The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-01 00:00:00

ALARMING RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR

WAI?RINGTON.

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One of the most alarming railway collisions that has
recently taken place occurred yesterday afternoon on the
London and North-Western Railway, between Manches-
ter and Liverpool. The express train, which leaves Vic-
toria Staticn, Manchester, at 2 45 p.m., proceeded yester-
day, as usual, with passengers for Liverpool, Chester, &c.,
taking up at Ordsal-lane a carriage of the Great Northern
Railway Comp iny, which was placed next to the engine.
Following that were a guard's van, seven carriages, and a
van also a, the rear of the train. On its arival at Newton
Junction the carriages for Warrington anpdowfwCei.nhrtehetsolviteesartpoedwpTerhe,
proceeded on its
near the Earls,.n waggon works, the driver observed an en.
detached, and the train
gine shunting across to the main line some emeyfusviaggons
yards,
andnt e r thevan
ni shuntingintervening
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distance
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at
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miles an hour. The driver did all in his
awt
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The
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expressgignotneo
an
which the
sidings were filled. The driver of the ex press stuck to the
engine, and miraculously escaped, only
being bruised and he being hurt a a few of his ribs
little about the head ; the
stoker was also unhurt, he having
nothing more than a severe shakingig jumped off, receiving
most alarming and melancholy
"
passen-
gers wore anticipated, for therllse Cplences to the
ewere tho Great Northern car-
riage, the guard's van' and
another carriage broken tapiocas;
the first one being quite a
taken out along with others, and From this one It lady
n ie wasd it
and. upon beingie"
was found that a few slights,sided upon
the latter ; but the lady wbruises only,ywwoeuneded about the
head and chest. She wasaisnsimeeedrieatelv placed under the
care of a medical gentleman, and is going on favourably.
The rest of the passengers fortunately, have received little
or n
—° injury as far as w, e could team, and shortly after-
Upon thu accident be-
wards proceeded on their way.
from the waggon works
coming known, several hundred nun!
and
owl, possible effort was made for
were in attendance,
which wasarakcacboiseiplished in the course of
clearing the line, escape of. the passengers
a couple of hours. The remarkable
mounted for
is in some measure
one, owing to tether train for the accommodation of gen-
tlemen Manchester on Tuesdays and Thursdays
attending
being despatched at 2.15 p.m. The damage to the stock
en estimated at between £4,000 and £5,000, both en-
has be
, aine, having been smashed.

ORIGIN OF THE PENNY POSTAGE

SYSTEM.

About thirty years ago a traveller was going through the
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Lake district. He halted at the door of a small inn at ths
moment when the postman was also stopping to deliver a
letter. A. girl came out to receive it, turned it over and over
in her hand, and then asked what the postage came to.
The postman wanted a shilling, a very large sum for a
poor girl such as this was. She gave a deep sigh, said that
the letter came from her brother, but that she had no
money, and :consequently she returned the letter to tio
hadso. Tschaercoebsttuinrnaeted rhetiisiabtacnekedeepf
postman. The traveller was a man who went about to
inform his mind and observe : as he was a good
mer
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a
trick
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agreed himor
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cially
be-
tween
hearted man, he offered to pay the postage, and, in spite good-
hearted -.
young
thought.
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h barmaid
tna . r
hieroglyhics marred
on the outside told her all she wanted to know, but the I,
she
-oung
her brother and herself ; a few
added,itselfcontained
wne oinwvreintittra.
this, e are both so ri a ftcl
We
of corneal
franking
Row-
frauds must not be bat The
franking our letters." The traveller went his 'ray' &act
while admiring the Cumberland erciesneer7o,,:sardwrtitltedlf
whether a fiscal system that
land Hill (that the traveller's
was
0 formed the idea of
basis,-`' TAe Eng-
orgazising the postai
service on. a new
lis?t, at heels,,, by 40,144 AS bus. 0.5.
gaveiin had not set era Mr.