The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-14 00:00:00

DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDEN T

AT SELBY.

VERDICT OF THE, JURY ON THE FIRST
. INQUEST. _ . .

Immediately after the Eidj,,uinment of the inquest at
Brind, on Saturday, which we published in The Sun of
Wednesday, the Coroner proceeded to Howden fur the
purpose of holding an inquest upon the b.,dies of Cragg
and Aldersmith, the unfortunate gentlemen who were not
instantaneously killed by the accident.
Ai soon as the jury had ben impanelled, they pro-
ce. Jed to view the bodies. Mr. Aldersmith did hot ap-
pear to have been much mutilated—only a few bruises
being apparent—conveying thereby the impression that
the injury must have been inflicted internally. Mr. Cragg
was more severely crushed. A bolt of iron or some other
hard substance appeared to have entered the back part of
the bead, causing a gash that was truly frightful to look
upon. After the jury mad returned from viewing the bo-
dies to the Half Moon Inn, where the inquest wai being
held, the Coroner granted his warrant authorising the re.
latives of the deceased to remove the bodies. He then
suggested that the inquest should be adjourned till nine
o'clock on Wednesday morning next.
The Jury, previously to separating, were bound over in
their own recognizances of 401. each, to appear at the
above time.

TrESDA V.
The adjourned inquest on the three persons who were
killed immediately on the ouertutning of the carriages,
was held at Loftsome-bridge Inn, this morning, at half-
past nine o'clock.
William Lee deposed that he had seen the dead body
of the female, and knew her to be his sister, Elizabeth
Lee. She was thirty-five years of age, and was a single
woman.
John Butterfield deposed, that he resided at Leeds, and
had been for nearly six years foreman in the Leads and
Selby Railway Company's warehouses. He remembered
the iron casting being put on the carriage at Leeds, on
the 6th instant. It belonged to the Leeds and Selby
Company. He did not see the casting till after it had
been put on the waggon. He could not be certain of its
being fastened by either rope or chain at that time. It
was the regular custom to lash goods on the waggons, and
had the casting not been fastened, he thought he should
have observed it. He had before sent similar things of
the same size. Ho had sent similar castings on the 23d
and 27th ult., and they were all laid upon the waggon in
the same way as the present one, and all arrived in safety
at their destination.
William Faxcett was the guard on the former occa-
sions, when the castings were sent, as well as on the day
when the accident happened. The casting left Leech on
Thursday night, in a luggage train. When the casting
was sent on the 23d July, he assisted in lashing it with a
rope, and it was tied two or three times across, and once
or twice lengthwise, and then fastened to hooks on the
sides of the waggon. Had no doubt that the last casting
was lashed similarly to the former ones ; bad it not been it
would have caught his attention.
Mr. Hogarth deposed that he was a commercial tra-
veller, and lived in Lombard-street, London, and that he
was at Selby on Friday last ; he was at the depot about
ten minutes before the train came up from Leeds to Selby ;

when it came he observed that there was a casting en one
of the carriages, and thought it looked insecure, and ob-
jected to go into the next carriage to the truck or, that
account, and went by the last cart iage but one of the train.
He (witness) was not certain whether he told any person
belonging to the depot about the casting or not, but he
thought he did. Just before the accident occurred. he
thought that they were going at the rate of thirty miles an
hour, and the carriages seemed to rock about considerably.
He did not observe that the rope fastening the casting was
worn, but he thought it very unsafe.
Mr. Gutteridge deposed that he was the chief manager
of the Leeds and Selby Railway, at the S. lby station.
Part of his duty was the arrangement of the carriages.
aui he consider, d that the carriages with goods were safer
• nearer the engine than at a distance. He had never known
of any accident resulting from the same cause as the pie-
sent, on any other railway. The engine t'eat took the
train was called the " Colliagwood." The truck on which
the eastng was laid belonged to the Leeds and Selby
Railway Company. No passengers were killed in the
. two first carriages.
Mr. John Gray, engineer, deposed that he had been
connected fur 13
.3 ears with the Liverpool and Manchester
Ran way Company, and was practically acquainted with
the working of the engines His attention had been
directed to the beat manner of arranging carriages in the
train. He considered the best mode of arranging them
wa,, to place two-thirds or three-fourths of the goods' car.
iiages nearest the tender, and the rest after the passengers'
carriages. He did not consider it unsafe or improper to
send castings by the passengers' trains. In nine cases net
of ten, the collisions on railways take place by engines
getting off the rails ; when it seldom happens that more
than the first six carriages arc thrown cff the line by any
accident whatever
William Greavesdeposed that the truck with the casting
was place d next the tender, and that truck was the property
of the Leeds and Selby Railway Company. The next
was a first-class carriage, and belonged to the Leeds and
Selby Company. The next was a second-class carriage,
and belonged to the Hull Company. These were both
.erapt3. Then came two third.class carriages ; one be-
''' longed to the Hull and Si lby Company, and the other to
toe York and Leeds. Did not know whether there were
passengers in both these carriages, or only ens. Did not
know whether the female who was dead was in one of these
carriages or not. Mr. Veltman and Mr. taead were in a
second-class carriage from York. The engine belonged
to the Hull and Selby Railway Company.
The CORONER, in charging the Jury, sail he did not
think that they would be justified in returning a verdict of
either wilful murder or manslaughter. He certainly
thought that proper attention had not been paid by the
Leeds and Selby Company in seeing that the casting was
properly fastened, and it was for them to consider what
amount of deodand they would impose upon any of the

