The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

THE ACCIDENT ON THE LANCASHIRE
AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.

the signal-post. The guard of the Oldham train says, iiTst-
mediately after the collision, fearing a second collision, he
van back with fog signals to protect his own train from the
next, and when he arrived at the signal-pest the 'liana' wee
on. This statement confirms that of tho station master,
because unless he had put on the signal at the time steed,
there would be no opportunity afterwards for him to do it.
I As we stated yesterday, this does not necessarily impugn
the veracity of the driver of the 011.111101 train, because the
signals being 400 yards nearer Mane:tester than the station,
he might have been so ciose on the rear or the Yorkshire
train as to have passed the signal post before the station-
keeper, owing to the fog, could have peen the approach of
the first train and have turned on the signal. The York-
shire train consisted of four, and the Oldham train of eight
carriages. Mrs. Lord and her itrand.daugh!er, it appears,
were going to Preston, and not from it. They had left
Elland. near Huddersfield, in the morning, nod come to
Miles Platting, near Manchester, insiead or getting out at
Blue Pits anal going by the Liverpool and Bury train. They
were on their way back to Blue Pits when the collision
occurred, to take the next Liverpool and Bury train.

The guard of the Yorkshire train, and Mrs. Lord,
at the Royal Infirmary, Manchester, were still alive yes-
terday afternoon, but continued in a very dangerous state.
The father of Miss Sykes arrived in 31anchester on 1 hurs-
day evening, much distressed at the fate of the unfortu-
nate girl, but the body could not he removed es the inques:
does not take place until this day. The following is a
more complete list of the wounded passengers than we
were able to give yesterday :
1. Mrs. Ellen Lord, wife of Mr. Richard Lord, tailor and
draper, Preston, aged 69 years; lies at the Manchester
Infirmary ; cuntusions of the head and body, with iuternal
injury. In a very precarious condition.
2. Ilenry Tidy, aged 22, guard of the Yorkshire train;
at his own residence, Lamb-lane, Miles flatting ; concus-
siou of the brain ; very doubtful if he will recover.
3. Mr. Maurice Michaels, llalliweU-street, Manchester,
travelling jeweller; contusion of the right side and spine
injured; in a dangerous condition. •
4. Mr. Cremes, Marshall-street, Manchester; wounded
by a blow on the spine, which has disabled him. I SIIIPWRECK IN TILE IBM' CHANNEL.
6. Mr. John Morton, 94, Foundry street, Manchester ; I
internal injuries. Denete, Dee. 30.
6. Mr. John Syddall, 19, Morton-stree:, Strangeways ; I Au inquest was held yesterday at iiingsend, near
bruised on the shoulder and fee*.
7. Mr. Rose (or Rbodes), traveller for Messrs. Sydney Dab in, on the body of John Carmichael, one of the crew
of the ill-fated Scotch steamer, the Eva, which foundered
aadB. Horseman,mr \V
8j .
Byron,Manchester7 i,
E,-8. bruisedard Edward-street,
tthe left
istiodne..o p 8 8 .
morning.
some miles off the entrance to Dublin-bay on Wednesday
From the circumstances detailed in the - evidence
Medlock ; contusion on the head, but not serious. Was in appearedthat the Eva had been paddle-steamer
a on the
riding in the Oldham train. Clyde, not more than nine months built, dui Lad been
9. Mr. James Illingworthi 119, London-road, Manche,- lately fitted out fora sailing voyage to Mt lbaurne, by wa-
ter, bread dealer; severe injury to the spine. shipping
her paddles and making some alteration in her
10. Mr. Joe. Turner 2, Cron-street, Everton-read, Men- rigging. She was an iron boat, of 82 tons harden, and of
cheater; ankle severely sprained and nearly dislocated. great length ; and en leaving the Clyde had her
place. She engine and
The heels of both his boots were torn off, stud his feet boiler on board, iu the usual
received a twist productive of acute pain. severe weather and heavy seas on Wednesday morning,
11. Mr. Faker, Lawrence-street, Blanchester; cut on the and the weight amidships is b
forehead. saved to have occasioned a breaking of ti.e vessel in
12. Mr. John Rowland, Richmond•grove, Longsight ; the centre, and her consequent sinking. There then
severe
were then
severe triangular cat on the forehead. on board 14 men and a buy, including the captain, named
The abase are under the care of Messrs. Harrison and Robert Fisher •and also ' • •
,
Cooke, surgeons to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway the latter, making 17 in all. Of these seven wore rescued
Company ; and a young lady who went forward to Rochdale alive through the heroic exertions of the captain and crew
after a severe cut on the head, has also been professionally of the trawler Emerald Isle,
visited by one of these gentlemen. The following is an in. danger:us sea in their small boa: at the imminent risk of
retesting account of the occurrence from a passenger, who their lives ; but one of the seven, John Carmichael, the
adds some curious details respecting the sufferings of some engineer of the Era, died shortly after he was taken oa
of the passengers who at first supposed they had escaped board the trawler. The remaining six, us has been already
without irijury. mentioned, were brought to Rlngsend, and hospitably
Mr. G. V. Eyder, agent of the Royal Assurance Company, treated by the inhabitants; after winch they were brought
100, King street, has given us the following particulars :—I to the Sailors' Dom, and taken care of there. The 'mires
was in the second or third carriage from the rear end of the of the survivors are William Alexander Gordon, leack-
express Oldham train, and was sitting with my back to the smith; Dlishe De Avila (a l'urtueuese), Alexander Grant.
