The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-03 00:00:00

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN

RAILWAY.

Early on Tuesday morning • terrible accident
onewred at the station of the little village of Offord, on
this line of railway. It appears that no up coal trais, cos-
siatiog of 30 cost tracks and a break van, was on its way
towards Offord, sod had nearly reached the station who
the engine came in collision with some hard subitance
which threw it off the line. It moved on toms little
distance, and came into collision with the wood+
platform, about twenty yards of which it destroyed,
breaking it up completely. The tender got on the down
line, and the engine rolled over down the embankment,
when it lay reversed on WI side, or wheels upwards. Several
of the trucks were broken to pieces, and toes of opals thrown
on the line. The mime-driver and stoker Win lulled, tbe
former instantly—his body was fearfully meagled--and the
latter only lived about an hoer afterwards. The &kris
blocked the tip line until about 11 o'clock. at which time
the angles had sot been removed. The cause of the *rel.
dent was the fly-wheel of • threshing mathioe, which
machine had been conveyed on a down train, and from some
cause the wheel bad, unknown to the driver and vista of
the down train, come off and fallen on the up line. The
accident is rather an unusual owe, std has aerated greet
sensation in the neighbourhood. There doss not appear at
present any blame attached to the Great Northern Ofikiliar
Mr. Mellor held an inquest on the tiefortneats driver
and stoker, which was adjourned for further evidence re-
,' 'petting the fly-wheel. The driver was • muted man, awl
has left two childree.

A Court of Common Council was hold yestenlayi
when Alderman Roes signified kis acceptance of the office of
Lord Mayor to which be had been elected. A vote express.
fag the sees mitertaised by the council of the service of
Mr. Charlie Name, late City Solicitor, was unanimoutif
1, speed to, but another motion to make some provieou far
his widow woe strongly opposed, chiefly on the rowel
that it was derogatory to the memory of the dowsed.
as§ ultimately the mutiou fell to the ground by the
joarnmeat of the court.
THH ALLBOID WIFE MUILDIIR ow BISHOPst:ATS
dun. —By ea unfortunate error of the press, the °moody
jury* Ibis case were represented yesterday u having at.
tacked blame to the medical man ; the 'edict stated that
they did woe attach such blame.
Toss DWILLINUR or rug Poo& —Yesterday even-
ing Mr. Bedford, the earoesr, held as kismet at St.
Clement's Vestry-room, Stroked, touchier the death al Mix
ld'Oarthy, aged let months, who died suddenly ea Toseit7
last at 7, Robin Hood.court, Pickett's-place, Strad. Os
the return of the coroner mid jury if ter viewing the body.
the coroner said, mush as he wished to avoid hurting at
feelings of the relatives of deceased persooe, bed he boo rt
what • feel pities they resided is, be cerasialy should not
have felt jellied is taking the jury there. Re considered
it swag% to soaks anybody ill. Elimbeth 3eCarthy thee
deposed to tie fad of the child dying suddenly eo Tuotht
last, shim ea/Perin feta rickets' and dismiss'. Siam°
Lovett, of Clarestrest, sareses, deposed to having made
the pos•morters examisatices, the result of which brought
hint to the eassiesion that the Add died from dropsy and
diarrhea& The fad Massediere of the plies where the
child had lived was quite *diciest to muse the diarrtra•
Tbefather of the Ismaili And said he meted the phoefralt
Mr. Nix, sod had may bees three a moth. The ',WY
tumid • mast tad " Deceased died from decry 1'"
drambrea," bet expreamd • ahem °plaice as lathe unuhnk"
•ome side of the avails' of the parents.