The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-21 00:00:00

TUE

RIFF.

A Parliamentary paper was issued yesterday ex-
hibiting the existing and proposed French tariff
upon British produce imported from the United
Kingdom in French or British vessels. The fol-
lowing is a list of articles, now prohibited, which
are to be admitted at duties not exceeding 30 per
cent. ad valorem after the Ist of October, 1861, and
not exceeding 25 per cent. ad valorem after the Ist
of October, 1864 :
YARNS :
Cotton, plain and twisted (except unbleached of and
above No. 170).
Woollen (except long combed, unbleached, twisted,
cleansed, or baked).
Hair (except of goate, cows, or other cattle, and of
dogs).
TEXTILE MANUFACTURES :
Cotton (except lace hand-made and spun and twill
lace).
Silk and floss silk, stuffs mixed with false gold or silver,
silk twills, and imitations of cashmeres.
Woollen (except carpets, sieve cloth, ferrandine and
trimmings, lace and ribbons).
Of mixed materials.
Hosiery, cotton and woollen.
Hair (except shawls, cashmere, from countries out of
Europe, blankets, and hosiery).
Irorsehair (except sieve cloth, trimmings and hats).
LEATHER MANUFACTURES (except coarse pack saddles
and empty wino skins.)
SKINS PREPARED (except lamb or kid, calf and swan
and geese skins, parchment, vellum, and largo tanned
hides for soles.)
STONEWARE, fine or of pipe clay
GLASS of all kinds (except mirrors, spectacle or watch
glasses, full bottles, and broken glass.)
CARRIAGES on springs, lined .or painted.
CABINET W ARE (except billiard balls and combs of ivory
or tortoise shell).
SUGAR refined,
SOAP (except perfumed soap).
GARANCINE.
TURMERIC (except in roots).
ExTRAeTs of DYEWOODS.
CHEMICAL PRODUCTIONS not enumerated in tariff.
PLATED ARTICLES.
IRON;
Forged, in lumps or prisms.
Cast, in pigs weighing less than 15 kilogrammes.
Put ified puddled, weighing less than 15 kilogrammes.
CUTLERY.
METAL WARES :
Copper (except plainly turned).
Cast iron.
Sheet or tinned iron.
Steel.
Zino.
BRA SS WIRE (except for strings of musical instruments
and for embroidery).
SHIPS for sea navigation.
ROCK CRYSTAL worked.

THE FA lAL ACCIDENT ON ME
EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Yesterday morning a terrible accident, resulting
in the loss of three lives, and serious if not fatal in-
jury to a number of persons, occurred at the Tot-
tenham station of the Eastern Counties Railway.
A fast train left Cambridge, as usual, at 7 o'clock
It consisted, besides engine, tender, and break van,
of first and second class carriages only, they being
well filled. Having called at the various interme-
diate stations between Cambridge and Ponder's-
end, the train arrived at the latter place as near as
possible at its proper time, 9.10. Leaving that station,
the train aped upon its way, and not having to
stop again until it reached Stratford, was in near-
ing the Tottenham station at about 10.20, proceed-
ing at the rate of between 35 and 40 miles an hour.
At this period the surviving passengers affirm the
train began to oscillate in a peculiar manner, and
almost immediately a loud crash was heard, fol-
lowed by shrieks and groans. The greatest con-
sternation prevailed ; and, as soon as the train had
come to a stand-still the uninjured passengers
rushed from their carriages. A shocking scene
presented itself: the engine, tender, and some of
the carriages were heaped upon each other, while
the most piteous groans emanated from the almost
indescribable mass of ruins, and the steam from the
engine enveloped everything in a dense mist.
Of coarse, as soon as possible every assistance
was rendered, and the dead and wounded were

