The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-08 00:00:00

RAILWAY .k CIDENTS.

The Beard (4 Trade return of the number and nature
of.the accidents and injuries to life and limb which have
°centred on all the railways open for traffic in England
and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, lr.,in the
Ist January to the 30th June,lBs6, hhciais the following
result, viz.:—Passengers killed or injured in England
and Wales from causes beyond their own control, 1 ;
injured, 47 ; SeoCand; laled, 0 ; ijured, 11 ; Ireland,
killed, 0 ; injured, 0. Servants of company or contrac-
tors kill-ed or injured owing to their own misconduct or
Want of caution—England and Wales, killed, 48 ; in-
jured, 19 ; Scotland, killed, 6 ; injur-11, 0 ; Ireland,
killed, 2 ; irjure.i, 0. Servants of compa,iy or of con-
tractors killed or injured from causes beyond their con-
trol—England and Walls, killed, 10 ; injured, 9; Scot-
land, killed, 1 ; injured, 1 ; Ireland, none either killed
or wounded. Other persons crossing at level crossings—
England and Wales, 13 killed ; injured, 1 ; Scotland,
none killed or wounded; Ireland, 2 killed. Trespassers,
killed in England and Wales, 22; injured, 3; Scotland,
killed, 5 ; injured, 1 ; Ireland, killed, 1. , Suicide in
England and Wales, 2. Miscellaneous in England and
Wales, killed, 6 • injured, 3 ; Scotland, injured, 2. Total
killed in England and Wales, 108 ; injured, 87 ; Scot-
land, killed, 13 ; injured, 16 ; Irelan.l, killed '5 ; in-
jured, 2. Total on all railways during the half-year end-
ing 30th June, 1856, killed, 126;; c)rresp.an,ling period
fmr 1855 ; killed, 113. Injured during the firmer period,
105; for the corresponding period of 1855, injured, 158.

FAT'A'L RAILWAY ACCIDENTS —We have to announce
two more deaths resulting from the fearful railway acci•
dent which occurred near the E Bond-bridge. station, on
the East Lancashire Rail say, the particulars of which
we gave on Wednesday last. The stoker, Joseph Ma-
son, after lingering in much agony, expired yesterday
(Thursday) morning, leaving a widow in a state of preg-
nancy, and five small children. Mr. A-hwortb, printer
and stationer, Bacup, who was a passenger by the train
and had several ribs broken when the dreadful catas-
trophe toqk place, expired ab,,ut 9 o'clock (Al ‘Vednes•
day evening. The others who were najored are sup•
posed to be progres-ing favourably. 011 Wednesday
evening last an inquest was held on the body of John
a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned, and the
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investigation,who
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jury expressed an opinion that no evidence had been'
given calculated to show the cause of the accident.. The
only persons who could by any possibility have, given any
tokiriatplui,a,,,:vfee:w miles of the spot where
information on the subject were the engine driver and
the stoker, and, ars neither of them was capable of speak-
ing after,the accident occurred, the matter will proba-
bly remain ens eloped in mystery.—Oa Weduesday
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afternoon last another fatal archcAiirfinem.natHnoencaecxmurp,rideredKdosnhnoowrtihtele
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station,
when the engine starred, and the man was knocked
down and the waggon
after, while being con
LIVERPOOL,
this was the third accident within a distance of nine
etc: o3y7u.iparcel was
miles which has occurred on the East Lancashire Rail
way in 11 days ; the result is the loss of ftohteir lßivisr,dani
despatched la 4
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that yesterday another fatal accident
.had occurred on.
the same railway, but as Mr. Sniithetrs, the general
araeter to that iver:
manager, had not been informed of the occurrence, it is
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consequently
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