The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1859.

TILE GREAT EASTERN.

(From the Special Correspondent of the Times.)
WEYMOUTH, OCT. 4.
Amid all the hurry of preparation, and almost
while it was yet uncertain as to the extent of the
actual repairs required, it has been suddenly de-
cided that the Great Eastern shall start from this
port on her trial trip on the Bth inst. A few days
since it was all but formally resolved that the great
ship should go round to Southampton, there to
undergo what we may term a thorough refitting,
without which all on board knew she could never
go to sea with safety. The real friends of the
undertaking rpjoiced in this step, as one likely to
result in proper time being given for the vessel to
be thoroughly equipped for sea, in accordance with
the regulations of the Board of Trade, and all the
preparations were accordingly made for mooring
the Great Eastern opposite Netley Hospital by the
6th or 7th. At the last moment this arrangement
has been set aside, and it has been decided that,
ready or not ready, the vessel goes to sea on her
trial trip on Saturday next. One of the reasons
assigned for this course is the necessity of keeping
faith with the public. Yet the public are not al-
lowed to be present at a trial trip which they have
paid their money to see.
This exclusion of the passengers, however, is cer-
tainly not due to any act of self-denial on the part
of the Great Ship Company, but solely to a wise
precaution of the Board of Trade, which resolutely
withholds from the Great Eamtein her certificate to
carry passengers till the reasonable alterations
which have been suggested have been carried into
effect. As yet few, if any, of these suggestions have
been attended to at all, so the ship remains and
will remain Without a passenger certificate till the

Board of Trade are satisfied that all that human
skill and foresight can achieve has been done to
render her perfectly safe. Nevertheless, without
passengers the great ship can go on her trial trip at
once, which seems strange enough when we regard
the matter in its proper light. If Brown, Jones,
and Robinson want to travel, the all-complaisant
Board of Trade steps in and sees that the vessel
which takes these illustrious voyagers on board is
duly provided with all that can promote their com-
fort or insure their safety. Not so, however, with
the firemen, sailors, and stokers, who go to earn
their bread, and who are actually shipped on board
the vessel through the agency of Government officers
on their behalf. Apparently the Board of Trade
cannot interfere; though, when the Great Eastern
clears out of this port on Saiurday nest, she will
have a larger number of human beings on board—
firemen, sailors, and others—than any passenger
steamvessel that ever quitted the shores of this
kingdom. The mere coasting round to Holyhead,
however, in truth, affords no chance of risk, and for
many reasons connected with the machinery of the
ship, it may be regarded as a necessary step that
this short voyage should be undertaken at once.
When we have said this much, however, we have
said all, and it would be merely deceiving our
readers if we stated positively that because the
Great Eastern arrives at Holyhead as per advertise-
ment, therefore she will start for America with the
same punctuality. The Great Eastern can scarcely
leave Holyhead on the 20th, and if she could do so
the Board of Trade will not let her until all their
urgent requirements for the safety of passengers
have been complied with to the very letter. About
a week since an article on this ship informed our
readers of some of the principal improvements whioh
had been suggested, or were likely to be insisted
on, by the Board of Trade. Few, if any, of these
alterations have yet been carried out, and to com•
plete them all will be a work of such time as ren-
ders it quite impossible that the vessel can be ready
by the 20th, or during the month of October at all.
The two forward boilers, which were injured by
the explosion, have been repaired, but not by
replacing the damaged plates with new ones, as
the Board of Trade insisted, but by putting
patches on those which were most bent and strained.
A patched boilerplate may possibly be as strong as
a new one, but in these cases the wisest economy is
to put the matter beyond all doubt. Contrary to
the expressed wish of the directors and the Board
of Trade, Mr. Scott Russell has positively refused
to do this, and insisted on patching the boilers
until the vessel goes round to Holyhead. The bilge
and injection pumps, to make the engines self-
feeding, and so do away with the most objectionable
arrangement of leaving the boilers dependent for
their feed-water on the donkey engines, was ano-
ther matter recommended by the Board of Trade.
The value of this suggestion is clear to all ,and eel
tainly before the ship leaves Holyhead the directors
if they are wise,
will see that it is properly carried
out.

