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

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

Sheffield became the scene of much excitement on
Wednesday evening, in consequence of a report which
spread through the town with amazing rapidity, that a
dreadful collision had taken place on the Sheffield, Man-
chester, and Lincolnshire line, and that several persons
were killed. We are furnished with the following par-
ticulars by a gentleman who was in one of the trains at
the time of the collision:—The passenger-train, in which
the damage occurred, left London at 7 A•N. on Wednes-
day morning, and was due at Sheffield about 3 rm. Con-
siderable delay occurred on the line in changing car-
riages, and so on. The Sheffield passengers changed car-
riages at Retford, and the train that brought them on to
Sheffield consisted of nine Carriages and the break van,
which was improperly placed in the centre of the train.
The train arrived at Reighton junction, where there is a
bridge, and on leaving the bridge the line takes a curve,
where there is a siding. On reaching the bridge, and
getting upon this curve, the passenger-train drew up, in
consequence of a luggage train of the Midland Company
being in waiting there. It appears that the duty of the
guard was to have returned about 300 yards, in order to
have made a signal of caution after stopping his train.
He did not do so, and before the train had stood five
minntes, another luggage-train of the Midland Company
came dashing on behind,
and in consequence of the bridge
and curve the passenger train was not perceived until it
was too late; the luggage train came on at a reduced
speed, and ran into the passenger rrain with a fearful
crash. The scene that ensued is described as terrific;
numbers of the passengers had jumped out on hearing
the train coming, and were fortunate enough to escape
uninjured, whilst those that remained in were all more
Be received
severe
or less hurt. We have ascertained that nearly all the
passengers belong to Sheffield, and that 17 are injured,
many very seriously abot:ftoorfethh Division-street,
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skull, and several others were more or less wounded and
bleeding from the head. It was sonic time before the
exact amount of the casualties could be ascertained,
owing to the shrieks of the women and the disorder that
ensued in searching after relatives. None of the passeu-
gers were fatally injured. Among the non-residents in
Sheffield were Mr. and Mrs. Ilensell, of Grove-street,
uarside. Manchester, very severely shaken in the con-
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Leasing ' Business
Railways. companies. Paid. Nominal Prices. done today.
Mirka and Hants
F.x. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 34 1 p.
Bir. and Oxford
Junc.,callsduly
paid, or with a
guarantee •• Do • • all 23 —3O
Do., without a
guarantee .. Do .. • • all 27 —29 .•
!Arm., WoL, &
Dud.,calls duly
paid, or with a _
guarantee .• Do 15 8 —lO p
Do., without a
guarantee •• Do • • • • IS 7 9
Buckinghamsh. Lon. & N.W. all 174 17%
ClvdesdaleJunc Caledonian all 43 —45
E. Lin., Guar. 6
per Cent. .. G. Northern all 33 3334
Gloucester and
Dean Forest Gt. Western 90 134 —• 214 p
Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. all 103 105
Do. 34 Shares Do .. • • all 514 - 5234
Do. % Shares Do •• .. all 23 —24
Leeds and Brad. Midland • • all 101 103 102
Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all I I 1134 z.d z.d
Do., Pref. .. Do .. all 2334 2434
Lowestoft, Gd.
per Cent. •• Norfolk • • all 14 —lB
Do., 6 per cent Do .. .. all •• ••
Middlesbro' and
Redcar, 6p. ct Stockt.& Dar all • • -•• •
N. & East, 5
per Cent. •• E. Counties . all 55 -- 57 5634
Do. New .. Do .. 43 4 6 p
Preston and SL.&N. W. all 43 —45
Wyre • • •• L La.& Y.
Do. % Shares ADo .. 1034 8 9 p.
Read., Guild.,
and Reigate .. S. Eastern all 91% 21% ill%
Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 5% 3 834
1)0. Shep. Ex.. Do .. 1% 2 p.
Shef., Roth. and
Goole, 5 per ct. Lane. &York 18 11 6
South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 834 3% 3 415.
Wear Val. 6 per
Cent. gua. • • Stock.& Dar. all 25 —26
Do. do. •• Do .. all ..
Do. do. Do .. all ..
Wilts, Som., &
Weymouth .. Gt. Western all 4534 —46

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