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Collier, Vice-Admal H. W. Bruce, _
Alex. T. E Vidal, and Rear-Admiral- .'hietora S
Captains A. H. Ing-laam, George Wodelippie,-.Thos.
Wilson, John Adams, James Rawstorne J. G.
Mackenzie, T. ,Bedford, J. J. B. E. Frere,
John 0. Johnson, and. W. H. Jefris ; Commander.
Burgess, Brown (Woobrich) Henry Tro'lope, C. J.
Austin, C. F. N-ewland, J. W. Dorville, and J. 14.
Marryat ; Lieutenants W. J. R. Cat4i, A. M.
Noad, E. E. Mannsell, W. J. N. Grubbe, E.
Nares, and C. R. Robson.
The following appointments seers, made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
John H. Allard, Master, to-'the Coastguard;
Henry R. J. Pearob, Acting Socond Master(addi.
tional) to the Victory ; Benjamin S. jackmit,
/4amer's• Assistant,, to the Marlbirotighi (W. E.
4'Grath, Master's Assistant, to the Curava ; and
C. . . T. val cadet, to the Cusagoa.

[PRIOE 4D. STAMPED s°.]

THE LATE Fi.T.IL AOCIDFNT ONT rill

SOUTH-EASTER AT BAILWAY.

CHIL HAM, TIIESDA Y EVENING.
This morning an inquest was opened before the
county coroner, Mr. T. T. Delassuir, at the. Alma
Inn, touching the death of Alfred Wood, 12 yeaia
of age, which was caused by the injuries he re-
ceived at the accident on the Ramsgate and Mar-
gate branch of the South-Eistern Railway, within
a few yards of the Chilham station, on Wednesday
last.

Mr. Robinson (from the law offices of the South-
Eastern Railway Company), Mr. Knight (the ed-
perintendent of the line), the traffic superinten-
dent, and the locomotive superintendent, were in
attendance on behalf of the company, and also Mr.
Coxhead, local superintendent • Mr. Towne at-
tended on behalf of the friendsoithe deceased boy,
Wood ; Mr. S. Plummer, of Canterbury, ',64-bol'alf
of the Rev. T. Wood, one of the sufferers )IMr.
Bartholomew, for the Rev. D. Damell, vicar of
Welton, who was seriously injured on the occa-
sion, as well as several members of his family,;
Mr. Sharland of Gravesend represented the friend&
of the deceased man, Channon. -
The coroner said, in order to save a second iris -
quiry, he should presume that the cause of dealtt
of John Channon was the same as that of Alfrx3cl
Wood. If, therefore, the present inquiry was
eluded that day, he should not open •an inqyrest
upon the body of the deceased Channon, butArit
were adjourned he should reswear the jury 4 and
view the body, so that it might be room:1171W for
burial.

The first witness was Henry Wood, 'statioh-
master at Chilham, will said that on W hdnesdiliy
last he observed the 3.30 fast train apprO•dcliing the
station a few minutes before six. The qmagidfi-wils
about 100 yards from the station. Not7,thig had
oc-
curred to the carriages then ; they were then on the
rails. He saw the steam escaping from the undt r
part of the boiler As soon as the'steran was clear he
saw the carriages were thrown off the line ; they
were all off the line. The train consilted ofan engine
and tender, two break vans, three first, three second,
and three third•class carriages. T!he carriages were
thrown with great violence, and many persons se-
verely injured. He should think' the train was
travelling at from 20 to 25 miles an hour. He sup-
posed, wken the crank-axle of the engine was
broken, made a hole in the boiler. He believed
that was the cause of the accident. The engine tilt-
v/lled about 150 yards after he saw the steam es-
caping from the bottom of it. After the crank-
Laxle was broken the engine could travel, as it had
six wheels. It was the middle wheel of which the
'crank-axle broke. Only ordinary carriages were
with the train ; none of unusual length. It was
an excursion train.