In one point of view the intended trial trip will
decidedly be of the very greatest use, in fully and
fairly testing the capacity and speed of both sets of
engines. During the voyage to the Nore and from the
Nore to Hastings, when the greatest amount of speed
was obtained the paddle never worked above 81, and
the screw more than 32 revolutions per minute.
Yet to obtain the maximum speed thepaddles must
go 14 and the screw 53 revolutions in the same
time. The Board of Trade, we believe, have sug-
gested, in a way that cannot be overlooked or mis-
taken, that the maximum number of revolutions
shall be obtained from both engines before proceed-
ing to sea with passengers, and for this purpose th•
run round to Holyhead will undoubtedly afford great
facilities. The directors, to do them mere justice are
determined that everything shall be put beyond a
doubt, and intend during the trial trip to test the
engines to the very utmost of which they are capable.
Mr. Scott Russell goes in charge of his own engines.
Whether the screw can go 53 and the paddles 14 re-
volutions or not will make very little difference in the
success of the vessel, as it is seen that 12 revolutions
of the paddle and 44 of the screw can be obtained
with the utmost ease and certainty, which alone will
give the Great Eastern a speed of at least 17 knots,
or more than 19 statute miles per hour, and nearly
double the rate of speed at which the sea-going
mails are contracted for. One element in the suc-
cess of the Great Eastern seems to have been over-
looked by all, though we believe it will prove a
most important one, and that is her sailing quali-
ties. Though, for her size, she spreads a very small
amount of canvas, yet her captain and all the nau-
tical men who have seen her express a most confi-
dent opinion that, with a fair strong breeze, her
sailing speed will almost equal her steaming. Some
of the sails are being bent, and all will be ready
before she starts on Saturday. The course of the
vessel from this port will be to the Scilly Isles, and
thence across Channel to the Old Head of Kinsale,
and so on up Channel to lolyhead harbour. It is
hoped and expected that during some part of this
trip, which will last from the Bth to the 11th, an
opportunity will be afforded of testing her sailing
power, and the result of this trial is looked forward
to with much interest. The anchorage chosen for
the great ship at Holyhead can hardly be said to
be inside the breakwater, but rather on a line with
its eastern extremity. Inside the breakwater there
is not sufficient room for her to swing to a single
anchor with safety. The place where she is to lie
is rather open to a heavy swell when the wind is
from the north-east, and this may possibly on some
days make it difficult to bring steamers alongside;
but, on the whole, it is as fine a berth as any that
could have been fixed upon. The arrangements
making for excursionists are on the most extensive
scale. During one day (the 17th) it is expected
that the ship will be closed to visitors, as on that
day it is rumoured her Majesty will inspect the
breakwater, and of course visit the Great Eastern.

While she is at Holyhead a great deal of work
must be performed. The indiarubber packing be-
tween the flanges of the cast-iron masts has to be re-
moved, and its place supplied with hornbeam; the
deficient boilers have to be repaired, feed and bilge
pumps fitted to both engines, and fire pumps and

hose attached to the auxiliary screw engines. At
present the only fire hose are those attached to the
pair of auxiliary engines forward, and these have
also to pump the bilge, wash the decks, and work the
steam gear for heaving round the capstan forward.
In fact, these two all-important engines have too
much to do, and in case of anything happening to
them, no fire could be put out or leak checked. It
is to provide against both these dangers that it has
been arranged to fit the auxiliary screw engines
with fire hose, and the chief engines themselves with
bilge and injection pumps. When all these are
fitted the Great Eastern will have pumps enough to
keep down a leak as big as 20 portholes, or throw
upwards of 20 tons of water on a fire. To-day the new
funnel was got on end and riveted together, so that
for the first time since the explosion the ship has
resumed her natural appearance. In the course of
to-morrow ednesday) upwards of 100 able sea-
men will join as crew from London. During
Thursday the forward boilers will be tested with
the hydraulic pumps, and the new machinery in
connexion with the forward capstan got into gear
for heaving in a little of the cable.

