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.M. on Wednes-
day morning, and was due anSheffield about 3 r N. Con-
siderable delay occurred on the line in changing car-
riages, and so on. The Sheffield passengers eba,nged 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. Oa reaching the bridge, and
getting upon this curve, the passenger-train drew up, in
consequenceof a luggage train of the Midland Company
being in waiting there. It appears that the duty of the
g
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
minutes, 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 train 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
or less hurt. We have ascertained that nearly all the
passengers kiting to Sheffieltdhe body,andthataln7darleegisn. injured,
many very seriouslyabout
woman, named Shepherd, of Division-street, received a
severe gash down the forehead, which laid bare the
skull, and several others vere more or less wounded and
bleeding from the head. It woe some 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 passen-
Kers were fatally injured. Among the non-residents in
Sheffield were Mr. and Mrs. Hensell, of Grove-street,
Garaide, Manchester, very severely shaken in the con-
ctisslen.traiTnli.e dirahmea done to the. train was compara-
tivelyand one had its end though
in
the train, which thenseveralknockedthe
carriages
thepas-
sengerpassengers
preceeded on to Sheffield, where
Beighto procured for the numerous sufferers.
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