engine, three other gentlemen being in the same compart- moat, Walter Scett, and John M•Kenzie, the eiewarit. The
ment of the second-class carriage, and the first thing of name of the sixth could not be ascertained.
which I was conscious was a tremendous blow on the crown John APE ' was the first witness examined. He
of the head, which partially stunned me, and which I alter- se / "'lle
id— live in Rues-shire, Isle of Bute. I was steward
wards found must have arisen from the concussion, which on board the Eva, of Greenock. Sac had been a paddle
pitched me against the wooden division of the compartment. steamer on the Clyde, and was fitted out for Melbourne.
When I recovered consciousness, I found myself d an the Her paddles were taken out, but the enaMte were a kept on
other occupants thrown down on the floor of the carriage; board, • and the boiler I. It full of water. We sal td
, from
Ma gentleman groaning a good deal, and apparently much the Clyde at 1 o clock on Tuesday afternoon. On Wed-
hurt, and two others bleeding profusely from the temples. needs; morning the captain came down and called the
One of these sat next the window, and his temple must mate, saying, "The beat is fast going"—meaning that she
have been cut by striking against the window frame. I Buff' was filling. I saw water up to the cabin floor, and pumped
grated that we should all get out, as something was wrong, the pomp until pump would work no longer. The engine-house
and another train might be coming up behind us. I gut then began to fill. The captain called for the Itte.boat
out, but for some little time very few passengers alighted:
to be got in order. There were faurteen men end a boy
molt of them seemed to be either steeped, or to think it on board ; also the wile and sister-in-law of the captain.
best to remain quiet. Seeing something like a smash for- I came on deck and just then a sea Struck the
ward, I walked en towards the head of the train, till I came vessel, and she rent • • in the
to the dibria of the last carriage in the Yorkshire train,he rent a little
the
in. a
waterpoured She began to sink. A fl ig was
which bad bees run into by our engine, and completely hoisted on the wizen peak as a signal of distress, and the
smashed. I saw one female beneath, and entangled amongst
matt held up a light. The trawler was then making for
the fragments of this carriage, and • large portion of the as and I saw '
asteamer a long way off. The captain or •
roof, with other pieces of timber, lying upon her. For some ' -
dared the life-boat to be put out, and immediately some of
tetra time 1 ran about begging the passengers generally to the men jumped into her, when she overact, and all were, I
assist in extricating the sufferers from the wreck, but at think, drowned. The mate and I, and a young man,
first every one seemed so stunned and confused as to be
really unable rather than unwilling to give e4-stirs help. the only other boat we had, and got into her.
etive help.
The second-mate jumped in, and she also upset. The
At length the carriage roof was raised at one side, and second mate and 1 got a hold of her keel. She tumbled
propped ; and at last, being near the edge of the embank- over several times. The second-mate kept a hold of her
went, it was raised so far as to slide down, and then the for half an Li and
unfortunate persen (Mrs. Lord) was drawn out, evidently then droaped off. There was a very
unfortunate , ,
heavy sea. kept my hold of the boat, and was shout a
in great agony, but apparently retaining her conscious.
milefrom the sinking whet
alias. About the same time • girl of seventeen or eighteen the I
time got out of the vessel until I was picked up by
was taken from beneath other fragments of the wreck* the smack's boat was from three to four hours.
