Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-26 00:00:00

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The Poileasfer Gazele of yesterday gives the following
account of the aecideut : --Yesterday (Thursday) one of
thoss fatal and distressing accidents which no human
foresight or care can prevent, occurred on the Great
Northern Railway, about three miles south of Tuxford. It
appears that the 2 55 a m first and second class express
from 111 ncheeter passed the new curve at Retford at the
usual time, viz , 11 40 a.m., and consisted of five carriages.
including the breek•van, together wi h the engine and
tender. Acout twelve oVock, when approaching the bridge
which caries the line over the turnpike road between
Weston and Tuxford and when within a few hundred
yards of the former place, the b-oak-van and twe carratge
which formed the hinder part of the trait), from some
cause or other, which in all probability will ever remain
a mystery, ran off the 1 ne, by which they were forced
againet the pier of the b-idge, and thrown down th em-
bankment on to the road below—the whole of the carriages
being literally smashed almost to atoms. One of the car-
riegas was a composite, and the other a first-class ; and
four of the passengers were killed on the spot; several
others received severe fractures and w >mid, ; and it is
feared that in some cases recovery is hopeless. Dyson, the
gua-d, who belongs to the Mulch-ester, Sheffield, and len-
colnshire line, had one of his arms almost completely torn
away from his body; and, although alive at the time when
our report was despatched, it is to be feared that his inju-
ries will prove of a fatal character, and that death will be
the result of his sufferings. The engine proceeded forward
with the two other carriages, the first of which was a second
class empty "dam ny." The second was a composite, in
which was one passenger. Having run two or three yards
beyond the bridge, these also broke from their coupling to
the te.ider, turning completely over, and into the garden of
a cottager, adjoining the line, and fell within three yards
of the house. Singular enough, the passenger escaped un-
hurt, and the greater portion of the glass of the windows
of the carriages was unbroken. In failing, these carriages
turned a complete suineaersault, and alighted in the garden
in their proper position. The telegrapa wires were com-
pletely cut asunder, and the engine at once) proceeded to
Newark for assistance. and to gave information by telegraph
to Peterb rough and Doncaster. In consequence of the
message to D measter having to be sent round by the
loop line some delay was occasioned in the receipt of the
painful intelligence. But immediately on its areival
bath at Doncaster and Peterborough, special trains were
despatched to the scene of this awful ca'amity. That front
Doncaster contained A. Sturrock, Esq ; Mr. Williams,
inspector ; Mr. Coffin, cf the locomotive department ; and
an efficient staff of assistants. The ens from Peterborough
arrived first at the pl-tee ; but the injury to the line itself
not being of a serious nature, it was at once placed in
working order, and no hindrance occurred with regard to
the subsequent trains
Immediately after the accident the inhabitants on the
spot rendered every assistance in their power to relieve
the d stress of the suflerers. The bodies of those who had
been killed were at once removed to the house of Mr.
Chambers, the Blue Bell Inn, Weston, and afterwards
conveyed in a wageon to Tuxford. Medical assistance
was promptly rendered, Mr. Whittington, of Tuxford, Mr.
Beevors, of Newark, and Mr. Davis, of Retford, being
amongst those who were speedy in attendance to relieve
the requirements t f the sufferers. Dyson, the guard, was
removed in a light cart by Mr. P. Volkers, auctioneer, to
Tuxford, where he new lies, as before stated, with little
hope of recovery. Some brandy and cellar restoratives
were supplied to the wounded Some of the wounded
passengers proceeded forward, whilst others were taken to
Tuxford and Retford. Oa an examination afterwards of
the ci,bris, it was found that all the axles of the carriages
were entire, and the tires of the wheels were quite perfect.
" Tne mere parting of carriages from the engine," says
the Afanchesi.er Guardian " would not necessalUy have
led to the carriages going off the line. It is clear that
owing to some cause, in all probability the speed and the
state of the rails at that spot—the van and two carriages
got off the rail., and then, plunging along, the coupling
chains attaching them to the engine were snapped, and
the carriages dashing against the low parapet of a bridge,
which there carries the late over a road, were pitched
over this parapet into the road below."

Pr;vate lat,er4 sta'e that 500 French tronp3 have arrived
from Coioa to defan,l_Frenc in:eres sat Coandernagore.

THE LEIGO WOOD Iffunnett -John William BeAle', the
suppsed murderer of Chsrlotte Pugsley, has been appre-
hended at aiventry.
FOR ARLENT YouNG MEN.—Young men who would
prosper in love should woo geptly. It is not fashionable
for e o lag ladies to !aka ardent spiri S.
COOKING TIP?. MATE —"Are you mate or till ship?"
asked an eurit_frant of the e whO was an Ir'shinan.
c 4 No, sir, I'm the m4n that c oloAhe nude."
FOOD FoR TIIF. SQUIRRELS. —Among the i eels of expen-
diture of 'h., city of B ,srou, f*,4- the year endleg Aril 30,
1357. is the fo'lowing :—" Food for squirrels, $33 27c."
THE MURDE", AT NotTINGEIAM FOR4:sT.—rwo men

h ive b as ar sted on suspicion of rnurderin4 the boy
found deal in N tingliain Forest on Fealty last, anl rk..le-
bing hie► of his hoots.
A Cum( ui METHOD OF PREiFRVING FRUIT.—Mr. N.

Lyman, type-fo liner of Buildhas sent the Commercial ,
Advertiser, Of that ciy, a sdeciaten of fruit, preserved i t a
novel manner. The fruit is a pear, which has been covered
will a c)at of copper by the electr.:-type p ocese. Not
only the sum face of the plat-, but the stem and the bud are
covered with a Stn-,oth, even, and' i npervious surface of
cop; e-. It ~eera: improbable that any decomposition can
take place beneath this herme ical covering, and it is
expested that the fruit will be pr ii,rved for at indefinite
period. DVe should suppose; h)w,ver, that the juices of
the per would become s) imoregaaed with the copper
a Mutton in which it must. hang. during th process, as tubs
spoiled for the purpose of eating.—En. N. 'l' ]
A RETURNED CALIposNiAN.-7- vi r. Philip Clark, f innerly
of lowa C iy, returned to that place a short time since,
from California, after an abtence of eight Ie trs. He left
a wife, chldrcn, and a vs uable farm, wh.n he went to
o difornia. He finds, on his returi, !hit his wife has long
since married, havi:l fir t secured a divorce and a decree
giving her the farm for her Stople. Tne fartn has been
sold, and is now in othtr hands, and his former wile is in
some other part of the co miry.
LoVII AT FIIIST SIGRT.—The Buffleo Courier is respon-
sib'e for the following statement. One of the most
remarkable instances of love at 117 st sight on record
occurred in this city a day or two since. A lady from the
country had ',winces to transact at a lawyer's office, in
which a somewhat diffident at-orney had his desk. In the
con se of tht business the a es cf the parties met—the
attoney was smitten; he declared his
passion, and was
accap ed. The couple were married in the afternoon.