The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-15 00:00:00

JULY l5,

1852.

RAIL WAY SU-PE ft ANN IJA lON.
TO THE EDITOR the cries and groans of the wounded. The news Of the
OF THE SU.N. calamity soon spread through the town, and the con-
Sita—Any .-ein-mo having for its obj, ct the future , fusion was increased ire the he:1(11.033 of people who
welfare of a lari,-,re, iettil;gEnt, and eavil hy. taJc:id class ! crowded into the station. Mr. Superintendent Cara ell,
of men, is sure to meet ,rich tho approbation of the i with a party of the county constabulary, was soon on
public, and encouragement from that groat morel reflex , the spot, and resorted to active measures for the extri-
of the public mind and opinion—the Press, I cation of the injured, four of whom were found to be
It is under this conviction that I request the favour I quite dead anu tom,
20 cr 30 seriously injured.
of your inserting a fee• remarks upon the important I A special engine was dispatched to gianehester imme-
subject of "Railway Superannuation," relative to the diatelY after the accident for Mr. Ha the passenger
recent publication of a pamphlet on which a leader op- superintendent, who arrived at three o'clock this morn-
peered in your impression of the sth inst., and .I hope itig. After a careful investigtelon of the circumstances,
ample ground for my trespassing upon columns Mr. Hall is of opinion, that had-the points been properly
will be found in the interest evinced by.y your your ad- attended-to the accident would not have eccurred. The
vocaey of the scheme, and in the truth contained in the pointsman (John. Parker) is in custody, and an inquest
old homely proverb, that ~ Na one knows whore the will be held on the bodies to-morrow. We subjoin as
shoe pinches but be who wears it."
a li actf the killed and injured as we have been
This scheme, if carried into effect, will be unrivalled able' Lotcollin teaFsmitude and the wide extent of its operatior.s. It William Spencer, sawyer, 49, broken rib and bruises;
is excellent in all points but one, and the exception is of Elizabeth Spencer, 13, bruised arm; James Spencer, 26,
so great importance as apparently to neutralise all pro- bruised lice and other bruise-s; Themes Efazgraves, 48,
posed advantages. It is to rent y exception glazier, right arm broken, and right leg contused; Mary
Ann klagraver, 14, much bruised; Rubella Dyson, 12,
that I wish to draw attention, it having
pvcnounci d to he unsound end incquitab:e ba' those bruised foot; Sarah Ann Dysen, 13, severely braised in
been generally
Who are shortly (to ecrrr out the fleet., a the proverb) various parts of the body; Ellen Taylor, 60, severely
to wear the shoe. It runs tho,;_trlqo realm from the bruised; filler
Taylor, 27, shoulder Winkled; Mar-
fund to be made in the case of a clerk dying betoro he garet Nowell, 11, corousions• Ara HarOy 47, left
has been superannuated."
:,laoulder bruised, and area and head -severel ' et' h y cat, tig s
As, however, the whole amount of a clerk's subscrip- bruised; Thomas Hartley, elbow and knee bruised;
floes are to be returned in case of resignation, and there Charlotte Hargreaves, 23, contused eye; Hannah
are full twenty-five resignations to one demh, it is di& 1101den,42, bruised; Margaret Holden, 13, bruised head;
cult to conceive why such a clause should exist, esee- and several others whose names we have not been able
cially upon the plea that is advanced for it, ~ that the able to ascertain are severely cut and bruised. We un-
funds would suffer by any return being made in the case derstand that every attention is being paid to the suf-
of a death."
fours by the company,
The problem that twenty-five cases of resignation
would not affect the flied, but that one case of death
would, surely requires solving.
The death of a clerk, being a married man, would
thus be a double calamity to his family; his death being
attended by the loss of the many years' deductioas
froth his salary.
In the case of two men who have subscribed to the
fund for twenty years, supposing one _to die and the
other to resign, the subscriptions of the former are for-
feited whilst those of the latter are returned. It will
'be readily seen that there is no analogy between these
cases and those of common annuities, and therefore no
ground for thus laying a fine upon death.
The alteration or modification, therefore, of this
clause will afford unbounded satisfaction. Its retention
must produce the opposite effect. I trust that it only
required attention to be drawn to the matter to perfect
the scheme.

Reiterating my thanks for the interest you have
shown in the matter, and assuring you that the removal
of the above inconsistency will gladden the hearts of
hundreds of railway officials, I am, Sir, yours, &c.,

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (MileS in work, 2230 —Return of Traffic for the Week ending July 4, 1852:
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £5,854 210
Merchandise and minerals ... 5,224 1 6
Cattle ... ... 218 4 7