Mr. Crace's men work incessantly to redecorate
the grand saloon, but this will scarcely be com-
pleted before the arrival of the vessel at Holyhead.
Much work to the lower saloon cabin fittings will
then still remain to be accomplished, but progress
with this is of little moment, as for the first voyage
across the Atlantic there may probably be more
cabins than occupants.
The three injured stokers are progressing most
favourably, and may be pronounced convalescent.
Several additional subscriptions have been for-
warded to Captain Harrison for the widows and
orphans of those who have perished, many of whom
have been left utterly destitute.

t Entry stationed at Chatham, took place by Major-
, Gen. H. Eyre, commandant of the garrison. The
, whole of the available force of the two battalions
assembled on the general parade-ground shortly
before 2 o'clock ; the Ist battalion under the com-
mand of Col. H. Jervis, consisting of the depots of
the 7th (Royal Fusileers), 24th, 35th, 43d (Light
Infantry), 53d and 77th Regiments; the 2d batta-
lion, under the command of Col It. N. Phillips,
comprising the depot companies of the 20th, 23d
(Royal Welsh Fusileers), 31st, 52d (Light Infantry),
and 73d Regiments. Notwithstanding the nume-
rous detachments despatched during the last few
weeks from this garrison to India, amounting in the
aggregate to a very little short of 1,000 men, the
battalions are very strong, and number upwards of
2,000 bayonets. On the arrival of the Major-Gene-
ral, attended by several officers of the staff, he pro-
ceeded to make a careful and very minute inspec-
tion of the troops, going through the companies of
each battalion and passing up and down the front
and rear of each, the inspection occupying the
General same time. The men displayed an exceed-
ingly neat and soldierly appearance, the result of
the inspection proving the high state of efficiency,
and discipline of the troops attached to the batta-
lions at Chatham.
Yesterday the depot of the 29th (Worcestershire)
Regiment vacated the tents at Fort Amherst, Cha-
tham, in which it has been encamped during the
summer, and proceeded to Devonport to join the
British depot battalion at that station.
Yesterday an order was received at Chatham for
quarters to be prepared in Chatham Barracks for
the depot companies of the Ist battalion, 6th Foot,
which will proceed to that garrison from Colchester
to supply the vacancy occasioned by removal of
the 29th Regiment. The CAth depot will be attached
to the 2d battalion, under the command of Colonel
Phillips.

On 'Monday evening a detachment of the 84th
Regiment, just returned from India, arrived at Shef-
field to join the remainder of the regiment, which
is now stationed there. It consisted of 166 men,
accompanied by seven women and 14 children.
Capt. the Hon. W. H. Herbert was in command,
the other officers accompanying the detachment
being Lieuts. Foster and Griffin, Ensign Knox, As-
sist.-Surg. Jenkins, and Quartermaster Nally. The
detachment embarked in the Gertrude at Calcutta
on the 21st of Mai, and made a very protracted
voyage, during which the cholera broke out, and
proved fatal to nine of the men and one of the
women. Part of the regiment, it will be recollected,
served under General Havelock during his glorious
struggle to relieve the garrison of Lucknow, among
whom were some of their own comrades.

The B Battery of Royal Artillery, under the com-
mand of Capt. Paget, arrived in Ipswich yesterday
from the Camp at Aldershot. The battery comprises
174 men, and has four 6-pounders and two 12.
pounder howitzers. On Monday all the troops
stationed in the camp at Colchester marched out to
meet the corps while on the way to Ipswich, on the
London road. The force thus concentrated com-

prised 12 Indian depots, the Dublin Artillery
Militia, and the Essex Rifles Militia—in all up-
wards of 2,000 men.

The Himalaya screw troopship, Commander John
Seccombe, on her arrival in England from Bermuda
with the 26th (Cameronians) Foot on board, will
disembark them at Kingstown. It had been origin-
ally intended to place the regiment on its arrival in
camp at Aldershot, but its destination has been since
altered to Kingstown by orders issued from the
Horse Guards.

The 2d Somerset Militia, under the command of
Col. Pinney, M.P., was inspected on Saturday last
by Col. Longden, C. 8., commanding the 10th Foot.
nearly 800 men were on the ground.
After having seen the regiment go through se-
veral battalion movements under the commanding
officer, the Major of the regiment was directed to
put the men through the manual and platoon exer-
cise, and some of the captains called out to drill
their companies. The inspecting officer expressed
himself highly satisfied with the efficient manner
in which the several movements, &c., were gone
through, and with the creditable appearance of so
fine a body of men.
The Tipperary Artillery Militia, numbering 891 1
of all ranks, were carefully inspected on Monday
by Major-General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8.,
attended by Colonel Noel Lake, C. 13., commanding
artillery of the south-west district. Sir J. Scarlett
ordered the men at once to their guns. He seemed
much pleased with the field-gun exercise, the strong
able men of which the regiment is composed work-
ing the six-pounders with drag-ropes with almost
as much rapidity as if they had been honed. The
guns of Fort Monckton were next fired, and the
General seemed greatly pleased and surprised at
the accuracy of practice, the target being placed at
a distance of 1,200 yards. The blank firing at
Blockhouse Fort was also in excellent time and

