The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-05 00:00:00

OFFICIAL REPORT.

"A serious accident to a' passenger train, involving
injury to a number of persons, occurred on the London
and North Western Railway about half-past three yes-
terday afternoon. The passenger train from Rugby, due
at Euston 4 p.m., on approaching King's Langley, carne
into collision with a coal train, the engine of which had
failed. The coal train having passed the last telegraph
station about 200 yards, the policeman on duty ,accord-
ing to his instructions, telegraphed back to buxmoor
line clear,' and put on his red signal, which can be seen
about 800 yards, and wh:ch it is his duty to keep at
danger' until the next length of two miles is reported
clear. It is stated, however, that finding the coal train,
although it had passed off his Boxinoor length, hat sud-
denly failed, he returned to the signal hut and tele-
graphed again to Boxmoor, 'Line not clear.' A 'though
a very short interval indeed occurred between the mes-
sages, it appears that the passenger train passed the tele-
graoh signal at Boxnueor in that interval. It was pro-
ceeding at its usual speed of 40 miles an hour until
Ljghtii,g the red signal at Nash Mills, near King's Lang-
ley, wJen the driver states he did all in his power t ) stop
his twin. He was unable, however, to do so until he
came into collision with the break-van of the ctial train
at a speed of about ten miles an hour. The train was
unusually full of passengers, and many of them were
much shaken; The following list comprises, as far as
reported, those who were cut or received bruises of a
painful character. It is believed that no bones were
broken

" Lord and Lady Byron, and maid, shaken and
laniFted.

"Mrs. Clarke, 4G, York-street, Portman-square, con-
tuQionover the eye.
.• .

" Mrs. Northover, 12, Downing-terrace, Corn pton-
road, contusion on the face.
" Mrr . Pearce. 7, Dyer's-buildings, Holborn, contusion
on the knees. _ .

"Mrs. Ellis; 12, Upper Woburn-place, Tavietock-
equare, contusion on the chest.
" Miss Mo..n, 34, Downing-road, Islington, contusion
on the forehead.

"The lion. Mrs. Butler, 8, Grosvenor-place, shaken
and bruised.

"Miss Skipwortli, do. do.
" Miss Day, do. do.

" Twl flint-do, do. do.

„ Danks; 28, Milner-square, shaken.
„i Itemaft, Euston Hotel, injury to nose.
cugineer, D,:rby, injury to head.
” Mr. Jukes,
"The engine wn,:els were thrown off the metals, and
were damaged, but were sub=e-
one or two urrinles
quently worked up to 81. :4t". The up-•rains were thi.
as the line was cleared, ani
layed, but in about two bo:
to. time. An inquiry
circumstances of the
the evel.ing. trains arrived Lea.-.Y
before the directors into all the
accident will take place te-morrow ;Wednesday),
" Euston Station, Nov. 4."

Wo briefly announced yesterday that another serine
collision bad happened on this line of railway, near to
the King's Langley station. The precise cause of the
accident was not known when our information was for-
w trded to London by telegraph, and beyond the fact
that several passengers had been injured no particulars
upon which reliance could be placed reached us. The
most absurd exaggerations as to the amount of personal
injury suffered, howover, were freely circulated during
Monday night. It appears that about 20 persons were
mere or less injured in the collision, but not more than
three or four were sufficienqy incapacitated to prevent
their coining on to London, actd, as far as we can ascer-
tain, no bones have been broken,. Lord Byron, lord-in-
waiting to the Queen, Wag unfortunately among those
most seriously hurt ; but it gives us great pleasure to
learn that his lordship had so far recovered this murning
as to warrant his removal to London.
The person sup
posed to be most seriously injured is James Jukes,
foreman to an engineering firm at Der k', who 18 lying
at the RAilway Tavern, Boxmoor,
in es. ther a critical
condition.
t
The naies of the other persons injar be found
ct will
in the above official account of the accide in which
(after a very ,;rarehing personal investigati
u upon the
spot), we are hoig.ld to ray, the cause of th e collision
clearly pointed out.' n

