The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-06 00:00:00

worst sutr,rers

;on: The Hon. Chailcs
triin, with two ladies,

were much bruis Al and shaken. In the
confusion, Lcrd Byron's maid was carried on to London,
and many persons got separated from their friends. Th
Rev. Mr. Foot, of Tamworth' sustained a cut on the back of
the head, but, like the st, he was anxious to go forward,
and arrived in Lond3n by one of the early trains. Per-
haps the best evidence es to the collision, and the
efforts made to avoid it, is given by James Drake, a plate-
layer on the line, who was at work about four hundred
yards on the Boxmoor si le of the Nash mills' signal station.
He says his attention was first attracted by the driver of
the express putting on the steam whistle, which he continued
to blow from the moment he observed him, when he was
about 300 yards nearer Ilarnoor than himself, until the
moment of the collision. Drake saw the Nash Mills'
signal was dead against the express, and dreading that a
collision might occa-, himself and his companions, in the
few moments allowed to them, shovelled sand upon the
metals to increase the traction. As the express passed him
Drake saw the fireman walk along the platform and open
the sandbox of the engine, with the same view. The steam
was blowing off hard all this time, and among himself
and his companions there was a difference of opinion
whether the driver would be able to pull up without
running into the coal train, until they all beard the
collision, and ran forward to render assistance. As
the express passed, Drake saw the guard in the last
brake van, with his br ike screwed tight down ; and for
some time before the engine got up to them, the driver,
by signs, implored them to throw sand upon the rails.
Mr. M'Connell, chief of the locomotive dep irtment ; Mr.
Coulter, of the superintendent's office ; and Mr. Beresford,
chief of the police, all arrived at the scene of the accident
by the five p.m. express on Monday night.

We have received the following account of the accident
from the General Manager's Office, Euston-square
A serious accident to a passenger train, involving injury
to a number of persons, occurred on the London and North
Western Railway, about half-past three on Monday afternoon.
The passenger train from Rugby due at Euston at four
p.m., on approaching King's Langley, came into collision
with a coal train, the engine of which had failed. The
coal train having passed the last telegraph station about
200 yards, the policeman on duty, according to his instruc-
tions, telegraphed bick to Boxinoor line clear,' and put
on his red signal, which can be seen about 800 yards, and
which it is his duty to keep at danger' until the next
length of two miles is reported clear. It is stated, however,
that finding the coal train, although it had passed off his
Boxmoor length, had maidenly failed, he returned to the
signal hut and telegraphed again to Boxrnoor, ' Line not
clear.' Although a very short interval indeed occurred
between the messages, it appears that the passenger train
passed the telegraph signal at Boxrnoor in that interval. It
was proceeding at its usual speed of forty miles an hour
until sighting the red signal at Nash Mills, near King's
Langley, the driver states that he did all in his power to
stop his train. He was unable, however, to do so, until he
came into collision with the break-van of the coal train at
a speed of about ten miles an hour. The train was
unusually full of passengers, and many of them were
much shaken. The following list comprises, as far
as reported, those who were cut or received bruises of a
painful character. It is believed that no bones were broken
Lord and Lady Byron, and maid, shaken and bruised ; Mrs.
Clarke, 46, York street, ;Portman square, contusion over
the eye ; ;Mrs. Northover, 12, Downing terrace, Compton
road, contusion on the face ; Mrs. Pierce, 7, Dyer's build-
ings, Holborn, contusion on the knees ; Mrs. Ellis, 12,
Upper Woburn place, Tavistock square, contusion on the
chest ; Miss Moon, 34, Downirg road, Islinvton, contusion
on the forehead ; the lion. Mrs. Butler, 8, Grosvenor place,
shaken and bruised ; Miss Skipworth, do ; Miss Day, do ;
two maids, do; Mt. Dunks, 23, Milner square, shaken;
Mr. Bateman, Euston hotel, injury to nose ; Mr. Jukes,
engineer, D,rhy, injury to head. Tae angina wheels were
thrown off the metals, and one or two carriages were
damaged, hut were subsequently worked up to Euston. The
up trains were delayed, but in about two hours the line was
cleared, and the evening trains arrived nearly to time. An
erApiry before the directors into all the circumstances, of the
accident will take place.—Euston-sqwire. Nov. 4.