The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-09 00:00:00

The Ascot Railway Accident.

We are happy to be able to state that up to last
evening the wounded by this unfortunate calamity
were all doing well, and there are only two cases
for the results of which fears are now entertained.
The bodies of those slain, which are at Egham
awaiting the coroner's inquest, have all been identi-
fied by their relations, and their names proved to be
Mr William Winfield, gardener to Mr Bracebridge,
Sherbourne, Warwickshire; Mr Edwin Hall, corn-
chan tiler, Duke-street, Manchester-: (pare ; Mr John
Coppard (not Cockerel!), scent to Mr PLdwick, Hill-
street, Berkeley-square ; Mr Robert Wilkie, publi-
can, Globe• inn, King's-road, Cheltea ; and Mr Jos.
Clegg, publicz.n, Harp inn, Jertayn-street. The
names of the two most I-even:ly ;wounded, and. whose

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lives, as We have erid, re still in jeep :re'.y, are
Mr E. Trigg, publican, of 31, Maikel -street, Brigh-
ton, and Louis Ray, the person IA ho was
tioned as belonging to the household at .M.o.riborouga
House, and who, it seems, is apprenticed to one of
the cooks in that esteb!isbmert. This poor lad, who
is .only 18, had the fore part of both his feet crushed
and lcearated in so terrible a manner that amputa-
tion was necessary to save his life. Mr. Ferguson
accordingly went down yesterday to perform the
operation, which he did with his usual skill and
success. The fore parts of both feet were removed
by cutting up diagonally through the soles of the
feet, so as still to leave the heels and ankle bones
untouched. The poor boy refused to take chloro-
form, and bore the operation with the utmost forti-
tude. Last evening he was doing as well as he could
be expected, though of course still in a most critical
condition. Mr. Trigg remains at Charing cross
Hospital, to which institution, as we mentioned,
he was removed at his own request on the night of
the accident. Yesterday he was better, and con •
sciousness had returned. In addition, however, to
a broken leg and broken ribs, he has sustained some
severe internal injuries, which make the termination
of this melancholy case more than doubtful. The
company have already received notice of minor inju-
ries to eight persons who were enabled to proceed
to their homes, in some cases merely notifying the
injury and demanding small sums for compensation
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which were at once granted ; in others only stating
that such cuts or bruises had been suffered by them.
myßeeusyct
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been hurt, though in every
case the injuries are believed to be comparatively
tLirfi.inTgr.igg7itahll thete h exception
of poor Ray and
others, it is known, were
enabled to come 1M to
town and drive away
from the station in
cabs. The coroner's inquest
will assemble to-day at Egham at two o'clock.
The proceedings will be entirely formal, and
will be opened merely for the purpose of enabling
the jury to view the bodies before they are delivered
to their relatives for burial. The inquiry will then
be adjourned. Lee, the driver of the engine that did
the mischief, is ordered by the company to attend
the inquest, and considering that this man may be
said to be on his trial, it would be most unfair to
him to state any of the rumours which are in circu.
lation as to the speed at which he was driving his
train when the accident happened. The company as.
serts that when the inquiry opens, which it is under-
stood will be in a week or ten days hence, after its
formal opening to-day, it will be prepared to prove
that the accident was not caused by any defect in the
of duty on the part of the
were on that de y specially em-
seixgtnraalasigoraaa
of half a mile apart along the
whole at intervals
whole length of the
Inmyendewrehloiction
line from Waterloo to Ascot. It
may besatisfactory to the company to prove that their
organization in this respect was perfect ; but this
will not in the slightest degree affect the main ques-
tion
a fair proofof
theirof the
own
liability, opinion
who suffered by the accident. Their having
all
of the liability of the company in damages to
already compensated some of the sufferers who were
g
which
b
A most unfounded and unwarrantable statement
was made yesterday by a contemporary, to the
tslieyb,daYt least, hartis
entertain
effect that the accident was caused by the
ateppage
of the first train at Fe'hto a 11
ow the Royal train
to get on ahead. For this malicious insinuation
there is absolutely not a shadow of foundation.
The Prince and Princess of Wales did act return to
London at all, but drove in their carrieg,e freest
lAscot to 'Windsor to meet her 111Rjesty on her
return frem Scotland,

SUICIDE.--Information was yesterday fc,rve:avat d
to Mr. C. J. Carttar, Coroner for West Kent, of the huicide
of an old man, 87 years of ago, named William 'Lurie, at
Plumstead. It appears that a woman rusineJ l'ri: cilia
Lane found Um deceased in an outbuilding at the rear of
the Prince Albert Tavern, his throat being cut in a 'right
ful manner with a razor.

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