The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-31 00:00:00

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OATH NR.Y RAIL WAY TERMINUS.

rrerrodent furnishes tut with the following account
• t.t.• accident :
.n :evident of a moot extraordinary and terrific chars.-
fortunately unattended with fatal result., took
• , .eitenlay evening at the London terminus of the
t Sertherii Railway, King ...cross, to a returned ex-
train from Liverp.ol. Manchester, Sheffield, Hod-
and ether large towns in the north of Engload.
r, •• trio, whelk e.m.i.te.l of 35 carriers, two of them
was Oboe at Kils-anan at SAO ;it
„A .A. betty punctual in the time its arrival.
• rave, however, • Melt yet tomato to be ex.
. • ..1„ the enqine. imam] alockeshisle
as io wand on mitering the station, Ai
• mil opeel throinh the station, actually leaped
. p!atform it the end of it, a height of between Ave and
• f..x,mirriing with it the tender, the break, and one or
and proceeding on in its fearful and precipitou.
mee ran down the inclined plane immediately wader the
• l tower and ern. a the *MI Pancraa-mad, where it
Ciroagh the eneti.ure .f the Metmpolitan Railway
. cad 1..1 it not teen fir the immense quantity of earth
there it lie.tuti excavated torn the Newel's.] tunnel),
prelohly Lave buried itself in the *haft of that
,e,.tertakuni. In pawn; limier the archway the funnel and
...aniean .4 the engine ..e, in eontaet with the string iron
•;.•nict. and were hr. ken oil. Fortunately the pitch of this
enter n few feet hither than the body 44 the engine
11, ..r it would pro:..nly have been torn front the abut-
re.nt• .4 brickwork whieh .u.tion at, and the most seriaas
o.e...loisers might have ensued.
It i. almost 0f4.1311.401 to my that the engine, tender, and
resk, were completely dmittoyedi. awl the ether emerivis
neee inpin.l. Mnny of the passengers sustained
la-man wound. and emotunott.
rt..• firestan.."eneh, oil ending that the train was rush-
in.; to oh-Atm-I:4m. leaped from the tender, amt falling upon
hi. •lolornen fortnnutcly romped unhurt. The 41river,
Thomas Aunts, IMOlrryer, remained firm at his pent `all never
lift the enz,n. Stnine to say he ha. er.eape.T nohurt.
11w sew. .4 the "rearm-ere qoirkly spread, and in a short
VIM< .4 time all the thoronzhfeeee lending to the *tattoo
tenant," m crowded that Soperintendent Gianni, (of the l
.li, ioen, roteirml the ,oistanee .4 1:41 men ..f the nietr.e
'olden rine force to keep the way pea fur the ordinary
traffic. _ _ .

• ...RI 11.1 the accident trended those injured were re
~wend from the earri- 0., sad received every attention
from the oeleere of the ecmpasiv, wbn, smiler the direction .it
Mr. IL Williams, hurried ok fee snadical A.v.i.ltanve in every
7he moor ..f the accident is as yet unexplrinol, .keroril•
to the *tableau' of the firrlTllllo, he aril AMU., the
di.ser, took up the trisi• at Peterlsirough, mid upon
rnerag at 'follower he saw his companion pot on his
break anal sagnil to the guards to follow his example. Ile
el.. .4w him open the ssueldisni. Heads that be remain, .1
n the Gout of the emzioe while it was passing throe rh
31 intro-lase Tunnel. and that the edam was turned off at
lb, proper place If all this be tree, with the additioaal
as. mines that the steam war sot only tweed off, bet cc-
Orate nerere-d„ upon cor Mg tr. the station, it is impos
sible. to understand how the angina should have bad so
Impetus so great as to carry it in a isap over an obstacle go
asp ...ha as the end of ttetforin at King's-crow
t-hem film brollies carriage Grit break van were re-
moved from the Probe of tile ace lent, it was found that
the guard bad Andy applied the tweaks, but on examining
the weasel honk ma, wlikh was at the after 'art of the
tour, it was found that the breaks hail bees ally part'Lit
applied. This led to further investigation, and the
was called upon to expLiin how it was that be out
slow his ditty in putting the breaks on to their fullest
5!..-nt. It was don aril that he was in a date of
intesication• whereupon lie wan taken into custody. Ha
gate his mono as James Warrener, of Sheffield-street,
ko•hester.
(AN..THFR ACCOtYrf.)
It appears that as ctout...ion train from Liverpool, Man
chester, Roil Mhethell left Liverpool at a .turner to 9 in the
maning, Lein.: due the terminus of the Govt Northern
IP-POW:Iy, King.saerattac at a quarter to 6. The train con-
sisted of al carats-es rust two breaks, the latter being, as
• sailer the charge respectively of the haul soil ender
A large number of pereins we smithy! at the
ria re
ng's.erossi station, iss is renere'v the ea, • ith trains .11
this claws, anti either in coo estitence of its leng.h, or from
some other cause, at and nut arrive at the time
ritea on the time -hills. flowerer, shortly after t o'clock
the expert. a train emerged from the teeing, and
mot wen appose king, but at ante that appeared to cos-
since everyone present that something was wrong, se it
yrs appirent that miles the speed at which it was carearing
was instantly reduced some (titeetrophe must occur. There
was little time for consideration, hut signals Wen in-
stAntly nn.le to the tour rd sod eagine-drlver to
111, .1,1, raft in spite of t efforts of
t▪
he eirrine inter, who inimeoliately reversed his erica,
tot" tint. routinized to apprise+ at something like eight
made. an hour or upwards. The excitement now became
Intsnse, soil persons lie seen jumping down upon the
line anal ...uttering Puna upon the rails in the hopes of re-
tarding a 111,11.1teT cMelt now appeared inevitable. It
sleuth' he stated that, in order to provide against similar
emergencies, what is ti clinically teeniest a "stop' is
aloes pkeed at the eel of terminal stations, which, in
ease of en nectirrence similar to the preemie one, is generally
effeettisl in presentin7, an impenetrahle barrier to any fur-
ther program. In thin, ease, however, it was not so, for in
spite of the efforts of the engioe.driver roil the head guard,
the speesl was Dot seasidly diminished, the engine finally
caosring through the station, anal .puling against the
stop." The impetus was so great that the engine actually
Impel over the larrier, armoring with it the tender, brerk•
van, awl two caring's, pmeessling with diminiahed force
WV all the level ground., acmes the street, and was finally
Imo-ht U. a stood. The reinsiiiiog carriages were, strange
la ...ay, but disconnesirsl Pay the shock, although several
of ehn occupants were found to be severely Inuiscil and
sleikco.