The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVE NTING, DECEMBER 7, 1858.

THE POO OF YESTERDAY.

SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE NORTH LONDON
RAILWAY-LARGE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
INJURED.

Yesterday evening, shortly before six o'clock,
during the thickest of the fog, • frightful «Make took
place on the North Landon Railway, at the Hackney sta-
tion, analog wry mime Wary to • large number of pee-
engem As may be known, the passenger trees run on
this HMS every queer of en hoar to and from Neuharth-
street There is alao a conaiderable goods and coal truffle,
sad se they have to run between the quarters allowed
for`, pemenor trains great rem is received in signalling
them past the metal mations. The fog of yeaterdey after-
' noon is the scot!-esetern suburbs of Load= was one of the
dement the had been experienoed in those parts for some
years, sad am the rosining of goods trains in inch weather
was Involved fa great risk, it was thought that they wadi
have hese Mapped until the pesseager baffle of the day had
closed. This preventive, however was not adopted. Owing
to the fog, wet of the trains were late during the
day, and a pessemger train which should have left
Hampetead•road station for the City did not start for some
time edit its proper period. It arrived at the Hackney-
statics a few minutes before ex o'clock, and was standing
still, putting down and taking up peassegen, whim an
engine was beard approaching the rear of the train. The
dimity of the atmosphere prevented all view of the head hump
of the eagles until it bed reached within a few yards of the
station. Red signal lamps were waved, and the driver
wee shouted to, and we believe ha did hie best
to May his spied, but as he bad been travelling at a rata of
Whom 10 mad 15 miles, very little could be done to slacken
hie perm ere with fearful force he ran into the rear of
the Weis wide\ was waling at the station. The last car-
riage owl a esered class in which wee seated several prow
gm. end this woe &Wend to shook a weeeplele wreck, the
Wien, ides, sad met wen deb= sper(weer the permanent
way, sal the selheloaste occupeate Imams ealengisd in the
wreck. Tbehestairdep was • first alamorlhiskahereelkeed, ea
did the WM hem the rear, mother mesh ohm The seem

that eanned is amend Mho,* be sae ef the meet phial
chanater. The imam at the peemagene der halt PM
lead eel pima% sad the &abases which parallel added to
the Meter mod esafrion. Tim mess white semead the
Wedded wee god away with all expedition, add the tenet
' pump mow we taken to extricate tin injured pasesegers.
An daffy lady amesd Mrs. Squires, residing at Beck-lane,
Leyeermesan wee found to be very serioualy injured.
She wee lemeved I. the Gems Hospital, and her cams is
Mated b he a meet withal eon Mr. Frieda Batas, of Weed-
&xi, ensirlard framared lege,'and he lies at the redden,» of
Mr. !pa earpesa, at Hackney. There was scarcely a
pesseere Y tame meriaree who escaped injury; some
with eat hem sod ben* and others with serious
medmiese. All the medial aid that the neighbour.
heed mold 'apply was fa pompt attendance, and the
psftwateden beteg mar stretchers were soon mocured to
envoy the moss swims seer to the hospital at Deblois.
Mies bad ear injuries Weeded to at the stalks, sad after
they lhad somewhat remered from their alma mho Win
peeemed sad they ww• need to their respective horn
Immeillatdy after the Ball ion the mud precandows were
taloa Wisp all the up sad dawn testae, and • °Damian mewed
et the amperoes snakes then ahead bailed dmoriplies. The
seauctly of the evening had made the people mere =edam to
gel hew; sal r the relena-ticket holders living at
Reehasy, Elphliery, Warbled, &c., kept docking into the
Veneemeelvalmet eleftea, sad as they waited for hones be
eapethellea if • beta, the hubbub and confusion became
meet ,heerilielag, and to add to th•ir dilemma,
the onialbanse had ceased running. During this time
Mr. Mai, the anperfateadeet of the lies, with
• large peg of met were mergelically ere.
played fa dewlap the wreck of the esniages which ob-
structed the W, sad after moms three or four homy* heavy
work, the dews tine was made available for the ep sad
down trete', although at very long latervde; sad by
twelve o'clock the last of the passengers who were
anxious to get right through were seat on.
The wins which ran Into the train was what le ailed
a heavy goods "pilot." Thaddeus had Mina a goods train
to Camden-town, sad was reberedeg he the purpose demist-
ing another goods train, which was to leave Hayden.
square goods department at 6, up a steep beak mar
Bow. It is stated that on passing K tngsland he mist over
a fog egad on the London side, which ought lo have advised
him that a train was • short distance In advanced him, sad
therefore to have used great caution to approaching the next
(Ilackary) station. It Is also stated that the red " dim

wen cet the long distance auzillaty signel, 600 or 700 purists
thellipland side of the Hackney statue, which ought lobate
been aingly eufltelsat to have protected the train at a stand
ea, bet k Y very doubtful whether on such a night, with
the ewer gulag st any speed, sad steam blowing off, the
eegie•drtver could teeny have sent it in peseta( ander it.
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It -is quite certain, however, that taw.ewn no fog signals
down, and had there been two or three at the point of the
auxiliary signal, it is very clear that the man would
have been made 'enable of the oleos proximity
of the train ahead, and would hare slackened his speed.
Awarding to his account, the fog prevented him seeing
the light of his angina, and he Imagined that the pat-
mtge train was further ahead of him. The whets matter,
however, will be inqmirei into by the government inspector
of railways, who this morning was applied of the unfortu-
nate comma%

Amongst ks Teesessers wet Injured are the folleirlag
lam &Ink* aim the church, Beck-lane, Lsykaskas„
meeker Weed thjuries ; lying at the German Hospital.
Kr. Ft— Bar. Wesiked, tredemed kg.
lir. 0 Smirk U, Du 114411111114 sal Kr.
Jaws *Way White lest, akstima; at Ss Guam Her
SW; lea eat and atealema.
Bank* Wood, 51, Weengkerabast, Strassy, matemed
aW ; at Landon HoepitaL
Yta Dpiey, Witham, bon; Osemas Hooplad.
Robert Mier, cot sidle, Leakages D,ek.
Cat Ina cestased
eglamsa, a Wast-etrest, Iktked-green.
Mc. 0. W. Ilaskerr, 62, Geoegsetreet, Blsekinnes.
Banner Cat, a Gettose, Elkaosy-lane, Stepeey, contused
face.

Mrs. Bromley, 18, Bull-plane, Somers Town.
Captain and Mrs. Dyett, Paradise-nonage, Ilmehouse.
WWI= Pilgrim, Framis-strest, Marylead Point, Strat -

eamas, 60, Dele-Me, Dirmhairbeze.
Mr. OMAN Iltrettord-grm.
Theme Byword, 2, Beat-renet, Stratford.
Sena Taylor, 12, liCale•Mielli, Alfred-tempo, Stepney.
Yr. Digm, Astos, Birmingham.
Mr. Them. Smith, 0, Telegraph-place, Stratford New
Tows.
Jobs llemmd, 7, Brea4l4Met, Holloway.
A. thelen, 11„ Feeltag-street, Caledosisa-read.
nip Pemirlii, fireman to the plot, leg Injured and
Meer poree d the body burnt.
Omid Ileisrth, driver of the pilot, centered eye and
tales Iriered.

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