The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Sept. 18.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.,
light airs and hazy.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived.—Co-
lombo, from Balaklava, &c.
SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 17.—Wind West—Arrived.—
North Briton, from Quebec. Sailed—lda, for Rio Ja-
nerio • La Plata, West Indies; Hydaspes, Crimea; Iberia,
Gibraltar.

DARTMOUTH, Sept.l7.—Wind
from Antigua. Sailed—H.M.Str. Bloodhound, for the
West Coast of Africa.

FALMOUTH, Sept. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived—Catherine
Pemberton, from Moulmein ; La Plata, Santos. Off the
Port—Johanna and Louise, from Batavia, for Bremen ;
Elizabeth and Johanna, from Rangoon, for Zierickzee ;
Annie of Sunderland, from Jamaica.
GLOUCESTER, Sept. 17.—Sailed—Irecto Vid, for Balak-
lava.
SINGRoAD, Sept. 17.—Arrived—Mary Elizabeth, front
Shediac ; Ann Johnson, Quebec.

(PER ELF,OTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived—Despatch (s.), from Jersey ; Adelaide, Lla-
nelly ; Ondine (s.), London ; Atalanta (s.), Havre ; North
Briton, Quebec.

Sailed—Alliance (s.), for Havre; Ida, Buenos Ayres.
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind N.N.W.
Arrived.—Constellation, from New York ; St. Lau-
rence, Maitland, N.S.
Sailed.—John Linatn, for Akyab ; Otter, Havre.
Wind, W. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 16.
Arrived.—Elizabeth, from Demerara ;• Folute, St. Ste-
phens ; Danube, Cardenas.
Of Jessie Miller, from St. Stephens.
Sailed—Arethusa, for Havre.

DUBLIN, Sept. 17.
Wind S.
Arrived—Dankbaarheid, from Amsterdam ; Euzel Gal-
ley, Trinidad.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.41 a.m.
Wind S.W. ; tide four hours' ebb; cloudy.
Arrived, 17th.—Julina, from Nevis.
Sailed. _lmogene, for A]goa Bay; John Laird, Genoa;
Henrietta Konigsberg.

DEAL, Sept. 18, 9.19 a.m.
Wind Westerly; very light airs.

Anchored.—folinind (s:tpt. 65), from Lowestoft, for
Ba!Alava • Chaplain, Shields, for New York; Azoff
(Noo, wep(Mcl: fig 149114071.

TBE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTB.
EASTERN RAILWAY.,

DEATH OF ANOTHER OF THE SUFFERERS.
INQUEST ON THE BODIES.

READING, Sept. 17.—We have now to add to the list
of the dead Mrs. Norton, the wife of Mr. George Nor-
i ton, clerk in the Goods-office at the South-Eastern
Station, Reading. She expired late on Friday night ;
and it is a matter of wonder that she should so long have
survived the Itccident, considering the fearful nature of
the injuries she had received.
The inquest was resumed this morning, in the large
room at the public office.
John Smith Hathaway, tamer, living at the London-
road Farm, and John Symm, a shepherd, described the
accident of which they were witnesses.
William Graham, living at Reading, who had both
arms in slings, and appeared to be suffering from a late
accident, said he was an engine-driver, and on Wednesday
evening last he had charge of the 5.25 p.m. train frem
Red-hill to Reading. The train reached Wokingham
about a minute before its time, but it did not leave that
station until its usual time, 13 minutes past seven. All
proceeded safely until just after the train got out of the
Tuns cutting, when he perceived something coming, but.
he did not at all think it was on the same line. When
about ten yards off from the engine he saw that it was
on the same line of rails, and knew that a collision was
inevitable. He first perceived that the engine was on
the wrong line by the man opening the door of the fire-
hole. He could then see a wan on the south side of the
engine, standing up. The collision took place almost
immediately afterwards, and he (Graham) was pitched
off on to the Op of the boiler of his own engine, and
something fell upon him. He was jammed in between
the level and the boiler. succeeded in extricating
himself in about three or four minutes.
By the Coroner—lf an engine bad been coming to
meet him, he should have received a telegraphic message
to that effect, and he should not have been allowed to
leave Wokingham unless the line had been clear. It was
an invariable rule, before they left any station, that they
received a telegraphic message certifying that the line
was clear. This was done before they left Wokingham.
The telegraphic message received from Red-hill, and a
copy of which was found on the deceased Crosley, was
read to the witness, and he said, in answer to various
questions, that Crosley, on getting the engine prepared,
ought to have communicated with Mr, Thew. By omit-
ting to report himself to the station master, and going
by the signals, Crosley acted in contradiction to the rules
of the company.
The witness, at the close of his examination, left the
room, evidently in great pain from the injuries he had
revolved.

