The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING,
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we. before the main signal. The white light might have
been about half a mile distant from the main ; it was not
mare than that. On seeing the main signal I appthed the
Wank, bat before I had got it fairly on the oofn took
plow I was not throws oat of my van, but my shoulder
wee ban, and also my Mb a MIL.
Hy • Jena—This in the eseand week of my working on
the Wino no mad. and the Ind week that I have been em-
*yid antics asetkin of it. I bed grearkinsly been in the
sap eity at gunner, having hew nine years in the ser►ice of
the timpaity. I was at W e•don, Northampton, and other
stations.

Mr. Oleabereirplained that on the Tamworth side of the
"sin signal there are two level crossings which have while
bible ; and this fact would no doubt explain the evilest*
el the witness as to having seem the white lights. He stated
that he would at the next meeting be prepared with plans
showing the positioa of the lights and Of the sidings.
The within sated in answer to Mr. Cleather, that be
was only the under guard, and had not charge of the train.
John Watts said—l was driver of the cattle train on Fri-
day kat I ,have been four mouths in the employ of
the London and North Western Company as ea
anise-driver, and as an extra 00gine-driversioce the 26th of
Mara, when I was registered. I was driver of the cattle
, tab which left Stafford at eighteen minutes past 12 on FA-
day morn*. The train consisted of 26 cares aurora
cattle and horns, one guard's break,' drone/
three 4Tc-loads of goods. The goods were nextc
ea-
gine and e cattle next to the goods. From what I have
ems since the collision I suppose the drovers' van was next
to the cattle, and then the guard's break. The Inman
with me was Charles Clark ; be has been with me for the
last four months, with the exception of one night. After
leaving Stafford the first place at which we stopped was
Tamworth. We arrived there at M minutes past one.
The "all right " signals were shown. We stopped shoat
ten minutes at the Tamworth station to take In coke, to
run into sidings, detach engms, and attach it again to the
train. We leit Tamworth at 3b minutes past one. I aiw
Moorcroft, the inspector, at the station. He spoke to me
about goinngg es. I said to him, " Whet are we to do ? "
meaning wbathsr to go or not. He said, " Yea, get out
of the road? By that I understood we were to go on,
and get out of the way of the train. I did not under-
stand him to mean that I was to "shunt." I have driven
similar cattle trains before. I said to Mocncroft, "My
mate has gone to get a shovelful of sand. Wait till he
coma hack, mid thee I will go on. It is a vet 7 slippery
night, hut I will do my best to get on." He said I was to
go to Nanette& and shunt there for the "limited mail"
train. He did not say anything about stopping at Attar-
stone.
Some discussion took place at this stage as to the pro-
pp ordering all witnesses to leave the room, but it
wwastdecided that there was no necessity for this step.
Examination resumed—Moorcroft was the proper officer
to give inarnettoos for 'tatting I told him that I had
been slipping • good deal from Stafford, and that the road
was very slippery. I asked him when the mail was due.
He said, "Oh, you've twentytwo minute@ ; there is plenty
of time, and you have only fourteen miles to run." I
started the train. I had brought one shovelful of sand, and
no mate another, and put it on the engine u it was
shut*. It was Dot bill • minute after he told me to go
that I stated. On getting near Atherstone, and finding
that the mail we nearly due, I ran into A therstoos to
shut. My engine eh • little for the first mile
and a half—sai partlealirly much for slippery weather.
When she got on the higher part on the embankment the
engine stuck to the rails and got on very well, until I a-
-1 rived at Athenian. I was about twelve minutes getting
to Polsworth • that is about three miles from Tamworth.With • train like that which I had in charge, and with the
rails in good order, the engine could make the raa is about
twenty-four or twenty-Eve minutes. It was Ire maybe
past two when i got into Athena's'. I mopped at Abbas
stone to shunt for the limited mail, which I found wee so
nearly dna, as I sikuld not have had time to get to Nen-
ate& As I was dmering through the station I shouted to
the plateau at the inks. "I will shunt for the mail
train to pan." I meld not bear any reply. 1 blew my
Wallah to eoll the eamtion of the poiotsman at the other
end of the ratan, and chided to let him know that
I was going to "shunt' The pointamsa waved the
temp, as mach as totnistais." all right," and fol-
lowed after mete tun the I ran put the pdnte
drew up, stopped the red looked out fora signal
train the pointernee to ems leek. Oa receiving the signal
I reversed the engine. and as I wee hacking the train, and
had gone beck four or live a oas, I saw the mail coming.
I said to my male, " The mail h in ;" hut had hardly said
it before it struck the train. I stopped my engine, after
gotta( • " bump " forward, and went back with the train.
I left the engine as somas I could, and ran tack to es=
had been done. The first thing I saw was the "
man " of my train, and he said that the best thing would be
to block the line. Inn back to my as as giddy as
possible, detached It, and went on to Mancetter a
which is about • mile from the place t.f the oollision.7.la
ing the apel a white light I turned it on to " red " myssif,
in order to hack the clown line. I then milled up Ho
the gateman at the crossing, and made him dans himself,
and told him sot to allow anything to pass on any eon.
adoration, as there was a collision lust below. I thin
returned to the cabin with the engine, where I found
several parsons engaged Ia removing the bodies and clear-
ing the line.
By a Juror—l know the auxiliary signal, and when I
pseud sew the white light there. Am certain that I saw
the white auxiliary light. I saw the other white lights at
the crossings as well. It is customary for the drover's car-
riage to be at the end of the mule train.
By the Corooer— When I left Stafford I had no orders
where to stop. We look to the stations to get instructions
'to start. Moovcroft was the proper officer to give Matra-
! tioos at Tamworth. I could not have shunted at Polaworth
because there are no *oak there to protect a shunting
train.
By • Juror—lt is • very heavy reed from Tamwortb to
Atlantan. If the rails had not been slippery it would
have been a very "tight run" to got to Nuneaton from
Tamworth is twenty-five minutes.
Charles Clark examined, aid--I left Stafford at twenty
minutes past twelve o'clock, and was fireman with the last
whams. At Tamworth we took in water and coke, and
stopped thin about ten misuses. I saw the inspector while
waiting there. The rails were slippery that night, and I
went to get sand ; when I came heck the engine was in
motion for gob( on. I did not hear anything which took
place betimes the 11•4 witness and Moorcroft The rails
were irry for about a mile and a half after leaving
T I was on the side of the engine, and could not
see whether the auxiliary signal was lighted or not. All
I that I saw wen white aces. At the ttherstone Station my
mate shouted that he was going to shunt, sod whistled to
the fibber& He lathed the steps taken by the lea
whams, and the esilieles which ensued. The rib which
contained the deceased was the last but one in the train,
the last being the teeth -van. I was not bat at the
moment of the
The inquiry was the. adjourned until Wednesday next.

