The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-21 00:00:00

TERRIBLE RAILWAY Ac(11)E-NT.

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Telegrams have been receive! awl .1.. ,
frightful accident to the Ir:sh mail. A
from Chaster says A. terrible ambient
happened to the Irish mail train a' L'an 1.1!,
near Abergele, this afternoon. Three carrize
got loose from a goods train, one of Clem leen' 4,
laden with petroleum. The trucks ran dewn
steep gradient, into the advancing mail, raee
ing an instantaneous explosion. A frightful les et
life has been the result ; 29 coffins have Leer,
from Cheater, and a large body of murgeons,
special trains have been despatched. It is ststel
that the occupants of four of the carriagNe in the
unfortunate train have been bd'rnt to death."
Our Shrewsbury correspondent telograpls
"At half-past I yesterday afternoon the Iri,e
mail, from Holyhead for London, ran into noini
trucks laden with petroleum.. The engine met thew
on fire. Ten persons wore burnt to death, eel
many more are missing."
CHESTER. TaVillOti Niece
The most extraordinary. and fatal accident ever
' known on an English railway occurred at mid-day
on the Chester and Holyhead line, near Llandule,
about one mile and a half from Abergebe
Irish limited mail, leaving London at 7.15, peeo,l
Abergele (Pensarn station) in safety thee
one ; a goods train had passed half an hour befere
Beyond Llandulas a portion of a goods train te
iftilyhead seems to have become detached, and
ran back down an incline, meeting the mail train
going about 40 miles an hour. There
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curve near. The driver of the mail train.
Arthur Thompson, of Stafford, saw thg
collision was inevitable, and jumped ott
escaping slightly hurt. The stoker, Joseph lfelnee.
of Stafford, remained. At back of the peel, trial
was a waggon loaded with petroleum oil, and
when the collision occurred the petrel...lm o‘..
ptodod. The engine, tender, and three tir.teeee
carriages wore smashed up together, and buret
with petroleum. Twenty-three passengeri for Ire-
land wore all burnt so badly that none eeubt i.
recognised. A watch was found with an inerip-
tion showing that it belonged to Lord Farnbee
who was supposed to have been aecompeuitei by
his two daughters. The Duchess of Abereent rut
Lord George Hamilton were in the true, We
escaped unhurt. Locomotives, cranes, awl men
sent from Chester and Crewe. Line cleared aleee
half-past five, wires having been broken preeentel
messages for assistance going early. Twenty-
three bodies have been brought to the Pensara
station, placed in coffins by Waite, undertaker, ..:
Chester, taken to Abergele and taken to chur,h.
A number of passengers hurt are distributed about
Pensarn, Abergele, and places near. Tlwir
names cannot be ascertained at this late hour.
It is feared that some of the bodies will not h,
recognizable by friends, being so fearfully charnA.
Four doctors from Abergele and Ithyl welting
on the sufferers by direction of the company. The
stoker's body was picked up under broken Klein-.
Thompson, driver, at a cottage near the seen,
of accident, and able to give sonic account of wire,
he saw. The inquest will probably open to-inor-
row, and be immediately adjourned. The Duch,-
of Abercorn and Lord George Hamilton proc.,l-1
to Ireland.