The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-11 00:00:00

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON THE NORTH
UNION RAILWAY—ONE PERSON KILLED
AND NINE INJURED.
BUXTON STATION, WEDNESDAY.—A frightful colli-
sion took place yesterday at this station, distant six
miles from Preston, between a coal train and the stage
coach running from Chorley to Southport, which ended
in the death of the Rev. Robert Ivy, an Independent
Minister residing at Duckenfield, and the serious injury
of the coachman, seven passengers, and the keeper of the
station- house. At this part of the line the railway
passes over the turnpike-road leading from Bolton,
Chorley, and oilier • parts, to Southport. There is a
gate on both sides, and a man named Nixon resides at
the station-house, whose duty it is to see that the
gates are regularly chased -against anything passing
along the turnpilte-road every time a train is ob-
served coming along the line. Yesterday the coach, which
belongs to Mr. Howarth, of Manchester, arrived at the
station at 20 minutes to one o'clock. It rained heavily
at time, and Nixon was in the house, taking his
dinner, when he heard the coach coming, and looking
through the window he saw a train of empty coal-wag-
gons, belonging to Messrs. Pearson and Co. of the.
at Ince, near Wigan, coining down the
suchaspeed as to lead him to conclude that the
line,S p r n
atg Colliery,
coach could not get across the line before the train
reached the station. Unfortunately he had omitted to
close the gates prior to taking -his dinner. Seeing the
danger likely to accrue, he ran out of the station-house,
and calling to the coachman to pull up, made a rush
at the leading horse (it was a unicorn team), but
missing it, ho caught hold of one of the wheelers,
and had scarcely stopped the coach, Alien the train,
which was driven with the tender beWrY the' engine,
came in contact with the wheel horseo and, drag-
ging them on the line, next caught-% the coach,
and splintered it to pieces. The fore horse broke
away, but the two wheelers were killed on the spot. The
passengers were found for the most part in a state of in-
sensibility, lying amongst the broken portions of the
coach. The Rev. Robert Ivy was picked up dead, at a
distance of 40 yards from the station. He had evidently
fallen among the waggons, and had been carried along
the line that distance. The railway was strewed with
the broken particles of the coach for a distance of full
170 yards, and one of the horses was dragged a greater
distance.

The following will be found a correct list of the su
ferers, and the nature of the injuries they received :

KILLED.

The Rev. Robert Ivy, Independent Minister of Duck-
enfield. His two thighs were dreadfully fractured, and
the left leg severed from his body. The Rev. Gentle-
man was on his way to Southport, accompanied by his
wife, and was to have preached there last evening. He
has left a family of two or three children.

INJURED.

Mrs. Ivy, injured in the spine from the concussion,
but not dangerously. She now remains at the Bay
Horse, the inn adjoining the station.
Mrs. Greer, at Preston, slightly injured, but not so
bad as to prevent her going home last night. She
and Mrs. Ivy were inside passengers, and it appears
almost a miracle how they could have escaped alive,
when the broken state of the coach is taken into consi-
deration.

Mr. William Ward, landlord of the Swan Inn, Bolton,
severely injured about the head, with a heavy bruise on
the temple.
Mr. Paton, manufacturer, MancheSter, collar-bone
fractured, with severe contusions on the forehead and
face. lie remains at the inn, in a rather dangerous state.
Henry Elston, the coachman, severely injured in the
abdomen and kidneys,
Thomas Nixon, the station-keeper, one leg so severely
fractured as to require amputation.
Mrs. Craig, of Heaton Norris, slightly bruised on the
left arm.

John Eccles, turnpike-keeper at Chorley, severely in-
jured in the legs and extremities.
John Arnold, horse-keeper at the inn • at Euxton,
slightly injured in the spine.
Mr. Dixon, surgeon, of Preston, and Mr. Pollard, sur-
geon, of Chorley, were quickly on the spot., and did all
in their power to relieve the sufferers.
Of course it would be premature in me to attribute
blame to any
Party, as the cause of the accident will be
fully investigated at the inquest about to be held on the
body ; but I ought not to omit to state that there is an
embankment on each side of ihe railway so high as only
admit of the bonnet on the top of the chimney of tho
locomotive engines being seen by coaches or carts passing
along the turnpike road.'
The inquest is appointed for ten o'clock to-morrow
morning.
ANOTHER COLLISION ON THE NORTH UNION

11.41,WAY

On Tuesday night a collision took place at the Farring-
ton station,
on the North Union Railway. It appears
that the train leaving Manchester and Liverpool for
Preston, at five o'clock in the evening, was rather later
than usual. The train stopped at Farrington station. to
put down passengers, and to attach the red signal lamp.
to the hind carriage. While this was being done the
London mail train. Caine up, and running into the train
on the rails smashed to pieces a horsebox loaded with
sporting dogs. Mr. Threlfall, maltster, of Preston, had
his thigh broken, and all the other passengers Arere more
or less injured. The
engineer of the first train, seeing
the danger, put his steam on, and then jumped off the
engine. The suddenness of start caused the engine to
break away from the carriages composing the train, and
it ran at a tremendous pace through the Preston station
on to. the Lancaster
out doing any injury.
line, and was at last stopped with-

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