Francis Smith, the guard, gave similar evidence.
William Sansom, 29, Church-street, said—l am a
porter on the South-Eastern Railway. I received a
telegraphic message to convey to Crosley, the driver of
the pilot engine. I delivered it to him at his own resi-
dence, about two minutes to seven. He appeared to be
quite sober and not confused.

_ ,
James Wallis, of Spring-gardens, foreman porter of
the goods department at the Reading station, said—l
was standing at the corner of the engine house by the
goods shed when I saw Crosley run into the engine house
from the Forbury, and in less than two minutes he came
out of the engine shed on his engine, tender first. He
went up the down line towards Wokingliam, at the
speed of 15 or 16 miles an hour. I could not see whe-
ther the lamps were lighted. All the danger signals
were up. He did not stop or regard any of those signals.
If a switchman had been in his place he could not have
directed him into the up line, as he was going too fast.
I knew there was a train due at 7.30. He gave no signal
at all by whistling as he was coming out, which made
me suppose he was coming back. I cannot account for
his conduct.

Mr. Thew, the station master at Reading, said—l am
responsible for the correct discharge of all the duties of
the company's servants plased under me at the station.
The porter brought the message produced to me while I
was at home at tea. I sent the person who came down
to the engine shed to look for one of the cleaners ; and
if no cleaner could be found a porter was to take the
message to Crosley, in. order that he might prepare his
engine to proceed to Guildford. I did not see or hear
of Crosley until I heard of the accident. It was Crosley's
duty to have informed me when he was prepared to take
the engine out of the shed. He did not do so. In
leaving the station without my authority it was an in-
fringement of a great many regulations of the company.
In order to have come out he must have passed the
danger signal. The fact of his leaving without his
lamps was also an infringement of the rules, As soon
as he passed the signals he was entirely out of my hands
and became responsible for all the movements of the en-
gine. In my opinion the rules and regulations of the
company are sufficient to prevent all accidents, provided
they are obeyed. If he had reported himself to me I
should have telegraphed to Wokingham before I had
allowed him to depart. I have been at.this station five
or six years, and always found the present system work
with safety. There has been no accident on the line
since I have been connected with it.

The Coroner—Supposing there ii;d been a switchman
at these particular points, would that have prevented
his going on the down line ?
Mr. Thew—NO, not if there had been 20 switchmen,
from the speed he was going.
The Coroner summed up;and said it was clear that this
accident happened from the negligence, carelessness, and
inattention of the man Crosley, who had certainly paid
the penalty of his own life for his rashness. The law was
very clear upon the point, that when a person took upon
himself the duties cf an office, he ought properly to dis-
charge those duties, and if, through negligence, careless-
ness, or inattention to those duties, he caused the death
of any of his fellow-creatures, that person was guilty of
manslaughter. That was clear, and however painful it
might be to cast a slur upon a dead man, still, as the
evidence was clear, they could not resist coming to the
conclusion that Crosley was guilty of manslaughter.
The jury retired, and after an absence of a quarter of
an hour they returned, and delivered a verdict of
" Manslaughter against Joseph Crosley, in reference to
the deaths of William Thomas Fynmore, Christopher
Bilton, Sarah Norton, and Francis Beart, and that the
said Joseph Crosley killed and sla,yed himself." They
recommended that a man be kept constantly to attend
solely to the signals.