The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-20 00:00:00

THE rArAL ACCIDENT ON THE hourff
IASTICRN RAILWA Y.
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STAPLEHUSST, Hunt,
The Caress?, I. summing op the miasma in tam a...
yeeterdarerazdeiditiale jury to found their redid septa 7,
doer from their War myth* wkitl
they mighthave heard out of that
It we. proved that all the keg pear who formed ths-74
jest at the present ierdry bad come by the dor im
drowsing or other nappies received by the traia the,
travelling by reads, ad the up rails of the viaduct
to by the withers, sod it had also been proved tabs,.
train go ma dr emesquemoe of two imagtha of rail, tool;
42 fad is length, sod the timbers which
them, having been temporarily removed. it. """ta
that gouty Beep, the pager of the
wee the party directing the work, and wro,"‘
lag to the regulations of the company, was (Up,
air BOW WY • man of smatter and ma acre
kaows how long seek work would occupy, and that at
three quarter of aa hoar roar required to comphtma,
with its MS 000110•Dred the job at 2.51 in the atma..
whoa the other Vain_ pad, sad the tidal train
follow at 118, or villa 2S naiades afterward., Lad whit
it reached the spot where the rails bed been ..teegh.
work ~Mt ball done. Then it was shown that Beet big
stated to Mr. Eborall, the traffic manager, that be ash
• mistake in looking at the time-table, and tekiag tat vitro
of the tidal train as est down for Saturday, tits jott,
pima d for prosy 9th, the time whoa the trap was ha
as Saturday being two hours kW or ma, sad, tam*
he did not expect any trio after the 11l nevi
4.15, which would have given him an hour fed
half to do the work, which wee edliciwt N.
one coald imagine that be Intended myth* a
dishonest as the wilful destruction of the train sad lks
season in it, but they had it in evidence that therm titbit
the train was exported ea set down distinctly is Um tm
table, end it would be for the jury to Pap whelk, sht
mistake did not amount to such gross carehinain
reader Beep criminally responsible for what had hastm&
By • rule of the company it wee required that when it ea
neemary to stop a train or engin* deiced* egaah arty
be need, and by another rule it war required that dm sof
was taken ageA, or the road wee disturbed In my mg,
suchsignals should be Sad by the
on the rails at every 250 yards until be :robed Alt
where two were to be laid down end the red eapiC,
shown. Five detonating signehonglit thus to have bus lel
down, and the danger Has exhibited 1,000 yare rpm
from the spot where the work was seise sad Its
tree precautions been observed the Vain in all
would have been stopped and the accident nijetit
happened. That was the opinion of the severer's
inspector. But it that the man vet
beak only about or 600 yards with th,
flag, and that no decoding signals ware used. It us
also shown that although the works at the dada be
bees going on foe tee weeks, Binge had mar used or op
plied for detonating signals. no widest ropy
before did not Ira the gravity of his cdanor. Or tit
cooing it was a pars whether be, having read
the ordinary proclaims (and it was shown that he had eat
even • watch), the gravity of his oilmen was sot inarma,
It wee attempted to be shown that Sere was ea Other
man, and an ill-paid servant Omit the opinion of the sours.
meat inspector was that he was • man fit to be .oglerid
open an& a duty, and if otherwise his unarms wasH be
question for the judge at the trial, and rot for thijury on.
The question for them was whether they orgeidsredßesph
amelegenese was the care of the accident; if so, they null
retain • verdict of maselaughter meat him. This
so Is
Mr. Guiliano, he wee the Person utast whim gad
superintendence them repairs were being meratad. pa
admitted that be did not inquire whether the fog Mph
were need, and that he did not apply for any msrl. opia
from the peal imsnager calling the al amiss ef
guards and drivers to the fact that them Terri res kiss
on. If they were of opinion that he, rah(Ns Mr
ruts about fag grub wag habitually das daft
calling stratum was guilty of such groin
eglsileb
make him aria:regally lied,, they would lad a mid d
manslaughter also spied him. After tern* is Inim,
the signalman, sad Cronshie, the driver, both deals"h
generally exonerated from blame, he said the Berth Fern
line hitherto had been singularly free from 'snidest 211
rules of the company bed worked exadeer eat; ed
had they been armed to in this instance them wed
doodler have been no evident. It appeared to
Ik
however, that official orders cautioning the drives el
guards whenever works of this kind were about V le
undertaken should be issued, that the number of &kV
inspectors should be increased, and that a more cart
superman should be exercised.
At twenty minutes pet 5 the jury retired to max
their verdict, and in rather more than an hour and aid
they retuned, sod the Bev. Edward deem the faun,
soid—Our verdict is one of manslaughter against Jeri
Onllimore sod Hoary Beep.
The Coroner—How many of you agree to that ?
The Foreman—Twelve spinet Joseph Oullimore end dz.
Sam spirt Herm Hemp (16 berg the saber of to
jury). lam desired by the majority of the jury to senia
this to oar redid :—" The jury funy remigniress tbatrab
realsudeisecy d the compay's rules to ensure the par
safety, yet strongly recommend that when marble Min
should be given from • previous dative of any work
rearing the breaking of the line."
Mr. Eborall—llx. Cromer sad prima of the jam I
will take care that that recommeodation is filmed Wm
the directors of the South Easters Rail way Compsay,
lam quite sure that they will give it their moat sus
saran:rim Before lianas here to-day I have to expels
my regret, on the part olthe company, that you err
have hems called upon to lupins into so emir a
calamity, ma I trust that means will be takes tomer
another such oaccurmos. tam have publicity to thaak pm
rl
resident in this seighbonrbood for the kind, hamar, mi
Christian attention paid to the tutfortunat• sufferers by tic
dreadful calamity. (Cheers from the jury.)
The Coma thee MAO out his warrant far the wadi
of Mr. Gallia's, and the forma Beep.