Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-11 00:00:00

, I regret that the foregoing enquiry bad terminated
on my arrival at the Public ' at .5.1,5 p.m. tbis after=

noon, inasmuch as I had no opportunity of
the evidence given by the witness
pared to do upon oath, had I been aka to mat.

the Board-

room in timE

entpltati=

I take leave to assure you, and the public
cally, that the papers which Mr. James printed for me were
" nomination papers," and not " voting papers" as alleged
by Moore.---I am, sir, your's respectfully,.
RICHARD HOLDEN.-
2, Elliot-street, Liverpool, 10th May, 1859.

ALARMING COLLISION
OF RAILWAY TRAINS IN A

TUNNEL.

An accident of an alarming nature occurred on Friday
afternoon last, in the tunnel on the Lancashire and York-
shire Railway, between Bradford and Low Moor. It
appears that a few minutes after the 3.25 passenger train
left Bradford for Manchester, it was followed by an empty
train, whose destination was Low Moor. On the latter train
reaching the Low Moor tunnel, instead of being signalled to
halt at the top until the first train had passed through, the
engine-driver was allowed to go' on, and the consequence
was that the empty train rats into the 'Manchester train
at a • spot about three hundred yards from the other end
of the tunnel, which is a mile in length. The
Manchester train consisted of one first, and two second
class carriages, a van; and the engine and tender. One of
the second class carriages was driven against the engine
with such force that the buffers were smashed, and a portion
of the ,fit-e& ravviairA was broken. while the bodies
James Hoyle, the engine-driver of the passenger train, was
thrown down, and the guard, Joseph Firth, who was seated
in his box at the moment of the collision, had his head
forced quite through a window. Both men, however, escaped
with only a few scratches. There were about forty pas-
sengers in the train. They were thrown violently against
each other, and, as may be supposed, were in a state of
great alarm. The engine was detached from the carriage
next to it, but the driver stopped it, and the engine of the
empty train having b-e-21-1 also stopped, the whole train was
soon brought to a stand. None of the carriages had been
thrown off the line, and by fastening the engine to a bar of
the broken carriage the train was taken forward to Law-
Moor. Mr. Todd, the station-master at Low Moor, and the.
engine-driver of a Leeds train which was waiting there had
begun to suspect that an accident had taken place, in con-
sequence of the Manchester train being about ten minutes
behind its time, and the appearance of the train verified
their suspicions. 'Mr. Todd and the servants of the company
at the station assisted the passengers from the carriages, and
found that they had all suffered more or less injury. With
the exception of one gentleman, however, they were all
able to proceed on their journey, and after a delay of about
twenty minutes, went forward in another train, under the
charge of the guard, driver, and stoker of the disabled one.
The gentleman referred to is Mr. Maude, painter, .of Brad-
ford. His upper lip was severely cut, and his whole frame
was seriously shaken, but none of his bones were broken.
Some friends who were returning to Bradford by a train
which came up sometime afterwards took charge of him at
the station, and he was removed to. the :Commercial
Bradford, where Mr. Steel, .surgeon, attended him,. after:
which he was conveyed to his own home. On inquiry
yesterday, our reporter was informed that Mr. Maude had
suffered considerable pain about his back, shoulders,
and left arm, and was still very unwell, but that
the injuries he has received are not thought to be of a
dangerous character. Mr. Steel continues to attend him,
and he has also been visited by a medical gentleman
employed by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Cempaily,
Neither the engine-driver nor the stoker of the empty tram
which came into collision with the passenger trf!in
o. eous;
tamed any injury. The accident "..a& entirely owing
breach of the rule laid down by the railway company
which requires that
train enbefore anteiroiiiiiegrt hies tualninoewlesdhatlo
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have passed quite through
man is employed at-,each end of the tunnel
t e:i7ro-yb
to ensure the observance of this -Ask, and though they
both maintain that they signalled properly in this instance,
yet one of them must certainly ha ire neglected his duty, or
the accident could not have happened. The two ,men are
in the service of the Great Northern Compony.—Leeds
Meremry.