The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-02 00:00:00

TAM LATE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDJINT

AT DUDLEY.

811.11111,11 T-HILL, SIP?. 1.
Sine the adjournment of the inquest on the bodies
of the twelve persons killed by the collision near the Round
Oak station of the Oxford and Wolverhampton Railway, on
Monday, August 23, Captain Tyler, R. 8., of the Railway
Deportment of the Board of Trade, has been sent down by
government to investigate the &Lir, and to test by experi-
ments the working of the line between Round Oak and
Brett's-lane steams, for the purpose of ascertaining the
amount of breakage-power required to slop a train of
twenty-elan carriages fully freighted with peasengem run-
ning down an incline, the radius of which is one
in seventy-five on a curve. Oa Tuesday a farther
series of experiments took plane, when Captain Tyler was as-
sisted by Mr. Wilson, the engineer of the Oxford and Wor-
cester line; Mr. Sheriff, the general manager; and Mr.
Adectek, the solestsay ; Mr. Craig, the meson of the Mar
chaser, Blesfileld, and Lincolnshire Railway ; and the
trams manage: of the Great Western of Ireland Railway.
All the experfamate west to show that am break properly
applied was sufiloket to bold a train of the same weight of
the first exenrekin frees Worcester on dm sight of the
malaaoholy accident, and to stop a Maki of the same weight
tithe portico yids* broke sway, Mean asesiegm, within
ZOO yards law it had Minced a speed of ikt mil pm Lim;
bed when tke Omit led anived at a aped el ten tam an
Mir', it was toned absolutely isepomMis to slap telltkent
haviug a mooed break. They then proceeded to last the
strength of the coupling irons in ordinary nee, and which
cemespended exactly with those produced Wen the comer
on Wednesday, the 25th August, and the melt was
that claims of half the weight and striegth of
those sued on the 23rd would have been sal-
&ant to have sustained the entire weight of the
mound= train. The coupling irons having brakes
with but a posture of 15 carriages leads to the ocmaladea
that the metal most have been deftenve, or they bed been
previously damaged. Metier sal preltep not thalami ba.
patriot result of the various a9mbsente wee, that Omk, '
guard, who wen in the breek-vsa at the and if its Main of
the 16 carriages, sad who leaped oat betel the oasis' leek
place, mold sot have applied his break until the cerrhoes
had attained molt • velocity that no ordinary power Gould
stop them.