taken from the debris. This occupied a long
period ; for the carriages had to be broken into
fragments before the desired object could in some
cases be accomplished. Several of the injured were
conveyed into the waiting rooms at the station,
while others were placed upon ladders, boards, &c.,
and carried to the neighbouring taverns. Tho
engine-driver—a middle-aged man, named Rowell
—was dug from the ruins terribly scalded and
otherwise injured, and placed in the waiting room.
He could not speak ; and, although up to last even-
ing he still breathed, no hope was entertained that
he would survive the night. The fireman—a young
man named Barber (as we understood)—was
smashed to pieces ; and, upon being recovered, his
body was taken to a room at the back of the station,
to await the coroner's inquest.
All the passengers in the broken carriages were
necessarily more or less seriously injured. Mr.
Stokes, said to be a miller, from Saffron Walden,
was taken from the fragments of a first-class car-
riage and conveyed to the White Hart Inn. He
was in an insensible state, and never rallied, dying
apparently without much agony. Mr. Satchell,
hatter, of Fenchurch-street, City (who some time
ago lost his wife and child by fire), was also con-
veyed to the White Hart, where, from the dreadful
nature of his injuries, he also expired, although
every possible medical assistance was rendered.
Besides the above cases which have terminated
fatally,there are others which occasion much anxiety.
Professor Elliott, of King's College, Cambridge,
sustained a severe fracture of the leg and other in-
juries. He was attended by the medical men on the
spot until about the middle of the day, when, under
the care of Mr. Woolston, surgeon, of Tottenham,
he was taken home in an invalid carriate. Mr.
Taylor, of Bishops Stortford, who had been very
badly injured in the knee and other parts of the
body, was also sent home, accompanied by a sur-
geon. Others still remain at Tottenham. Amongst
them is Mr. Hotckin, solicitor, who has both legs
broken. Mr. Mauston, a miller, of Hoddesdon, lies
at the Ship Tavern dreadfully injured, and yester-
day afternoon underwent amputation of a leg. Mr.
Garrett, also a miller, of Hoddesdon, has a thigh

broken in two places, and he has sustained serious
internal injuries. The other most serious case known
up to the present time is that of Mr. Bean, of Parn-
don ; but it is supposed there are about five very
bad cases besides those above enumerated, the in-
jured parties having been removed shortly after the
accident.

Mr. I. B. Owen, the secretary of the company,
has forwarded to us the following report of the ac-
cedent made by Mr. R. Sinclair, the engineer of the
company, to the board of directors :
"As I happened to be air eye-witness of the lamentable
accident which occurred this morning at the Tottenham
station, I think it right to inform you briefly of what fell
under nty own observation. I was in the waiting room of
the station, having just had a few words of conversation
with the station-master about the Enfield up-train, and was
coming on to the platform on hearing a train approach,
when I heard an exclamation from the station people, and
on looking towards the approaching train, which, I should
think, was running at about its usual speed, I distinctly
observed a bright-sided carriage rolling towards the up side
of the line. I noticed also that the engine was off the line
towards the up side. On reaching the platform the engine
struck it and completely turned over, the tender flying
clean over it. The carriage or van next to the tender was
thrown against the engine, and I saw the roof of it broken
off. The next carriage was thrown through the plat-
form wall on the up side; the next carriage was off the
line and upright, and the rest of the train was on the rails.
I should mention that in turning over the water and steam.
were discharged from the boiler, and a cloud of steam
en-
veloped the debris as soon as I had noticed what I have de-
scribed.
On running along the platform I saw andheardthe station-master giving orders to one of his men to put on
both the up and down signals, to stop trains in both direc-
tions ; and this I think it right to mention in justice to the
station-master, because Rome gentleman mentioned to me
that he did not think this had been donead l
a Ihat I have 7de-
scribed occurred almost momentarily, beforeas unable
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render personal assistance, but I went to each carriage, and
saw that, by the kind exertions of the uninjured passengers
and the assistance of the stationl people, the wounded
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The secretary also sends us then following list of
persons killed arid injured:—

KILLED.
Mr. Satchel', Fenchurch-street, London.
Mr. Stokes, Saffron Walden.
The stoker.

INJURED.
MesFrs: Manser, Iloddesdon, two brothers.
Mr. Bear, Burnt Mill.
Mr, Garrod, Rovdon.
Mr. Taylor, Saltron Walden.
Mr. Empson, Saffron Walden.
Professor Elliott, Cambridge.
The engine driver.

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