The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-16 00:00:00

SERIOUS RAILWAY CONCUSSION NEAR
BRADFORD.

At near 12 o'clock on Wednesday night a serious
concussion occurred at the Lister Dyke station, on the
Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway. On the
express train from Doncaster arriving at the station the
porters in charge detached two carriages (a first-clam
and • second•clare) from it, and placed them on the
down line, with a view to despatch theta on the
Bradford branch, after seeding forward the fore part
of the train to Halifax. They omitted, however, to
place a signal lamp to the two carriages, and sent forward
' the MAU: portion of the train with a signal lamp attached
to it. The man at the signals, having seen the train with
• signal depart, was thus unaware there were two carriages
left standing on the down line ; and. on an empty train
'of carriages coming up towards Bradford. he appre-
hended no danger, gave no signal, and the train
ran into the two carriages standing on the line.
The smash and economics were fearful. There were thirty
or forty persons in the narrisges, and, while all were se-
verely shaken, many were seriously injured. The second
of the two carriages (which was • first-clais one) was
smashed, and nearly all the pamengers in it were injured.
Mr. F. Hurst, of the Beehive dramohop, in Westgate,
Bradford, had four ribs fractured, and was removed in a
deuterons condition to the Great Northern Hotel, at Ulster
Dyke, where be now lea. Mr. Jacob Newboult, landlord
of the Royal Oak ion, Riricgate, Bradford, bad one rib
broken. Mr. John Laycock, of the Spotted Cow wise and
spirit ratite, Ivegate, Bradford, received severe interval
injury, from which be ia now confined to his home, in •
precarious condition. Mr. Howison Nicholson, of Westgate,
Bradford, was also injured internally. Mr. James Hoiroyd,
of the porter vaults, bottom of Lower Cheepaide, Bradford,
bad his nose broken. AU these are under medical care.
Several other, were more or lees injured. Mr. W. H. Snow,
=,
.of
ot:i'eakefieplitria Bradcfci.3l,l;..usas.taalopt • severe
was rather severely bruised and shaken.

THE SEGBILL COLLIERY EXPLORION.—SHIELDB,
MONDAY NIGHT.—An inquest was held at Seghill this after-
noon on the bodies of the seven men and lads killed in the
colliery thin day week. The explosion appeared to have bets
caused by gee coming out of an old working. The gas was
fired by a lamp which bad got broken by a fall of 'toes or
coal in the immediate neighbourhood of where themen sod
lads were killed. The jury returned a verdict of " Acci-
dental death."

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—WB (Northern Whig) regret
to learn, that during his recent visit to Soothed, Mr. 1).
Dunlop, one of the proprietors of the Banner of Meter,
met with an accident which is likely to be of • very serious
character. He was on hit way from Aberdeen to Glasgow
by one of the trains on the Souttiah Central lien of rail-
way, when • collision took place. A moment previous,
fearing from tbe peculiar motion of the carriage that some-
thing was wrong, he looked out of the window to ascertain
the cause, and, on the rebound of the train, the
edge of the carriage door struck him violently on the side
of the head, and threw him hack against the seat. On
recovering from the first effects of the shock, he, with
the other paseesgenosanaged to get to • place of safety, and
for some time it was hoped that the hijory would only
prove • alight one. Almost immediately, however, after
hie return home, It. became very ill, and Dr. Arnold having
been nest fey, thought it right to cousuit the opinion of some
other members of the professicst and sines this, Drs. Par-
dee, Moore, and Arnold have bees is regular attendees' on
the patient. At first it was fiord that paralysis ef the side
was likely to emcee, but, so far, it apposes there has sot
beet nay farther evidence of such a roma. Mr. Dunlop
wee vary ill oa Tooday,lllKl7olllll44, there had not been
ally improvement.
The Confederates from having 864,084 square
miles at the bellboy's of the war, have bees reload to bat
little more thee 500.000 poen miles. from se effective
pooulatioa to begin withal 2,46,140 ,they have bees redacted
1,629,240 men, betwees linage sad fifty, capable of bearing
arm or working is the field.—Ckeektzd Leader.