TEI ADJOURNED INQUEST.
WIDXISDLT MORT.
The edjemei Mee
Nodes
at 1 o' Ibis as to the deaths of the tar
ban adateade preens tioy the agree as the
tneg d Mealy, the Ihd ilk. Musa the Ir Oakma sad
lirdal-Ma MMus of the Oalut Watteau end Worse-
Itallnyom tesemil 41//691/1. clock,
ler &Sea lam, Idtderli, beau Mr. T.lll. Phillips,
mom tor the Wsiesdenshm District, end the jury
WIII=IIIII Wallemdap.tbs Mth, farther to promate
The poseedlass "gala milled the deepest Mesa. Mr.
MM. Mims% teSvith Mr. E. Welkin end Mr.
Lewis. directors ; M cancer; Mr. Adcock, seer-
tory ; eird Mr. UMW. way of the 0064 Wow-
tir, sal Welverhemposa Railway Casany, were promat.
Mr. Zia& at the Ms of Moms. Collis, Nem* sad LI
miler" et Mohr the proceeding eta
of the osamay. Mr. ,of Braley-WI, Mr.
TO,* and Mr. RASA of T wlicitors, atteeded out
Malt of the friends and relatives ths dread perdu
Oa the Comer Ming his stet, mod the jury having
armored to their amis.
Mr. Ktissid Mat,l Ca be of tho 000dowts ex-
press the .empathy they felt for the relatives dthe
Mims by Mit isauro coommea He was in-
deed to make this elematioa as an apology for the Mem
ante cheater cribs seamy at the purr Muhl. Mr.
7111111101 M, eltsimaserei the compry, retired as that
emeelea hoer cateahag, sa be was at the time la the MA-
MA,. No essaty however, had the news at the mien-
sdyy arearsease teechtd him thin he had hafted with .11
weed to Dees mg we Qom present with some of the
cldbharr malt= et the herd of tlesetors.
The Como rid be had as Mit that the oompeny wore
papered to
awe ill the halmstlas k their power Melva to
the asearresoe.
11l Erica was hat saagiei He rid—l am an iron-
,Ma roller. and reside at Erwiley-bill. I Mad the body of
Panels MIAs, NW of the Mewed perms, on Monday, the
9114 Mem* at Ulf-poet 6 o'clock at algid. I heard a loud
rusk • like
lea mimics. and rea doom to the Sae. I sew
yiag maga the Mina earierges. mad combed him
sit. He was alive dm, and w lying doe, plait the
ails. He was severely eat across the forehead. I took him
of the line. He wr piefeedy inasilds, sad toped far
wear, bat I had as to give ids, nor road I get may. He
died is my arms, to shoat a mita of an hoar star I Ara
took him op. I bells,. be did freer the Alas tithe woad
I saw to his heed. Me was a Mager to as. Near to
where' hurl hies I taw several of Marriages smashed op.
Mr. Wm. ;dm Hiaaphrir, station-mater at Wolver-
hampton. seers—l set la the employ of the °sited, Wor-
cester, sad Wolverhampton and the Omit Wester Railway
Cosepashe, this berg ajdat station et the two compries.
I bre charged the statfoa generally. It it net my day to
rued the adages. Thin le a prepr hmestsr di oar-
rhos these, mud Driakwater. My duties are to engsels-
MA the darn geeensW, as well as the trains. It fie the
duty et a salentrate Cdr Nobel to permelly repot
them= I the Midas eacordon
tre Wolverhaaptoa Marry, the
29rd et August. It was siverdeed la the We as ma mar-
etas aro foe the floorkgrassi shildas et the MAU end
its teachers. The tar easided el 24 ember whoa it
Meted trent Wolveddlopleet. There wee ate whop sad
two guard: brehreme Ms Medal to lbe her, which
started at 18 relanhis pat 9. I Is ma Law the pour of
the engine. It is the hay of the remolive
to see to ths quality all power et Sr 1•0111=ralt:
Mr. There woe an more Moat sad ens Irma cm the
engine. There were 911 penne firths Mr. chiefly children.
The endue was is hod OM Ma when it stetted, sad so
tar a I knew when I seared the train that morning every-
Wag wes a ouribst weellar order. I heard no complaint r
loony deter in dietiedasweriptas.
By the Poressen—We have also, hat It is no part
et my daty to see to ar sire of the train.
111 r. Vag kr pat la • petard eiw of the adm and regu-
lations*/ the . tad ipso Ma mei le rids 16 It ap-
peared that it is et awry Mir melee le see that
all Mos are he pried Vida. seder.
Eritrea tamed—These is as locomotive department et
Wolverhseeptua lidagling to the Orford, Wormier, end
Wormienties Osmsey. No pm to my knowledge went
into the break ore. It is contrary to the rules of the Qom-
pay to unatt It lifted a spode ceder.
The Foreem—Ten MA jut new Mt k was act your
duty to tee that • teak haves a station in perfect order. On
the contrary, It slams dear to me that, scandle to the
rates, the matkareater is reeposalhis her the of
the train.

Wt.neer—l bast already stated that I examined the teals
tra the morning of the 23rd snd found It perteot. It la the
duty of the Mapector of
to
to me that the seeders are
ipeeperty coupled, hot sot to mamba the Smith of the
w irons. Yr. Hiow—l have sort illty (*Mesas Is as 11111112111011
Ws es the Oreat Walvis Railway. The esupliage ap.~
parr le me to be of the enureS 'Smith as those trod cm the
airy Oahe sidiset.

Ebowooti—Tbewo won two goofede ho dhow of
lbw taf• whoa it Wt Wolverhampton, bat I do not kw,

Drafty —lt is asitorsary le hindsit ad gm/A
sad other odors of the cragrary, with •
wry he rare sad ergalaskar. I mufti ay if •
red Waal aft attache/ to the rota pig the attereloa
Oft as this arrive ;Y is csatasarry, but as luggage
Iris pass the Arra without sapptai, aad aft taro no
of atheittag the red bard.
el‘.l4l7lrd.tvdallia sadist hr the Wally of ha Skidoos,
TWO. sr/ Ward—As 11111111111 kit trals does not core ander
ddr dth rale, as le raft, up • rod light or board at ft aid
Ws. .

