The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-26 00:00:00

SERIOUS COLLISION AT THE CAMDEN-
TOWN STATION.

Aa.aegident of a very alarming character, though
unattended with fatal consequences, occurred
'molar the 10 a.m. down mail train while
Camden-town station. The train left
abed lee asistutes after 10, and was assisted
ETiri=by • plot, whisk bad " hooked off " only a
M semods, whoa a gelds seeds improperly attempted te
men the task lime at a plat jest beyond the ticket plat-
form, and striking lime Ike of the mail, ;trued three
or four of the easeeediee es, and cut the train in two
about midway. The masks up both the up and
down lines for • ooneMeeekie gesktd, and the traMe in the
early part of the day wee oenseasestly much disturbed.
The escape of Me plemagers may he considered most pro-
vidential, two on three of the carriages having been much
Mr aired, and Amu le • sessiderabie diseases.
.14measel impeaden et Se ease et the neadent very
dis
dew semereemem eat the used testimony of
I=v** it, enable as le supply the
aagesset of the mow la which the ambient arm:
OINIMIIia Madan is wen kite's to all travellen es this great
toraiftway to present a perfect labyrinth of rails mead-
from the Repeats Canal to the Chalk Fars bridge.
northwards on the let is as aegis, Aide and a
:ita= of ',spe
twos.lt; shops.
erbr toUpeaptheu right is the earls
oompdwtka
hawses them lecalitim, the mein line fl:4 to be emeed at
• paint asedtward et the dead platform. There is •
dealing rube in the esapeare leek et regelelleas, that
as Meer doll alleapt he meal& bis eagles eddied lest
.schlep the mese dead hem the psiatesses, et wham
there are always hems duty bare ; the Matisse between
the pasts being abed 160 yards. There is tee much
rums to fear that on inkingement of this adultery Me le
the put of the driver et lee pale . suede emasiesal the
present disaster. It appears Out Ws mae, whose neat is
Ilassael Ashbary, bad Mesa rvae4p. his aegis. Milkweeds
sad forwards ea the left bead a sius,' . ln War to pup
water ids his boiler, ter some ter illiaules beim he at-
tempted to arms the male We. The peiedemea ea this
side, Croft, was engaged is "shunting " sears and wag-
gons en asedsm Hale ten; when he observed Mistier,
pia( towards the palate, sad leselleeting that he bed left
them open he sailed to May and Mkt his met to ge tee far,
as the poises were open. AAA's:iota set wpm le ham
understood the caution, ter her as telyffa,
sad unhappily arrived at the Mellen et the midge wish
the mein iiis et the wry Wiest *atheism toed, dee&
ling et • speed of hem le is >M mike per beer, ease up treat
Candies maths. The penis mem bad •ely &dunned •wvarryy
few Indus en to the min lime whoa the collision
The Ina
Opt mesa the Yd _deism was theled et the
leltehead boar, whitwas Web.. shirt off. The melon
itself wee threw; esespldely oaths mils by the amok, and
forted mews two ether lime, &wise a portion of the train
with it, burying itself is the Wiest of the permanent
way. Mien was sulleisat " way " arm the gude engine
gift we trains Mg to deeds. nosh mischief. After
=sad sordid, dedegles the side of the engine end
Y well as the lad thin dmisges in the train, it
broke through Haut the dm* set lifth carriages, and
lambed these Wad Nair whelk turning one of them
ma* we, art yiesde she yearseers is some peril. The
Fedts.lw sad the eirt woven remaining '
dila dais maned less severely, end several of them '
wet *yea leave the mile.
The alarm esemisaed by the Incident was very great.
iheloostely there were plenty et workmen on the spot, and
the bed resources of the company were soon brought to
bear is relieving and misting the passengen. There was
some difileulty n extricating the occupants of the carriage
resting on its beam ends, but this was at length accom-
plished, and the passenpre having taken their places in the
uninjured carriages, were brought back to Euston-square,
where the trauwas..-made up, sad dispatched shortly after
eleven o'clock, the passengers, with very few ezeeptions,
continuing their Jo
The MarchlonenTiegglasey and the Bishop of Lichfield
were in the train, and they were also among the passengers
who went on at eleven o'clock. One of the foreign minis-
ters, resident at this court, with his wife, did the same.
The only mangers at ell injured, as far es could be suer-
tallied, are Lady Blayney, who, being considerably shaken,
preferred remaining at the " Boston' • tow hours before
continuing her journey ; a Mr. Deere, of Stone-buildings,
who sustained a slight incised woad on the ear; and a Mr.
and Mrs. Math, who have sines left London. The driver
of the mail engine, Beaj. Blake, received a blow on his chest
by being thrown against the reversing lever, and fainted
shortly after the accident, though it is believed more from
fright than from having sustained any serious injury, a. he
had quite recovered lot evening. The paucity of the per-
sonal casualties when the nature of the accident is under-
stood, is certain) very remarkable, and gives great cause for
thackfulnem. The delay on the through traffic was very
greet until two o'clock, at which hour the goods engine,
which lay completely across thenp and down mail line, wee
got off and taken into the shed. This engine is very much
shattered, and will require extensive repair. Before the
line was got clear, the trains both arriving and departing
were passed over a siding, which necessarily occupied a
great deal of time.
It is understood that both Ashbury and his fireman are
ander the surveillance of the company's police. It is not
yet accurately known what course will betaken with regard
to them. When questioaed by the pointsman, Morgan,
whore duty It was to have signalled him " All right,"
before he crossed the line, Ashbury admitted that he had
seen no signal, and only accounted for hit conduct by re-
sacking, with regard to the mall tral:,, We thought she
bad been gone."