The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-08 00:00:00

Dreadful Accident to an Ascot Train,

A fearful accident occurred last night on the
South-Western Railway:: One of the trains return-
ing from the Ascot raves—one of those long, un-
manageable trains, heavily laden with holiday-
makers, and such as are only seen at race times—
ran into another train at the Egham station,
destroying two carriages, killing five passengers
almost on the spot, and more or less seriously in-
juring between 20 and 25 others. The accident
occurred at about a quarter to 8 o'clock to the train
which had left the races a little after 7, and which
was followed as soon as safety, as it was thought,
permitted, by another train equally long and equally
heavy.
It may be mentioned here that owing to the
many false starts the races were not over till a late
hour, and as it drew towards evening considerable
anxiety was experienced by the railway officials as
to the rush of passengers they would have, all de-
siring to be sent off as fast as the trains could be
filled. This rush came at about 7 o'clock, and the
trains were
_despatched very rapidly one after the
the other.
That to which the accident occurred left Ascot
soon after 7, and though the line is a particularly
difficult one, full of dangerous curves and steep
gradients, it arrived at Egham safe enough shortly
before 8 o'clock. Tickets were collected there, and
while this was going on a complaint was made to
the station authorities of some card-sharpers being
in a carriage. An altercation arose about their re-
moval, which, whether successful or not, was long
enough to delay the train two or three minutes
more. During this interval the next train from
Ascot came up, just as the first was moving off. The
inevitable collision was so clearly seen that those in
the station called to the passengers in the last car-
riages to jump from them. The guard was in the
break-van, the last of all, and his experienced eye
needed no !warning as he looked out and saw the
next train coming on. He jumped out at once,
though not a moment too soon, as the crushed frag-
ments of his van caught his coat skirts and tore
them off.
The collision was very violent, owing to the im-
mense weight of the following train. It crashed the
guard's van to splinters, crushed a second-class car-
riage next to it, and partly crushed another beyond,
The usual scene of confusion and dismay succeeded.
Assistance was at length telegraphed for to London
and to Ascot, and the work of succouring those in-
jured instantly began. There was a horrible scene
beneath the ruins of the broken-up second-class
carriage. From out of the wreck the bodies of four
gentlemen were removed. A fifth died as he was
being carried to the bank, and a sixth was so injured
as to leave, last night, almost no hopes whatever of
recovery. About 25 other passengers were found
to have sustained injuries, such as concussions, dis-
locations, and broken bones. But even the most
serious of these, it is to be hoped, will not be likely
to prove fatal, as with the exception of one whom
we have mentioned as believed to have been mortally
injured, all, it is stated by the railway authorities,
were in the course of last night enabled to come up
to town, and either proceed to their own homes or
were taken to the hospital.
About 25 passengers thus came to Waterloo, all
more or less alarmed and shaken, many weak and
faint, and with their clothes covered with blood.
At 12 last night the gentleman whose almost fatal
injuries we have mentioned was brought up on a
stretcher bed in a guard's van. He was accompanied
during the journey by a surgeon, and was removed
from Waterloo on a bed placed in aligl.t long chaise
which the officials had provided to take him to
Charing-cross Hospital. His name is unknown,
and he remained es insensible as one already dead.
In appearance he was a young gentleman of six
or eight and twenty years of age.
It is stated that the train which run into that at
Egham was going at groat speed. This, however,
can scarcely have been the case, as in this case its
weight would have been sufficient to crush it through
half the train it ran into. Very few persons were
injured, or even much shaken, in the second train.
None of its carriages were hurt, and its engine-
driver And fireman kept their posts on the engine
ur:wirt. All this would seem to prove that it could
not have been going at great speed, but from this
very fact it seems equally clear that there either
must have been no signals at all at this station or
else that they were most recklessly disregarded.
The line was cleared in the course of about an hour,
and passengers went on as usual ; but up to this
morning the inquiries were anxious and incessant
at Waterloo from those who had friends and rela-
tives missing to know the names of those killed and
wounded.