She seemed much crushed, and quite insensible, if not
dead. I assisted to carry both into the little wooden shed Captain Thomas Dearl examined-1 am captain of the
temporarily used as a station. A gentleman then staggered Prince steamer. We discerned the Eva in distress about nine
up, scarcely able to stand. He got his arm over my ennui- o'clock on Wednesday morning. The Prince was then on her
der, aad two or three of us assisted him into the station- way from Liverpool to Dublin. We instantly bore down
house. He was lame, and also complained of his back for her. She was about 18 miles west by north of the
being hurt. I begged of the station-master to keep Bailey light. Just after bearing away I observed the
every one else out of the station-house' as it was very small, smack pretty close under her lee. In exactly five minutes
and the shires sufferers nearly filled it. In passing along to after we bore away for her she sank. She was then about 3
the help of the passengers I saw a guard of the Yorkshire miles from us, and in ten minutes we ran down to the
trait by the side of the line, apparently very much hurt. He spot. 1 saw three perms on a spar, and immeaiately stop-
was quite pale, and the blood was running down his face ped the engine. While we had been running towards the
from some wound. There was some one with him, giving distressed vessel our lite-boat had been getting ready, also
him help, and! therefore passed him. When it was generally lowered and cork jacket*. Atter stopping the engines we
known that a collision had occurred, all the remaining pas- a life-boat teem its usual place abaft the paddles.
sees tee alighted from both trains, and I saw scarcely any The steamer unfortunately roiled and dashed against the
one Irma either train who was not more sr less bruised, boat, in consequence of which the wooden ends parted
wounded, or internally hart. Most of the passengers even- from the stern posts. There were three men in
tually returned to Manchester. I should think about half the boat at the time. Two of them, alarmed by her
an hour elapsed before Mr. Pegge arrived and examined the being stove in, got hack ile.o the steamer by the tackle falls,
females and gentlemen in the shed. One of the former was and she broke adrift with the other man. I then hail steam
dead, and the elder one was evidently se seriously injured put on to get the steamer's bead round, in order to
that Mr. Pegge recommended she should be at once conveyed lower another boat[
o
leeward, for it would have been
to the Manchester Royal Infirmary, and this wasdone. As dangerous to attempt to lower it trout the windward side.
to the cause of the accident I can say little. It was very This occupied us about a quarter of an hour. As this other
foggy at the time. I had some talk with our engine driver, boat was being lowered a sea struck her and carried her
who was quite sober, and seemed a steady, intelligent man, stern away, and also took one of the stern rings, to which
• and who says he did not see the train in front until he was one of the tackle falls was attached, anti she was lost.
• close up to it, and that as he panted the signal post there Two men who had been lowered with her got back info
the steamer by the tackles. We could have lowered an-
; was no danger signal shown. 1 remained on the spot for
, about two beam and at the end of that time I saw our en- other large boat intended for seeing our ship's company
pine fast-locked upon the wheels of the last carriage of the in five minutes, pr a gig, but the men belonging to the
Yorkshire train. What I regarded as a proof of tee force smack had been so smart with their boat in the meantime
of the concussion is, that the hinder part of the tender of that all who could be saved were rescued. The
the Yorkshire train was quite smashed or stove in. I saw steamer was to windward of the wreck, and the
that not only had the engine broken from its couplings to the smack to leeward, and there was a very bad
tender, but the tender had also become detached from the sea running. The steamer rolled so much that 1 could
first carriage behind it, which was thrown across the line. not go too near for fear of destroying the people who
There were two shocks or concussions, and it is remarkable were floating. We remained there from about a quarter
that our engine driver and stoker did not at all feel the past nine until ten minutes prat eleven. Atter we saw that
first ; but the second, when the engine became entangled the smack had done everything we picked up our brat with
amidst the wreck of the carriage it had smashed, threw the man in it, which had gone adrift, sad then bore away.
them down. Neither of them was seriously hurt. Oa A Juror—How was it that the smack', boat lived in the
walking past them, it seemed to me that there was sea ?