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ELO NIOTIS ASSAULT ET A(* WAN SOLDTX I.7About
I'
0, .
clock on Sunday night, as a de:ently dreel ect woman
11
I.;lrnstead,
named_ Elizabeth Dennis, wife ofacarpouter oil
was proceeding along the road to meet her o'aughter,
who was returring home from Colchester, wi van about
300 or 500 ya':ds from home, she was assa dteci by a
German soldif :r, who knocked her down into a t Ruh filled
with furze, ty irli pulled her out, and : f .er a fierc e struggle
effected his io:nject. The fv,llow is known, and y§,sterday
a warrant w Ile jelled for his appehensio.
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Ar.
WEEX ici,
The inquiry into the cause of the elect
ea 5..01 irtso
',47J,Criy
sons who lost their fives by the inunda
Sept. was continued last evening before I% es,
Mr. coroner.
Hickson, the Goiernment inspector,tind
Cl lyton, manager of the works, were preient.
Seth Roberts, in answer to questions put by Mr
Hickson, said that the accident happened on a Tuesday,.
On the previous Saturday, Griffiths, who was squaring
the top of the ; ..me to him, accompanied
by Price, the firen., h.in he had a brigging,
and there was a strong stream of water. Witness went
and examined the place, and found a stronger stream
of water than usual corning from the lower side of the
waggon road. He told Holcroft, who said they had bet-
ter stop working there until they could get things ready
to bore. Witness said Griffiths had been stopped, and
added that he was afraid there might be something they
di-3 not knoW of about the place. Holcroft said. " What
can be there f We are not near the fault." The place
was not bored, but it was not worked any more. On
the Monday Griffiths began working within two yards
of the place. lie directed Griffiths where to work.--
about two yarn's from (hi end of the main waggon road.
fie (witness) had never been cautioned by any one about
the water in the .ford
By the Jury—On the Saturday Holcroft aske 1 hint
whether the wae•ion roa.l vas far enough to open ;:n-
-other wicket. Witness said it was. Iloicroft then said
that Griffiths hart better be put to, open ono on Monday.
Griffiths was 32 yearn of age on the day rrf the accident,
and had been ccupl9yed in collieries ail his life. When
he was raised out of Cie pit, witness could hear the
water rushing after him.
By Mr. Clayton—Before Holcroft told him of the
fault he was aware of its existence, although he did not
know its precise situation. H. never knew or heard
anything about the Jord pits before this accident. The
Bryn Malty works were in as good a state as the works
of any collieries at which he had been en ployed.
John Peters said he was an underground bailiff, not
in the employment of Mr. Clayton, and produced a map
of the Bryn Mally Mine made 0, his late father, with
his assistance. His father bad told Mr.
,Kyrke, when
that gentleman expressed a wish to carry. a wicket over
the 6-feet fault, that the coal on the other side would
be so wet it woull not pay for working. Whilst dialing
with his father be had seen water running through the
wicket in a stream as thick as a tua&s finer, It .leaat..- _
corning tbrongh all over the wicket. The north side of
the colliery was the wet side, and the south side the dry
a de.

By Mr. Hickson—He never saw the 14 feet fault. It
was called the D fault because of its shape. It was a
very difficult fault to trace, and be did ►ant believe his
father hai any means of tracing it. The work=
might have told him about it. He generally burtd
when he expected to approach water. He had heard
that there was water in the Jerd-pits, and he knew the
direction in which the Bryn Mally people were working.
He had never expressed an opinion that they were tak-
ing a dangerous course.
By Mr. Clavton—He would not have been afraid to
work in the place where Griffiths was working when the
water broke in. He did not think the west side more
dangerous than the dry side.
The inquest was then adjourned to the Turf Tavern,
*lose to Wrexham Railway Station (where greater accom -
modation can be afforded). The choke damp, still pre-
vailing, in the mine to a great extent, has hitherto pre•
vented Mr. Hickson inspecting the place where the water
burst iu; hut it is confidently believed the necessary
examination will be made before the jury re-assemble on
Wednesday, the 12th inst.