The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-01 00:00:00

THE COLLISION ON THE GREAT ZlORrilla,

RAILWAY,

During the whole of yesterday Mr. Coolrehot, the
superintendent of the U. was at the mane of
the seeideet, inveetigatiog the ease of the eallision.
The mall of his nannies has ben th►t the Midland
111111Miell train from Derby was on its reed to King's•
ens, whoa it came into ecilirioa with a coal train
ear the Oolney.bach station. It was not handed that
this tale should stop until it arrived at tie der
Unities, sad was oseesqueetly' going at a very rapid rate.
Mr. Dibble, the stain master, expecting the exeursica
true, had ordered some coal groats to be shoaled la order
to rake room for it. They were in the act of doing so
when the trails in quietism (which consisted of 211 anise*
end three beaks) came akar sea moderate speed. masidalt
three el the coal tasks and seriously Waring two ahem
The algae of the presager train wee very little intend,
cad yesterday wee moved up sad down the line at plas-
m% without apparently any damage to the asokissey. As
the posissagn train ran *pied the coal tracks it tasked
some of diem off their w►eels, and sousing Is mato* with
them the enema wee lifted oe one side several feet frau the
gonad. Three err four of the first anima were empty,
and very little injury was dens to them ; but it is a M.
het that, althea& woe a single pane of glass wee Walla is
say of the beat or middle carriages, those as the cad ef
the train were slant entirely sm►rked. The casualties
that have emairred, though aumerma are not of a senors
character, if we except three asset one of which is a lady
now lying at the Greet Northern Hotel, and two who are
&Mimed at the Railway Tavern, Colosy Hatch. Their
injuries are serious but not dangerous, and in all probability
they all woe be in a condition to be removed to their
hoaxes. The name of the lady at the Great Northern
Hotel Is Mire Dcnet, from Brightoe, who ha sansined
severe contusions on the knee, and also some injury to
the cheat. Mr. Mitchell, who is at Colony Hatch, has
suffered severe eontusioos of the bead and fame, end his
cheat, it is feared, is injured. Mr. Poster is seriseely hurt,
having fractured his breastbone, and received other iajurisa.
The other pent= who are under medical treatment at
Coiner Hatch Sr. IL Pierre Crimson. of London, reach cow-
trued ; Mn. Currie, contusions (expected to begat home in
the cause of the day) ; Mise *fathom, coatusions ; Mr.
and Mrs. Daniels (a newly-married couple), mach shakes,
but doing well ; Mrs. Layton, contused, but able to be seat
home ; and Miss Dawson. of Kingston, who had bees mach
shaken, and suffering from slight fits, but no appearance of
any braises. Mr. and Mee. Leaky and child were also hurt,
the husband rather seriously, the wife very slightly, and the
child only shaken. They were ell sent home.
The engine driver, it appears, saw the eautiou sisal at
Barnet, and while in the tunnel mw the danger signals to
stop, shout three-quarters of a mile distant from the ease
of the accident. He states that he passed Barnet at the
rote of 60 miles is hoar, and that as soon es be saw the
caution *Dal he slecksoed speed and whistled for the
garde to put on their breaks. They did so. but in epile of
that he was not able to prevent a collision. He, how•,
ever, arena that when he first struck the coal train he
was not going at the rate of more than ten miles an hoar.
Although the speed of the train must have been greater than
that, there is no doubt about the fact that it was greatly
reduced tram the time be first saw the gone light at Barnet.
The guards corroborate the fact of the signal being given to
put on the break, but not in time to prevent the collision.
The engine driver says the metals were greasy, and the
wheels had no hold on them, and to a certain extent the
statement is borne out by other oMci.ls of the company.
Nevertheless, they confider there was time for the Midland
Company's train to have stopped before coming is contact
with the coal trucks.