scarcely a carriage in the Yorkshire train that was not
Witness—Our boats would have lived very well if we
could have got them clear of the steamer, but it is very
more or less splintered or otherwise damaged. The station
difficult to get them clear when a heavy sea is running, and
master showed great alacrity, and made great exertions, in
rendering every assistance in his power to the sufferers and the difficulty partly arises from the overhanging side of the
the passengers generally. A superintendent of the police steamer. We cannot keep • boat alongside wneu a heavy
of the railway company also arrived, and was active. A sea la eannieq,
railway porter belonging to the station, was standing by John Dunne examined—l am muter of the trawler
W side of the line when the collision occurred, indeed Emerald Isle. We lett Dublin to fish on Tuesday morn-
within about a yard of the spot, and so instantaneous log. We were three men and a bey on board. About 7
was the shock, that he seemed paralysed, and was unable o'clock yesterday morning we saw the wreck. Her flag
to get out of the way. It is remarkable that the first con- was flying at her mizen peak, which signified distil ss, or
eussion drove out one of theaddes of the carriage, and it fell it might indicate that she wanted a pilot. We hauled up
upon the side of the line. The train ran afterwards a die- our nets and made towards her. We were about 40 fathoms
tance equal to the length of 12 or 16 carriages, before the from her, as near as I can guess, when she went down.
total smash of the carrisge and the dead lock of the Oldham She appeared to break in two amidships, and sunk bodily,
engine. Several persons who did not feel much hurt at her head and stern disappearing last. It was then about
first, became ill afterwards,—myself among the number, half-pave nine o'clock, and we had been two hours going
At fleet I felt only the blow on the head, which raised up to her. There was a heavy sea running. We hove-to
• considerable swelling. I subsequently proceeded by amidst several people who were floating in the water, and
train to the Middleton station, and walked thence to got our little boat out. William Carroll and Peter
Oldham; but I then suffered so much pain in the Collins, both of Ringsend, were the men who gat into it.
calves, which I bad scarcely felt at first, and the pain in They saved all they could, while I and my son, a
my head became so much worse, that I could do no busi- boy, made sail on the smack, and saved one. 'lnc boat
nets, and found it necessary to return home. When I picked up five. I saw one or two men go down. I saw two
first alighted after the accident, I found a lady on the line, women on a raft, but they appeared to be dead. 1 sailed
who then said she was not hurt, only a little alarmed and by the steamer and called to the captain, who was stand-
shaken, aad I took her to a place of safety. An hour after ing on the paddle-box, to lower the boat that was hanging
she became quite ill. A gentleman, who it first ssel he was from the starboard tackles, but he did nut seem to near
not hurt, I raunci on my return to the place quite unable to me. The steamer had come up when we were lowering
walk, from intense pain in the calves; and several others our boat. I saw a boat in the water before speaking to
complained of the same thing—a pain resembling cramp. the steamer. The beat I desired the captain to lower was
After the sufferers had been removed, and must of the suspended from the starboard tackle, and if it had been
passengers had gone away, four hats were found, fur which lowered I think more lives would have he en saved. The
no owners could be seen ;so they were taken to the station steamer's life-boats were not lowered at all. They
h use. One had the owner's name, " Orimshaw" written seemed to be alarmed 'ha the deck of the steamer.
within it. A lady's fur victorine and boa, both supposed I was on the weather side of the steamer. There
to belong to the girl who was killed, were also conveyed were persons floating in tee water ahead of her. Alter five
thither. men had been picked up we ran under the stern of the
We stated yesterday that the Yorkshire train starts, ac. steamer sad saw a suekcu boat attached to her. We looked
cording to the time table, at 9.40 a.m., and the 0 dham about to see if we could save any more. We saw Brother
s epees& at 9.45 am., and that thus an express train without man on a sunken boat and saved him ; he was the steward.
stoppages would follow a Yorkshire train for six miles on Mr. William Tomliuson examined.—l ant a surgeon. I
the main line, which had two stoppages to make—the first live at 181, Great Brunswick-street. I saw the deceased
stoppage being at Miles Platting station, and the second at man yesterday evening on board the smack. lle then ap-
Newton Heath station, where the collision occurred. The peered to have been dead about two hours.
railway officials say that this time table was not strictly ad- Mr. George Brandon examined-1 live at 126, Great
hued to. The Newton Heath station was only opened at Brunswick-street. I was a passenger by the Prince from
the beginning of the month, and it was discovered Liverpool on Wednesday morning, and was on deck about
soon after the first time table for it had been issued, that seven o'clock. The merriest the captain saw the flag of
it would be better to let the Oldham cm rev, go out first distress flying from the Eva he instantly bore down to her.
