The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-21 00:00:00

The Alleged Murder in Lisson Grove.

A paragraph has appeared th the effect that an
Irishman named O'Flauagan was brutally murdered
at 17, Nightingale-street, Lisson-grove. There are
no grounds whatever in the statements given. The
facts being that O'Flanagan quarrelled with a fellow-
lodger named Jones on Saturday night last, and
ultimately they came to blows, but were separated.
At 10 o'clock the same night O'Flanagan went to
his home in Nightingale-street, being very drunk at
the time. On arriving at the top of the first flight
of steps he overbalanced himself and fell down the
stairs head foremost. The sound of the fall brought
the assistance of other lodgers, who conveyed the man
to St. Mary's Hospital, where he died in a few
minutes afterwards.

Dr. Woodward, on examination, found no out-
ward marks of violence, save a slight abrasion on
the left side of the head, and that the cause of death
was fracture of the collar-bone.

There is not the slightest foundation in the state-
ment that he had been stabbed, that he had been
hit with:a hammer, or that he had been thrown over
the staircase, and that his back was broken.

The wife of Jones was yesterday examined at.
the John-street station, but was not detained many
minutes, there being not the slightest evidence to
implicate either her or her husband.

That the death of O'Flanagan was purely acci-
dental thero cannot be the slightest doubt.

Alarming Railway Accident near Kelso.

An accident, attended with serious, though hap-
pily not with fatal results, took place on Saturday
night, about ten minutes past 6 o'clock, at the
Heiton siding on the Kelso branch of the North
British Railway, about four miles west of the junc-
tion of the North British with the North Eastern
Railway. The accident happened by a passenger
train running into r. stationary goods train, and the
result was that 13 persons—ten passengers, and
the three men in charge of the train--were more or
less hurt ; some of them severely.
The passenger train was the ordinary one due at
Kelso about 6 o'clock. The goods train was a spe-
cial, and consisted of somewhere about 15 waggons.
At the time when tie accident occurred, part of the
goods train was standing upon the down line, those
in charge of it being engaged in shunting off or
taking on wag go ns from the Heiton siding, and
when the passenger train came along it dashed
right into the stationary one. The crash was ter-
rific, and the consequences, as already stated, very
serious. The passengers, of whom it is reported
there were soinevhere about thirty, were vio-
lently pitched about. All the persons in charge
of the passenger train were injured. The driver
and stoker escaped with comparatively slight inju-
ries. Both of them either jumped off or were thrown
from the engine. The guard, Alex. Keddie, received
injuries of a more dangerous nature, having been
thrown from one end of his van to the other, and
sustained concussion of the brain, besides cuts and
bruises. The Rev. A.. Gordon, a clergyman in con-
nection with the Free Church, who was on his way
d+4 officiate in Spreustall Free Church, Kelso, suf-
severe injuries on the face and head. A coin-
re
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t Ircial traveller belonging to Kelso, Mr. John
nieeflggwood, was p.tched over three compartments
07'a third-class carnage, and escaped with injuries
on the left arm and hip. A young lad was lying
extended on a seat, the back of which was knocked
out, evidently by some ono being thrown against it,
and the boy pitched upon the fio' or of the carriage,
little hurt. In all 13 persons at least have been
injured. The carriages of the passenger train ap-
peated to have sustained little damage. What is
not a little singular also is the fact that a hunting
horse belonging to Mr Rathie, which was shut up in
the van next the engine, escaped without sustaining
the slightest apparent injury. The engine of the
passenger train has been much damaged, having
ploughed its way right into the guard's van of the
goods train, where it remained a fixture. The da-
mage done to the goods train is serious, several of
the trucks being smashed to pieces. The guard's
van was split up, in one or two cas©s a waggon was
forced upwards on to the preceding one, the down
line was blocked up for the night, but the traffic
was carefully and safely conducted over the up line,
though the trains did not keep accurate time. On
the collision taking place a message speedily con-
veyed intelligence to the stationmaster at Roxburgh,
which is only about 200 or 300 yards from where the
accident occurred, and that officer at once telegraphed
to Kelso for aid. Mr. Trotter, the station agent at
Kelso, immediately got ready a special train, and
along with all the force of porters he could collect
proceeded to the scene of the accident. The maimed
and bleeding passengers were at once attended to.
The passengers were speedily brought to Kelso,
where those who required it received medical attend-
ance. The cause of the accident will probably be
the subject of a searching investigation.
The following are the names of those injured :
Rev. A. Gordon, Free Church clergyman ; Mr.
John Ledgerwood, commercial traveller ; Miss Ali-
son Henderson, Kelso ; Miss Gardener, Yetholm ;
Miss Main, Kelso ; Mr. Henderson, teacher of Eng-
lish School, Kelso ; Mr. Wm. Cook, pupil-teacher,
Kelso Grammar School ; R. Chisholm, a porter at
Earlstown Station of the Berwickshire Railway ;
David Thomson, labourer, Roxburgh Newtown ;
William Sawyers, surfaceman on the North British
Railway ; Edvid. Keenan, hawker, Kelso.
On Sunday morning the guard of the goods train,
and a porter assisting in the shunting, were appre-
hended. A force of labourers wore engaged in clear-
' ing the line during the night, and the'road is clear
for traffic.

MARKETS—This Day.