The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-28 00:00:00

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calamity of most painful Character is
d hove just occurred off here, by which the owl-
_,A,hir staff of the well-known •• cigar ship," called
r 710, ways., are supposed to have met with
admiely end. The facts are these. After spending
Christmas festivities at Greenwich a party of six
s left by the New-cross train, and proceeded to
eat, where they must have left in a small boat,
-o
to a manf-trus-man's dingy, to proceed to the
ship, which was within five minutes' pull
she shore. The boat's company consisted of
Thomas Holliday, the chief engineer of the
%Dana, and his officers, viz., Messrs.
Vizor, Earl, Finney, Bates, and Coleman. There were
in the boat the eon of the commander of the cigar
and two boatmen who were rowing. Not one of
nine people reached the ship when the latest
side information could be ascertained. The boat
found, keel upwards, near the beach, and
adjacent a naval cap, belonging evidently
one of the unfortunate gentlemen, was discovered lying
de direction' of the moorings of the cigar ship. Kr.
aiday, who has attained a great reputation as a marine a
Dim was in possession of a gold watch and a large gat
of money. The anxiety of the friends and relatives SO
de district is most intense.
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FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE METRO- too
POLIT_&N RAILWAY•

ADJOURNED INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
:his forenoon, Mr. W. H. Payne, the deputy as.
or for the City of London, opened the adjourned in-
•'I into the circumstances attending the death of Chas. as.
ore, Henry C. Lukay, and Sarah Johnson, who lost r„.
lives by the accident which betel a train belonging
ell
se Great Western Railway Company while en rook
tilt
• Moorgate-street to Kensington.
Serjeent Ballantine was present on behalf of the Si.
es Ironworks Company ; Mr. James Burchell, solid rt..
sttended in the interest of the Metropolitan Railway at.
puny ; Mr. Bailey, on behalf of the friends of It
Lukey ; Messrs. Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, solid- at.
appeared for the friends of Mrs. Johnson; Mr. 10
j, 'en., represented the friends of the deceased 1:0
ges Psaamore ; and Messrs. Harcourt and Macarthur, 20
',joss, were professionally engaged by the Rev. Mr.
As, who was injured by the accident. Mr. Nelson,
92.9
s solicitor, appeared as before for the corporation.
;inn Tyler, on behalf of the Board of Trade, was also as.
at.

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l model showing the position of the girders and the rt.
&
-r of the works at the time of the accident was
St.
N.
Ir. Carman, a builder, residing in the Hampetead-road, ra
viral that he was in the second-clam carriage of the train Ss
:Jr net with the accident. About two minutes after
g
-nal left Aldersgate-street station he felt the carriage ft
diet be sat struck by something. The blow seemed to illt:
i been given diagonally. His compartment was only et.
-:y broken, but he found himself thrown forward, and
at,..
scanned for a moment. The other passengers were ;:j
es out of the carriage by some persons outside. When St
10vas extricated from his position he saw two ends of a
..c which seemed to have been broken.
neCoroner, in compliance with the request of the jury,
..L:red the foreman of the works to bring the rope which
,S connected with the engine und tackle, to the inquest-

