The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-04 00:00:00

ANOTHER RAILWAY COLLISION.

Late on Saturday night • serious railway collision
took place on the Loodon sad North Weeders Railway, at
Wolverhampton. The train which is dated out of Liverpool
at 6.30 p.m. is timed to mach Wolverhainptim, on its way
to Birmingham, at 10.4 Os Saturday night it was 15
minutes late, but lame cull was a train due over the Grand
Junction from Walsall to Wolverhampton. At about 10.25
the Liverpool train, coosieting of mine eight or too car-
riages, was at the platform on the earth end of
the Queenetreet station is Wolverhantpton, and
the tickets were bring oollected, whoa the Walsall tram
came up at • rapid pace, sod ran ioto
the Liverpool with a terrible crash. To the passengers it
seemed aa if the 00-rushing train, after ate iking the tint time,
rebounded, and that there were • series of oolliaioos. The
passengers were impelled SISU3III two another and against
the framework of the carriage' with painful 'Jolson". The
engine of the Walsall train mashed into an empty horse box
which formed the hut vehicle is the Liverpool train, which
it destroyed, *ad forced the rains into the guard's van,
which was nest, sad in which the guard
wu riding, but who escaped, earning from shocks only.
The passengers were sot. however, so formate sod the
railway authorities have the UMW/ of eight on their hit
who received surgical assistant* on the spot, and are most
of them lying at hotels in the town. The mine of the
driver of the Walsall train is Edward Jarvis, and he has
base a Meg while I. the servile of the company. The sig.
nah, it seems to be admitted, IMO oa at full dagger ;he
could see them far enough away to enable him to pull op
in time to prevent an accident ; moreover, the signal, at
that point see elways out centime ; the Rae is as an ascent
of one io a hundred, and he would himself have had to stop
at the platform at which the socidont happened.

THEE SUNDAY AT THE CITSTAL PAL/XL—To
show their sympathy with the movement for *prim the
National Museums and Art Eshibitioas on the Sunday at.
terra. the director of the Crystal Palace yesterday week
distributed upwards of 8.000 free tickets of admission to
the palace to the members of the trade seleties end other
working men's ra:.l.a
°satire, sad yesterday about 15,000
W •0011—sharith 1 shreholders' friends, and the mem-
bers of the Crystal P. ahem clubs aid their friends -
were admitted to the pare and grenade by free tickets die-
tribnted during Use previous week. The visitors on the 27th
ult. were entirely composed of artisans sad their families,
iad
but yesterday the whole of the company belonged to the
class, with a tolerably numerous spriinking of persons
in a higher sphere. The weather wee osegnifieent, and all
pews reined thoroughly to enjoy the privilege afforded
them by the liberality of the directers. During the after-
noon • randier of sacred music was performed on the
rand organ by Mr. Coward, and a short *Wren was de-
livered by Mr. Barter Langley in explanation of the pnn-
ciples of the National Sunday League, under whose auspices
the arrarigetneets were carried out. It was anuoured that
shortly a tree Sunday would be given to the letter-carriers
of the metropolis.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident occurred
as Friday lest to a man named William Charier, employed
as assistant to the driver of the reel-lift at the Langbsm
Hotel. Among the improvements introduced Into this hotel
is an hydraulic lift for the conveyanes of oast, linen, he.,
born the basement story to the various doors of the building.
The lift is of the simplest construction, and is governed by a
small rope, which extends from the bottom to the top floor,
and which opus or shuts the water valve. This rope
am, however, only be properly worked by a perms
inside the lift. 'rho deceased, it appears, wee
upon the TROZSI6IIII flaOr (nest above the base-
ment), and wishing to convey a basket of 11111111 to the
laundry, instead of desceesling to the basement, he foolishly
mounted the iron.railing protecting the °peeing on to each
floor, and reaching Week yelled the mar which
causes the lift to aired. No doubt he intended to check
the lift when it reached the floor upon which he was, bat
unfortunately its upper framework struck his chin, and
before be could withdraw himself his neck became jammed
between the top of the lift and the ceiling above, where he
was suffocated before the aceideat wee reread. Messrs.
Erten end Ames, by whom the lifts were mode, have not
yet givonleplobarge of them, and the dressed had no autho-
rity to set the lift in motion.
Fran AND surroszu Loss or 'AFL—About ten
' o'clock last night a lire beokeout upon the premises of Mr.
John Nathan. furniture broker. London-road, Southwark,
which, despite its early discovery, the prompt arrival of the
engines, and a plentiful supply of water, malted in the
total destruction of the premises and the whole of the
vausble Mock, Mr. Nailer being en extensive dealer in
rare sod antique furniture. At twelve o'clock last night
Mr. Nathan reported to the polies and firemen that • ser-
vant woman and one of his children were missing, and he
had every rearm to suppose they bad perished in the
flames. No tidings of them were to be obtained about the
neighbourhood. The firemen atones commend a search,
but owing to the heated state of the rains they were obliged
to desist, after a short but unsuccessful attempt. It is in-
teeded to mike a nicer investigation early rim morning.
FIRE AT CAMDEN Towtr.—On Saturday after-
noon a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Mohr. •
varnish manufacturer, in King-street. Camden-town. The
factory in which the Ike originated is a long building
behind the dwelling-house, and owing to the combustible
nature of the materials it eroded the Suers soon spread
to the parlour floor, aid the whole building was destroyed
before the fire could be extinguished.
BREAKING UP OP A GANG ON POACHERS AT Dors-
et:No.—On Tuesday. Superintendent Page, acoompinted by
several members of the county mostary, paid a visit
to some huts which were centupled by navvies, sod situated
at Stone's Mill, near the estate of Mr. Braidwood. The
object of the visit was to seine a cumber of poaching imple-
ments, which the denizens of the huts were knows to Pow
ease, and by this mare to break up a formidable pug of
poarers which has for DOOM months past infested the Wag h•
boorhood. On the approach of the police the navy's@ took
to their heels, and oe searching the huts • great questity of
nets, be., were discovered. There was one set merrier
150 yards in length and 6 yards in depth ; sari besides this,
there were sufficient rabbit nets, pip aid ether pinching
epplianoes, to 11l a moderatelyeised Dirk The whole of
tfi• thisgs were seised and emeriti to the police station
A png of porben with such a simply of materials would
wry soon take all the game is the diarist. —Weil Surrey
AIM&
Tun Nan SUGAR Durres.—On the lst iostant
the net on the sager ditties took effect. The duty on the
lierrebiles el anos-jeire the owt. below 9s. 3d.