The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-21 00:00:00

6'HOCKING BAILTVA.Y ACCIDENT.

GLOUCESTER, SATURDAY.
A :frightful accident happened to the express
train from Milford to London this afternoon. The
train leaves Milford at 8.15, arrives at Chepstow
4t 1.45, and does not stop again until it reaches
Grangei. Court Junction, where the South
ale 3 and Hereford and Gloucester lines
pge, and which station it reaches at 2.15.
"uortly before arriving at Lydney station, about
W° o'clock, and when the train was going at nearly
,
AY miles an hour, the engine, from some cause at
present unknown, got off the rails. The coupling
:gains were broken by the violence of the shock,
I'd the engine ran along the permanent way for
about 100 yards, and then turned almost completely
'3:4, on the up side of the line, the tender turning
11°1er also, and partly resting on the engine. The
ttil'er and stoker (Henry and Barrett) wereunder-
neath the engine and tender, and were afterwards
t
he'elled, though both badly injured ;
, the stoker
t4ing received a severe scalp woUnd, and the driver
t"lie rib fractured, besides being scalded. The train
ecl'aisted of three carriages, a second-class at each
", and a first-class between. The first two car-
riEtges broke away in an opposite direction to the
striking
the first of them crossing the down line and
with great violence against the corner of the
gods shed; so violent, indeed, was the collision that
7 aide of the carriage was knocked away, and one
Po'the passengers in the first compartment—believed
°1 be Mr. S. Bennett, tea merchant, of Market-
ce, Bath, from a letter found in his possession—
:4_l3 thrown upon the line ; his leg was broken and
thlluchingly lacerated, it is believed by the step of
th carriage, and- he expired--SoOn afterwards from
e hemorrhage. In the compartment with him was
ii:laan Who was wounded in the hand, and the
ti;tlge of the wheel cut away part of his coat and
e leg of his trousers, but he fortunately escaped
Without
severe injury. Several of the other pas-
-4,ll„gers were more or less bruised, and one, a female
to a gentleman named Baker, of Broms-
-I,;t:l'e, was cut about the head and face, but no bones
re broken.
4148 Boon as the disaster happened intelligence was
~11'graphed to Gloucester, and Mr. Ashbee, the
qtriatendent, instantly obtained the attendance
VII% -Barrett, and Mr. Clarke, surgeons, and started
ThBPeeial train for the scene of the catastrophe.
found that the third carriage, in which the
libe°ll4 guard was riding, had kept its place on the
e' Bud ran some distance past the engine and
ether Carriages before it stopped.
toy 'P that humanity and medical skill
itillid,devise was done for the passengers, and the
hoiler and stoker having been conveyed to the
It;,l' at Lydney, Mr. Ashbee returned to Gloucester
vt'i4 the passengers ; they arrived here at five
Pk, and were enabled to continue their journey.
ha 80n of Lord Tredegar was a passenger by the
11,1a' and occupied a seat in the first-class or mid-
th„e4rriage of the tree ; the hon. gentleman states
be scarcely felt h
the shock.
1111
of 0 e Will of Sir Henry Paston Bedingfeld, Bart.,
lborough-hall, near Norwich, and of Brailes,
gt),l°ickshire, was administered is London on the
tkg tit. It bears date as far back as 1834. The
tutors appointed being Edniund Jerningham,
1%." (Since deceased), and Edward Norris, Esq.,
'lob- renounced; whereupon letters of administra-
-804-i With the will annexed, were granted to his
Ettcl heir, Sir Henry George Paston Bedingfeld,
0,111.t' Lady Bedingfeld, the relict, having first re-
need the grant, her ladyship being the residuary
Itt tee of the personalty, but taking only a life in-
le in the plate, library, and furniture. The
,games are few, and of small amount. The late
11enry died on the 4th of February last, aged
tel Ile married, in 1826, Margaret Anne Bishopp,
child and heiress of the late Edward Paston,
He succeeded to the baronetcy and estates
4
41t11,29, and in 1858 he was declared a co-heir to
k",4rolly of Grendison.
IttOtTRIoUS BIVALVE.—The compartment No. 12
aquarium at the Zoological Gardens of the Bois de
:1t4,13t11(1 has just received a stone containing a phobia.
to sight it might be taken for a mere petrifaction, but,
(t bQioser examination, a very small hole is perceived,
`4el" which this strange shell-fish has penetrated into
Bgterior. This small hole, moreover, must not be taken
ItiebttleasUre of the creature itself, which generally attains
t:Atill of eight centimetres, or three inches. The pholas
Niellia) vulgarly piddock, is a white bivalve,
:t),vY resembling the common muscle in
.shape. When
j‘l, ":11ng the pholas commences its operations upon the
't),-"le,'or wood which it has selected for its habitation.
ktil:e"ertilly succeeds in boring a fine hole intorstehoefstiube-
hthqio'rsdothtus ohbtainbs aner suenffiteria.enhcte.forlnittshegcrowing
size,
I,,l):ttat4tirl,3 furtheru andm further into the heart of the hard
01'N'4ee in which it is now imprisoned without the pos-
Nth,' Of escape. The instrument which the pholas has at
tad;tiland for this mason's work is a soft, fleshy, and
liqtte,iGzenge.shaped tongue, with a somewhat rough
'-t; When finished, the cavity bears some resemblance.
bb°°acco-pipe the tube being that part through which
Nh()las has entered. It has two entrances, by which
ko, 411 t squirts out water; and it likewise contains a
4;°rescent liquid, diffusing a strong light around in
11 k, a property which it communicates to all it touches'
Ole ,4e sometimes found pierced through and through by
potA'reatures, and in all directions. They chiefly resid,
:Nl,;ileona, and likewise on the French coast between
•-'(ll't and the sand banks of Olonne, where the finest
the pholas dactylia, is to be found. It is considered
but very few pholades are brought to market,
tle4 the only way to get at them is to break up their
tp`4(..l: 'Et_and as they generally haunt the lower stratae
Aeat
ar,:e seldom left uncovered by the sea, it requires
be C,LlVity to get a sufficient quantity of them for sale
from which the specimen of the Bois de Boulogne
p.tkaeatl„' lies near Rochefort, and presents the curious cir •
I:"treCee of a continuous perforation at the depth of a
ealld extending over nearly 10 hectares. During the
Ode,(1,:lillootial tides, when the rock is dry at low water,
ttt,,' °f men may be seen hard at work with pickaxes,
"4eiss shell-fish.