The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-21 00:00:00

THE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR

GLOSSOP.

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The inquest on the three unfortunate permits billed
et the Waded of the Manchester and Ithefiteld Railway, IS
MIMS Diatlng Vale, on Teensy night, wee opened at the :
Ping\ lan, Dilating, en Wednesday evening. The di.
esseeis as stated in the Express of yesterday, were
Jabs Healey, 23 years of age, back tenter in • print works; et.
Thiene Friesian, aged 30, w ; and Jane Hadfield, t.
aged 26, • winder is • sense factory They had been with 11
a party of Bung sokeel =shin to spend the day st Belle :1
Vse Deedeek ilannener. Healey and Hadfield ware to
wen= hr the Ueda Mese Independent Sunday school, and St.
thee hem= had bees sissated to become • Insister among
th ha dads
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The Derbyshire eneser, Mr. T. M. Ellison, sad the jury, ss
wen takes by ese of the railway onehle menthe vied= se,
is ese of the emepony's trains, in eider On they night N.
fora a anon ides of the way Is whisk the oneness. S.
happen/1. It appears that the parapets et the viaduct are 11,
rather mere than a yard high, and 3 feet 4 inches from the
nearest nil. The bottom of a railway carrier, is rather is
higher than the parapet. The deceased were riding in • gr.
third class carriage, with two doors on each side, and having itt
a light inside. This light would probably affect the eyesight Si-
a little on first slighting from the carriage, and its It
reflection upon the coping stones of the parapet is
would give them the appearance of a platform. to
• penes who witnessed the accident said Henley St.
was the het to jump oat of the carriage, saying, as he to
surd spas the parapet, " This is the way out." He then ..13,1
be out his hand for Jane Hadfield, who took it as he 1"4
stopped back, sad they instantly disappeared together. A Rt,
faint tray was limped Dram Reanimate woman. Anther et.
young woman, named Harriet Hoopoes, got out upon the St.
step of the carriage, and from thence upon the parapet, but
baying ea= doubt about its beim the platform el the 31
swim, she tried the width of it with ass hot whilst she is
stood os the other, and at this withal menest see paissagin 6
crying oat that it Well the nodes., sad wenn net a 111
wee= bad already fallen em, es= of her eseapeises is id.
the carriage caught bold of bar hue end dragged her in ft-
anis. It wee then that Printed ! mynas out eine same I
W 2. wpm the parapet tad fell over. The WI then as.
howeed into the statics, and informatics wee given se
to the wslehmait of whet had occurred. The hfiewing sf
evelsees was given at the lomat: et.
Zenist Hamann said she lived at Glemsp. Taelnisy
=l,sharest ea Vs* Goan,
eai, l.nlag; tinned none afires der
Sliess eighst
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Damn wen ef the seen Abe. the le= stopped ems
as no violate she saw Jeks get est. Is said, Si.
" This is the way.," an Mt Joao Hadield fol. I*
lowed, end also jumped. its= went out next, end !!,
Used epee the wall. Ilhe felt with her foot it was not the a
Mbused bee bash epee the earrings' sad looted 1. &.
yen Redfield, bat eeuid est see then She I.
theogn wee stays low wail at the a= ef the Ansel, and s)
that they bad Mita behind it. They "peened
to nein out of sight is jempleg oat of ;3'
the malege, sad she saw so ewe of then s
fibs led Net this to tern need whoa same en Win eel
that she wend hi ever, sad that • yew= mew sod yeseg
wee= led already hike nor. She retereed to the earn=
see and begged that one on went look after Healey sad fo
Radian, wow Prieeleall isms wer hem seethes seat tad
jumpiest. lama ietalyPriesnallbel jinni est the train go
moved es We the station. Did set Mak the Inished been is
stnillAg mere than a miens when Healey and Hadfield got
est. The distancefrom the carriage to the wails geared to 10
boned MU a yard, sod the bettemel the carriage and the
wall oppesesiseedyn sheen She men have pt dews 20
between the end the wall, ht did not hommes it
wee mad she the wall was the platform. She wego
to the step the Metier deer. It was ney
den, en she eon* sae =hies bet the =II sad the ese. _BB
21:-Thy had been =Oft. as they one deft,
app
.. thenght they wen Is no se, bet saw swain is 7)
of say ellsesen the eempemy. gg
Peen IMAM= mid he had bees to Bello Vso with the it
deemed. The train owned slowly over the Onset till it
stepped, wed they thought N was at the stalks. The limbs
in the =hod towards the door. • toes Med est,
" The awe n 1" sad he then thread need and l
looked et the den wee open, *ad he sailed to the see
female% and told them to moms in and shut the doer, and leo
" net On might ban me mess, standing there." He did l 0
met hos ear= call est to sly it was the statism. Thereiii
wee a Nightie the 'anion Tee
bed ate boss eloshag sgs
more them these Wastes, perhaps, whim be been the sly lie
that awes= bed bees killed. He saw Harriet Hannon to
I ge out
and es= a spin, and the teats stood ewe after- to
, wards. I
I Jobe Behan, night watchman on the viaduct, said the Fli
Dais mind about 12 minutes before 10 o'clock. He was 10
told theta= paring= had jumped over the parapet, and to
he west dews into the fields outside and found the de- IS
coned
_peens lying on their becks. Healey sad Haddeld
were deed. Proemiall was removed alive, and surgical is
assists= was sent for, bat he died in about minutes. i;
There was room foe • peon to stand sagely between the so
parapet sad a movies train. There were about half a to
doers porters at the station atoning to the Liverpool 10
special train, which had strived about eight mains minutes to
before the Manchester ono came up, and the latter bed to
stop on the viaduct Mx or sena agnates before it mold get 95
up to the station. The Manchester train had to be stopped to
as the viaduct nth the Liverpool train had bees shunted M
apse the Glossop breach. The Manchester trait stopped 81
80 or 100 yards ham the station. to
The inquest wee adjourned to this day. to