Three of the bodies were identified. Mr. Clegg, a
licensed victualler, landlord of the Harp, Jermyn-
street ; Mr. Cockerel', the clerk or confidential
agent of Mr. Padwick, the well-known racing man;
and a Mr. Winfield, who is not known, except from
the direction upon a letter found in his pocket.
There therefore remained two bodies that had not
been recognised. They were all removed to the Rail-
way inn, close to the station at Egham. We may
state that the corpses were not much mutilated,
death apparently having arisen from concussion.
Oae gentleman was also conveyed to the Railway
Inn in a very dreadful state, having had both his
legs so much shattered that amputation is inevitable,
and will be performed as soon as he is capable of
bearing the shock. On inquiry it appeared that he
is a gentleman in the establishment of his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales. One gentleman was
brought to London at his own request, and conveyed
to Charing-cross Hospital in charge of Mr.Heyward,
where he was promptly examined by Mesers.Travers
and Hughes, the house surgeons, and it was found
that he had several ribs broken, hie right
leg was also broken, and he had sustained such
severe internal injuries that the issue is extremely
doubtfal.

We subjoin a letter from the Secretary of the
Railway :—.

" Sir,—lt is with the utmost regret that I have
to announce to you a sad accident on the London
and South. Western Railway this evening at about
8 p.m., at the Egham station, by which five passen-
gers have unfortunately lost their lives. This acci-
dent arose, as far as can be ascertained at the mo-
ment of my writing, from one up-train having run
into another when in the act of leaving the station.
" These few lines are simply intended to allay
any great public anxiety and exaggeration conse-
quent on such a melancholy event, every passenger,
with one exception, beyond the number named (and
whose names are unknown) having been enabled to
proceed on their homeward journey.—I am, sir,
your obedient servant,

" FREDERICK CLARKE, Secretary.
" London and South-Western Railway, Seeretbry's-office,
Waterloo-bridge Station, S., London, June 7."

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

ASCOT RACES,--TrzspAT.

