The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-06 00:00:00

FEARFUL ACCIDEN7.

A most fearful ateident occurred on the Blyth
and Tync Railway at Flatworth, about two miles
and a half froM Shields, shortly after 12 o'clock on
Saturday. In. consequence
of the wet morning the
farmers
in the neighbourhood had knocked off the
reapers at noon, and a party of women who had
the Blyth and Tyne
been so employed were returning down the side of
ewFrHanacilses,
nt
te Upilway to their homes at
Percy Main. Among them was an old woman
Matthew
a Hails,ttl whoe
paralysedhad herboy
7g ryaenadrsso
of
age, with her. As they were coming down an in-
cline towards Flatworth, and when near to the
Dun Cow publichouse, the little boy suddenly ran
on to the line between the rails, and the poor old
grandmother immediately, observing the train from
Blyth and the pit districts of Hartley, with miners
and their wives puoceeding to Newcastle market,
approaching, rushed to his rescue. She could not
lay hold of in time, but she jumped before the
engine and pushed him from between the rails.
She sacrificed her own life in doing so. She was
immediately knocked down, and, the wheels of the
engine and carriage passing over her abdomen, she
was literally severed in two, the lower part of her
body being carried about 20 yards from where the
other was left. The train was speedily stopped,
and two medical men being in it they immediately
got out and assisted. The remains of the old Woman
were gathered together, and inquiry was made for
the child, when it was found that she had sacrificed
her life in vain. The poor boy had been struck on
the head by the engine and was lying unconscious.
He was immediately removed to the Dun Cow and
attended to by Mr. Davidson and Mr. IVheldon,
surgeons, but those gentlemen entertain no hopes
of his recovery as he is suffering from a severe con-
cussion of the brain. The body of the old woman
has been taken to Percy Main to await a coroner's
inquest, but it cannot be alleged. that the engine-
driver or the guard of the train were to blame,
as the occurrence was momentary, and they
had no time to stop the 'engine besides,
the train was running down an incline at
the time. Considering the immense coal traffic
on the Blyth and Tyne line, it is but poorly pro-
tected from trespass, and at the present time the
company is liable to penalties of £lO a day for neg-
lecting to make bridges at the Percy Main and
Prospect-hill crossings within the proper time,
which the corporation of Tynemouth, as the Gene-
ral Board of Health have given notice they will
enforce.

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I, William Cole, of 12, Wood-street, Cheapside, hereby de-
clare that I have used Holloway's Ointment and Pills for
about a month for most violent pains in the chest and sto-
mach. These pains were supposed by the medical men of
Liverpool to indicate consumption. I was told that nothing
could be done for me, and that my case was hopeless. At
last I was obliged to quit the police force at Liverpool, and
come to London. I was admitted into St. Bartholomew's
Hospital. Even there I obtained no relief whatever, and
was ultimately persuaded by a friend to try Holloway's me-
dicines. These effected a perfect cure in four weeks.—Lon-
don, 31st July, IssB, Such testimony as this needs no
comment,