The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-06 00:00:00

RAILWAY ACCIDEN r AT DENTON

r About half-past eight o'clock on Wednesday evening, a
collision occurred at the Denton station of the London
and North Western Railway. We regret to state that
three persons were very seriously itd.tred, viz., Edward
Dowlan, aged 25, of John-street, Stockport, a weaver out
nl employ, fractiired leg; Thos. Lowe, aged 61, roller
coverer, out of einPley, both legs fractured ; and Esther
...7arringtiiii, of London Square, Stockport, aged 13, and
Oes•:ribed as a nurse. The latter patient is a good deal
bruised about the chest and abdomen, so much so as that
it is impossitde to define accurately the injuries she has
sustained. No hope is entertained of her recovery, and to
add to her misfortune, her address wag
late on Thursday afternoon. Her friends
for, but then it was feared they could not arriv.
see her living. Dowlan, the young man with the wooden
leg, is going on tolerably welt. It is said he lost one leg
about twelve years ago, by a coach accident ; the other
has now been amputated. As to the third patient, Lowe,
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~ put lie n doing very well, under all circum-
stances. In th,i event of the death of the young girl, Far-
rington; a full °nein ry will take place into the causes that
led to the accident. In the meantime, contradictory
statements ai'e in circulation, and it cannot be stated
;With accuracy whether the accident was due to the
density of the fog that rrevailed, or the action of the
intense frost interfering with the proper working of
the signals, or the negligence "of the railway officials.
We are, however, able to state- the position of affairs
previous to the occurrence of the moment. The ordinary
pafeaetiger train that left. Stalybridge at ten minute's past
eight o clock was followed by two engines, one of which
Was being taken to Longsight to undergo some necessary
reparation. The passenger train stopped at Denton sta-
tion, as usual, and the engines following ran into the train
while it was standing there. The guard of the passenger
train, seeing the danger, called to the passengers to get
out of the carriages, and some of them did so. The dri-
ver of the two enginos saw the position of the passenger
train, reversed the pilot engine, but unfortunately too late
to prevent a collision. The two engines ran. with a
frightful crash, into the three passenger carriages, which
were very much; shattered. The pilot engine then re-
bounded, and was thrown off the line, which yielded
'order it for some yards. Assi,tance was procured from
Heaton Norris, acid medical attendance from Denton, and
Dr. Harrison was also summoned from Manchester. None
of the railway officials were hurt, but two or three per-
eons, who were attended to at Denton, were slightly
Oaken and bruised. The three serious eases, before
ieferred to, were removed to the Infirmary as soon as
possible, where they nbw are, as already described. The
tine has been replaCed, and restored to a fit state for the
•
ordinary traffic. It Is to be hoped that an erciairy will be
held, whether the result iu the case of Either Farrington is
or is not fatal. From the fact of two engines out of the
erdiniry course, following a train which it was kn,,wn
would stop at Danton, additional precaution should have
been takon. Th4t, however, was not so, as the result
The train stood at the station to discharge and
receive passengers; the two engines followed on, and did
net attempt to stop until a collision was unavoidable. The
result is, possibly, one fatal accident, and two other persons
placed in great peril of their lives, and, at least maimed for
life. Such a state of things is one for enquiry.

Shows

tHE SHIPS SCUTTLED IN SEBASTOPOL

HAEBOUII

W Of all the seventy vessels that were scuttled or sunk in
the harbour of Sebastopol between September 2? and,
February 17, there have been only one steamer, the Cher-
ronese, and a few transports raised; the result of the
examination to which the others have been subjected by
divers shows them not to be worth much expense being
bestowed upon them. The ships of the line which were
sunk at the entrance of the harbour had already been ten
years afloat, and have naw been imbedded in the sand
there for two winters, so that they certainly cannot be
worth much. The liners Paris, Grossfurst, 'Constantine,
Maria, and Tschesma, are lying on their beam ends, and
have been much injured by the lurching over of the guns,
the ballast, and other ponderous articles ; the Chrabry,
Kullewtschy, and the steamers Vladimir, Bessarabia,
Gromonossetz, Odessa, hrimea, and Turok, are described
as standing upright on their keels, and it is proposed to
lift these by means of the Chersonee and the transports.
As regards those steamers which were among the vessels
that were last sunk, considerable hopes are entertained
that they may be brought into service again. The parties
who have undertaken the recovery of these wrecks from
the bottom of the harbour are to be paid for their trouble
And outlay with one-half of the estimated value of all
objects recovered—a remuneration that is thought to be
in all probbil very inadequate to the expenses. The
method proposed is to fasten on to the sides of the vessel
to be-raised sacks made air-tight with tar or gutta perbha ;
in the case of a ship of the line, it is calculated that 2 000
of these sacks must be used, containing 50,000 cubic feet
of air. Whether the scuttled vessels can ever be used or
not it seems to be decided that they must be lifted, and
not blown to pieces, Inasmuch as by this latter process
the roads would be encumbered with a vast number of
chains, guns, anchors, and other heavy bodies, which
would for ever after obstruct the anchorage very much.

nuitereAr: AT PLEASLEY.—One of the most
daring burglaries which have occurred in this part of the
coon ry took place on Thursday morning, about half-past
one o'clock, at the house of Mr. Robert Robinson, of
Pleasly, who obtains a living by acting as house agent and
higgler. The only inmates who occupied the house were
Robinson and his life. The burglars had dark lent erns, and
one of the party held a weapon over the head of Robinson,
who exclaimed, " For God's sake, we are two (1-1 people,
and don't harm us." Another held Mrs. Robinson down,
and covered her head with the bed clothes ; but they neither
wanted much holding, and could ()free no resistance, Robin-
son being 70 years of age, and his wife 78. The two men
remained at the head of the bed, and one of them said,
"Now, old fellow, we've come for your money, and your
money we'll have : where is it ? If you lie still and make
no alarm we'll not hurt you, but if you say a word now, or
until an hour after we have left, we'll murder you both."
Robinson, finding that the other three mon were ransacking
the articles in the bedroom, he told them that his mosey
was in a drawer in the room. The men went to the
drawer and found Xll, which they took, and one of
them, addressing the old people, said he knew that they had
more motley in the house than that, and they threatened
to murder him if he did not tell where his other money.
was. Robinson had been collecting rents on the previous
Monday, and bad £26 10s. in another drawer, and having
told them of this drawer, they searched it, and took that
also. They continued their search in the room, and not
finding anything of value to take, they asked him for his
watch, which he was compelled to deliver up. The bur-
glars next searched the clothes of the old people, and took
what money was in them, and they carried away all the
Matches and the candle, which was near the bed, and hid
the old people's clothes in one corner of the room. The
three burglars then went downstairs, and emptied the
pantry of all the provision it contained, a portion of which
they ate, end took the remainder with them. After a signal
had been given, the two burglars went downstairs, but
but bafore they released the old people, they again threat-
ened that if they made an alarm they would return another
niOt and murder them. Immediately afterwards, two
other men who had remained outside the house
whistled,
and the whole party, seven in number, then
made their
escape. Robinson having found his clothes, be partly
dressed himself, and proceeded downstares. Just at this
time, which was about 20 minutes after the burglary had
been committed, two of the Nottinghamshire police, who
bad met in the village by previous arrangement on other
businoss, came up to the house, they having heard of the
burglary, and information was given to them, with
a
description of the person who held Robinson down in bed,
the other men not being at all known to the old people.
The money taken altogether was £37 10s., besides the
silver watch. The police of Notts and Derbyshire are
actively engaged in prosecuting a vigorous search after the
burglars.

DARING