The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-07 00:00:00

THE FATAL .100IDENT ON THE SOUTH

DIVON RAILWAY.

An accident occurred on Wednesday night on the
South Devon Railway to the up goods train from Plymouth,
which, unhappily, resulted in the death of the stoker and
the serious injury of the driver. The train left Plymouth
at the usual hour with • lame freight of goods, and arrived
at and parsed through the Tolima station in safety. But
on reaching the bridge over the Dart, short
distance from the Total station, it by some
mean ~'at yet 1111419blited, ran off the rails, the mine and
some of the trucks bieekiag op both thenp and down
lins. The stoker was killed on the spot, and the driver
taken out of the debris very seriously injured. The guards
fortunately escaped unhurt. The tholideot was promptly
telegraphed from Totem to Plymouth, and a special train
Immediately provided, which left shortly afterwards with
Mr. Compton, the newly appointed traffic superintendent,
Mr. Avery, the goods traffic superintendent, and other oft-
calm for the scone of accident. The disaster occurring before
the arrival of the Plymouth midnight down express, due at
Totnes at IEIO, the passengers by that train had to walk
into the Totals station, from whence they were forwarded
on by a special train, and arrived at Plymouth shortly
helots three o'clock. The down train with the luggage
was sent back to Newton. By the accident the telegraph
wine near the spot were thrown out of gear, and all tele-
graphic communisation on the line between Plymouth
and London cut off for a short time. This, however, was
very speedily remedied, and the communication restored.
The goods train passed through Totems station at e'very
high speed, sod the momentum was so great oo ite running
off the line that the rails and sleeper's were torn up for
over a hundred yards, and the engine thrown off into the
adjoining meadow. The boiler of the engine also exploded,
and the stoker met with his death through the explosios.
The drivels injuries are in his back end bead.
Medical assistance was early available at Toting, end the
sufferer was found to be labouring under noneuselon of the
brain. Up to two o'clock this morning be was believed
to be in a dying state. in addition to these
adanuties, it appears that a far greater one was imminent.
The guards in charge of that:rods train pereeiviog that
both lines were ceked, knowing that the down
express, leaving Exeter at 10.10 p.m., was almost immedi-
ately due, removed the red lights from the tail of the goods
train and ran up the line with them to give warning of the
accident. Their algae's were happily observed in time by
the driver of the express train, which bad previously left
Newton, and he reversed his engine, and put on the breaks,
but in spite of these exertions, so narrow was the escape
that the express engine ran down to and upon the last sound
rails before the spot where the line was torn up.—Weotcrn
Morning News.

THE PRONE MUIDER.—The inquest on the body
of Mary Wallis, who was killed enter the circumstances
reported in our yesterday's impression, was held yesterday
morgieg, at the Old Mechanics Hell, before Dr. Wybranth
The jury retnrued • verdict of " Manslaughter," sad the
prism', was onsetitted for triaL
THE MANCHESTER JEWEL BOBBEET.—The trial
of the primal's', charged with stealing 3,000/. worth of
jewellery from the chop of Mr. Howard, Market-street,
on the sth of February, commenced at the Manchester
=Seldom on Wedneeday, sad hated the whole of
diary and the greater put of yesterday. The prisoners
were John Hartley, 26, smith, Elizabeth Moores, 56,
factory operative Dominic Daly, 25, warehouseman, and
John Bea4ar, 24, 'boot closer. Now of the jewellery was
hazed directly to the possession of the prisoners, none of
it having yet ben dimmers& and the evidence wu by no
moms of that direct sod satisfactory' character which hes
beep obtained is the Loodoc robberies of • similar descrip-
tion. After half as hour's retirement the jury retuned a
verdict of guilty against Daly and Barker, but acquitted
the woman Moores, aid also the man Hartley. Against
the letter there appeared insufficient evidence to corrobo-
rate that of the approvers. Daly was esetesosd to penal
esrvitude for seen years, Barker had been four times pre-
viously convicted, end wits sow sentenced to 14 years.
THE CHARGE or EHBEZELENERT AGAINST LORD
Satrreenuarls Breenm—Yesterday morning Mr. Robert
Short Waters surrendered to hie tail at the petty seestoes, at
Itherborne, co the theme of embezzling two gems cd money
viz., 271. 13e. 7d. sad 231. Mr. Cols, the barrister,
for the prosecution ; Mr. George H. Lewis rspreseeted the
defendant. Mr. Cole recapitulated the fees se stated in
our report of the first examination. His lordship came
into his estates In 1851, at which time the primmer was
managiog the estates for his lordship's Wernher. He war,
however, kept is the same employment by the present earl
till 1863, when he received notice that if he did not resign
he would be dismissed. In 1856 three amounts were opened
by his lordship st the Blondford ;Bank, and subseqnsatly
arrangemeot was node by which on of his lordship's
private solicitors audited the accounts kept by the primmer.
Is 1860 the prisoner become connected with the tart, about
which Lord Shaftesbury spoke to him, and be to
give aphis turf mane:toes. He then called Ind
an examined him at considerable lsugth on his lordship s
depositions, whics were grounded mainly epee the repro-
saltation of his solicitor and anapaest. His lordship
wee afterwarls subjected to a rigid croneammiestiou of
needy box hours by Mr. Lewis, is the morn of whin it
wee elicited that while there were errors in the womb is
favour of the deleodent, he had also committed errors
araWt bluetit. Letter wore also put in with a view of
showing pecuniary embarraisuient on thi,•4 of Lon
Shaftesbury, and that his son, Len , borrowed
Imosey from the defesdant. At five o'closk cone wee
adjoined till this morning, the MOO bail for the &few
dent nig ammend as before.
Dermlicirg 07 THE PORT or LIVERPOOL .—The
Mercaetile Marin Serene Asenstion of Liverpool have
stroogly hemmed spa the kohl tows condi the import-
nes of learned defense for the pert. Yesterday the sub-
=lns brought up at the meek* of the Money Dock
The chairman said that is 1856 they were is eon
sounicatice with the government on this matter, sad it was
'legality speed, that whoa the northern dock exteriors
scheme was completed the board theold provide a she at
that extremity eft their estate epos whin the goverment
=greet • far leerier and tatter fort than any at prawn
on the river margin. A etrong opining was sa-
yeefewthay. both by the chairmen sod Mr. Littleden,
rtnatkaties lathing, pined mar the 'intensive (whin me
in the Chanel, stdistances varying hell 10 es 18 Wise
from Liverpool) wield be moth more Mreodmi for the m-
inis. of the port them say stetereary forte en the drat
lime in
prestily