The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-11 00:00:00

SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE GREA2

WESTERN RAILWAY.
BRISTOL, SUNDAY, AUG. 10.—About two o'clock
this morning an accident of a serious character, by
which upwards of twenty persons were more or less
injured, occurred to the return excursion train from
London, when arrived within about three miles of this
city. It appears that on the excursion train being
about to start :.from the Paddington station it was
found to be of such an enormous length
that it was deemed advisable to divide it
into two trains. The first train left P'ad-
dington at about half-past six o'clock, and reached
Bristol safely. The second train did not leave PaJ,-
dington until nearly eight o'clock, and proceeded ons
its way at a slow pace until it reached Swindon,
where it was detained for a considerable time, in
order, as it was supposed, to allow the down mail-
train, which reaches Bristol at about one o'clock in
the morning, to pass by. They then again pro-
ceeded on their journey in safety to Bath. Alter
leaving Bath it was observed that they travelled vary
slowly, as if the power of the engine was nearly ex-
hausted, and upon reaching the entrance to the No.
Tunnel, at Dr. Fox's Wood, about three miles from
Bristol, the train came to a dead stand-still, and so
continued for upwards of a quarter of an hour, when
one of the passengers, who was looking.out of the
window of the last carriage of the train, exclaimed
that there was another train coming down upon
them. Almost instantaneously they were run Lato
by an engine and tender. The concussion, as ma/
be supposed, was terrific, two or three of the car •
riages most in the rear of the train were broken.-
The shrieks of the passengers were truly alarming.
Immediate assistance was rendered, when it was
found that about twenty persons who were in the
last carriage were injured; and, indeed, the shock of
the collision was so great, that the passengers through-
out the entire length of the train were thrown from
their seats. Among those that were injured, and some of
them seriously, though none had fractured limbs, were
Mr. J. Newcome, printer, of St. John-street, Bristol;
Mr. Gibbs, grocer and tallow chandler, and his niece,
Miss Chappell ; Mr. Wade, jun., of Park-street, cabi-
net maker, and his two sisters, one of whom bad het
front teeth knocked out. Upon the train reaching
Bristol, where it did not arrive until between four and
fire o'clock in the morning, some of the sufferers were
conveyed to the infirmary and others to their own re
sidences, the utmost attention being paid thenils9,ll4,
Burton, the Great Western Railway superintenfien'
pon
of police, and other officials of the comps.l39;
appeared
inquiring as to the cause of the accident.,..it_hPa
con.
that a return engine and tender had left L
siderable period after the excursion tin towards
gineer states he proceeded very slowly
• a very dense fog
Bristol. There was at the time _ e
h could not see
and the en.
arising from the Bath river, so thatxcu
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the red light at the back of
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ood, until he was so
be instantly shut off his
he could not prevent
was at a stand-still at Fox •
close upon it, that although.
probable) but that th
that be never for one moment steam and reversed the engine,
the collision ; and t
sus-
pected (which is bigex-
cursionWe
the policeman on that portion of the
understand that •
caused the accident, have been given
with the engineer and stoker of the
train had longY before reached Bristol.
line, together
ay. to await a thorough i
into custody nvestigathm of the
engine
the accident.
causes of
which

FATAL ACCIDENT AT RAMSGATE.--on Satorday
Ramsgatewas thrown into a state of great excitement by'the
death of two individuals under the following circumstances:
—About half-past nine a gentleman was bathing, and having:
got considerably out of his depth, was unable, from the ex-
treme violence of the waves, to regain his footing. The sea
was unusually rough, and the rain pouring down in torrents.
The proprietor of the machine which he had just quitted,
who is a first-rate swimmer, plunged in, with his clothes on,
and endeavoured to save him. With great difficulty he suc-
ceeded in pushing him towards the shore, but the exertion
was too much for him, and he let go his hold and was seen
no more. His wife and three of his children were 9n tl4!
beach, and rent the air with their shrieks.
.Seve.ralindiv,,lle
duals rushed into the water and succeeded in
.bring g t
unfortunate gentleman to the shore, but he expiredwl:liinist,:s
few minutes. Meantime a man lashed a rope round his
and plunged in after the " machine" man,
but he was bimseltvwe er
drawn in to all appearances dead. Animation was, ho
ut into
at length length restored. The beats and drags were p
quisition to find the body of the unfort una machine
man,
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but without success.
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