The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-25 00:00:00

THE 11i181I NAIL ACCIDENT.

ABEROELR, MONDAY.
To-day, at noon, Dr. Pieroe, the coroner for
Ben bighshire, opened the inquiry at the Hoe Hotel, in this
town, into the circumstances attending the death of the
unfortunate persons who lost their lives on Thuraday„in
the collision. Colonel Riches, one of the government m-
rot railways, was present to watch the proceedings.
m.., the assistant manager of the railway, Mr.
Burgin, the local eaperintendent, Mr. Lee, the euge
neer, Mr. Whate, of the locomotive de it, and Mr.
Day were among the officers of e railway com-
pany present. Mr. Roberts, solicitors office,
Easton-Notre represented the company legally;
Mr. E. Wood,i of Birmingham, was present
on behalf of the family of Charks-Crippes Lord Farnham's
footman; the children of Joseph Holmes, the stoker; and
also those of poor &ugh, the guard. Mr. John Harrison,
i=n, Chester ; and Mr. %V. Scab, provincial superin-
t of the Railway Pamengera' Assurance Company.
were in attendance on behalf of that company. to ascer-
tain whether any of the bodies are those of persons hold-
ing policies of assurance in the above company. with in-
structions to settle all claims without delay. The large
room of the hotel was densely crowded by the friends and
relative., of the dooessed persons. Amongst them were
the brother to the late Lord Farnham and the Hon.
Mr. Maxwell. The government inspector was also present.
The Coroner, upon taking his seat, said he thought it
would be mu, h better, for the sake of accommodation to
all concerted, to adjourn to the Town-hall, where there
was a much larger ram. He, however, propooed to swear
the jury first. Mr. E. Wood thought it would be as well
before the yorom were sworn to ascertain whether any of
them were shareholders in the North Western Railway
Company. The Coroner said that was Just what he was
going to ask, as ho thought it very important that no gen-
tleman holding a share in the conqauy should serve on
the fury. After a iury had been sworn, he should further
foopose to proceed to the scene of the accident before
taking any innirlice. The pion, sixteen in all, were
thee foraially sworn. Mr. Watts, of this t men, being ap-
feinted the foreman.
The Coroner. having been assured that none of the jury
was a shareholder. said that before proceeding to view the
s. e :lc he had a most painful duty to perform. He be-
heard that no jury ever sat upon a more important in-
fo..;y .-egsol.ng the public at large, and it was a duty they
owed n, the laths to thoroughly and carefully investigate
the rircumstatiee by which the unfortunate persons have
same by their death. He had made up his miud to dissect
every root of the circumstances under which the sad
oecurrence took place. and with a view to that end he had
iastrected the medical gentlemen to make a minute
f lamination of the remains. They had done so in a highly
satisfactory manner, and in a manner that would materially
maid them in the course of their inquiry. After examin-
ins\onfir witnesses he proposed to adjourn the inquiry.
a statement made by Mr. Salter, solicitor, of
Ellesmere, it would email r that there is another victim to
the collision. Mr. Loma Farrall, of High Grange, Elks-
mere, Sir let., a gentleman possessing property.m Ireland,
heft his home (al Thursday for Ireland, pronnausg to write
to his wit" upon arriving. Ile breakfasted in the coffee-
room of the Queen's Hotel. Chester, at 11 o'clock, and
left, it if supposed, by the Irish train at 11.20, and has
sever since been heard of. This. in the doctors opinion,
is not the only case en missing persons that will come to
tight in the course of time.
Having viewed the bodies. the jury re-assembled in the
Tower-hall.
Mr. Roberts. solicitor, raid he was t on behalf of
Hs London and North Western ' way Company, who
had authorises; him to state that they courted a thorough
investigation into the circumstances of the lamentable
disaster that had occurred on their line. Whatever
AtINADts of the company the jury might wish to interro-
gate should be forthcoming and if at any stage of the
.squirt' the jury should diem it expedient to again
visit the scene of the accident, or any other part of
the line, a special train and every other facility would
be afforded them by the company. He was also re-
quested to state wit]; regard to the funerals of the do-
sassed persons, that every request of their relations
would be readily complied with and strictly carried out.
Having referred to the care that had been taken of the
property found in the rums by Mr. Hesketh, and thanked
that gentleman in the name of the company for his kind
attention to the surviving gers in the train, he said
he understood that several other things had been found
this morning, which the company desired should also be
handed over to the safe custody of Mr. Hesketh, the chief
magistrate. After remarking that Col. Riche, the flovern-
ment inspector of railways, would be in attendance to
watch the proceedings on behalf of the Board of Trade,
lee went on to say he had been given to understand that a
person living at Bangor had found in the debris some part
pf the foot of a child, which he trusted the coroner would
he was hottest back again.
The Coroner raid he Was not only Surprised but pain-
hilly touched to find soon after the accident numbers of
persons in possession of buttons, coins, and other trifling
things which they had found in the wreck. Hecould only
say that it was property to which they were not entitled,
and earnestly requested everybody who had taken
even a button to return it without delay to the inspector
of the police.
Sir Henry Edwards, M.P., of Huddersfield, identified
the body of his brother, Colonel Edwards, and an order
was granted for burial.
The Rev. Simeon Lea, of London. also claimed two
bodies as his sisters but not being able to give the neces-
sary legal evidence they will be buried as persons un-
known.

The inquest was ad jounied till Wednesday.
A meeting of relatives of the killed was held this morn-
ing. when it was resolved unanimously that all the re-
mains should be buried in one grave at Abergole to-morrow
niornirig.

