The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-02 00:00:00

LATEST PART C LA ES.

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Our Chester correspondent, writing yesterday afternoon,
says: -••- • •

'After a personal visit to the scene of disaster, we find that
the reports respecting the accident are but little e=uttge•r-
ated. Thu race trains for Manchester left at about tort,
minutes apart, commencing at eight o'clock. p.m. It would
appear that they consisted altogether of about fitly carriages,
and, on the first section arriving about the centre of Sutton
tunnel, the steam was found to be deficient.

The' train having come to a stand-still, the second
came up, and the engineer, seeing the signal-light at
the end of the first train, brought his train up without
mishap. In the crash which took place the injured car-
riages were in the second train. On a truck was the
pnvatc carriage of Mrs. Ridgway, of Bolton, con-
taining herself, some friends, and two servants. Mrs.
Ridgway was killed, her friends but little injured,
and, strange to say, the female servants were thrown
upon the tender, but were scarcely hurt. The carriage,
which is now at Birkenhead, is almost useless. In the next
carriage was a gentleman, named Clarke, his wife, four
friends, and a gentleman named Hurry. All escaped with
slight bruises, except Mr. Hurry, who had oue of his legs
broken. In another compartment of the same carriage was
Mr. Johnson, of the Albion Hotel, Manchester, who was
hurt in the arm ; and Mr. Edward Taylor, (the young Old-
field-lane doctor) who was dangerously hurt internally.
In a third-class carriage was Major l'itt, whitet first was
supposed to be killed, but was only stunned, and, after
having been brought to Chester, went forward this morning.
Intelligence was as soon as possible sent by one of the en-
gnus to Chester, and Mr. Critehley, the station-master, with
his star of assistants, proceeded as soon as possible to the
tunnel. Under his direction the bodies of the decea.sed,
who unfortuately are at present unknown, were conveyed
to Warrington, where they at present remain for identi-
cation, together with most of the gentlemen who have been
hurt.
Mr. Critebley at once, seeing the obstructed state of the
line, determined that all who possibly could should return
ttohis morning,Chcste,
and.fttheerre wthihecyhartbrievy wereedat halfw-past
chvestt:r,o:h.ere, in all probability, they would arrive about
a e oak
With regard to the cause of this moot lamentable accident,
it is supposed that two trains being in the tunnel at the
same time, the quantity of steam emitted was so great that
it was impossible that the engineer of the third train could
see the second.
But it is rather doubtful whether there was a signal man
at the entrance to the tunnel. it so, there must be a grave
charge hanging over the poor fellow.

Miuuusex HouPlTAL.—Yesterdav, a quarterly
general en4;r:hard
meeting of the governors of this hospital took place
d room of the institution, Thomas Hunt, Ext.,
in the chair. Owing to the attraction of her Majesty open-
ing the Oreat Exhibition in Hyde-park, the attendance of
governors was small. The chairman stated that the average
weekly attendance of new patients was 60, while the out-
patients during the last five years had annually averaged
9,316. A liberal donation presented by the friend of a pa-
tient who had died in the cancer ward having been acknow-
1, the meeting separated.
TREE LIVES LOST IN A COLLIERY.—OR Wed-
nesday morning, about eight o'clock, a fatal explosion of
fire-damp took place at the collieries of Messrs. Joseph
Ryland and Sons, a short distance from the Wigan market-
place. It is more than probable that there are a consider-
able number maimed and disfigured. Already three dead
bodies have been found and brought to the pit's mouth.
The accident occurred through the carelessness of one of the
colliers working in the pit, with his safety-lamp top of. The'
repel. was heard by almost every inhabitant in the district.