The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-10 00:00:00

ALARMING

ON THE OREAT

NORTHERN RAILWAY.

ITIITIIER P•IITICCLARE.

The collision which happened to two cxcur-
sisals* trains on this line on Monday evening, was
attested by the moat disastrous and it is feared fatal
coliseressets. The trains which met with the disaster
were eressled with header& of cHu m as the Crystal
gposidemeth the great dot they were
be, may he dewed a most slflttlY etreunt-
tiZraw•7 WWI that • =din al life
Mil met
The flanisry eletles. sea lame% le seems her or
Ave miles hes tows. IN is rather monument, sad
can he seen • senehlereble by these is charge of se
orrembillg or-trals. Oa ilaaday ma k*, between 5
.5150 Vasil. ea up Ws et teach, ledea with coal was
igen& to • eleri4lll at the Ilmasey station,
Ja emesequesse a the aging width wee smutted
&Wed diem seine came sr ether. A/
sun as as mewing et the train w fiend le be impracti-
cable with the mesas then et seetwred, the elefier-oester
adepled the meet pimp menearee far Mobs dee and
la pm-
twatimarjggeall plead the mar WI the leadm end
el eta pint mobs Am Immodis amen. •
short
sas lap Ingenglowela apposed in eight, end ea
arriving war the Maim w icing stop
_the coal-trucks,
of ethos, Ming
wiper to London. Attention
was the nieces le the seft of the Exhibition up excur-
*iambi Dale; Wien mad peeled at peeing that portion of
the line havlngs=sre was emleed. Is addition to the ordinary
long disuses a man seat down
the line sues slimemene hi= the luggage-train with
flag and lam.. mot the nest Wale that came up was that
filled with thilwa Irma IlaliSlalkatea. lin., which
was othll7 Ogled. Naha, Inn that adopted,
sad behind win Mid teals 11 wee beam* to a stand
still two sea were as &Wag the line, ma to the extent
of upwards of LOW yerile, with anion is exhibit the stop
and danger *nal w dr men amid they duly eom•
plied with. Whit: thieves rite es every 'fort was made
to move the coal trusts one may sr the ether. Unfortu-
nately the lice hr ant the aid With* deans telegraph, and
consequently the amival sf the OM was aft se speedy
as could be dmired. That la adman at the luggage
train was datathei,, end • onneamvar wee sea e
means of a rope to dreg w esel•Mnelet far • *Hag,
✓e
clear the line for the bake M The train. haw-
ever. were too heavy to be armed is each a Middies, mod
the luggage locomotive wee staid In give up the attempt,
At length the pilot snivel, ol the coal hole wee get
seder weigh, followed by the kiwi train. The station
being clear, the Exhibition tee.tniolHull was signalled to
come up to the platform, but the pending trains being
only 4 short distance a-heed, it wee neeermry to detain it
until they had bees some way se va read. The time
of the evening was drawing to seems Welsch, and dusk
was cootie( en. The usual red Ifghie were out, and
it is stated that the mesa who bed gene bee more than
1,000 yards remain -d at his post. , the Hull
train had not been standing many minutes ere another
filled with excursionists from Leeds, York, de., and driven
by two powerful engines, was observed to be coming up be-
hind it at a sharp rate. It was obvious that the long danger
signals had not been noticed, and it seems that neither of
the trains in their ordinary course were appointed to stop at
Heresy. On the train coming so close in sight the cry was
raised • A train is coming behind you—move on, move on."
An attempt was made to put the Hull passengers in motion,
and scarcely had the engine taken a few strokes ere another
cry was given, a collision appearing inevitable, " Jump,
jump." Several did so, and in a few moments the front loco-
motive of the York train came in fearful contact with thereat
of the Hull carriages. The shock is described to have been of
the meet formidable character. The last three carriages of the
Hull train were second-class, and, as we were informed by
an eye witness, they were thrown almost upon one an-
other, and nearly shattered to pieces. Happily their frame-
work and couplings held, and to that fortunate circum-
stance may be attributed the preservation of the lives of the
unfortunate occupants. The excitement end confusion
somewhat subsiding, attention was immediately directed
to the injured passengers. The Rev. Mr. Snell, of Fleet,
near Holheach, is Lineuhishire, who had come up to visit
the Exhibition, was removed in a most dreadful state of
suffering. Ile had sustained a concussion of the spine, en
*jury which utterly paralysed the whole of his lower
eatreinities. With every can he was removed to
the neighbouring Railway Hotel, and was promptly
attended by Dr. Hands, of the village of liornsey, and
other medical gentlemen. Mrs. Sarah Reynolds, of
Tylerstreet, Ilitchin, who was accompanied by her son
and daughter, also received much injury. She was pro
nouneed to have sustained a fractured leg near the knee
, 4oint, and fractured ribs. Her son and daughter were also
injured about the face end legs. Mr. Jackson, a medical
gentleman who had come up from Lincolnshire, was found
insensible. He had been seriously struck on the head, sad
Wood was lowing from his ears. Mr. Follies, a gentleman
living in Upper Southwick.terrace, Connaught.square, alio
asthaseed contusions as other parties. The wounded pas-
seagen were extricated, and the express up-train, which
was then due, stopped. The natal information was for-
, warded es thei eiciala at the terminus. Mrs. Reynolds
was whilst Is semevo to University Hospital, whither she
WIN
M=tstate yesterday, while set worse, was far from
favourable. He had expressed a desire that Mrs. Snell
might be sent for to be with lay and in the course of the
day • relative started by trek Ilse bor.
The whole facts were laid Were the directors yesterday,
ma the usual informatics was Ihrwarded to the Board of
s Tads ea the .object. The driver of the train has been
=Wes we meld gather, the librwing appears to be
the ewe* lief ante parties injure'
The lifire. illek aged 56! Amt. soar Holbeach, in
i t'
to et et spine rod a resrpieut injury
the while of the hewer extremities. Lying at the Hail-
, way Hotel, Homey. He is repremented to have a family of
six

bin liereh Reggie of TAteatreet, Kitchell, Herta.
We owe Wier/ by the EmedW dem= wbo saw ber
at Mri. that dr bed eMd<tM a fractured leg and rib.
Let iw~g. however, awe( the Akers of the compaity
aapairted ut
elthat it was amertaisad that the leg had trot
bon fessew. _ _

layTsai Or daughter). soatared Glee.
Henry Erma& (bar an), sods iaisred, sad esattued
leg sod arm
sch emat
r.
ise Jethro. suegno, atLiaselsidre, heed injured, sad
bust

Mr.Felh;s7--esullswesu, ot 11. 17 Southwick-terrace,
Comemnailat-wilems, ilydaiddi. [see.
jured JllOllB Blow, etamosew. at altielisseh, eap of knee in-
.
Fruns represeatatioas nude to us, there were many
°then who suffered seriously is the train.