The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-30 00:00:00

THE ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN'

RAILWAY.

The following are the details of the accidents which
occurred on the Metropolitan Railway yesterday. The
train from Hammersmith to the City had passed Baker-
street station, and had arrived at Portland-road. The
line not being clear to Gower-street caused a delay.
Another train from Brompton immediately followed on
to the up station to Portland-road, but had not
passed the distance signal when it was com-
pelled to stop, the line not being signalled clear.
From some unexplained cause a train from St. John's-
wood came in and ran into the train stopped at the
danger signal, in the tunnel beyond the junction. The
consternation of the passengers thus finding their train
run into may be more readily imagined than described.

Their shrieks were terrific. The guard's van, which
I. was struck by the engine, was broken, and the passengers
in the carriages were much shaken, many of them
also receiving severe bruises and cuts, especially about
the head. and face ; some also suffered severely in the
legs. Several of the sufferers were taken to the Middle-
sex and University Hospitals. So far as we can learn,
no bones have been broken, but several persons have been
severely shaken. Among those who were attended to at
the Middlesex Hospital are William Rogers, one of the
employ6s of the company, who remains in the hospital :
John M`Leod, John Down, William Day (who, though
urged to remain in the hospital, chose to go home), and
Caroline Thurlow. Nine of the sufferers were attende Ito
at the University Hospital. Mr. P. Calder. 44-5, War-
wick-street, Pimlico, found himself covered with blood,
after having performed an enforced summersault, and pre-
sented himself at the general manager's office with
his coat covered with blood, which, as it was found, had
come from a lady who had sat opposite' to him. Mr .
T. Stephens, 31, North Audley-street, received a severe
cut on the lip; and Mr. Christy, of 32, Oakley-square,
Chelsea, sustained an injury in the leg. The traffic on the
line was stopped both ways for about three hours, and
men were sent from the Edgware-road station to clear
the line, and set right the carriages which had been dis-

placed.
Another correspondent says that of twenty cases of
injury reported to have been taken to the Middlesex Hos-
pital, only five sufferers were conveyed thither, and in
each instance they were enabled to proceed to their
homes after being attended to by the house surgeon.
Five cases were taken to the University Hospital, namely :
Ann Reeves, aged GO, Ernest-street, ; Jane
Quinsey, 24, Onslow-buildings, Fulham-road ; James
Noble, aged 36, Albert-road, Kilburn ; David Avery,
aged 20, Thornton-alley, Whiteehapel ; and John Hales,
aged 34, Beard-street, Soho. These were at once seen
to by Mr. Bartlett, resident surgeon ; but the injuries sus-
tained in either case were not of a nature to allow of their
admittance. The most serious case was that of Ann
Reeves, whose head was cut about in a frightful manner,
the others being much bruised and shaken. Nothing
could be remembered by those mentioned as to the
accident. A few of the injured passengers were, it is said,
taken to St. Mary's Hospital.