IFFECTS liF TILE GALL-MORE LOSS OF LIFE.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

The accounts received here from all parts of the
WcWa:nal Irish coasts describe the storm of Saturday
Light and Sunday morning as one of the must terrific
IV Lich has weaned for several years. The damage sus-
tained on both sides of the Channel is immense. In the
neighbourhood of Llandudno and the Great Onnshead
Looses and plantations have been swept down as if by an
avalanche, and it is feared that in one or two cases there
Las been a loss of life. The northern portion of Liver-
pool has suffered severely. Chimney stacks have
ti carried away, the fruit trees in the
orchards And gardens have been torn up by the roots,
and couservatories, hot-houses, and flower gardens have
all been nearly destroyed. In connection with the ship-
ping the accounts received are of a most lamentable
character. The name of the large square-rigged vessel
which foundered ou Sunday morning near the Formby
light-ship with all on board still remains a mystery, as
not the slightest vestige of the wreck or any of the bodies
of the crew have been recovered. The large three-masted
schooner which went ashore on Saturday night on the West
Hoyle has gone to pieces, and it jafeared that the crewlaave
all perished, as none of them have as yet reached the
shore, and the vessel is a complete wreck; and her name,
too, is also at present:unknown. From the Point of Ayr
we barn that the lifel,4a; at that station, while
outlooking after a dwelicf 11064 ricked up.
jai° or three cases containing patterns of prints, belies,
tic. One WU eddreesed to the care of Captain cenuing2
of the barque D'Jes. The buripte left tht..llkraey on hie
11%111104. lot
atkitlt tiqr. on use west coast of Africa,
pith a genes cargo. She was under the command of
Captain Hooper. and was owned in Liverpool by Messrs.
Stuart and Donets.... In connection with the box which
has been picked up, we may state that Captain Conning,
theinfh oommander of thtlY)ex on a lin:riot's voyage, was
not m command on the present occasion. As nothing
more has been picked tip, it is feared that all on board
have been drowned. Another west coast of Africa trader
has, it is feared, shared the fate of the I.r.fes. The
schooner Neptune, Captain Clark, which sailed from
Liverpool to Calabar and Lagos on the 21st instant,
is supposed to have been totally wrecked on
Saturday night or Sunday morning during the height
of the tempest, as large quantities of wreck have been
east ashore on Hiltre Island. near the entrance to the
Dee. Amongst the wreck was a life buoy, marked
"Neptune, Montrotte.•' As the Neptune was built at Mont-
rose, there can be no mistake as to the vessel to which the
buoy belonged. She was built in 1844. and owned in
Liverpool by Messrs. Walsh and Co. The accounts re-
ceived from Ireland describe the weather ou the Wicklow
coast as fearful. The steamer Vesta, which arrived at
Waterford this morning, reports having fallen in with the
ship Favourite between the Blackwater Bank and
Arklow. The Favourite was dismasted, and snaking
rapidly. The captain of the Vesta offered to take the
crew off the sinking vessel, but they refused:to leave. Tin,
sea at the time was miming very high, and it was im-
possible for the Favourite to keep afloat for any length of
time. The Favourite lett the Mersey or Thursday last,
under command of Captain Jolly, tor New Orleans, with
.. a valuable general .tiro. She was cleared from Liver-
pool by Messrs. Taylor. Lipper. and Co. With regard to
the Tara, which was wnsitial ou Sunday on Formby Spit,
we regret to say that of the Si men who were ou board
when she left the Mersey not one now survives. Captain
Armstrong, the only person who was picked up alive. died
this morning from in j and exhaustion consequent on
the wreck et his vessel.

Captain Drumlin mil report', that Florence boat
of the National Lifeboat In stationed at Tenby,
was launched twice on service, while the wind was blow-
ing very hard from the W.N.W. The first time a brigan-
tine was in distress outside Caldy lalaud. tier crew got
on baud another vessel. and were ultimately brought
ashore by the lifeboat. The reseal hertelf stranded on the
opposite coast near Peininey. On the second occasion
smother brigantine was lying in a most dangerous posi-
tion close to Monk/done. and the crew were rescued by
the lifeboat. Altogether twenty-two men were saved
>rosfwdwp by the boat. The Rev. Richard Tyacke, of
PPaaddsefluo
, writes that during a heavy gale a French vessel
ran for the harbour, and entered it about low water,
which was the wont pwsible time ; and consequently she
was carried on the Doomed Bar Sands, and soon bee.ime a
total wreck. The crew of four men wore fortunately
Teemed by the Albert Edward lifeboat, belong-
ing to the National In whieh was
promptly la tmelted when the dattoer of the
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Rochelle. Two or three hours after this wreck took place
another. vessel ran for the harbour. The lifeboat was
again manned, and lay at the entrance of the harbour
about two been waiting her arrival. The voseel then
entered, but though the gale was still violent the flowing
tide was M her favour, and she paaied in safety without
requiring the assistance of the lifeboat. At Yarmouth
(states Mr. M. H. 8. Butcher) it blew a heavy gale from
the 8.8. W. The Norwegian brig Vikingeu. in the roads,
drove at her anchors, and was in danger of going wilier°.
The Mark-lane lifeboat, which belongs to the Lifeboat
Society, was got out in readiuem to be launched to her
mcietunee; but, handy, the wind moderated, the brig's
anchors held her. and there wee consequently no necessity
to take the lifeboat afloat.