The Royal meeting ell ABM:4 Tioitth has features pecu-
liarly its own, and stands apart from its great ritals, Epsont
and Goodwood, in marked WA/if:the*. Its present easi-
ness of access had, inaeed, robbed it of much of the charm
that listed to hang about it 10 or 15 years ago, and the in-
gradation of Londoners has given, particularly on the Cute
day, somewhat of a Derby tone to the gathering. But still
people came to Ascot to see the racing. It is not entirely a
question of new bonnets (though they do not enter largely
into the scheme), elaborate toilettes, and Fortnum and
Mason. Pleasure and business meet on equal terms, and,
differing from the frantic revelry of Epsom and the dolce
far niente of Goodwood, Ascot claims serious attention for
its crowded programme, and the many interesting patterns
there submitted for selection.
There have been many alterations ;and improvements in
the Stand and on the course since last year. Private boxes
and stalls have been added to the former, and a much wanted
saddling paddock to the latter. These, together with other
minor details, evince a readiness on the part of the execu-
tive to attend to hints and suggestions, and Ascot is now
what a meeting claiming the title of " Royal" should be—
es near perfection as possible in its arrangements.
With nearly £4,000 in added money, entries unusually
large, the anticipated presence of Royalty, and glorious
weather, it bids fair to be this year extraordinarily sue.,
cessful.
The attendance was certainly above the average for a
first day. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied
by the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, and the Prin-
cess Mary of Cambridge, and Prince Arthur, arrived by
railway before the commencement of racing, and were re-
ceived with every mark of respect, but with an absence of
that too demonstrative loyalty that sometimes intrudes on
Royal privacy.
The Queen's Vase, one of the three chief events of the day,
brought out a field of 12 to do honour to the Royal gift,
the competitors were paraded in
and, according to custom,
the Enclosure, and passed in review order before the occu-
pants of the Stand. Little Stag was made the favourite,
and he and Birch Broom were the leading horses until near-
ing home, where Lord St. Vincent's colt was beaten, and
Young Rapid, who had been going well throughout, came
out at the stand, and with only Fairwater and Sea King
near him, won easily.
The Ascot Stakes, which were not run for until one hour
and a half after tine, could not boast of a good acceptance,
and betting upon them was very limited. Hippolyta, who
had been the only horse mentioned at the Corner last week,
resumed her position, from which she had been temporarily
driven, as first favourite, before the flag fell, and won easily
by two lengths.
The Prince of Wales's Stakes was a rather hollow victory
for Ely, who with Fille de l'Air, had the race to themselves
frona the distance, the horse defeating the Oaks winner by
two lengths.
The tedious delay above alluded to caused the latter events
to be hurried over in a slovenly fashion. In fact, there was
an embarras de richesse in to-day's card. Nine events are
rather too much, taking into consideration the inevitable
time lost in these half•mile races—of which there were two
out of the nine that were run to-day. The Royal party took
their departure for Frogmore soon after the issue of the
Prince of Wales's Stakes.
The Trial Stakes of 5 sous each, with 100 added, for 2 and
3-yr-olds. Weight for age, with certain allowances. The
New Mile, 13 subs.
Lord Westmoreland's Auditor, 2 yrs, sst 71b (£200)
(J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr W. Day's Catch-'em-Alive, 5 yrs, lOst (£600)
(J. Adams) 2
Lord Ailesbury's Menace, 3 yrs, Bst 2lb (£200)
(H. Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran ;—Nourmahal filly, Verbena,
Diomed, General Hess, The Gillie, Man-at-Arms, Change
of Luck, Hopper, and llolkar.
Betting-9 to 4 agst Auditor, 3to 1 agst Catch'em Alive,
10 to 1 agst Holkar, and 12 to 1 each agst General Hess
and Diomed.
After running a few strides in company, Verbena lying
in the centre came on with a clear lead, having Auditor,
Menace, and Hopper on her right, with Diomed and Catch-
'ern Alive on the left, the others, who were headed by
General Hess and Holkar, followed close in their wake. On
reaching the enclosure Verbena gave way to Auditor,
Catch-'em Alive, and Menace, who came on nearly abreast
although wide, and finished the race home, the young one
landing Lord Westmoreland's colours very cleverly at last
by a length and a half. There were two lengths between
the second and third ; Diomed was fourth, Verbena fifth,
Man-at-Arms and Ilolkar side by side sixth and seventh,
Hopper, General Hess, and Change of Luck were the next
pulling up, Velocity and The Gillie being last.
The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 20 sous each; 3-yr-olds and upwards, weight
for age, with certain allowances and penalties. 2 miles.
14 subs.
Mr Craven's Young Rapid, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Atkins) 1
Mr W. S. Cartwright's Fairwater, 6 yrs, Set 121 b
(Custarce) 2
Baron Rothschild's Wingrave, 6 yrs, 9st 311).... (Wells) 3
The following also ran :—Claremont, Caller Ou, Johnny
Armstrong, Bacchus, Sea King, Ostentation, Little Stag,
Birc,lll3ruotn, and Oldmitteer.
Betting-7 t 4 agst Little Stag, sto 1 agst Caller Ou, 7
to 1 agst Birch Broom, S to 1 agst Fairwater, and 10 to I
eget Young Rapid.
The start was delayed a short period through the restive-
ness of Ostentation, who refused to join his horses. When
they were despatched Bacchus, next the rails, rushed to the

front, and w th Birch Broom and the favourite close in his
wake, made play at a sound pace—the trio being followed
by Johnny Armstrong, Sea King, and Young Rapid, who
headed the next division, which was brought up by Clare-
mont and Oldminster. As they reached the top turn Little
Stag, overpulling Carroll, went past his horses, and pro-
ceeded on with a clear lead of a couple of lengths, Lord
VTestsooreland's colt having a similar advantage of Young
Rapid and Bacchus, who were side by side, Wingrave,
Fairwater, and Caller On being their immediate followers.
In these positions they reached the bottom, but half across
Fairwater ran into the third place, followed at the Old Mile
post by Wingrave, the pair coming on in attendance upon
the leaders into the straight, where Birch Broom gave way,

followed in a few strides after by the favourite, which left
Fairwater with a slight lead of the Baron's colt, the pair,
however, being joined at the old stand by Young Rapid,
who came up on the left with a rush and won very cleverly
at last by a length, Fairwater defeating Wingrave for the
honour of second by a head. Little Stag was a bad fourth,
Johnny Armstrong fifth, Claremont sixth, Sea King and
Bacchus side by side were the next two, then came Caller
Ou, Birch Broom, and Oldminster, who trotted in. Run
in 3 miu 41 sees.

A Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds; colts Bst
71b, fillies Bst 31b. Threo quarters of a mile. 6 subs.
Duke of Beaufort's Siberia . (Fordham) 1
Mr G. Bryan's Reinfrid
Betting-11 to 10 on Siberia, who, with a slight lead,
made play to the enclosure, where she was joined for a few
strides by Reinfrid, but after a little rousing the favourite
shook him off and won cleverly by a length.
A Maiden Plate of £lOO for 2-yr-olds; colts Bst 101 b, and
fillies Bst 71b. Entrance 1 soy. Half a mile.
Count 13atthyany's King Charming, Bst 101 b (Custance) 1
Mr J. Morris's Shrapnel], Bst 101 b (Judd) 2
Mr Alexander's Cordelia, Sat 71b (E. Sharp) 3
The following also ran :—Scheldt, Czarina, Radcliffe,
Spice, Alvediston's dam filly, Audax, Vigilant, Colombine,
Drino, Brigand, Pepper's Ghost, Delilah, Threadbare,
Munchausen, Lopear, Rialto, Leader, Lady Florence,
Arkansas, and Fred, . .

Betting-4 to 1 agst King Charming, 6to 1 each agat
Audac and Shrapnell, and 100 to 8 agst any other.
After innumerable false starts the flag was lowered to an
equitable start, Shrapnell on the upper ground being the
first away, closely followed in the centre of the course by
Leader, Cordelia, and Czarina; and on the far side by King
Charming and Radcliffe. In the centre of the Stand Leader
was beaten, and Cordelie joined Mr Morris's colt, the pair
a dozen strides from the chair being caught by King
Charming, who running the longest won a fine race by a
neck, half a length separating the second and third ; Czar-
ina was fourth, close up, Radcliffe fifth, Audax sixth,
Rialto seventh, and Drino next. The last two were Bri-

gand and Scheldt.
The Queen's Stand Plate of 200 sous, added to a sweepstakes
of 10 sous each. For 2-yr-olds and upwards; weights for
age. Winners extra; with maiden allowances. T.Y.C.

22 subs.
Count F, de Lagrange's Le Bearnais, 2 yrs, Est 51b
(J. Grimshaw) 1
Captain Christie's Lady Clifden, 6 yrs, Oat 51b
(Fordham) 2
Mr Merry's Zambesi, 2 yrs, bet 12lb .... (H. Covey) 3
The following also ran :—Pearl Diver, Kildare, Soap-
stone, Umpire, Black Duchess, Syren, Bertha, Starbeam,
Bunch, Castle Hill, King John, and Birch Broom.
Betting—.s to 2 apt Le Bearnais, sto 1 agst Lady Clif-
den, 7 to 1 each agst Umpire and Zambesi, and 10 to 1 any
other. .

The favourite on the far side was the first away, and in
company with Lady Clifden made the running, followed OR
the Stand side by Zambesi, Pearl Diver and Umpire to the
Stand, where the three placed drew away and finished the
race home. Le Bearnais, who always appeared to have the
best of it, won very cleverly by a length, twice that distance
separating the second and third. Pearl Diver was fourth,
Umpire fifth, and Soapstone sixth; Star Beam and Birch
Broom close together next, the last three being Kildare,

Syron, and Castle Hill.
The Ascot Stakes of 25 sous each, 15 ft, and 5 only if de-
clared, 8c:;., with 200 added. The winner of any handicap
after the weights are chelared (May 27th, 10 a in.) to
carry 71b extra. Two miles and a half. 49 subs., 33 of
whom pay 5 soya each. The highest weight accepting
being Sst 91b, it has been raised to Sst 121 b, and the others

in proportion.
Baron Rothschild's Hippolyta, 3 yrs, Cat 61b
(J, Grimahaw) 1
Mr G. Rigby's Black Deer, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Perry) 2
Mr Bryan's Lady Hylda, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Carroll) 3
The following also ran : —Baldwin, Bally Edmond,
Canary, Hypermnestra, Welbeck, Redcap, Wandering
Minstrel, Claxton, Alabama, Sheridan, Rappel, and
Potash.