very steady. Having all the officers and men of
the regiment drawn up in quarter distance column
the General addressed them as follows :—" A finer

body of men, more cleanly, more orderly, more sol-
dier-like I have never seen. To Lord Donough-
more, your Lieut.-Col., to your officers, and to
yourselves the greatest credit is due, and to all of
you I have to express my entire satisfaetion. I
have seen a great many militia regiments, but I can
truly say I never yet saw one at all equal to this,"

THE LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP

HERON.

•
The following is a narrative, furnished to the
Board of Trade by Mr. Thomas Blackie, of the
barqua Irlam, of Liverpool, relative to his falling in
with and saving Captain Truscott and 24 others,
part of the officers and crew of her Majesty's late
sloop Heron.

On the 9th of May last, when in lat 5.20 N., and
long. 14.55 W., the weather at the time settling
down after a perfect hurricane, wind S.W.—at 1
p.m. saw a boat full of men right astern of us, some
of them perfectly naked ; I ordered the ship to be
laid to. On the boat rowing up alongside, and in-
quiring who they were, found that her Mujesty's
sloop Heron had foundered, and that the boat's
crew, consisted of Captrin Truscott, the gunner,
and boatswain, and part of the petty officers and
seamen of the sloop. Got them all on board. Capt.
Truscott stated they had been eight hours without
food or water, the thermometer standing at this
time 90 in the shade. Their first cry was, " Give
us water; our tongues are parched." Captain Trus-
cott, the gunner, and the boatswain, were shown
down to my cabin ; the seamen were accommodated
in the forecastle ; all those that were naked and re-
quiring clothes were provided from my stock ; every
restorative and refreshment were administered to
them that the ship afforded. Capt. Truscott being
anxious to ascertain if there were any other sur-
vivors, requested me to go back to the bearings
where the Heron had foundered, in the hope of
saving some of the crew. I immediately complied
therewith. steering S.W. by W.S.NIT., the same
day, at 8 p.m., as I was going up out of my
cabin, I fancied I heard a voice calling for help.
I immediately ordered and assisted to lower the
quarterboat. I sent five hands in her. They
pulled round and round the ship at a distance of
about 700 yards. I kept the ship's hell striking.
A truly awful silence prevailed fore andaft, the sur-
vivors looking at each other with looks not to be
described. It was the death knell of their ship-
mates. This was continued for two hours. The
boats's crew not finding any person, returned to the
ship at 10 p.m. I remained about the spot until
noon of the following day. Finding our search
fruitless, I then bore up on our course for Sierra
Leone, where we arrived on the 16th, at 3 30 p.m.
Captain Truscott proceeded in my boat to her Ma-
jesty's ship Trident. In about half an ourafte
h
the Trident's launch came alongside, and the officers
and seamen left for the Trident, taking her Ma-
jesty's sloop Heron's boat with them. Commander
Lord Edward Cecil, in command of her Majesty's
screw steam sloop Surprise, and Commander F. A.
Close, in command of the paddlewheel steam vessel
Trident, the senior officer on that station, came on
board the Irlam. A few days after Commander
Close gave me a certificate for saving the lives of
the survivors. The following is a copy
H.M.S. Trident, Sierra Leone, May 21.
This is to certify that Mr. Thomas Blackie,
master of the barque Irlani, of Liverpool, received
on board his vessel, in lat. 5 20 N., long 14 55 W.,
Commander W. H. Truscott and 24 men, being the
survivors from H.M. sloop Heron, which foundered
at sea in a tornado, 200 miles from the nearest land.
Further, that Capt. Blackie bore up out of his course,
and proceeded to the spot of the dreadful catas-
trophe, with the hopeof saving more of the Heron's
ship's company. Captain Blackie treated the dis-
tressed survivors with the greatest kindness and
humanity, and he deserves the utmost regard and
tha'nks from every officer and man in the Royal
Navy, for the noble part he performed on the above
occasion.—F. A. CLOSE, Commander and Senior
Officer of the Northern Division."
The sufferings of Captain Truscott, his officers
and men, appeared to have been very great, although
only exposed for eight hours, from want of water
and the extreme heat, which had blistered and
I burnt their skins all over their bodies. Had not a

PR ICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

. —. kind Providence placed us in their way, their end
must have been the very worst of deaths, and that
in a few hours, as they all expressed themselves of
opinion that they could not have survived until the
following morning.