—Caesar .Are stellee-emstme allowed to lease s stalks-
wittiest special pwwlealse from tic @owlet/indict IP
Witmer—l seed desidedly soy.
Casty—let W ineatia is use el OW faapartaate. is
mama to title Smoky as It / as been rims in Inkier*
that whoa tile MOON ;widest opt •oati, the Attica tarn*
el Nte amen! Oak Medea bed poi/ sway, sod &Fated his
*ease le mime ens else.
Witame—Nsimi muff • joist Mikes of two serarmise,
at • jab* sailem, time rake do sot apply fa way arm
By dm Tarp—fin the .lames of Mr. Wilson, the beam.
the imprriminadmat el the lbw, the aselerariver. I Amid
my le mapradble for tile state sad sefilefrat power el ea
amplse maples, le dewy • treia. I eliesild any le w
it be
the pewees bun app of jedgieg as le tint point. If owe-
imm mile tome of want of power. I should
er had
amid Ile Weis to le NMI& Os the of the
wallah I led me complaint vitalism se to mf
bxcusillakat 91=elatioa-seseter of the Bead Oak stiles,
wise we momalwai et the dust endow of the jwy,
reaskai—l freed the &etas redhead to wort as Wet.
if Is* 11. sesamime Aar the estituto batl dent knew
flea which cenlege they were Wei.. A as mewl
Drama te, beweser, glee 'widow spin Ikk pase. nave
loam secup liag to
Week es Me lime lielaw. Only mow
That WOO Ce the day if thewelearleamptea Recs. The
shackle PM Inks. No awideat accessed at that eenealoa.
The olds dolma held the bat together. sad premmied the
cerviagm remelen beak dews the Wend Gek bolas. NUR
Ike Ininamfred Oka UNA Oak aiallso. ss ink Odds

was taken from the guard's van and attaohed to the oar-
daps. I mode no examination of the chains of the excur-
sion tram on the night of the accident.
By the Foremen—On the 23rd of lest month I had not
got a copy of the rules of the company produced, but I am
sequidnted with most of theta. I did not my when I left
the ration in charge of my deputy how long I should be
goes, but there is a general understanding &tweet me and
my &puty that when I leave he is In take charge of the sta-
tion. I have charge of the goods as well se the passenger
Mallon at Round Oak, and I am she master of a station at a
place sailed Primrose hill, which Is a Melina* a anon about a
mile and three quarters from Round Oak. I hold, in fact,
these three clams. My salary is 90L • year, and an allow-
ance for a bone for the three offices. I have a promise of an
inorganic, salary if I manage both.
62.11111.1 r. Barbury—l made no report of the breakage of the
on the day of the Wolverhampton Races. I did not
emit& r it my duty to do so when I amid remedy the defect
myself. lam not aware whether lige occurrence came to
the knowledge of any superior authority of
chains the line. Oathe
maradou of the shackle breaking, the side prov of
stifileiant strength to hold the tram.
By the Foreman—On the night of the accident there were
two pews' ea duty Round Oak pleikera.
By Mr, Hiag—There a camptiest pesos to take charge
sides Bawd Oak steno; as eke el as Netherton station,
which is the other stalks MAR oars, during my absence.
Is imply to Mr. MhererM, the was =able to give
the
rem et lite 'verde Sieastemies trete, when ltd r.
Him ad Met Cook tad Nobs, bed ekarge as guards of
the OM mesa the essereisa Ude, end Pricked and
PrefaMme had charge of the seen paths.
John Cording was osHed Into went, Identified
aye t
its
Mkt= ea tltegsard of the fret ptelisell the tole to its
releesfrea Weremeer.
lissmtastista eowthinsd—Cording ewre to to Daly with
its pssfi s(tMtraia.HemadesoapplieelMatomefortub
ohaW or amps . Cook was the gaud in the tail portion
of the hang lei. When I 'mired at the pion of 'evident
I mode no Markin of Ceok, the guard, as to the mar
of to, as I knew the reset le the saddest. I should
soy that SI the break weld only mow
of swim seellest. My bid is that Cook did
pet the se. ?We MS SI enek otettissisa et the time
i arrived et the sew et the eosswwwwl, that I did not In-
qtdre 1. abhor the guard or the ssdsedrfver. I got my
inksmaika heft Ss saianaaisr at Desert-leas and
some gleftslayees. The arrives wens very much 'lettered,
bail web me pettiedisr wowsleseloia of them that night.
At Mae disk IS the lailfrarbg wereeeri, 1 west down and
tog a Took at the*, bet I wade me minute examination.
The Poster Davila emu palmed the Own of broken
lels.

