The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-09 00:00:00

Another frightful railway accident has occurred, Li;
and, but fur the interposition of Providence, its fatal con- Z.
sequences might have been much more severe. The Great is
Western express train, whicn leaves Paddington at 9.45 fa
am., and arrives at Plymouth at 4.50 p.m., consisted, on /10
leaving Bridgewater ye. terday, of the engine No. 20, I°.
tender, a luggage van, and four passenger carriages, two 9,7
second, and two tint-class. After .easing Bridgewater the is
train proceeded for seven miles at a rapid rate, and then as.
slackened a little, when it passed under the Chard Canal- et.
bridge, at Creech, where, from some unknown cause, the _lO,
engine got off the line and ploughed itself right into the
left Of near bank, and became embedded in the soft earth. lie
When the up express arrived, the four passenger virriages is
mare found to be some 150 yards in advance of the engine. le
Os first of the second-class carriages with the front mom-
poliness =oohed, and the ottfront wheel on the up-line,
softe tin frame was completely stopped. The tender to
Ilhe fir WY • complete wreck en the hack of the engine, so
MI /agog. van, greatly damaged, was diagonally SO
MISS tile govra-hae. It appears that this van was at first r:
em the embankment, and most pros identially rt- "
spdasill dime until the four passenger carriages had gone
as, whoa it fell sgain across the rails. Had it been other- 60
Idle, featly ell the passengers must have been injured, and se
Belem of life would have been fearful; as it was, the risk fit.
was very gnat; for the corner of the van, as it lay on IS
the embankment, struck and grazed every passenger car-
riles, making a groove all along the train, in some places ^*
minds
Tholimmodiato fatality was in the persona( Ilumbentone, lei
• Beidal awl inter fireman, who appears to have met with
imemsteneeme death ; bis head and the uppie parte( his body NI
could be Jut pararked, the remainder being buried in the
earth sad in tee wreck of the engine and tender. MI
Two salsornif the railway servants are injured: Lamb
Etat.e the esgise-driver, has his left hand smashed, so that 301
amputation will be necessary; his chest was crushed, and
it ie feared that his ribs are broken. Joseph Tozer, travel- 114
hag porter, has hie thigh sad leg broken.
The guard of the train is named Fickland, and the second O.
guard Chimed); the former had a very close escape. He st.
was in the baggage- verrnest the tender, and the first notice
he had of the accident was finding himaelt on his beck oa re
the inside of the roof of the van, which at that time was in
a reversed position. lle crept out of a hole and escaped. e.
The only passenger injured was Mr. Frederick Wier, 1,11
proceeding from Portsmouth to Taunton. He was in the 5(6
front second-class carriage. The concussion brought his In
temples into violent contact with the rim of the hat of his
opposite fellow passenger, which caused a considerable flow *
of blood, but, it is hoped, no perm injury. The first
compartment in this carriage is appropriated to the eon- se
mance of luggage; ell the front work is smashed, and,
had there been any persona in it, they could not have es- y
taped serious injury or loss of W e • this compartment has
thus proved the means of defending the passengers in the ii*
centre divisions. fin

The wounded men were placed against the northern cm• st,
bankment, and information sent to Tsunton, which is two
milli and a half distant. Meantime Marlow and Hsneoek, 111,
guards of the up-express, set about clearing their line, and
for this purpose the engine was detached from their train
and brought to the down•luggage van, the front off-wheel "
of which we. lifted by a jack, and some of the broken 36
railway transoms placed under the van ; the power of the
engine was then put on, and the van drawn partially off the at
uptine, after which its steps were knocked away, and the ittil
line isompletely cleared, after a detention of about two
hew . _ _