ANOTIIER BOILER F,XPLOSIO.V.

The truth of the adage that " misfortunes never
come single" unhappily receives daily confirmation.
Thus, our columns, containing the close of the in-
quest on the five persons killed by the late steam
boiler explosion at the Lewes Fair on the 21st ult.,
are scarcely before the public ere it is our painful
duty again to record a somewhat similar catastro-
phe, though fortunately far less sweeping in its
disastrous results to human life, if entailing a
greater destruction of property.
Last Monday evening, about ten o'clock, great
excitement was occasioned in Lewes by the report
that a steam boiler explosion had occurred to the
engine of the up goods train, which leaves Lewes
station shortly after nine o'clock. The•catastrophe
was stated to have occurred near the site where
Ashcombe turnpike gate formerly stood, and thither
numbers of persons quickly bent their steps, only to
find that the rumour was unfortunately but too
true.
It appears that the goods train, a heavy one, con-
sisting of about 45 trucks, left the Lewes station
shortly after nine o'clock, drawn by engine No. 108,
and propelled at the hindmost extremity by engine
No. 50, the steepness of the incline from Southover
to Falmer necessitating this description of aid. On
arriving at that part of the line situated some few
yards beyond the first milestone near Ashcombe,
the boiler of the leading engine exploded. The
engine-driver, Jones, and the fireman, John Oliver,
were thrown with terrific force to a considerable
distance, Jones falling some thirty yards to the
front upon the line, and Oliver on the right hand
or north'bank ; the engine being driven forward,
and finally whelming over across the up line, the
tender falling in a transverse direction across tho
down line. A luggage truck filled with pockets of
hops, bearing the name of Mr. Wheatley, of Buz-
ted, was next to the tender, but owing to the pro-
pulsion of the train by the No. 50 engine, a cattle
truck containing two cows was driven with such
violence that it was forced completely over the hop
truck and upon the top of the engine. Such was
the position of things as ascertained by those who
first arrived on the site of the accident. It seems
that among the persons earliest on the spot were
Mr. Brittain, one of the clerks of the London and
County Bank, and Mr. R. Wells. These gentlemen
were walking on the Brighton-road, when their at-
tention was drawn to the goods train, and while ob-
serving its progress they were suddenly startled by
a loud explosion. They immediately ran to the
spot, and, after a brief search, discovered the
unfortunate engine-driver and fireman lying as
above described, and in a fearful condition. As-
sistance was immediately sent for. Brandy was
obtained from Mr. Ingram, of Ashcombe, who
promptly repaired to the spot, and information of
the catastrophe was despatched to the station at
Lewes by means of the hindmost engine. No
time was lost in telegraphing to Brighton for aid ;
while Mr. Turner and his son, surgeons (Lewes),
were at once summoned. But a very short time
elapsed before Mr. Brooks, the Lewes stationmas-
ter, accompanied by the Messrs. Turner, and by
such force as could be got together, proceeded to
the scene of the disaster, in a carriage drawn by
No. 50 engine. Mr. Jenner and Mr. llaws, of the
East Sussex constabulary, were also quickly on the
spot. The first object was to render assistance to
the unfortunate sufferers. On examination it ap-
peared that the engine driver had received severe
injury and contusions, but not to the extent suffered
by the fireman, whose legs were said to be broken,
and one thigh " smashed" in the most terrible man-
ner. By about 10 o'clock a train had arrived from
Brighton, conveying Mr. Craven, chief of the loco-
motive department, Mr. Sadler, his chief assistant,
and a numerous staff of men. On their arrival it
was at once decided to place the wounded men in a
railway carriage, and, accompanied by both the
Messrs. Turner, Mr. Geer of Southover, Mr. Starmer,
and Sergeant Baldwin, who kindly volunteered
their aid, the sufferers were conveyed to Brighton
station and thence to the county hospital. At first
some hopes were entertained that life might be
spared, but we regret to say that the injuries sus-
tained by John Oliver were so extensive that he
died shortly after his admission to the hospital. In-
deed, he was sinking rapidly when Mr. Turner and
his s. ii left him in the hands of the medical officers
of that institution. Jones's leg and collar bone
were found to be broken ; but strong hopes are
entertained that his injuries, though great, will not
prove fatal.

