The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-12 00:00:00

SAMPLES OF AMERICAN ACCIDENTS.

On the 12th instant, a son of Mr. Blaisdell was run
over by a train on the Easton Railroad, at East Boston,
and killed instantly.
Another accident on the Erie Railroad occurred, when
an extra train from Middletown, as it approached
Spring Valley, ran into a country waggon containing two
men and a boy. One man, Mr. Edward Stuart, was
killed instantly. The other, Mr. Nehemiah Wright, is
not exprcted to recover. The boy escaped. The men
resided in the neighbourhood. As usual, the railroad
account of the melancholy affair exonerates the com-
pany's servants from all blame.
A most terrible accident occurred on the Portage
Railroad on Monday last. The locomotive was thrown
from the track and upset against an embankment, when
a section boat which was attached to it was thrown for-
ward by its impetus, crushing the engine, and instantly
killing Colonel Thomas D. M‘Gough, a gentleman con-
nected with the road, and so severely injuring another
man named James Bighlan, as to leave no hopes of his
recovery, besides less severely injuring some four or five
others. One young lady had her hip dislocated; another
lost two of her fingers, &c.—Hollidaysburgh Pa. Beg. 2d.
A very serious accident occurred upon the track of
the Norwich and Worcester Railroad on Saturday,
within the limits of the city of Norwich. Just as
the Long Island train had left the depot for
Boston, it came in contact with a heavy freight
train coming into town. The concussion was tre-
mendous, and did serious injury to nearly the
whole train. One of the engineers says the damage
cannot be less than six thousand dollars. Happily,
however, no person was killed, and the only one seriously
injured was Mr. Fisher, the conductor. Mr. Stowell,
the superintendent of the Norwich Company, jumped
from the freight train, and saved his life, as did the
engineer.
ACCIDENT ON THE MEXICAN GULF RAILWA
Yesterday, as the train was returning from Terre-aux-
Beeufs, the front car, by the loosening of one of the
wheels, got off the track, and three of the following ones
rushing on, were immediately overturned. They con-
tained only a few coloured persons, of whom five or six
were grievously bruised and hurt. A negress had her
legs shockingly crushed, and lies in great danger. No
white person, we are informed, received any injury.—
N. O. Times, 31.

ALARMING FIRE NEAR THE REGENT'S-PARK.--
Tuesday evening, between the hours of seven and eight
o'clock, a fire of a very alarming nature broke out in the
private residence, belong to Mrs. Needham, No. 12,
Stanhope-street, Park-place, Regent's-park. It appears
that whilst the inmates were conversing together in the
drawing-room they were alarmed at hearing the crack-
ling of wood, and smelling fire very strongly. Upon
making examination, it was ascertained that the two -
pair back-room was in flames. An instant attempt was
made to confine the flames to that room, by pouring
buckets of watvr upon them, but those so engaged were
soon obliged to abandon the place, for the fire had
already obtained such a strong hold that it speedily
communicated to the front room on the same floor ; and
having travelled through the roof, the flames rose to an
alarming height. The inmates of the adjoining building,
being apprehensive that the fire would not be confined
to one house, tore away the upper windows, and com-
menced throwing their furniture into the street ; which
was afterwards removed to the grounds of the Edinburgh
Castle Tavern for protection. By so doing, considerable
damage was done to the costly articles by breakage and
water. Information having been dispatched on the out-
break to the several engine stations belonging to the
London Brigade, with all promptitude the engines from
Wells-street, Crown-street, High Holborn, King-street,
and Baker-street, arrived. Unfortunately, however, the
firemen had to wait upwards of 20 minutes before any
water could be procured from the mains ; meanwhile
the fire continued to descend the staircase, and through
the flooring into the rooms beneath. Water having at
length been obtained, the engines were immediately set
to work, and being worked by the firemen and a strong
muster of soldiers from the Albany-street Barracks, the
flames were by nine o'clock entirely extinguished. The
damage done is considerable, but, fortunately, Mrs.
Needham was insured in the County office. The origin
of the fire could not be ascertained.
IMPORTATION OF BONES.—A vessel, arrived from
Algoa Bsy, Cape of Good hope, has brought, besides a
general cargo, comprising every variety of the usual sup-
plies from the quarter under notice, the large quantity
of 82,3201 b. weight of dry bones. The arrival of so
large a quantity of animal bones in one vessel from the
Cape is rather remarkable, for whatever purpose they
are intended, and the importation is not altogether un-
worthy of particular notice.