Betting-3 to 1 aget Hippolyta, 5 to 1 agst Canary. 6 to
L aget Sheridan, 10 to 1 each apt Alabama and Rappel,
LOO to 8 agst Wandering Minstrel, 100 to 7 each aget Lady

iHylda, Claxton, and Welbeck, and 100 to 2 agst Bally
Edmond.
Redcap jumped away with a clear lead, having Claxton
and Welbeck as his immediate fcAlowers ; three lOngiLii
in *hose rear were seen Rappel, Wandering kiinstrelf
Alabama, and Black Deer; the rear division, who were
following close iii their wakes being brought up by
Bally Edmond. Rounding the top tarns Olaxten dropped
back, and the leader was followed by Welbeck; Wan-,
deritig Minstrel, and Rappel to the foot of the Swinley 111111
where the favourite ran into the fourth place, and was
joined half way Wass the bottom by Sheridan ala d Canary,
the latter getting upon do :jet tering with the leaders ad
they reached the Old Mile-post, where Redcap was beaten
and dropped away. The lead from this point was taken tip
by Sheridan, closely attended by Canary, Baldwin, and
the favourite, the four running in a body to the turn into
the straight, where the Baron's filly came up on the out-
side and half way up obtained a clear lead ; Canary at
tho same time dropped back, followed by Baldwin, who
broke down, leaving Black Deer and Lady Hylda in atten-
dance upon the leader, who won in a canter by a couple of
lengths, three. quarters of a length separating second and
third; Alabama was fourth, Sheridan fifth, and Wandering
Minstrel sixth. The others were pulled up and walked in
some distance in their rear, the last of which was Potash.
The Prince of "Wales's Stakes of 20 sovs each, hft with
£5OO added, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; and fillies,
Bst sib. Winners extra, with certain allowances, The
owner of the second horse to receive 100 soya, and the
f.wner of the third horse 50 sovs out of the stakes. New
Course, about a mile and five furlongs. 140 subs.
Mr W. Cartwright's Ely, Oat 111 b (inc 51b extra)
(Custance) 1
Count F. de Lagrange's Fille de l'Air, Oat (inc 9lb extra)
(A. Edwards) 2
Captain T. Cooper's Knight of Snowdon, Bst 81b
(T. Adams) 3
The following also ran :—ldler, Lord Zetland, Gazza
Ladra, Glendusk, Calista colt, Figaro, Major, Hollyfox,
Hymettus, Elmedale.
Betting-3 to I agstKnight of Snowdon, 7to 2 agst Fille
de "Air, 5 to 1 agst Hollyfox, 6 to 1 agst the Calista colt,
and 8 to 1 agst Ely.
Idler and Major, side by side, made play, followed by
Gazza Ladra, Calista colt, Ely, and the French filly, into the
Swinley bottom, where they closed and ran in company to
the half distance, where Ely and Fille de l'Air came out,
and, with Knight of Snowdon in attendance, finished the
race home, Ely winning cleverly at last by two lengths ;
twice that distance separated the second and third. Glen-
dusk was fourth, Hollyfox fifth, and Figaro next.
The First Year of the Seventh Ascot Biennial Stakes of
10 sovs each, with 100 added each year ; for 2-yr-olds ;
colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bat 61b; the owner of the second
horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes. T.Y.C.
56 subs.
Mr Merry's Liddington, Bst 101 b.. (Fordham) 1
Mr H. Melville's Wild Boy, Sat 101 b (Goater) 2
Mr R. Sutton's Gardevisure, Bat 61b (T. French) 3
The following also ran :—Ostregor, Salpinctes, Rotho-
rnago, Contraband, Shrapnell, and Sister to Tomato.
Betting—Even on Liddington, 2 to 1 agst Gardevisure,
and 10 to 1 age any other.
Gardevisure jumped away with a slight lead, closely fol-
lowed by Wild Boy and the favourite, and Sister to Tomato
to the Stand Enclosure, when Liddington came first and
won a good race by a neck ; four lengths between the second
and third; Sister to Tomato was fourth; Ostregor fifth;
and Shrapnell sixth.