every morning. Upon a determination to this effect being In about tin minutes aftereards she sunk ; sad in five
come to, it was agreed to let the change be entered in the minutes after that we were up to where she had been.
time-tables for January, and in the meantime an instruction I saw people floating in the water. When the captain
was given at the Manchester station to keep the Yorkshire saw the people in the wan r he ordered the boats to be
train back every morning in December until the Oldham lowered. Three boats were ordered tube got ready for lower-
express bad started, unless some unexpecti ii detention of ing, and also life buoys, cork jackets, and ropes, were pre-
the Oldham train should enable the Yorkshire train to get pared. The captain exerted himself to the utmost, and did
et feat ten minutia' start of it from the Manchester station,
. everything he cooed. The men xeconled his exertions to
On Thursday wonder they state that the Y ''k,hiee tralo ; the beat of their ability, and did just what they ought to do
w. nt first, at its proper time sal' 9.40,
ben '0" the ' with one exception. The life-boat wagon deck and was not
Otaliam train ha,: tart arrived itone 01,:hi1U1 when
The easing
lowered at all. That was the boat which is iuteuded for
the proper time for starting the tinnier arrived. basing all the crew of the steamer. I am pcai•ive that no
Ir-dirt:are train, it is stated, was half a mile oat of at in-
- man untold have exerted himself' more than the • aptein did.
ie•se. i , when it latt tht ()%11,011 train cortlng taw ir .s 'f he .:a was running very heavy at the liaa., and all was
'i -c:. -,(r. Al: -r th it the oiittiata traits would ii ,se •d ma that mild 1,-, 4„.„. 1 aai ',ea, iae haat-es—ion tbat
*a. •a a r lie Man heater t.:a t lOU litil to t down tt, puevet..s tr, : it the boats had b en in bet et tit.,er more 'night have lieu
...d tests up title r-, knit, it followed the Y..tkettire Lain. , done. Three boats were tower. il.
Lt :rapport of I' '` 0' • 1;14' h-el"r'''' h" -4 " all--'"llte`i. hi 1 Thejury were then r'-it to theraselv. e, se I afar deist*.
%hien the Y ades'ar a 'tutu is Ent. eel as It wing at 9.40, rating ter about a q ~:„. rot .„ I ',our, f,..1„, i t;,. 1,,,,,,,,,n3
- rid the Oldham exprea. as leaving at 10 •.'clock. In the I verdict:—" We tied t• .t Joi• .. Carmichael came by his
tint book of the guava of the Oldham express, his time of I death throagh the ship Eva, of which he was engineer,
departure was entered as taking .dare at 9.59. According •
; foundering in the channel on the night of the 28'h inst.;
to these ezplanatinita, the Yorkshire train left 19 or .0 s and the jury cannot separate without brisegiug under the
minutes before the other, and the question arises, " How notice of the public and the authoritiee, the gallant and
c ;nie the mama, to overtake the other train at Newton humane conduct of John Dunue, William Carlo'', Peter
Heath, only fouewnil el from Manchester?" According to Collins, and }Aloud Duntie, :he crew of the trawler Eme-
the time-milts of the company, the Yorkshire train was raid Isle, who, by their great fXi Moos, and at the very
due at -Newton Reedit station at 951, or eight to nine great risk of their own Eves, succeeded iu riving six persons
minutes before the ether is alleged to have gritted. This is from the sunken vessel."
a point to be cleared up owl; '.'y an examination of the ser-
eanis cif the company. An official inquiry for that purpose
was te b• made y..-Irrany. Anotrer roint to be cleared
Up Will be, " wheeler the danger signal was 011 /at Newton
Heath when the engine of the Oldham express peeled the
signal poet? " The station-master says he put on the signal
directly he saw the Yorkshire trait coming in, and the
driver of the,Oldhametrain says it was not on when he passed

Low TEMPERATURES IN MANCIIESTER.—On Wed-
nesday night salt-registering thamomettr. at Manchester,
showed A temperature a lox as 12 acct., and at Bury as low
as 7 deg. At a late hour on Thursday morning it was 1!
deg. at Manchester.