The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-06 00:00:00

THE WHITEHAVEN TUNNEL.

The tunnel connecting the Whitehaven Junction
and the Whitehaven and Furness lines of railway,
Whitehaven, has received the formal sanction of the
Board of Trade for the conveyance of passenger traffic.
Last week it was inspected by Captain Wynn, the
Government official sent down for that purpose. That
gentleman first proceeded through it on foot, accom-
panied by Mr.Dees, the engineer, and expressed him-
self in terms of high approval of the design and the
workmanship ; and afterwards proceeded through it
in a train at the rate of about twenty miles an hour.
Mr. Dees has since received the formal sanction of
the Board of Trade to open the tunnel for passenger
traffic forthwith, which will be done in a very short
time, when some further trifling arrangements re-
specting the communication between the two lines
shall have been perfected. In the meantime the goods
traffic is being regularly conveyed through the tun-
nel, and the entrance of a train at either end is at
once signalled to the other, and no person is per-
mitted to enter it until the train has passed through.
Lodges have been erected at each end for the accom-
modation of the men to whom the duty of switching
and signalling is entrusted, and no precaution has been
omitted to secure safety to human life as far as human
skill can do so. This important undertaking having
been brought to a successful issue, the directors will
at once turn their energies to the completion of the
arrangements for taking iron ore upon the line at
Wood End. The necessary works for this important
undertaking are nearly completed, and it is confidently
anticipated that the directors of the line will be en-
abled to effect such arrangements with the ore pro-
prietors as will lead to the conveyance thence by rail
of the ore intended for Newcastle, which has hitherto
been carted along the road and through the town to
the station of the Whitehaven Junction line, to the
great inconvenience of the public at large.—Carlisle
Patriot.

ACCIDENT' ON THE GREAT NORTHERN

On M R
an A ILWAY.
Monday night accident, which might have
been attended with very serious consequences, oc-
curred to the Great Northern express train, consist-
ing of eight first-class carriages, on the main line
near Newark. About a mile north of that town 1 7
Great Northern intersects the Midland branch from
Nottingham to Lincoln, almost at right angle ;111.
were both
nals are of course provided for the prevenrtiother, not
r:Atat the point
dents, but it appears from some cause
vhesedhyed through
Northern
as yet satisfactorily explained, the G
express and a Midland goods train arrived
of intersection at the same instant. 1
runs just by,
hurling one of the
the middle of the goods
going at full speed, and the
train,forrner a
trucks into the river which
hoff the • and
throwing several others
one of the passenger
line. All
passenger train were much da-
maged,the carriages of the
p"-Ep'ibly.i:h the express severed the goods
not, it is believed, was 's was
but ha
seriously hurt. owing to
ing at the state of the car-
riages,the facility with whi
look'
h were too much shattered to proceed on
and the •
circumstances under which the
the journey,
train; nevertheless,whic
the
who g ohoadds
collision took place, the escape of so many persons
with so little injury seems almost miraculous. The
train who was at all injured
two of his teeth knocked out.
It is stated that the signal for the Great) Northern
train to advance was exhibited at the crossing, and
wonalsytpheerdsorniveinr,
that the driver of the Midland train is to blame. This,
however, will be ascertained in the course of the in-
quiry, which was opened at Newark yesterday by the _