Mr. James Cummings said—l reside in Rams-
gate. I aan a guard on the South-Eastern Railway,
and had charge of the train that left London at
3.30 on Wednesday last. I did not observe any
thing particular until we arrived at the spot where
the occurrence took place. We had progressed at
the usual pace from London. While we were on
the curve I felt a shock as of something broken in
the engine, but what it was I could not say. I ap-
plied the brakes, and partly succeeded in so doing.
I was jerked away from the brake, but I caught
hold of it again. We afterwards came in contact
with a coal truck, and then came to a standstill.
After the accident I saw the metals were torn up ;
but I cannot say how they were torn up. I do not
know what caused the carriages to get off the line.
At the time of the accident we were going at the
rate of about 25 miles an hour. Travelling round
that curve at 25 miles au hour would not break the
crank-axle. The engine came only from Ashford.
It was not usual for one engine to go right
through. He rode in the break-van next the en-
gine. Between the tender and his van the coupling
irons were broken, but he could not say where that
took place, as be did not know until after the.pcci-
dent. The engine travelled about, 80 yards further
than the van. The 'rails for 80 yards where the
engine travelled alone were uninjured. The axles
of the wheels were all examined at Ashford so far
as grease was concerned. The 'incline continues
throughout the curve. The road ineines for about
a quarter of a mile towards the curve, and perhaps
a little more. Twenty-five miles an hour round
cucva is not dangerous. The incline creates an im-
petus ; with that impetus the train did not exceed
25 miles an hour.

Mr. E. Lansdell, linendraper, of Raznsgate, s
second-class passenger, said he heard a noise as if
the wheel was grinding the groulid ; and',shortly
after wards three of the carriages preceding his were
thrown off the rails. The train was going at its
usual speed, and the speed had been lessened just
before he heard the whistle. Five seconds elapsed
after the whistle before he heard the grating noise.
Mr. James Beal, of 20, Radnor-street, Chelsea.
another passenger, did not hear the whistle, and
did not observe that the speed was slackened. He
felt that the train was off the line, when it was.
200 yards from where the accident occurred.
Mr. J. Latham, inspector of the permanent way,
said—Two days before the accident he walked
along the line from Chilharu to Wye, and the rails
were then in a perfect state. After the accident
four rails had to be replaced 'about 80 yards from
the station. The first rail was bent, but be could
not say how it became bent ; . the breaking of the
crank-axle might have caused the rail to bulge out..
Wm. Rillard, platelayer and gatekeeper, saw the
train passing at the rate of 25 or 30 miles_au hour,
and heard the ax!es break, and saw the carriage go
off the line and turn over.

Mr. C. T. Isborn, of Peckham, assistant-cngi-
neer to the railway company, produced a plan of
that portion of the line, and described the sstuation
of the carriages and broken rails, having himself
cleared the line the same evening. The gatehouse
(opposite to which the last witness heard the axle
br,lak), was 48 yards from where the line was torn
up. The gradients average about lin 200 on the
curve, which was half a toile in radius. The rail
near thel
gatehouse was bent about four inches, but
remained in its place.
Mr. J. P. Knight, the superintendent, said that,
looking at the curve iu question, he should say
from 25 to 30 miles an hour was not a dangerous
speed. On other lines they work at the same rate
on similar curves. Forty miles an hour might be
dangerous upoa the sharpest part of the curve. He
would not recommend such a speed. It would not
make much difference whether you go round a
curve upon an incline or a level. He did not
think it would be a material fact, as regards going
down a curve, if there was a continuous declivity
of three quarters of a mile. By rule 344, section
6, of the instructions to drivers and stokers, "The
drivers are specially cautioned to slacken speed at
the following places (after enumerating several
places) when running round all sharp curves." He
did not consider this a sharp curve.
Mr. H. C ahead, local superintendent of the
Ramsgate branch, was the next witness, and the
inq iry thnn adjourned until Moodu next, at
half past ten o'clock.
The inquest was opened pro forma on the body
of Channon, and an order made for his burial.

THE FATAL FIGHT AT GRATESEND.—It will be re-
membered that a man called the " Brighton Pet" killed
another in a pugilistic encounter, a short time ago, at
Gravesend. Some of the accomplices were apprehended,
but the Brighton man, whose name was said to be
Morris, absconded. His new, however, is Best, and
he formerly belonged to the local militia. On Saturday
morning our chief officer, Mr. White, received informa-
tion that Be-t was apprehended on Friday at Porte-
mouth, and that he was to be taken to Graveeend, to
under,o an examination on a charge of manslaughter.
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