The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-23 00:00:00

The Actors' Shakspere Supper,

Serious Railway Accident near Driffield.
On Wednesday morning, about ten ,htfUl
ligence reached Hull that a serious and
frib
accident bad occurred on the Hull and ScarboroT
line, near Driffield. At first a rumour spread scits
great rapidity to the effect that at least three per'
sons had been instantaneously killed. On the arrival
e
of the first train from Scarborough, h°weYerFer.
real extent of the disaster was made known'
tunately matters were not so bad as had been repre-
sented, although several of the passeogers bad sus.
tained serious injury. The train to which the aces
.
dent occurred was the government train which lea
Hull at 20 minutes past six o'clock in the mort'l°6
for Bridlington and Scarborough. The trail:l,7f.
somewhat lone er thin usual, and owing to the
field cattlefair being held a large number of butehtrB;
cattle dealers, and drovers from Hull were among
the passengers. The carriage next to the engine g',o
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a third-class one, and it was to this carriage that
accident occurred. The train proceeded as usual u%yi
it passed Lockington. Soon after leaving the
station the carriage began to jolt in a manner atiarg
thing but agreeable to the passengers. This "be
thought nothing of at first, and was believed to
as
caused by the tine being scarcely level. This 6c,
found not to be the case, as the jolting got herb
and before long became almost unbearable. Tilefor
were about forty passengers in the carriage, arid ri)
a time they were fully convinced that the earn*i.
had got off the line. The train was going at cou9a
derable speed, and they every moment exPeciteot
that the carriage would be overthrown, so viol rd
was the shaking. The engine-driver and 09 a
were made aware that something was wronßeg', °lire
both applied their breaks to stop the trail. f°o
the train could be stopped many of the passenge a
became so alarmed that at one time it aPPesr,eo
highly probably that several of them would PI";
out before the speed had been much reduced. Sar''
of the more prudent of their fellow-travellers, 11°'
l
ever, dissuaded them from rushing on what APPetirtie•a
to be almost certain death. So great was the Ps'e
in the carriage that some of the female passeeg,.ei,.
would have jumped out had they not been forei;;,
restrained. Notwithstanding every persuasion of
Ledger, butcher, Regent-street, Hull, sprang °fit d,
the carriage and fell very heavily to the gr°l/,lv,
By this time the alarm had spread to several of '
other carriages, and Mr. Shearsmith, butcher, Oaf!:
berland•street, Hull, and Mr. Straker, of Beverieje.
jumped from one of the other carriages, both rid
ceiving very serious injuries. Before the train alt,
be brought to a stand, the floor of the first coroPsr.
ment of the first carriage was suddenly sPiitil3
y.
two, and the passengers with great difactiiit
climbed into the next compartment, thus eseallvill.
serious injury. The train was stopped a short did
time from Hutton Cranswick, when it was f°11:(1
that the broken carriage was off the line,
that the tire of one of the wheels '—
broken. The passengers, having satisfied thewselves as to the cause of the accident, started
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great numbers back along the line in search oft h°sl,
who had jumped out of the carriages, and whomtAber
fully expected to find either horribly mangleui, °,O
killed. Mr. Ledger was found lying on his loac,,,it
a state of insensibility. He was much bruised
the head, and on one eye there was a frightful g9.9t
from which the blood was oozing. Mr. Shearget
was found in a state of great suffering,havlng br°eo
one of his legs in the fall. Mr. Streaker had4,6o)te
received serious injury, and had by the leap
the train pat out one of his ankles. A Mr. Strwrii
jun., and Mr. S. Edmonds, Hull, also jumped fr.,°,4
the train, but escaped unhurt. The sufferers reee"l3-0
every attention, and were brought to Hull 11 to
train from Scarborough, which arrived at the ece-e
of the disaster a short time after its occurfeveh';
The shattered carriage having been got out of
way the passengers were conveyed to their destil)-
tion.—Eastern Counties Herald.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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LIVERPOOL—FRIDAY.
aDirf
There was a small attendance of the town and cwn
trade to-day, and wheat again met a limited consuraPt',,J,
demand, but a degree firmer than of late. Flour negleco
Oats and oatmeal more saleable. Beans steady. 1¢ a
corn met a fair inquiry, and last week's prices wero
tained.

LINCOLN—FRIDAY. n9;
White wheat new, 38s to 42s ' Barley, grinding.. 27810 i 6;
Red do. 36s to 39s Oats, old, .. 248 t° n,
Old whit© —s to —s New;do 19s t',3o
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Red do. —s to —s 1 Beans.. 40s v2,i'9
Barley, malting— .338 to 35s 1 Beans, new 349 et

WAKEFIELD—FRIDAY.
The wheat trade continues dull, and the few sales fete
were at prices in favour of buyers. In other articles t"
was no material change.
Averages for the weer :
Wheat . 670 qrs., at 4lO 6,1
Rye —.—
8ar1ey......... 1787
Beans
Peas .... 80
Oats

STAMFORD—FRIDAY. of
There was little doing to-day, with a good suPP,ev
wheat, and a decline of Is had to be conceded. Daur,Tre'
dull inquiry, at last Friday's quotations. Oats as be
—White wheat, 39s to 425; red, as to 40s per :3° ',,,"°4r,
Barley, malting, 33s to 35s ; grinding, 29s to 32s l'a" vet
Oats, 18s to 228 per 24 stone. Beans, old, 40s to."'"
qr. ; new, 34s to 368.