The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-10 00:00:00

FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDENTS.

1149l7ESTS.—(THIB DAY.)
This morning Dr. Lankester held an inquiry
at the Middlesex Hospital, reepecting the death of
James Rem aged 30, who was killed by being pitched
off the top of en omnibus.
Mr. Sydney Garrett, 43, Great Wildwtresit, said tint on
Sunday evening last, between 8 and 9 o'clock, he sra,
walking with his wife down the Merylebonaroad. He saw
an omnibus standing at Gloucester-place, setting &Ara
perseingem It then went on, end witnem's wife call. d
out, Oh dear, look at that!" She saw the deceased
turn a somersault, and fall from the top of the oratibusno
the ground. Witness saw the deceased lying on the gromd.
He ran after the omnibus, and called out " Stop ; do, .t
you see what you hays done." The conductor came back.
He said that he beard some money drop, and something
touched his shoulder, but he did net see anything. It was
rather dark at the dine. Withers carried the doxowd to
the hopitel in a cab.
Mr. Ferguron, house-surgeon, proved that the deceased'.
spine was fractured by the fall. His head was cut open.
Hs died almost immediately.
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The Coroner adjourned the inquiry for the attendance of
some of the presager by the omnibus.
Theseus. coroner then held another inquiry relative to
the death of a man unknown, who was run over and lulled
on Monday evening last.
Eliza Gay, 24, High-street, Bloomsbury, said that last
' Monday, at about 8 o'clock in the evening, she was stinging
at bet street door, when she saw the deceased Crollf•iiq fLt
street. lie fell right before an omnibus, and it weot over
him. The driver pulled up directly, but not until both
wheels bad pared mew him. Witness believed tLe man to
be somewhat the worse for liquor. The omnibus was going
rather slowly at the time.
It was stated that the deceased's clothes were marked
"No. 680," and it was inferred that he was either a deserter
or • convict. The omnibus which tun over him plied lett/ern
Victoria Station and Haverstock-hill. The driver wan taken
into custody but it was shown that he was blamele--s. it
was at fist supposed that the deceased had cow:tatted
suicide.

The Coroner having summed up,
The jury returned • verdict of " Aocideatel death."

THE PANIC IN THE ADELPHI THEATRE.

LATEST PARTICULARS.-SEVERAL PER.' iN.
LNJ URED.

It is scarcely possible to describe the scene 1:1-t
night in the Adelphi Theatre. Some fool or scoundrel is
the gallery shouted out several times at the top of Li, voice
'• Fite !" This so alarmed some females sitting near hire
that they screamed and also cried out " Fire." Thi, led the
greater part of the audience to believe that the theatre
was actually on fire, and the women screamed out, " Escape
for your lives !" The immense number of persons in the
house then
_presented a fearful picture of a struggle for life
Or death. The audience rose Cc muse and rushed toward,
the usual means of entrance. The consequence was that
the crowd leaving were met by others coming in, and a
dead "lock" took place at each door ; women. in their
anxiety to leave the theatre, were forced down ; sou.,
in the crowd were so wedged together: that they swooned. A
gentleman of the name of Horatio Prater, of 6, Commercial-
road, Bayswater, was forced down as be attempted to rush
out of the pit, and was trampled upon by at least It) perion.
Stich were the shrieks and cries of the people, especially
from the women, that the unfortunate gentleman wee not
seen to be lying prostrate on the floor, and many, ie
their anxiety to leave, tumbled over him, and they
in consequence received sundry bruises. Mr. loom.
tor Brennan, of the F division of police, with R
number of his men, were fortunately on the spot
at the time, and the first-named officer entered the
lobbies and mimed the people that there was nothieg to
fear, that no fire of any description had taken place. At
the mine time Mr. Anson was telling those who were strag-
gling to leave that everything was perfectly safe, that the
alarm had been eansed by some scoundrel in the gallery.
Unfortunately during the excitement the fellow managed
to eecape. Order having at length been restored,
the house was again filled, and the performances were re-
sumed and concluded without any further interruptioe. Mr.
Prater was conveyed on a stretcher to Charing-crow
Hospital, whee it was found that, besides receiving several
serious internal injuries, his left arm near the shoulder
was brokee. He remains in the hospital under the care of
Dr. Hancock. The other persons injured were enabled to
return home, _

ABSENTEEISM.