The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-19 00:00:00

street, Par k-road, Peckham, who has both legs broken, and
it is anticil gated will have to a, übmit to amputation of both
of the fret :lured limbs. They are under the care of Dr
Salmon, Dr Campbell, Dr Minno ek, Dr Pattullo, and Dr
Dunovan. Wes Frances Gillinghani, of s,Woodsom-villas
vWestbourn, t-road, Forest-hill, lies at Guy's Hospital with a
bioken leg, and although not dangerous ly ill she is not
prog•ressing favourably. Jas. Pledge, a labourer, is also at
this ht; spital st tffering from contusions and s,tight internal
injuries, gist Maria Gillingham, sister of I,Liss Frances
Gillingham, re ceived some injuries to her leg, but after
being attended to she able to be removed to her resi•
deuce at Brixton '. Joseph James Albert, of 14, Upper Fora
cheater-streetaly de-park, had his legs and ribs injured. His
calla was serious en, ough to prevent him being removed to his
home. John Wright,. of Crown-street, Erith, received some
contusions on his htvd, but was able to be taken home.
William Cook, a labourer, who stated that he had no fixed
home, received a very severe injury on his mouth. Charles
Cook, of No. 1. Radnor.terrace, Bird-in-Hand-road, Peek..-
.ham, has received severe injury in the head. This patient,
after having his head dressed, was well enough to be sent
bowie, Dr, W. A. Browne, of the War-office, has received
conclusion of the brain and a severe shock to the system
and contusions to the head and body. He, accompanied by
three friends, who were also Lanett shaken, was brought up
by train to the Charing-cross Railway Station, and removed
to the Golden Cross, Charing-cross, where he remains under
medical treatment.

It app 4ars from the statement of Watson, the driver of
the expres a train which met with the accident in the tunnel..
and of others who were in the train, that it was stopped St
Charlton for the space of 11 minutes before the signal "Line
clear" was given from the Blackheath end of the tunnel.
Immediately on the signal being received the train got into
motion and entered the tunnel at the usual speed. The
engine driver stat es that when ho had got a little distance
into the tunnel h©' heard a noise which he took to be that of
a down train on the opposite metals had ran into his train.
He could not tell wl'iat happened then, as he was most seri-
ously injured. He was afterwards found under some of the
debris and removed to the tfailway Tavern, Charlton, where'
he now lies,

A passenger states that ,he placed his wife and daughter in
a first-class carriage at Strolls!, and got into a third-class
carriage himself. The effect of the shock of the collision
was terrible. He was flung with great force against the
opposite side of the carriage. The women in the carriage
screamed frantically. He recovered from the shock and got
out of the carriage to look for his wife. He caught hold Of
a rope attached to the side of the tunnel, and by that means
swung himself down. He found himself in total darkness,
which was rendered dreadful by the appalling groans and
shrieks issuing from the different carriages. In the midst
of the noise he was able to distinguish his wife's voice, and
learnt thus that she was alive. By the aid of the rope at-
tached to the brickwork of the tunnel he groped his waY
along through the darkness to the place whence he heard
his wife's voice. He found her seriously but not lataili
injured, flis daughter, a child aged two years, escaped un-
hurt. Aftt, r some delay assistance came and the injure&

were removea'•

As soon as the collision took place messengers were de"
spatched to Blae;theath and Charlton stations to ask for
assistance. Mr Chapman, the station master at Blackheath
at once proceeded down the tunnel, accompanied by as nI"I3Y
men as he could procure, with lamps and working irelole-
meats. On arriving at the scene of the accident he set his
men to work to get out the killed and wounded from the
wreck of the trains, and as soon as they were fairly 94
work, he returned to Blackheath and sent a larger muff'
bar of men down to assist the sufferers. At the station he
met Dr Adams, of the London Hospital, one of the corn'
pany's surgeons, who on the first alarm of the accident
had been telegraphed for, and with him posted down to
the Charlton end of the tunnel, where he found that
assistance had arrived from Charlton. Large fires had boa
kindled out of the fragments of the broken carriages, and
vigorous efforts were being made by the company's servants
and others to remove the passengers from, the carriages. DI
the meantime the messenger hal arrived at the Charlton
station, and Mr Claydon, the station-master, was prompt in
procuring all the assistance in his power. It happened, t.°l:
tunately, that there were a number of empty carriages "114
an engine at hand, and these he at once dispatched to bring
away the injured. Mr Linvell, inspector of the R division
of police, arrived at the Charlton station shortly afterwaraff,
and he and Mr Claydon at once proceeded to the Anti-Gal-
lican Hotel, and engaged the house for the accommodation;
of the sufferers, Mr Boyd, the landlord, placing
his wholehouse at the disposal of the company, Doctors were sent'
for in all directions, and nurses from the neighbourhood
were procured. When the train returned from the tunnel
Mr Claydon and Inspector Linvell superintended the re'
'novel of the wounded persons to the hotel, where °wry'
thing was in readiness to receive them. Those who were
not seriously injured had their wounds dressed, and were
then sent in cabs, which had been telegraphed for, to thi3
adjoiuing stations and other places where they could be'
procured, to their homes. By the time the train arrived`
from the scene of the accident two ambulance viaggp"
with a body of the Military Train Corps, under the
command of Lieutenant Bentall, arrived to render
whatever assistance they might be able to the sufferers'
the patients having been examined, and as many as
possible sent home, the ambulances took all that the Anti'
Willem. Tavern could not accommodate to the Marine
Hospital at Wool% ich..

The removal of the dead bodies from the carriages was
work of much difficulty, but, nevertheless, the men worked
heartily and well, although suffering from the smoke and
from the fires which could not escape from the tunnel'
The bodies were brought up to Blackheath, and deposited
in a temporary shed which has been provided by Mr ChtV
man until some suitable receptacle should be agreed on. It
was afterwards arranged that the deadhouse in Leo Church
should be the place to which they shoul dbe conveyed•
Information has been forwarded to Mr Carttar, the cor°-
ner for the district, and it is understood that the investigu4
tion will be opened this day. It is expected that one of the
Government inspectors of the Board of Trade will be o°lt
down to visit the scene of the accident, and otherwise assist
in the investigation.