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EXTRAORDINARY AND lATAL ACCIDENT ON
THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.

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On &stunlay night Mr. Brent, tin ileinitt-
coroner for Middlesex, head an inquest at the Drumnisei
Arms, Druinmond.street, Euston-square, relative to tie
death of William Michael Kelly, of 37, Upper Baker-skeet,
Regent's-park, which occurred in consequence of an acci-
dent on the previous night.
Mr. Otwkwell, the general 'manager of the railway, Cap.
Min Braque., the superintendent of the southern die-Orion
of the line. Mr. Clouther, from the office of the solicits/ to
the company, Mr. M'Connell, thelocomotire superintendent,
and others officially connected with the North Western
Railway, were in attendance.

Richard Fernhill, of 37, Vickenotrest South, Upper
Bakeretreet, said the deemed (who was said to be 42 years
of age, and to be 44 member of the Royal Artillery (lam.
pang) was his feu-in-kw. He was a oonsinereial agent, and
he had retitled in the same hoes.. Witseas last sew him
on Thursday morning when he started for Wolverhampton.
He was expected Lome on Friday evening.
Charles Andrews, of 15, BR Leceares-square, Keetiah-
town a policeman in the service of the London sad North
Western: Railway Ourapoiny, mad his station was atthe MOO*
entrance of the Frimrose•hill tunnel, and it was his date to
Mime! the trains up and down. At 11 o'clock the previoss
night he signalladthe 5 o'clock Liverpool express through the
tunnel with a hand-lamp. After the train ha
_passed he
heard a sound as if the carriages were off the rails. flar-
ing blocked the up-line by telegraph, be followed the trek
down to when it had come to a stand still.

Coroner— How far wu that from your stables?
Witneas—Aboet 70 yards. I the brake run off dm
rails, and two first-class carriages ou their midst I heard
shouts for anustmice from the inside of the erefages, and I
clambered up the carriages and assisted several this pas-
sengers out through the windows.
Coroner—Men or women?

The Witness—All cattlemen, sir. After all the pauses=
were out I damended from the aware, sad found the bedy
of the deceased untlerneatkossed the int-elamearriages, the
fees and part of the shoulders only esed.
Coroner—Under oue of the firet-e ! Hew
could you find it under! The carriages had not n mowed
had they!
The Witness—The deceased we under the carriage—
crashed under the carriage, and a part of hie body was im-
posed.
The Coroner—His head and shoulder wens out of the
carnage!
The Witness—He was out of the earrisge catirely, as hr
as I could see. The carriage was broken. I saw that the
gentleman was dead, and I immediately sent a policemen
for assistance to Camden-town. A body of men 'hardy
came up and removed the carriage promptly, sad took mealy
the toady of the gentleman from underneath it sad conveyed
it to this house.

tilceldiag deposod—l am a member of the
Royal College of Surgeons of Ragland. I lire in Easter
mum end ana odicielly connected with the London and
North Western Railway Company as radical °Moat.
About half•peat 12 last night I wee called to the Elutes
Hotel to us a sodium= who bad reeeivedaa Waked would
ea the right soda at the head. While so eauged I wee
Bled to see the deemed at lbe Rueton•etatiun. He wax
dead. His skull is extenavely factored, and death must
have been iastantameous.

Stephen this., of 44, Wellborn-street, Bedford New-town,
railway guard to the train in question, said be left Man.
cheater at 5.15 on Friday afternoon. The line was perfectly
clear. It ma not Mamboed with mow. The train arrived
at Chalk Farm without any 'strident or hindrance. Just
after they came set of the tunnel he felt an oscillation in
the brake carriage, the last of the train.
The Coroner—Yoe wore is that part of the train that
became detached!

The Witoests—Yes ; the van stopped. I got out, and
found the van and two carriages off the line, and lying as
their side arras the up and down lima The peamerin
were calling to me, and I got on the top of the carriages sad
misted some of the gentlemen net of the windows.
The Coroner—Was the van overturned!
The Witness—No ; the two wheels were off the line ; bed
it was not overturned.