awes and meioses bad arrived in the interim (ran et.
Tawlse, moveying liquebiteadeat Gibson, clerks, and
railway poen, who eisveyed the woesdad as a per, to 0,
the sew teals, in whist' the pammusea awl their luggage %b.
wee she Posed, mid Mt by the upliss to Taunton.
Thine h M mpesiol eases to which the moldent can with It
eonlidamse be iMeibuied. Shandy altar the Miro* I
limier the Ord Orval-bridps it *weep to the north, and eso
the mutes sae of the flee as tba seaside adds sweep, to et
the aswthwerd s aims love mautiodi dist the train was run- st
nine with tee nett' hem here to tan the carve with safety. te
One of the hue axles of the hsemege•van wheels was f
braes late two umetpal pets, but whether this was the U.'.
muse se dr What at dm eaddist i usimoirs. It is eer•
leis {bet b. ammo Mb le new bare melds, the it
amebae dm tereeemee ot wood iti
yid* eimire NOW the simple am ware rails rest) ti
me ash ihithrei, possibly by tbe beams lee.sale. The
dosemei liembeemese hod bees Ivo so els pan in the fit
of lite Dried ad Imam Compay, and was •
elimPeiml*rbsomt., amt
est wires ware sompletaly destroyed is
rri 11141•1611111/41.11 between -Bristol and 121
Tamelos ha the pram* etuppeL
to
de IMININNISIS Si the asiiimat woe ma of the ladies in a
erseidees sudsy that dm mil bee attendee was first at- tai,
traded wit by IlegiVlM NOW pus dim rapidly in a 14
eseiteney dhestien ; must haw bean the train passing •••
the ideabied wigs.
Crew& 6ej miles Boat Bridgewater, and 2$ hem P,
Tamen ; and the embankment into which the engine ran ..- 10 feet ' ` decrees. gi',l

L about 10 feet high, having a draft e 4 my, 70 _
TM ma of 81. ad I was mitertoi macegeB the geommen I
oa behalf of the sufferer. IS

ALTERATION IN THE TIME OF OPENINGTHE SOUTH
WALLS RAILWAT.—It appears that this event I. to take •"
place es the 17th inst., and not on the 18th, as previously
stated. The directors will arrive at Swansea on the 16th. 8L
Cheat prognestiens are being made for the occasion.
SOFOULAR DEATH FROM LIGHTNING IN FRANCE. E
—At M00r.., last week, daring a thunder storm, the wit,' se
of the behriare thought at to riag the bell, wader the
barer d• thai he mad mild Mom meg the Warn* “
The der& laid, however, brag manner by the mow 1,3
mat of the air rased by the woad of the ball, killed the
mow mad air the tower to the ground, besides doing 10
131103 damage.
FUNERAL Of THE LATE MR. G. R. PORTER.—The
..alas of this gswilmea, late Beretary of the Board of Hi
Trade, wee, 1110110714 poeSerday at Tunbridge Wells, where
be ezeirod. La mama will Mg be romabered by the
radio is arasslisa with the 4611•11 of erunereial freedom
PaattflT,—.-410C1Orna, SEPT. B.—Cornelius 30
Ihwassy, the Irishman nansadoil frog a previous sitting, to
charge with criminally retaking Mary Cootie, aged 13,
at Hailing, on the night of Wedarday, the let bra., was
brought Wen the smaty registries he fad saminatisa ;;,1
lard. The me Meld moral Masa At the doss el ,e
ellistigatisa the elhakwas, addruaing the 'Mew, so
adh..Ten are heehawed ;it is this masimus 'orlon of 10
vii hark that you are sr ■rag if the rage that has 10
this gi
▪ Mrl has mr. eght wird you, sad-we de net bane sea word
Danortxo.—The SpristO•lif phi* ltalitler re- s3oo
late, the following Is March last three men in this SO
city agreed to drink thornless to death. The hat died in 2.!
April, the mood in May. The sorrier ea the heparin ;
of the last rat showed ages of besahrg rearat, 30
sad he kept sober two or three days afresh, bat bosom s
revived, mat he died Ia Jam. This is literally true." le