xto.
lie witness, in reply to the jury, said he was unable to
the nature of the connection between the rope
the girders.
juryman said he and his fellow jurors were now
'4l/Ito get the evidence of the men who were working
engine and tackle at the time of the accident.
Charles Richards said he was a fitter and holster, and
employed at the works of the meat and poultry mar-
He was standing at the top of the last cross girder
over the line of railway at the time of the accident.
girders, when being placed in position, were taken
s part of the works where they were placed in reserve
I brought over the other girders. The rope by which
girder was drawn before being attached to the en-
. ,vu paw.' through an " eye-bolt," which was se-
with n " nut" at the cross girder, and taken over
main girders, and on to the donkey engine. There
some workmen at the further end of the girder,
.at duty it was to manage the check line which regu-
-4 the speed of the engine and the progress of the
while being placed in position. A man was also
~toyed to convey signals from the ganger to the engine-
er. A red Hag was shown when the ganger required
rtoppage of the engine, and a white ling when it was
to beg.n working it.
The Coroner asked if there was s mark on the girders to
',tete the balancing point'
The witness replied in the affirmative. When the rope
tight, and when it became necessary to move the
Met a foot, it would be apt to slip three feet. Chuang,
m ganger. when the girder in question was ready to be
moved, showed the white deg to a boy who conveyed
a knit to the engine-driver, and the engine was
=MI Daring the progress of the girder which caused
_e accident. it shot ahead one. or twice when the rope
tight The engine was stopped, and at its last stoppage
.foot would have brought the girder to the balancing point.
&then told the ganger it would not be safe to drag it
u further, to which Chatting replied that they might
is it another foot. Chaning accordingly showed the
elite flag to the boy, who showed it to the engine-driver.
ie engine was then started, and the rope became
my tight, when the girder got a sudden jerk and
.over.
They usually stopped on the approach of a
Mil. He heard Chaning say something about the check
M, but he could not say to whom. After the accident
addressing Chaning, said, " Dick, wluitever
ale you start the engine again. I told you it
veld come down." Ile replied, " What is the use
saying that now"" Witness answered, " I told
?-1 in time." It was the duty of witness to take orders
Su Chatting, who was the man in charge. The " eye "
lit was broken by the fall of the girder, but the rope
mained intact. The rope had been used before, and he
itieyed it to have been a good one. Every time the rope
:wed it was almost certain to move more than a foot.
The witness, in reply to Mr. DurcheU, stated that the
xo bad no instructions not to remove the girders during
m running of the trains.
Charles Pincher, the driver of the stationary engine, was
vet examined. He said the girder wav about 40 yards
`am the engine. and he could not see it. They com-
a:need palling the girder in question at ten minutes to
o'clock.
In reply to Captain Tyler he said there was a break ma-
tched to the ergiue which he used when he got orders to

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la Mg) tO Mr. Lewis, he corroborated the statement of
Ye riots witness, that the girder while being moved
17'ne enne occasionally jerked and shot ahead two or
tree feet.
In n•ply to the Coroner, he said all the signal.: he re-
vrel were to go on slowly. The last signal to stop was
":4 before the crash, and when the trains were passing.
Inman; of trains caused a little vibration.
al* inquiry was proceeding when our report left.]

OMAN YACHT RACE.—TO-THOITOW, not Monday,

'when fixed for the banquet in honour of this event.
Elena performed at the Dublin Exhibition
?au* on Wednesday night, in presence of a large and
*mitering crowd of apectatars. The glass building celled
Lie rater Ganlen is admirably adapted for the purpose.
We have reason to believe that the prevalent
amour respecting the three most recent royal marriages
.i.thu country is founded on the truth, and that in each
*nuke there are good, grounds for expecting additions to
at family which is respected by every loyal subject.—
Liam.
.Frst AND Loss or LIFE.—The village of Green-
hibe vas the scene of a fire early on Wednesday morn-
'°o the premise: of Mrs. Henry, a widow, carrying on
.-I;!lxisiness of a grocer, situate in Oreenbithe High-street,
!Ileh runs parallel with the river, and resulted in the
;.owirlion of a lane amount of property and the loss of
.orines—vix., Mrs. Elizabeth Henry, aged 32 ; Bettie
ref,. aged 4 years • Walter Henry, 6 months; and
I' Poole, aged 13.
,I)AL LAN IN THE UNITED STATES.—In Mi-
NU, Ohio, Indians, Illinois, Missouri, lowa imd
.
alna existence has long been known, and m many
Mee" has been extensively mined for commercial ptp,
Pio,- In Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, and California,
ttmerws delayas of a superior quality have been due-
eweted ; while in Nevada and Oregon, and in the term-
'' of Washington Idaho Montana, Utah, Colorado,
r4otx..New Mexico: and Nebraska, coal traces have been
'end:within the last fewears, indicating an abundant die-
l.r,i,beition. The coal field of lowa and Missouri, past
t.l the western part
:rough the eastern portions of Nebraska and
of Arkansas. extends diagonally
-fough Texas and enter, the Republic of Dlexico. The
'wteni limit of this extensive field is reported tc) he
th,out the 97th degree of west longitude, where the lime-
..ene formation is succeeded by the red saliferous sand-
toe.. East of this meridian, in the extensive limestone '
'°°,obon, the great mineral coal measures °over. cover.
413 lame portions of the States of lowa and Missonrt on
3e west of the Mississiupi and Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
eel other abaci on the et of that river, and entretng
!num:rove traces in the regions bordering on 0
•411.1 the Neosho, the Arkansas, and Canadian Rivers.