By Mr. %i When I arrived at Se sem of scettleat
mthe suss eight, Mr. Sherif (superlalsedeat) sad Mr.
Admit (the ssorstary) were upon the apt, already mined
free Wormier. Is the presence of smarter officers I cce..
'Mired It ao part of my duty to isqufrelaterthe emus of the
scaliest. The deed sad woanded were mooned before I
srriveL

♦ Jorw—How wail it that while you were only on the
*done at Dudley, when you beard of the acolekett, you, as
stalka-melee at Rmed Oak, did not arrive at the saw DWea
Mr. Mitrif aid Mr. Adcock from Worcester ?
_ _

~1~-7b recce I did -not arrive Weer at the BONN
was that I was providing conveyances for the Wounded.
By It,. Rheworth—l have been In the mentos of the ma-
lmsey two yaws. Cask is a rly constituted gamed, as
also Prkkett, but d Peu4 fdi and Coating I know nothiag.
I never taw Cording till the morning of the acddent benne.
By Mr.
Cordingßurhury-1 cestuot say which wee the chid coed,
Cod or .
The Rea. Creswell Peery, who had bees previously cc-
unkted, mid, is answer to the corder thee be had mad*
some adulation& It laIRINIC• to the strieogiketthe anpllaga
Mr. King deeded to know whether Mr. Perry could give
evidence upon such a point with anything like practkal so-
anew
The Rev. C. Perry considered be could, a prior to going
to the University he had for 22 years bees a practical civil
, and named Is practical shoebostios.
"VlreTury having consulted, determised to receive the testi-
nosy dike Rev. -Mr. Perry upon the past.
The Rev. C. Perry the deposed—See tabs madded of
45 eartispeoreigidan five tom each, and two engines end
tenders of 30 tom each would esquire • tome of ten
pounds • tea upon the wiasie weight to drive it along a level
and straight road et • rate of 20 mike ea how. • very third
dale rate. An additional Ikea of f lbs. FR tat would be re-
quired to drive a Wale of equal weight round • curve that
VW not incited, thwefore the force needed under the most
favourable circumstances to drive a train toward. Worolear
would be equal to 2,680115. The chain connecting the car-
riages together would therefore, at the starting of the train,
have a dein upon them of not less than 2,850 lbs., or 1 los
6 out. 1 quarter and 221 be . which is only one.twelfth the
tendon of good Iron an inch square. It therefore, the fret of
which the chains were made had been of good quality it would
have stood 12 times the strain. It la, however, quits
to bring to bear on the connecting chains ten tinter remit
non by putting on an ,comes of steam. It therefore follows,
all things being favourable to the twin, that the iron In
question was either of bed quality or that an moms of steam
was applied. The train team Wormier radiated of 29 car-
riages, weighing 6 tons each. and two engines end tendon
10 tone etch, aecendlog an iodine, the gradient of which use
1 la 76, a force of 40th.. per ton on the whole train would be
required to maintain • speed of 20 miles per hoar overcom-
ing of weans the mad manatee. The weight of mob car-
riage end its parsegrs being eat at 6 tons, the detached 13
°adages would weigh 61 tons. This weight having to de-
emed an lodine 1,520 yet& in length, with • gradient of 1
in 76. the distance due to gravity or through which it fell
would be 61 feet, and by the time It came into
aol-
llios with the other train would strike with a form