' The Cormier—Cat you account for the carriages being eel
The Witneas-1 cannot. On looking round I saw deceased
underneath one of the carriages, Na. 413. The and of the
arriege was broken away.
The Coroner —lhil you perceive any broken coupling chain!
The Witness -Yes ; but I cannot say what was the cause
of the breakage.
James Heodenion, of 48, Ilawley.road, Kentish Town—l
am locomotive fermata is the service of the London LA
North•Westens Railway Compsoy. When I arrived at the
site of the widest I found two Oirrilril turned over on
their broadside amens the rail—mss lying across the rails,
the other pasalleewith the rail, we at right angles to the
other. The van was at the other aide of the angle. The
van and the two carriages formed Wes sides of a ovum.
A Juror—Then the van mast have bees across the rails!

The Witness—No, the van wet p;rellel to the rTuis7, TM@
of the carnage+ was also parallel with the reils, and the
other was across the mils I the deceased underneath
the carriage that wee across the raffle. I ordered the car-
riage to be removed, and then the body was wholly exposed
to view.

The Commie—Are you able to tell us bow the two oar-
riages because detached from the rest of the train
The Witmer—No, I cannot tell. I found a draw bar
broken. That is a hook that the coupling chain is attached
to. That was broken out of place. The bar had bees
drawn out.

The Coroner—Would that account for what Ton saw of
the accident r

The Witness—Not for their being tuned over. There
must have bees some great violence to detach the
from the rest d the train. What it was I cannot tell. The
speed of an express train is about 35 miles an hour, but the
speed is moderated at the spot in question. There must
bars been some obstruction before arriviag at the tunnel.
The Coroner—The other whams said there had been no
obstruction. He said he met with no obstruction all along
the line till he canto to this spot. Now, what caused the
accident- -what cowed this draw bar to come out?
The Withers— I found on examination that some of the
wheels of the carriages had left the rails after coming out
of the tunnel. What tatted thew to Isere the rail is

question I cannot auswer. I could find nothing to satisfy
lay own mind as to the cause of that.
Igihrard Dempsey --Hive at LirerpooL Imu a guard in
the service of the Loudon and North Western Railway
°lupin,. I left Liverpool last night at 5 o'clock A
portion of the train left Manchester at a quarter past, and
the two joined et Cleo e. I was in the ran next the engine.
The Coroner - yoyi know anj thing of a diitachment
a • portion if the tenni
TheWitneas—f_ wee not aware of it.

The Coroner--Had nuy (Abstraction beim abet with during
the ea of the journey'
The Witne. —No, except a slackening of pace once DOW
Wel% erhampton.
The Cornier —t PD what account'.

The Witoe■x -4 hi account of a slip of an embankment. I
did not detect auv detachment of a portion of the trains-not
the slightest. I had sot the least notion of it till I tame
to the ticket platform at Camden.town. When we arrived
there one of the ticket collectors staked " Is the whole of
the train here!" It in a question frequently put, and I
reAied, " Yea." He said, Ido not think you have the
le of your train." I wax not aware then, nor till I went
to look, that 1 was short of three vehicles.

A Juror—How many carriages were there in the train?
The Wanes.- -Ten. T then sent a po.:eet,..,n back. I in-
quired of one persenger, who was in the last earrhige, if he
felt anything tely, cud be replied that a few minutes be
fore he felt a great shock as if they were going to be upset ;
sed I said. " Send at once a policeman, or a manage to
Pee what is the matter, became it Gould not be far away."
the proceeded to the station and waited for a telegraphic
latreroner—ban you tell us what was the canes of a
detachment of &portion of the train
The Witness—No.
The Witnar, in reply to further que•tio se, said there
ought to be two side chains betweee every two carriages, and
acoupling iron. I should say the coupling was absent.
He theight the chain must have been broken. One of the
side chains was gone with the hook of the other. I don't
think the side chains would hold the train. The coupling
must either have been broken off or unhooked; and the
moment that weaned the whole weight a ould be on the
side chasm.
A Juror -And would not that cause much oscillation?
The W itnege —Levi or more ?
Would that have hail a tendency to throw the carriages
off the rails':

The Wit-nem— I hinny think it would 'ast night, for we
were going along very slowly.
But if you were going quick, would that be the probable
effect?

