The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-15 00:00:00

THREE RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IN

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On Friday night, as Mr. John Lang, of Lower
Room, Burnley, bookkeeper to Messrs. John Beide, and
Co., cotton sarantaet , was alighting from a Mein ou
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at the Rose Grove
static's, he slipped between the platform sad the carriages,
sad Were he could be reigned from his &wrote patios
ate of the wheels pissed over his right leg. On @lamina-
ties it was found that he had susteined a composed fracture
of the limb, is addition to a severe crushing and laceration
of the flesh. Bernicel aid was obtained by the servants of
the company, and every attendee ; aid to him on the spot,
but it was deemed neceenery at a late hour to remove his
to the Royal Infirmary, Manchester. On Saturday morn-
ing the leg had to be amputated, and the unfortunate can
underwent the operation with much fortitude, after severe
suffering from his injuries. He wee reported on Saturday
night to be in a precarious state.
Oa Saturday morning a terrific collision marred on the
' London and North Western Railway, at Heston Norris,
near Stockport, by the mail train from Manchester to
London running into a goods train. The mail leaves Man-
chester at 4.24 is the morning, and is due at Stockport
about 4St At the Heaton Norris station the driver of a
goods train wee shunting out of the way, when, either from
the danger signal not being displayed or from inattention to
it on the part of the driver of the mail train, the collision
occurred whilst the mail was proceeding at a high
speed. The shock was ezoeedinply severe, crushing
sad breaking the carriages and waggons of the two
trains eoseiderably, and the pamengen of the mail
train were thrown from their seats with gnat violence,
and were more or less injured. Mr. Reuel, of Risen,-
road, Manchester, a tanner, wee a passenger in a sewed-
clams carriage, and was thrown by the force of the collides
from his seat, so that his back came is contact with the
opposite mat, and it wee afterwards discovered that he had
sustained a fracture of three of his ribs near to the spine,
besides suffering severely from the shock to his body. The
other passengers had sustsieed so little damage that they
Were able to proceed oa their journey as soon as the line
could be cleared, but it was thought prudent to convey
Mr. Hemel back to his home, at Manchester, when ha was
professionally attended by Mr. Roister, assistant of Messrs.
Harrieon and Cooke, surgeons, oa behalf of the company.
An inve3tittstion wee made by one of the Akers of the
London and North Western Company into the cause of the
accident on Saturday morning, the particulars wberrof
have not transpired, bat it is said that the driver of the
mail train snorts that there was so danger slgnal op when
he approached Heaton Norris, whilst the signalman as
stoutly maintains that he had pot on the signal. Both of
these mon and another of the servants of the company will
probably be brought before the magistrates this day
(Monday), to answer charges arleing cut of the accident.
On Saturday evening, at a late hoar, as some porters at
the London road station of the Lording and North Western
end theSsid Railway Composts+, Manchester, were moving
loos luggage waggons across A•hten-street, when there is
a level crossing of tie vile, a shocking amident occurred.
An old woman, named Margaret Shearer, of 11, Beni-
streak a painter, said to be 79 years of age, was attempting
to cross the street whilst the waggons were in motion, and
enmesh they wen moving but slowly, eke was knocked
down, roe one of the wheels paned over her right arm.
The poor old creature was taken to the Royal Infirmary in
great pain, where the limb bad to he amputated. She
bore the of nation well, and may paedbly recover, but her
estrus, age renders it doubtful.