egad to Yea to a, anam6 the eeeak was ;.iapp11;1;
sad that the appikation of the break nullified that
force by one- fit would than strati with a force of not
Ices then 1,962 teas ands half, and the velocity at this point
would he 60 het per second, The face of albs. par tan
big required to take a train o p as leans of 1 in 16, whit*
1.200 tom, would be push to 2,8001b5., or 3 toes 16 cwt.,
whisk will be the thelth upon the eestmesle& thehr& T
fern wit
gedraiiL ft would Yr ea the:aiblwasitorrusteinehig with safety
ibur sthwant of peernes, showialii hid every-
thing him favembie, therefore, the cask mist either here
been of bed quay. or, es wee the case is going to Worces-
ter tiiiwot a power was put :a, width power was what is
hx
fineenil whack lasi.
By lir. Iber—Tbe thiamin of the wingding order theta
it Awn ea hue mod. The Skimse of the eliscirls le en
aid e questa before the timid le pissed ups ft, sad an
bah esivekakill at the Whew
Mr. WEthm Themes VW& examined—l ans secretary
enitundent if lis Odd, Wormier, caul Woloer-
h=
ishir. I call al or I was at the
Werseder stolen when S. ezawrsias to anived an Mon-
day,theThal Awin:;wertalf peat 12. It remitted of about
kit? Offing, lad asiar. I believe there were he-
town 1,200 and I paseeeesee. Frederick Cook was the
chief guard of that We, the wader Irma being John
Cordiag. My endieenk Merles Herds, who hod trevelled
bby the train, segiird or that • eswpihti chain had
oken.

'Caesar—Hest he Roy charge over the frets ?
Wieser—He bad, mad the rood maid act tinder him.
Oa header that • froptleg chola had broken I directed Wm
to wail amyl= OM is the amiss Is two pees, mei to
and wily ate with each train. Is gotedgera with
the legissedsee the train wee so divided. I was
u said wepeigad who the fistswaved at Wooster, to
peempare bodes the ached children. No
thael=beare bees %gaga toe y bet the oohed Widnes
sad fltalklialmeo, nod Owe liiii6l se seed memo to
their dada. I belieso the tickets woos kneed at every
meatko. lob stalks vaster bad the lagersdkes before
him, aad m tfoog tickets they exceeded their duty.
By Mr. Tha carrion of the exeursiee eats were
mamdeseired y a be-elm maker—Willies end Co., of
Looks, sad a fall prioemwrasedoid ter thaw. AU the eagle«
were mix-wheeled amid . The drat-chre carriages oast
WO& soh, the mod asod third-doe MR sash. Cou-
pes= wasps soot MM. red the Week me Md. meth.
They were all the isositilo ley to the Oxierd, Worces-
ter, mad Wolverhempeos Cowpony. William and Co., of
Leedom, are thio MUM, of the ChM Northers Railway
C6Fil lbey areonsidered doe best in the
. Ogre we dlbs owe build, gad I believe ere
as made he die Greet Nerbers.
By dr. htemith—We do sot keep oar best omegas is
Igo* they en used isdherismieately. The best masses are
md lie eigifeary =SA a= the carriages owd is the
mare= lobe ere the gem me would be mod in the °Of-
' my =Mb ilsegobed. The cothhel used fa this orromire
testa were bulk Toy Mows. Wlllimels ISM sad ill.. 83•0
of then sight ht belt to 1161,. Litivery gosh =salty.
Nose prier bid= as= The gespides of elk *dam wen
ampp loy Mom Wilies= 'bey oniages
ttYYeeyy iled
dense* sewed by Mr. O. B. Ids
• re the Ream theedles Railway. Whew
told me lie the bariabise or the weadtgo =Mg to es mews-
feebly wan Morel to Robert Ceassem, idol= Marge
4 See weft se WentiMer. I was sot poem= OM they
VIM sehmsel to Cjimmore, ear de I knew ededer he
gei. Ise= dld est asempay the irebt beck.beck.nhia o
bra bees la lies seedgey's woke mix yore. Ile wee
mot oder lodes to have si the thee of the accident.
My thojury—The gm= geed is draw of the tea le
hoomely Mod how gnome the lea casdereed poem •
gm fa Theo ea have woddroars. Oast he boa a gam.
=two yaws. Code& who misted hire, was My a=
Ceroaer—Maro of the statiromens bere
ter imam dates te the thy of the sow-
dew ?
Witameg—No step lave yet bess takes la doe eater.
My Mr. Berbmgy—lt was the duty 4 OM le boo dag
sutra asurdige trome to hie Week we. It me
ifitte;adelee to Iwo exotheed kis break, wed if eat of order
te haw repond ft to Brom ar Moot* the upedates-
dee= at Wararetsr.
IMO Wager Bad.. et Besetel-bee sestke,
merfe—l remember the woeseels esedeg =ea ga
Mcglob the DA 1 epees to Oesk, the tied pad. Who