- Fortunately the injury to life and person was
confined to the two poor fellows above named.
There were two guards to the goods train, riding in
the guard-van at its end, and neither these nor the
engine driver nor fireman of the hind engine ap-
pear to have sustained any injury, although dis-
tinctly feeling the shock caused by the sudden check
given to the train.
So son as the train contaixing the unfortunate
sufferers had been despatched, immediate steps were
taken by Mr. Craven to clear the line. We ought
to state, however, that on the occurrence of the aw.
c-

dent immediate precautions were taken by the
guards to send danger signals both in advance and
in the rear on the up and down lines, in order to
give timely warning to any trains that might ap-
proach. Fortunately, the last regular trains be-
tween Brighton and Lewes had already passed the
scene of accident. An excursion train, however,
the last of the " Swiss Gardens" series, was ex-
pected from Shoreham, and this was intercepted at
Brighton and sent up the line to the Keymer junc-
tion, so as to reach Lewes by that route. And now
commenced the work of examination and of clear-
ance. It appeared on inspection that the explosion
had taken place in that part of the boiler immedi-
ately above the fire. The ash pan and fire bars were
completely driven out, and as the engine lay on its
side the fire box entirely gutted" exhibited the
damage to the boiler. The top of the inside fire-
box, formed of thick copper, clamped with massive
iron bars, was rent asunder and hung down into
the firebox, bent and twisted by the violence of the
explosion. The exterior casing of the smoke-box,
at the farther extremity ofthe boiler, was also blown
out, and shattered to fragments, which were forced
to a considerable distance. Of course both engine
and tender had received minor injuries from the
force of the concussion, but that we have described
appeared to be the main damage done to the engine.
Indeed, it seemed to be almost incomprehensible
that such enormous power could have been exerted
C 4 that which must have bait needful to overthrow
two such masses of iron as the engine and tender
without entailing infinitely greater damage to both.
The scene presented at this period, while the re-
moval of the wreck was going forward, was most
striking, and will not be easily forgotten by those
who witnessed it. Crowds of persons had assembled
on the bank on the south side of the line, and these,
with the number of workmen and others on the
railway itself, were brought into prominent relief by
the glare of the torches and fires lighted for the
purpose of enabling Mr. Craven and his staff to
execute their arduous task. The first thing at-
tempted was to extricate the cattle imprisoned in
the truck mounted aloft on the top of the engine.
Sledge hammers and saws were quickly in requisi-
tion, and in a very short time one side of the truck
was cut away, and to the astonishment of all, the
two cows dropped quietly on terra firma, and the
fence being cut through, walked coolly into an ad-
joining meadow, where they, apparently unhurt,
immediately began to graze. These animals having
been rescued from their perilous position, and the
cattle truck being found to be damaged beyond re-
pair, it was forthwith knocked to pieces, with the
double obje3t of disentangling it from the engine
and of affording fuel for the fires which it became
necessary to make, in order to enable the workmen
to prosecute their labours. About 11.30 a further
train, bearing a fresh relay of workmen, with
ropes, chains, tackling, and appliances of every de-
scription, arrived from Brighton. Thus reinforced,
Mr. Craven was enabled to make rapid progress
with the removal of the debris, and the mode in
which the chaos which prevailed was gradually re-
duced to order seemed a marvel to those who, on
beholding the extent to which the line was block-
aded, would have been disposed to pronounce a
clearance impossible within the next 24 hours.
One by one, however, the trucks were disengaged,
placed upon the rails, and removed, until at last
only the engine and tender remained to be dealt
with. These, however, required the application of
great power to effect their removal, as both had
been thrown over on their sides. The first attacked
was the tender, and the plan adopted was to raise
the side lying on the ground by means of powerful
jacks until it had been elevated to a sufficient point
to enable it to be pulled upright by ropes. Once
on its " feet," or rather its wheels, there still
remained the laborious task of removing the
ponderous mass sideways across the metals to
the up-line, which was ultimately effected. By 5
o'clock this morning the down-line was entirely
clear ; all the debris of every description had been ,