The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-22 00:00:00

. .
tion to know that all who arb not past hope-are receiving
eVery attention' which can alleviate tlAr sufferings. -Even
fruit and flowers were formfarded in abundance by the kind
ladies of Newark. - The last patient I saw was a poor
Geinfan unable to speak English, but he was carefully
attended by a lady who had come to him, because she
could speak his language.

STATEMENT OF A PASSENGER.
A passenger in the excursion train writing to the Brad-
ford Observer says :—" The -collision occurred at exactly
25 minutes past one, near a place called Clay Bridge-lane,
about a mile on the London side of Newark. There is no
station or siding at the spot, and at the time the majority
of tlis passengers would probably be asleep.
No intimation was given to the passengers before
there was a tremendous jerk and crush so
violent that the whole of the train was at once thrown
off the line. It should be here explained that
the train consisted of carriages from four towns. Those
from Leeds were first, next came the Bradford train,
then those from Halifax, and lastly those from York. I
was in one of the Bradford carriages, and therefore at
some considera:ble distance from the front, where, of
course, the collision occurred. The first shock, though it
threw the carriages off the line, did not upset any of
them. The collision was, however, instantly followed by
a train of luggage vans running down the length of the
trip train, against it; taking off the doors, smashing the
handles, breaking all the glass, and driving in the sides
of the carriages. I was sitting near the door, with my
face to the engine, and the door, with the glass window,
was driven in upon me just as I was moving my head to-
ward the window to see what was the matter, when the
luggage waggons thus came down. The carriages of the
trip train were all shaved on this side as by machinery. I
first tried to find the handle of the door, of which the top
had been staved in, in order to get out. The bottom part
of the door still remained, but the handle was clean cut
off. I made the best of my way out from the doorway of
the next compartment, the door here having been com-
pletely carried away. On getting down, I saw at the tail
end of our train the trucks which had passed us piled one
on another, and some of them tippled off the low embank-
ment into a pond. Everybody was hastening to get out
of the carriages, and the scene towards the front was, as
far as I could discern in the dim light, something terrible
—carriages piled one on another, and many of them
smashed literally to shivers. The heavy engine had been
toppled right over on to its back, and lay inclined, with
the wheels partly in the air, and some of the first car-
riages hac, of course, gone past it. From this front
part of the trains, where the carriages had been so com-
pletely destroyed, piteous cries and moans were proceed-
ing. Those who had been slightly injured in the Brad-
ford, Halifax, and York carriages lost no time in ascer-
taining the extent of their hurts, but moved at once
to the front to see of what service they could be
The efforts of many of the passengers to relieve their
unfortunate companions were most praiseworthy, and
amongst these was a lady, whose name we do not know,
who displayed great activity and zeal, encouraging the
men, and rallying them to fresh exertions. The dying
and badly injured soon began to be removed into an
adjoining field, the hedge of which had been broken
through. A little baby, six months old, was got from
among the debris, with its arm torn from wrist to shoulder ;
the mother was at the time lying apparently dead among
the debris. The child was taken to the railway station,
and it was there stated that both the father and
mother were dead. About four o'clock, however, the
mother was got out alive, though it is not yet known
whether she will survive. Many of the dead and injured
were fast among the wreck for hours, and in their efforts
to relieve them by trying to lift up one portion of the
superincumbent I:debris, the workers found that they
were either pressing it on the other parts of the
sufferers' bodies, or upon some other victim of the
catastrophe. Ultimately, after the lse of some hours, a
special engine brought up a beauy crane, by
which the wreck was being rapidly and safely removed.
In reference to the cause of the accident, I could not
learn anything definite or satisfactory, but it was stated,
I believe on the authority of the guard of the luggage
train, that very shortly before the collision an axtle-tree
on his train, which was running on the up line, had
broken, and thrown some of the carriages quite across our
line. Our engine was thrown to the left and the tender
to the right. It was said that the officials in charge of
the luggage train had tot the time, even if they had had
the opportunity, to signal the trip-train. This, however,
must be subject to the correction of fuller and more accu-
rate information.

The effect of the collision was very destructive. The
engine, driven by an old servant of the company, named
Thomas Hurst, with the tender, was completely over-
turned, the six succeeding carriages being thrown in a
heap and terribly crushed. The passengers in three of
them suffered very severely. The engine-driver was killed
on the spot, and his stoker had both his legs cut off, and died
shortly aft erwards. Assistance from the Newark Station
was speedily at hand, and all the medical men resident in
the neighbourhood were soon on the spot, rendering what
aid they could to the sufferers, of whom the following isla
list of those identified up to the latest moment. It will be
observed they are chiefly resident in Leeds and the sur-
rounding district, the Leeds carriages being the first in the
train :
PASSENGERS KILLED.
Mr. Thomas Philpott, 72, Nile-street, North-street,
Leeds.
ott (son of the above).
Mr. Frederick Philp
Mr. Kershaw Hirst, tobacconist, Leeds.
Mrs. Helton, wife of Mr. Helton, Chapeltown-road,
Leeds.
Mrs. Robinson, wife of Mr. Robinson, scenic artist, Bees-

ton-road, Leeds.
H anna.h Haddock, Lands-lane, Leeds.
And the bodies of eight others not yet sufficiently identi.
fled to justify a publication of names.
RAILWAY SERVANTS KILLED.
T homas Hurst, engine-driver, of Doncaster.
Joseph Watson, stoker, of Doncaster.
PASSENGERS INJURED.
Mr. Marshall, liirkstall, Leeds.
Miss Emily Groves, Meadow-road, Leeds.
Anne Burnett, Park-street, Kirkstall, Leeds.
John Cook, Meadow-lane, Leeds.
T. Shuttleworth, Ilkley, Leeds.
Jane Brown, Meadow-lane, Leeds.
Anne Dutton, Fallowfield-terrace, Leeds.
Mr. Haddock, Land's-lane, Leeds.
Charles A. Wilson, 17, Albion-street, Leeds.
Mrs. Greenwood, Faircroft-terrace, Leeds.
William Pitts, Beeston Hall, Leeds.
J. W. Booth, Crown-street, Halifax.
Mr. Toff, 14, Ellison-street, Middlesex-street, London.
Miss Smithson, 37, Bond-street, Leeds.
Mr. Joseph Miller, 6, Caroline-street, Leeds.
Mr Henry Friend, 1, Cross Templar-street, Leeds.
Mr W. Holland, Chapel Jovin-road, Leeds.
Mrs. Richardson, Aldgate, London.
Mr. Gray, Castleford, Yorkshire.
RAILWAY SERVANT INJURE

Thos. Hulford, guard, Albert-terrace, Leeds.
Intelligence of the accident reached London at an early
hour yesterday morning, and before noon Mr. Oakley,
Secretary of the Great Northern Railway, left town for
Newark, accompanied by Col. Packe, Chairman of the
Board of Directors, and Mr. Faber, one of his colleagues.
The inquest was opened yesterday afternoon ; but,
pending the more perfect identification of the bodies, it
has been adjourned until Friday next.
Information has been forwarded to the Board of Trade,
and Colonel Tyler is instructed to attend the judicial
inquiry.