the train started from Brettel-lane station, one of the coupling
home broke. One of the side chains was broken, and the
other torn out. When I saw the train peat, I held up my
hands to the driver, who at once brought his engine to a
Mend, end the train then ran together with a slight shook.
We got =other ooupllng iron from the guard's van, and re-
attached the carriages. The Bide chains were not fastened.
The link only of the shackle chain was broken, and it hung
down and went on with the carriage. I saw the train we
the Brettel-lane station, and the ant I heard of the accident
was the signal man's whistle and hearing a load noise I
MD up the having ordered the signal man to put up the
signals sad Wax both lines. The witness then described the
scam (tithe asoidiaa in much the man tame as the preceding
witae.ss._ _ _

By the Cromer—After the train passed my station), that is
the sexed train, I heard the crash, and the Bret thing
I saw was the gourd Cook running towards me with a
lamp, and he said "We have had a dreadful smash." I told
him to go an to the Boma Oak station, and stop ell that
might be coming on the lino. On arriving at the spot I saw
• heap of earrings smashed up, and heard the groans of the
, dying and the shrieks of the mutilated pasaengers. I sent
I both my man off for medical aid, one to one direction and one
in another. Feeling myself entirely powerless, I thought the
best thing I could do would be to return to my Bastion, which
I did, and telegraphed to Worcester for Mr. Sheriff, and then
returned to the ems of the accident. I heard there was a
civil whine on the spot. He told me his name was Chil-
lingworth. He said be would do all in hie power to
render every sealatenos if I would resign my power into
his hands, which I did, and aided him all one man
could do. The guard, Cook, told me the train had
broken loose, and it was, I concluded, from that cause
the soeident had Itappeaed. I could not judge of the
cease of the seerairat from the mum of broken carriages I
saw, r have been seventeen months station-master at

Bread-hue. I do not remember any coupling chains break-
ing Were. The break Is always put on about half a mile
Ware arriving at Brettel-Lme etatica coming down. I never
bard any oompidata of the breaks not working.
By the Jury—l believe there were in the break
elm It is contrary to notations, t rather than allow
perrimigere to ramie behind they are sometimes allowed to
'Mob the break van with the guard. I did not mime any
one mho applied kr a ticket, as I thought they were friends
of the &Skew There were no Lights In the carriages.
By Mr. Bireworth—There is no party appointed to en-
emies the aravinges at Brettel-late. Ido not consider It to
be my duty to usaatias the carriages. It la the duty of the
idgaal-man to moths an entry of the time of arrival and de-
parture Ball trains at the station, and the snivel and de-
rueo( these metes were entered. I made no report aa to
bresking of the coupling in the morning; not in the re-
turn jemmy did I look to see if the couplings whke bad
breeidop.em broken in the morning ware properly porisoted in the
By Mr.Barbury—l cannot say whether the break van was
en mob Woken that I could tell whether the brisk wee
Orly 'applied. I have no doubt if the wheels were
by • competeat party they could tell whether the break had
By
been prMr. operttrthed.
It Rola be shoat Impossible for a station-
master to exam the couplings of every carriage when a
train arrives at a 'Utica. The couplings put in at Brettel-
leas stalks in lien of those broken in the morning were
extra serest chains. It ems a goods coupling, sad equal to
the almegthei an ordinary shackle and side obelus.
It Wig now ail °Week. the inquiry was again adjourned
it a Tea.