The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-10 00:00:00

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THE Accmairr 'ON' 'THE "GutzAr
wzarzarr BAILWAY.

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VINT FELTON, Format;
In consequence of the mast of ooneenieser at
IteihrL the inquest .as the bodes of the unfortunate W-
iden by the dreadful widest to the excerdos trais ea the
Great Welters Railway err that pleas os Wideman, wee
adjourned last night to tie place (about • mile mid • hag
from Rasa), where it was resumed this morning before the
esteem for the diddle, Mr. W. Beaker,* and the jury
ewers is yerteday.
• Mr. Jams seliniter, of Onestry, deeded on behalf of
the Great Waders Colman ; and Mr. Weems sod other
dikes of that company was present. Mr. Chandler, of
Shrewsbury. Mr. Johan, red Mr. Cubit! Davis, of Shrews-
bury, deeded to watch the proordine os behalf of some
of the injured parolees.
The only witness examined after ear parcel was des.
putehed Let nighLbeides those celled to Modify the bodies.
and the auger to prove that their death had arises from
riders was
Mr. P. W. Leather, Evros of Liverpool, • paesesger
by the mounds train. He deposed that he cense from
Berke head in the trail, that as it &screeched Ronal then
was some escilletioe in the carriage, and Mtn • noise. He
leaked est of the Weide and Mess sew coed the anises
WI tram as %mile. Me gee ,est Ind fend what had
hoirneed..-Jifielimwhid the nis,Thl Ow, koiziod, an 4
Tom* thieldrole en them for deht two heirs when
p, trio trete Shrewsbury core up. them ordered
the severely injured to be laid in the van epee
onalsiess, aid those lees sorely Injured lo le pieced in the
carriages. He accompanied then Muted lb the hen to
Shrendry, sod taw them lodged is the barman sad at I
the Raves HoteL He remained is ettseilesse oh the letter
daring the night. The this was 20 minute late when it
left Birkenhead. Could not tell bow meek it was behind at
Cedes Thought they were lets all through the journey,
red could not tell whether they bad pitied their cad*
from Beheaded. He thought the train was herniae fester
hat before the seethed than it had den is the rest M tie
jersey. They were pin very het and, feeling ► Meth
timid, be irked eat el the tees thaws what was the matter.
Did sot re any red flog. • I
•
Oa the jary rethserobling thil morning, it was eked
that no other bodies had been identified. The coroner thee I
proceeded with the *modesties of wieneres.
David Evens, driver of the rend sigma of the dear-
Moo train, deposed that he left Beheaded with the train
at 10.46. The proper time for leads, was 10.23. Thei
delay was cased by their having to pat os extra earloss.
They arrived at Chester at 11.84, thaleft Chester at At"
They ought to have Lit at 11.25. They stopped as CitheerS
which was the next station before the accident coesneek
end here they were an heir and twenty minute 'llllll6Oll
time, The delay errs from their having Birkenhead 'hie
sad Irvin to atop et Cheater. Berme Godes mg thel
de* where the amides% happened Mere was •
by the eider of the lice on • elope about • esoratill
queer hem:where the solidest keppened. It might
have dee plead is • better poetise to be are. Fig
wee clog to it when he sew it. As soon as he saw the
flag he shut off steam end toothed the whittle
for Aedeeton the driver of the Ord nese to de
the same. Tire was no other sited, het • emit
no pot tithe rug d platelayers, and shook hie head an
to stades Sew the pisteleyen on the lies ea wen ito
saw the flag. From the flag to the place when the
were et work might be belt a mils. By the time they
got to the platelayes they had polled sp • little, and w
piss about 30 =Sae an boar. His engine new appeared to
'be going very roughly. They had ell the brakes os froth
the time they sew the flag, sad when they our to when
the men were et work he pulled his dale oat of {OA
which would tend to stop the train. Saw some dust see
lag from the first origins, es if something had got loom end
was dragging the ground, but be looked out and send t
eaten. Morro wee his hem's, and when the
happened he was killed. He meld give se expire 7.
tbs MOB et the sesident.
By Mr. Cbsedler—Appreeeking the place where the core
deal happened, the line was oe a gradient of 1 in 120 dower
hilL When they came to this they were "on the swing.?
They were on the swing before they saw the fag.. Wes
sot aware that Andeeton had made a dying decleratiesthat
homy so flag. When the line was being takes up It Was
asekowary to send • man heck with a red flag. A deign
lag was red, and a caution-flag green. It was a gran hieg
that was put up.
Mr. Oriente here, at Um request of Mr. Chandler; peci-
herd the rules of the company. Rule N. 2 described del
duties of the overdrew of workmen on the line, requbtag
that • signal should be put up at least a mile from the spot
where the work was going on.
Wines was in thugs of the trio. The hale cow
dead of 32 eisches and two vans There were
twe guards to the train, and four breaks on the
teedes sod vas. Wee not aware that when then wens
mien than twelve carriage to a tree, rah 56 of the Greet
Western Comrany's greed instruatione required that there
should be three guards to it, and when twenty, four guards.
Could not any whether • certain number of guards was re-
, galled to • certain number of canines. Did not know the
nth rule.
IMr. Crimson rid the different servants were supplied
(rely with such rules as applied to their special duties.
Belo 56, the sentare of which is gives above, wee then
end by Hr. Clbeedler, and Mr. Jose ported sal that the
' kale applied to deep gnarls
Witness continued—The first ermine left the rails first
when the accident kneeled. It ea csatomary, wises any
alteration of any moment was gong ors to mad • mug up
the line with a green flag to hold out. Coold have seen
week a signal better than whet • flag was stuck by the side
of the
By Mr. Davies—Had bees 18 year in the company's
serves and, according to rah • cedes somber of guards
was allotted to • teals proportioned to the number of
carriages in it. (This, it will be sees, is in contradiction
to what the Witgelle stated in roily to Mr. Cheedier's
questions.)
The witness, is reply to the ernes said be had within
to do with the number of bread or number of guards to a
train. Ted his Instructions is the car of excursion Seas
from the porn issued. It was the station-master's duty
' et Birkenhead to see to the making up of the train.
By Mr. Jones—Fitter or eighteen carriages wee the used
number to an excursion Sue, but twenty-five were sot
unreel Had seen as me., as forty ceniseee is as near-
doe train on the London sad North Western lies The
tree went on well until they mend at the pins when the
man were merlin the line. [The graded was lis 120 or
greater. The railway authorities pat the grodent at lin
MI The rails were not being tikes up, but "lifted,"
which mesas raisin the sleepers and packing them. By
gen ea the min he meant travelling about 36 miler
as hour.
By the Foreman—Dering the process if pickle& should
• trio come up lmulPeeteily, might it set dyne that ose
side might be higher than the other ?
The whams was indented that if the sue aide was
peeked higher than the other, It would net threw the
leading wheels off the lies He added that the webs-
driver et the first elegise had the best chance of sung win'
was going on. and giving Bathe to the driver of the mendl
engine.
Is reply to Mr. Chandler,
The wither said that et • speed of 33 miles an hour a Irate
with two urines 32 coaches and 2 vane, could be stopped
is two MIN. sot lees. He Gould sot ken slackened the
speed of tie trails to less than 20 miles an hour from Ire
bridge to where the sees were at work—three-quaini if
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speed el the trap altar the steal bad bees asee, sad be
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, brother, sad a distress* is... sewed. Elbe steed that"
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