parties.
The Jury retired, and at half-past three o'clock returned
with a verdict of " Accidental death," and laid a DEO-
DAND of FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS upon the en-
gine and the whole of the carriages, being jointly the pro-
perty of the Leeds and Selby, and Hull and Selby, Rail-
way Companies.
It is said that the melancholy occurrence has caused the
premature accouchement of Mrs. Veltman.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

o THE MANCHESTER DISTILLERY C,,MPANY IN THE MATTER

OF F. G. CARkt'THERS

On Wednesday, the day fixed for the choice of assignees,
in the matter of this bankrupt, .ome extraordinary
closures were elicited. The case cam, before S. C. F.
Williams, in the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street,
when Mr. Lloyd attended on behalf of several creditors
who, he said, bad been defrauded out of their property by
the bankrupt. The Messr,. Ladhroke were creditors for
upwards of 10,0001., advances which they made upon the
guarantee of the father for the son.
The proof having been admitted,
The bankrupt was sworn, and examined at great
Iczigth by Mr. Lloyd, and stated in eff, ct as fellows :
I am now living at Nu. 8. Manchester-buildings, West,-
stcr, with my wife, tily Lather is not in England,
and may ►:e on the Continent ; I believe some% here in the
n. ighbourhood a Brussels. I Ist beard from him two
ago. through one of my brothers, who now lives ht
Dulwich, but generally reside s with my father, whom I
last saw about three weeks ago, at Nu. 63, Vauxhall-
road, and since the 14th of July last, when the fiat was
issued against ire.
Mr. Lloyd—Have you deliv,red up everything you had
at Manch( st.,r?

Bankrupt—l have left everything after me there, except
the clothes which I brought to London. I have a cash-
book, which was kept until the month of August last, and
since that period I put a few things into my ledger. I
have not been at Manchester since the fiat, but Mr. Spires,
our managing clerk, still resides upon the premises. The
business was carried on as the Manchester Distillery Com-
pany, originally by my father and myself, and a deed of
partnership was regularly drawn up by Mr. Hoare, a soli-
citor, of which I have a copy at my lodgings; and the dis-
solution of the partnership took place in January last,
which was notified in the Gazette of the 22d of that month.
I still carried on the business as the Manchester Distillery
Company, under the name of Carruthers and Co. An ac-
count of the stock, debts, &c., was taken at the time of the
dissolution of partnership, and I gave my father 10,0001
as the consideration for his leaving the whole business to me.
By Mr. Commissioner WlLLiams—Then what amount
of capital had you to begin with ?
Bankrupt—We worked from the beginning upon Messrs.
Ladbroke's acceptances, which were to a very large
amount. They were our only capital. My debts to the
bankers are now about 18,0001. or 19,0001. ; my distil.
lery creditors from 1 5001. to 2,0001. ;
and my private
debts amount to 2,3001. for furniture, plate, &c. I had
some plate from Allenson and Mason. of Holborn,
to the amount of 2801., and from Rundell and Bridge
to about 1301., but the former was returned, and the
latter I left with my brother-in-law at Manchester.
The Bankrupt then went on to admit, that he had ob-
tained carriages, plate, jewels, and other costly articles, at
the very time that there was against him an extent in aiu
frcm the: Crown, for 4.500 L, whilst the value of the
spirits with which to satisfy this demand did not exceed
2,5001
The Solicitor to the fiat said that he believed the
bankrupt's boo'ts were fatancations.
In answer to questions put by the Learned Commis-
sioner, the bankrupt admitted that there was slit at his
lodgings linen to the value of from 601. to 801., and
some wine in his cellar.
The COMMIPIONER thereupon directed the messenger t„
proceed thither with the bankrupt, and take pi ss,„ion of
every letter, book, and paper, and admonished the bode_
rupt that all his property, excepting wearing apparel,
must be given up.
The bankrupt then left the Court with the messenger
to take possession of everything.

MEETING IN DUBLIN.—On Saturday Mr.
O'Connell addressed a note to his constituents, requesting
them to meet him at two o'clock thatoda,NyeitnnthbeeinCgorion Ex-
change.tho About half-past two, Mr.
Chair, Mr. O'Connell addressed
stshiemof aeetdinogptaiotgeoanswideelti:
consider-
able length. He urged the necessity
united system, so as to insure th. returno Coofocompetent
sons to represent them in the Ccninto
con-
eluded by moving a series of resolutions, to the effect trio
individual canvassing should cease; that each ward sLou!d
Ipoint a committee of twenty-one, and s.l, et by ballot theinappoint
iividuals whom they considered best qualified to repre-
sent them; that such committee report the names of the
candidates so approved of to another meeting of the ward,
and that the Liberal electors be recommended to vote for
such persons. In reply to several questions, Mr. O'Con-
nell said that it would not be right for the Liberal clubs
established in this cityl
to take upon themselves the selec-
tion of. candidates. These clubs could aid the respective
sll tutees, and to show there could be no difficulty in
tog committees he would attend meetings in the
'-'--717614wards, and help to have them formed. The reso-
- S ,/ationigtassed, and the meeting adjourned.

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