The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

THE LATE .RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN IRELAND,

In addition to the persons injured by the late dreadful
accident, whose names have been already published, a
Mr. Lowry, of Cumberland, and his two sisters were
also sufferers on the occasion—one lady seriously, Mr.
Lowry and the other lady slightly. They are all, how-
ever, progressing favourably, and are staying at the
Shelburne Hotel, under the care of Surgeon Rynd.
Another of the sufferers (Miss Pack), who had been pro-
nounced "out of danger," lies in a most precarious con-
dition. The surgeon of Stevens's Hospital states that
her life is in imminent peril. Inflammation of the lungs
has supervened on the injuries which she received in her
chest, and the contusions and lacerated wounds on her

legs have led to extensive inflammation, which threatens
to assume a bad form. The following additional parti-
culars connected with this fearful catastrophe are fur-
nished by the Freeman of Monday morning :
"We have learnt some additional particulars relative
to the providential escape of Mrs. Latham Blacker and
her two daughters, which is, perhaps, the most extraor-
dinary incident connected with this sad disaster. This
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this :—When the buffers of the goods engine dashed against
those behind the coupd, the violence of the shock was so
great that the carriage sprung up (to use the words of
one of the witnesses) as high as the wires of the mag-
netic telegraph,' and, falling on the engine knocked off
its funnel, and then rested on the smoke-box' in such a
manner that the Misses Blacker, who were seated next
the doors at either side, were thrown out upon the top
of the smoke-box,' where they were subsequently found
lying in a state of insensibility, but uninjured. Mrs.
Blacker being seated nearer to the centre of the coupd,
was more exposed to the force of the concussion, and
consequently received a compound fracture of the leg.
On inquiry at the Straffan station on Saturday, where
she still lies, we were informed that she passed a good
night, but has not yet been pronounced out of danger.
She is attended by Surgeon Adams.
"We have already mentioned the wonderfully narrow
escape of Mrs. Barrington, who was found crushed into
a corner and covered over with fragments of the broken
carriage when her husband came to search for her. It
is stated that, on hearing the frantic shouts of the pas-
sengers who were on the embankment that the goods
train was running into them. Mrs. Barrington fell upon
her knees for prayer, and this attitude alone saved her
life. The next moment the side of the compartment
was driven in with the utmost violence, and the seat op-
posite to that which she had occupied was forced up-
wards in such a manner as to form a covering and pro-
tection for her head. Had she remained sitting, this
would certainly have struck her on the head or chest,
just in the same manner in which several of the unfor-
tunate passengers were killed. It is a curious circum-
stance that the bracelets, reticule, and other small
articles which were on Mrs. Barrington's person when
the accident occurred were found lying among the dead
bodies.
" In the first account of this lamentable event, when
it was impossible that all the details could be ascertained
with perfect accuracy, it was erroneously stated that Sir
Edward Kennedy was very active in his exertions to
afford the sufferers relief. Doubtless, had Sir Edward
Kennedy been present, his conduct would have been
expected everything that could be—but he was not
there ; and the credit given to him is due to his bro-
thers, Mr. Robert and Mr. William Kennedy, master of
the Kildare hounds—the latter especially, who cannot be
too highly praised for his kind, humane, and indefatigable
exertions on the occasion. In the confusion o
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