The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-22 00:00:00

ACCIDENT ON TM! GRAND TRUES RAILWAY

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The Tovrio Leader reports an alarming accident

n tiro Grand Trunk Bailey :

About five o'clock on Monday moraine an raidant of •
somewhat extraordinary reareler occurred on Ur Grand
Trunk Railway, near Part Wes *dim shoat eseenteee
miles east of Toronto. A opera paristipit Ira* with the
Beer\ mail by the last Orrin ateraer on bard, left
Iketted on Saturday and Kingitee on flunday
for Toronto, having attached timer • "dinettes' ear;
brides • mailuar, , first and eseenduiste
sere, and • eleepi4-car, sakimg seven in all. About
eighty peanigers ware on board altogether. On coming
to Pon Thies station—which is not • stopping-place for
=trains—Ur train wr running at • rate of about
five mile an hour. At this 'mat there is a siding,
on which an empty freight car had been rending for two
or three di, e previously. The high wind that prevailed
from the east during Sunday night, amounting at this par-
ticular place almost to • hurricane, carried the empty car
along the switch to the spot where it joined the main track,
where it remained and formed • serious obstruction. It

was quite dark when the parrager thin came up and the
0001 m-driver did not see the empty car until it was too
late to stop the locomotive. The cousequeoce was that ft
came into collision with the car. The smoke stack of the
engine fell off with the shook, and the empty ear wee
carried • distance of twenty or thirty feet tea cattle-guard;
where the engine and tender fell off the track down ea
erobeakment on the south side, and almost into the
lake. The empty car rolled down with the engine and
finally reeled partly on top of the furnace. The
and firma mewed almost by • miracle, the [farmer
I only remain; • slight watch. The train became detached '
by the collision sad pawed on until the directors' oar,
which was at the end, reached the locomotive, when it was
brought to a stop by moor two of the can getting off the
track owing to • displacement of the rails. The shock of
the collision was sot very severe, sad the passeoger, were
not therefore seriously darned. They kept their
thinking the delay was rely temporary, and man of
in the sleeping-oar ware DM awakened at ell. The empty
car which had-bees thrown ppm' the locomotive caught are
from the furnace. The wind fanned the flame', and in an
inaedibly short space of time they communicated with the
directors the sleeping, sad the first-class can, all of which
were enveloped is fire before it was possible to remove
them out of the reach of dieser. They burnt almost like
tinder, and in the course of half ea-hour were completely
consumed.

PM IN • SUGAR RILFINIIIT IN LIVERPOOL.—
Yesterday, • fire occurred in the extensive sugar refinery cif
Manna Macfie and Co., of Liverpool, and at one time the
coeflagration threatened to be much more merlons than the
result shows. The fact, also, of • fire occurring on the pre-
mises of Mesas. Meek, alarmed most people, in coos,-
quence of the fires which have already taken place at these
works. In the present luta:ice the diameter occurred in •
suck of sew buildings situate in Bacheloystreet, and io
proximity to the large beiWlags is which the sugar boiling
and reaming prolamin an carried on. The fire was first
observed about 9 o'clock in the morning, and on the alarm
being given search was made, when it was discovered that
the own story of the new premises was os fire. Simul-
taneously with the first alarm, notice was passed on to the
different fireamigima stations, and in • short time the corpo-
ratism anise, the West at England, and an immense let
of lire reds IMO in stamdeace. The most energetic sees-
sums were at owe taken. sad is a short time the fire wee
gee wider—mot, however, until a large quantity of refined
sugar sod other articles bad been destroyed. The 'moues
of dump does is at present unknown. Hal the fire com-
menicaled with the sugar boiling portion of the buildings,
the ceasequssoss might have been of the most serious
asters.
RNFORTID Loss or • PLYMOUTH ,SCHOONER WITH
ALL HANDL—A report has reached on to the effect that the
sekeemer Ormteet, the property cif Mr. Sing, grocer, Quay,
Plymouth, hes goes down with all hands. A viral which
wits passing up the Channel sent the news ashore by one of
the pilot-boats belonging to this port. The crew of this
VIIMINII stated that the Ocalset was lost at St. Michael's, is
a tmeseedione gale of wind, and that all hands perished.
Ohs was 134 tons burden. The captain's name is Belk*
sad the mew were eight in number. She left Plymouth ea
the 19th of January, and arrived at Si. Michael's en the
!red ef March. Mr. King, although he in afraid that the
rem:oat/It rove correct, bogus it will be hood Mearreel.
It is ales t to say that there was another vessel aimed
at St. Michael's at the same data, which pow
sibly might bare been mistaken for his vessel.—Western .
Yore*, /Cars.
AWKWARD MINTALL The Otago (Now
oZeltdj
Witness reports :—" A mot Isdicrous affair has o
at Waitehnna with the new Bank of New Zealand. The
manager or inspector, determined not to remain idle whilst
his premises were being oompleted in Dunedin, wont to the
aiirsip and purchased 10,0091. worth of gold. after which
be took hie departure, probably very satisfied with his
abysm. Unfortunately the notes of his own hank, which
he awed is payment, were dated is advance, the Ist of Dr
ragragg, sag as thisday fella on • Sunday, they are Ina legal
upset worthless. swept In a court at equity. The other
beaks, with sztreate iserrowraindedases, taking adwatiage
of the war, relmei to accept them, and then such • row
eastad am has seldom essamod briars. The miners thought
they bed bees esped, sad sae Ihera, who had issued
a grist amber ef the metes of gold, was
ammted ebleining es Wes sreanam He was
claimed to a bed-mat, aid in the lambi marched to Tar
peka„ with ether primes. Of isms the CYO VS/ die-
mimed. Other ellerelaspora bed to lad smik to hike up the
scam they led parebesed geld with, and the storekeeper
with whom the mesags stayed was threatened with having
hie promisee palled Nora It didlenit to say which was
the wen ardcmiim tbe sionidower of the mistake, or the
Mlkeseli=eilier hemliain taking advantage of it"
The from California during
lech was 40,="ildlans, sad the
,two
of the
9,11111.1111 edam Flom to the value
of 2,071400 was
upend to Great Braila daring
um Ter ; gum poramagem bided at California is 1861.
gm Alsoriry- at rid to California, upwards of
110.00) Clime have bads* these, of whom 25,000 have
gems heck to Ohre.