IlteWitness—Yes, I think so, if going very quick.
When were the carriages last examined':
The Witness—At Illisworth. We Ate not expected to
stop betwees Dilworth and Ceraden.town.
Dual you think if • carriage ouly hung by one chain, and
that a rod tough one, it would be tbrown off
The Wmasse—l think it would keep its ground.
The Coroner—We have not got to the real mare yet.
Row are we to get te. the CLAM of these carriages getting
distoolho4 from the net of the train, became that tt wan that
ladtalitrt: accident We have naked the question of several
wi , intelligent men, end they own tea us nothing.
Wheal are we to get the information from? I fired the in-
quest for tonight with the view of assisting the relatives in
boring the hod,/ annoyed. Probably we shall not be able
es wane to a eeinclusion te-night. II that is year opinion, I
abe happy to meet yea again this day week or this
yutoirtaight, ev at any other time yen may name ; Not by
liattitue we may get other evidence.
A juror—We can come to no ceaclosion till we have the
snideness of sane patellae men relative to the couplingead
eke shim,

One of the friends of the deceued said they 511041 have
the cestriagee. and the ,ehains inieetelt evssained.
whtle he asked whet had become of Old property situ&
deeenedlead about his at the time of the accident.

Ms. irodord, superintendent of *a railway ;ales, add
he took possession of • gold watch, 17 fivaixound *auk of
Engheill Dotes, 15 weer*" Us. f in egret, 2 ferthmge,
also moue loose silver, a knife, a pencil. se, a tigsr-tube,
a eigarense, a nonsliet of huger-nage, Aid a breastpin.
The Coroner-1 have nothing to do with the peoperty ;
hid I weppoes there will he lee di*** in heading ti over
be the relativeri.
Me. Iliereeford—l have a• olojection.
The Coroner—Whoin doyen propose to examine on thit
part of the company on a feint esiensiet es to the OMNI et
the aoeident V01...! era celled ea by the jury to send
as Deer, the company's engineer way be irraniinrik
the Motives wish to have an engineer, I think you will in
this to come to &alias' as to the cause of the accident.
Saba= gentlemen; to say what evidence you desire to
have

Juror—The frieze isaf deceased say they will have *mac
one to exaniiiie the carriages.
A relative of deceased = fihould spot the jury ask the Na.
way company to fund& evidence et the cause of the bed.
dent!

Mr. Clesther—The e►idence shall be gives . a future
occasion. _

Coroner -There Lae hitherto has uo tins for an official
invettiptlee.
The segued way thee adjourned for a forbaight.

TAN ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON,VHATIELM,

AND DOVER itAILWAY.

