The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-16 00:00:00

ACCIDENT TO A SKIPTON EXCURSION 224

THIRTY PERSONS INJURED.

Yesterday morning, shortly before 9 o'clock,
excursion train from Skipton to Windermere emu •
collision with a number of waggons laden with Ma
standing on the down line, about half a mile Iran ti
Caruforth Station on the London and North Weste
Railway. The Skipton train left Lancaster shoat F.
a.m., and on liaising Carnforth Station was proceed*.
the rate of ten to twelve miles an hour. At the leide•
the north of Carnforth Station a danger signal was oil
bited, but the driver of the excursion train did notpenn
it, and passed through the station. On nearing the bet
where the Wennington and Carnforth Railway amuse
London and North-Western the driver saw, akeeth
yards before him, a number of waggons laden with is
ore. He reversed the engine and applied the hit
but before the speed of the train mkt a
perceptibly lessened, the passenger train ran into
waggons, the engine jumping, as it were, with I
fore wheels right on to the hindmost *gnu
number of the passengers, at the time of the
having hail their attention drawn to the diger by I
shrill whistle of the engine, hail their heeds cot el a
windows of the carriages, and the consequence ruts
several of than receivcd injuries on the head. Is
violence of the collision threw the passengers within
force against one another, or against the opposite 11Si
the compartments of the carriages, and upwards of *
persons were more or less 1 ruined ; some with wit
knocked out, others with bruises and cur ea
the head, and two or three complained of interralbera
Medical assistance was immediately obtained, Lei •
wounded were conveyed by special train to Lam*
where every possible assistance was reudered. Their*
ing persons were amongst those more seriously mink-
Miss Elizabeth Carradice, Austinwiek, Clapham
Hutchinson, Miss Jane Crau, and Mr. Win. Greesset
Settle ; Mr. Thos. Fisher, Mr. Perfect, Mrs. and MAW
nett, Skipton. Mr. Chris. Baylis, Skiptou,sligbtl3 tag
and shaken. The engine of the passenger tram ball
smashed and rendered useless was removed, the OA*
broken waggons were quickly cleared away, and stir I
delay of a couple of hours those of the exeurekeditren
were uninjured were taken on to Winderruena. By eid
may almost be considered a miracle, the driver, theeet
remained on his engine, escaped with a slight wild;
stoker jumped off before the collision occurred.--14*
Mercury.

ACCIDENT TO LORD LYTTF.LTON.-011 MO*,
evening, about half-past nine o'clock, bud Lyttelteso
party were returning to Hagley in his lordship's privateo
riage, and when about a hundred yards past Kr. Hemio
lodge, between Bewdley and Kidderminster, the PO
lion managed to drive the carriage on to the Napa de,
was ordered to stop. and some of the partl led l
remonstrated with and had the carnage disma
into the middle of the road. When all were
e,
and ready to start, the horses became matiee, inn
stead of proceeding towards Kidderminster, lacked. in
the whole party, carriage, the horses, and all radial!
the ditch, breaking the carriage pole, and tuning
carriage on its side against the bank and the Itagl
on the other side of the ditch. The whole pert ,nll
quickly thrown over, or got over into the hedge OT
on the other side of the ditch without receiving any leierf.,
except a few scratches. The horses having been ezuamw
from the ditch with some difficulty, lights and a strort.
were procured, and plenty of strength being at hand.m.
carnage was hauled out of the ditch into the road ci
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fresh horses were procured, and a carriage polecsll.l
ofM the party
enin
whog,of hadspri remained behindng-grove,whenh pro
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puta
lortlahipertdo
Higley about 11 o'clock. Considering the ds?‘1111
nature of the place where the accident occurred, It Re!a,
marvellous that all should have escaped without men
injuTy ; but the bank and strong hedge peewee's'''.
carriage rolling over, and thus doing further ninehtet
lordship was proceeding from seen Solara to his wet
Bagley-hall—Birmingham Gazette.
ALARMING EXPLOSION OP GAS.—Last night cos
siderable alarm was caused in the neighbourhood of glee!!
bury-square by a loud explosion in the house of St CI;
wick, the well-known tragedian, being !Cc 8' jog
square. It appears that one of the burners of the ohs
in the studio or back parlour had been left on, end aka
the metre was turned to supply the other portion
house, the gas escaped, accumulated in a dense bodlfe;
the ceiling, and rapidly descended towards the
There were at the time only two persons in clune,
the building, viz., the cook and her Mee. The icTa
' on going into the room for the purpose of lightisd A
chandelier, struck a Weller match ; and the rooreeet_.,
did so the gas beams fruitful, and exploded with lart.,;
her howa
noise, knocking down the cook, scorching
ing out some windows, forcing down the plastc
and scattering about some valuable pictures.
Bench, who promptly arrived with the
with
B°62„l'se
cape from the Bloomsbury station with lleSto
naged to turn the gas off from the main, sad "
damage was done. W A,OVE Ts d
PREPARATIONS FOR THE NE
Jeunce.—Yeeterday, nearly bflo persons, adtlits_rsok
dren, who had resided in Ship-yertli red Pr
place, in compliance with notices received from
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leety's Commisedoners of Works and Buildingii.T.74
from their dwellings, which are required for the stela
new Courts of Justice. Some of the pereme2ll era
received compensation in sums ranging bell' • god
the amount depending upon wharther tbek JAI
shops or moms. Many cases of poeuble_inTo
occur in the eviction of a clams of hard working
_r" are
trious persons who rent furnished rooms. cr "nits
who reside in lodging-houses. Such person, exe_f bac
titled to compensation under the act. The rent o
in other places hie bask increased f ully 50 per eept"