TIES FATAL COLLII&Y EXPLOSION IN SOUTH WAIJK
—The inquest upon the bodies of the unfortunate men
killed by the recent explosion of firedamp in the Lower
Duffryn Colliery was brought to a does or Saturday. Mr.
T. Evan, her Majesty's impactor of mines for South
Wales, and Mr. Lionel Brunei, the inspector for Mamma-
shire, Soinemetshire, and the Forest of Dean, were stain
in attendance. The former of these gentlemen stated in
the course of his evidence that it was reasonable to believe
that the decreed collier Box had the gauze off his lamp,
and in his (Mr. Evan's) opinion it was the naked flame of
his lamp that was the immediate cause of the explosion, but
the primary cause was the undue accumulation of firedamp.
Blasting the coal was attended with danger in fiery mines
where locked safety lamp are used, end it ought not to be
allowed. Many serious accidents bad arisen from the
practice, and be hoped that in future It would be &aeon-
tioned. He most alarmedly recommended that some steps
should be taken in addition to the special rules now in
force, whereby more severe punishment than mere fine
should be inflicted apm all persons guilty of so dangerous a
practice as removing the puss from their lamps, or tamper-
ing with them for the purpose of smoking. The fireman or
other competent person ought to examine all the lamps
each morning before the men Pied them delivered to
them, and the duty ought certainly not to devolve on a boy.
The coroner thought colliery proprieton ought to see that
men employed in such important capacitim were properly
instructed. They ought not to employ uneducated men. The
immense extent of the property at stake and of the capital
involved ought to induce them to exert themselves to obtain
the services of educated men. The coroner summed up at
some length, and the jury returned a verdict of " Aoci.
dental Death."

Late inttlitsnut.

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woovinaL—Mooday, Nov. 10.

RAPID PAMIAort. Advioes by the present
Australian mail mention the arrival at Melbourne of the
following clippers of the Black Ball line, viz., the It. A.
Bright, and the Champion of the Seaa ; also the screw
steamer Great Britain, the latter having made the run out
in 62 days, all sailing from Liverpool. From the Sydney
Morning Herald we learn that the ship Cairngorm, for-
merly renowned in the China trade for the rapidity of her
passages, and now forming one of the ships of the above
line from Leedom has made the fastest passage to Sydney
of the season, having made the voyage from Sort Pouit to
Port Jackson in e 2 days, and the extraordinary run from
the meridian of Madagascar to Sydney in 19 days, averaging
about PO miles per dfy ! The Liberator, sailing omit
month from Loado• for the latter port, name. a numerous
puty of the Wesleyan Minim proceeding to the Feejee
Islands, kt.
DOW'S, SUNDAT, Nov. 18.—At 2 p.m. the crew
of the brig Amore. Bhew, master, were landed at Dover
by the ling Gem, of Peterhead. This vessel rent doers,
laden with male for Dieppe, on the Dudgeon Shoal on
Thursday last, when it was suppoeal that all heeds
perished. The captain and crew, however, WWII able to
pin the boat sad reach the side of the Dudgeon light•
vessel, from whence they wen taken by the brig Gem.
They have heed a refuge it the Dover Meilen' Home.
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