BITTINGNOURNE, JAM. 5.
The inquiry into the euvumantanees attending the
seriom edeet which semined mirth* Leaden, Chatham
and Dover Bedew. war this Maim, MiterlisY, whereby
one of the pamengen, Mr. John &Menem a warrant °icor
lielottging tO the royal navy. lost hie life, and liichardson,
one of the gu.oils, aid emend 4 the passengers were more
et len iojered, teek place this toeisiag loeforo Nr. Thomas
Hills, me of the coroners far West YAM, ands highly ro-
spectalile jury.
Mr. Cobh, ones( the seilway aimless, Mr. Finnigan, the
=Wmenages-, and Kr. Nart/ey„ loosinotive auperiaten-
ere present on behalf of the :away °mimeo,.
Mr jury hewing pertained the Ma of Merin the body,
whisk lay at the hotel whither it era amonat after the
accident,
Alexander flatheruid, • reekireg at Woolwich,
identified the body of de oersd as that of Mr. John hitter-
!" aged 45, a wanant dime la lie navy, formerly belong-
ing to her Najeety'r ship Mar, et Sheerness, to winch vessel
he me proceeding when he met with the accident which de-
prived him of life.
Mr. Charles Wake, brickmeher. .1.110. lend Jonas that
part of the hoe wbeee the oxidant occwrod, deposed to
seeing the express Mein which left Victoria sesitioa at 945
approaching mar* half ea hem behind its time. Tie
Ant thing wind' asteacted hie satire was onion the dirtand
steer dying up about the train, directly after which a third-
clam carriage was thrown off the line, and doll over ow its
side, followed by a tint-char carnage. The carrier.
dragged fully 110 rands before it was stopped. 11, deem
hurried to the soave .1 the accident, which was nut far
from the station, and raw the peessegers getting out of the ;
eirriages. Deceased wan lying beneath the wreck el a
third-elms carriage, and after some Nine wan sescued. The
mils appeared to be in iced order, and there was no els.
struction oe the line.

By the Coroner—Whca he first observed tic train Use
seam waa shut oft. After the carriage had tuned over be
heard the middle sounded. There was a oowellerable de-
scent at the spot where the accident leek plow.
Mt. E. IL Bay. ourgssa, deposed to being called in to at-
tend to the &reseed. both of whose Ws had beea cut off
by the aocitieut. beceseeei expired about two bears at tor
the accident.

Mg Finnigan het* remarked that the engirae•driver
Abe produced if the ceroner and jury wished fur his

- The tiss. neer dil not think there wu up necessity at all
for the aril:ore of the engineelriver, who did not appear to
be fa felt--

croup Richards:is rid he wee the boa geed ef the
eFprses train which left Loader at 9.55. It coesired of
six s and two brash tuna The rain proarded
safely as far aa Boblang-bridge, when witness beard a mile
like the explosion of A cannon.. He at once knew there
was something wrong, and shored to the ingineriver,
bat he *odd sot mars him bear lentil be had sounded Ye
guard's whirls. Tun carriage rooked • per dug, amid
witness sew nothing MOOS until the rain wr brought to a
etited-still, when be saw that or of the merges wee ,
turned oter and the decoasedlinder it. Witness
went hack up the line, to stop
By the Coroner —The train wag at about thirty
miles as hour when the accident occonted, which was its i
snarl speed. The usual ewnination 4 the wheels had
hem made before the train left Charrin. Witness did
sot bear the guard whistle at all.
At the ropier of the jury the witness Scales, was recalled,
said rated art he certainly heard the whistle sounded.
le answer to Mr. Finnigan, Richardson said it we. ius-
terry to rim at that speed, and there was Du difficulty is
pulling up at Sittingbuorue. The wheels always slipped
a great deal at Chatham, but that was in consequence of
the oil spilt on the rile
Henry gladden said he tried the wheels of all the car-
*Mr on the stoppage of the train at Chatham, and found
them all sound. - The usual way to test them w.is to "ring"
them. Witness discovered no indications of unsoundness
in the wheels of the break-van. The train was late on
its arrival at Chatham.

tils;furvLiii;enever he detected sot- defective wheels
he ways had the "
jege mimed from the train. The
defective wheels lie had discovend had flaws is them. He
could always tell • faulty wheel by the " ring."
Yr. William Pole, civil engineer, 3. Great George-street,
Westminster, professor of civil eseseeriag at I niveraity
Coll and lecturer et the Royal Bagineer Eatahlishmeet,
Chatham, mid be was a pawner by the express train to
which the accideot oocurro4 And occupied a mat in •
lint-elms carriage in the Wddle of the train. The es-
pies was behind its time at Sittineboarce, and was
running toward, the station at a rapid rate. lie should
ley nearly 40 mils, an how. Just before reechiag the 5141.