The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-28 00:00:00

SERIOUS _RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

An accident of a serious character occurred near
Gainsborough in connexion with the last through
train from Manchester to Hull on Wednesday night
last. It appears that the railway company are in
the habit of attaching a third class carriage to this
traie at Retford, which is invariably placed behind
the guard van. On arriving at Gainsborough about
8 o'clock several third class passengers were booked,
and altogether there were about 20 passengers in
this carriage at this time. All went on well for
about a quarter of a mile after leaving Gainsborough,
but on nearing Thonock-lane bridge the passengers
in this last carriage began to notice that something
was wrong, the carriage jumping about in quite an
extraordinary manner. Presently there was a
crash, the windows broke (flying inwards), and the
carriage fell down on one side, one of the wheels
having come off. The other wheel soon followed, and
the end compartments of the carriage were gra-
dually smashed to pieces. When the bottom gave
way half a dozen passengers were thrown between
the lines of rails, while others had the greatest
difficulty in keeping themselves in the carriage by
clambering over into the other compartment. One
man, named W. Cock, a potato merchant, clung for
about two miles by one arm to the window frame,
until both window and door gave way. A man, his
wife, and child, named Trevethick, were among the
passengers. The man became insensible as soon as
he was pitched out, but fortunately he *as not
seriously injured. The child was subsequently
picked up about 20 yards from him, among a heap
of snow, quite free from injury. The wife pre-
sented a most remarkable spectacle. All her clothes
were completely stripped from her, even her stays
and boots being found cut into shreds and lying
away from her. Strang to say the injuries she
received were net at'all of a serious character. The
most serious case is that of a young man named
'John William Restrick, a mechanic from Grimsby,
who sustained a fracture of the skull; he is not
expected to recover. Mr. Burgess, cattle dealer,
near Grimsby, received some slight injuries, but
was expected to be able to proceed home this
(Friday) morning. The other persons injured re-
main at Gainsborough under the care of three
medical gentlemen of the town. They were also
visited yesterday by Mr. Harrison, the company's
surgeon, who pronounced them all to be going an
as well as could be expected. It seems that the
accident was not discovered before the train
reached Blyton 44 miles frum Gainsborough, not-
withstanding that the cries of the whole of the 20
passengers were terrific.

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eight o'clock on Wednesday night snow commenced falling
in Bristol and the neighbourhood, and continued to descend
with little intermissipn throughout the whole of yesterday.
The traffic by rail and road was seriously impeded, and the
fall was greater than has been known for many years.
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