same
compartment commenced talking about the murder, when
the two women evinced the greatest emotion—the young
one bursting into tear, which, of MUSS, confirmed Mrs.
Meyrick's conviction. The time occupied in running from
Windsor to Slough is extremely short, and en the
arrival of the passengers at the latter junction, the two
women (roe of whom Mrs. Msyrick thinks was the sister
el Croft, from the strong ressenUanos she bon to him) left
the train and disappeared. Oa reaching Maidenhead the
police were at ono* informed of tha circumstance, and Colonel
Blandy gave instructions for a search to be made, and also
put himself in communication with the Bucks county police.
p to the preempt time, however, the police have not RlC-
cesdnd in apprehending the women, the time allowed by the
remand, from Moods, till yesterday, leaving only one clear
day for the action of the police. Yesterday all the witnesses
were in court. but as no fresh evidence was produced, the
chairman, after same little coesultatioe with his brother
magistrates, considered that the testimony of the earn,
witnesses previously examined was not sudioieot to entitle
the bench to detain the prisoner any longer in custody, and
he was accordingly at once discharged. The feeling, how-
ever, among the mob outside the court was so *trope that a
little ruse had to be adopted by the polio*, in order that
Croft might leave the neighbourhood of the county police
station without being molested.

Sorni Kirlauworox Mrstux.—ln consequence
of the removal of a portioe of the origioal hoe temporary
mumesses to make way for the sew permseent structures, the
whole of the collection of animal products sod part of the
collection of building materials will be closed to the public
for ► Its. at the end of the missal p..,, and will be stored
is the refreshment rooms of the late leternateal Exhibi-
tion which overlook the horticultural Gardena,