The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-25 00:00:00

THAMES.

ATTEMPTED MURDER ON BOARD THE AMERICAN SHIP
" NORTH AMERICA.—This day, Primus Garrison, a
black, was charged before Mr. Selfe, with the following
violent assault on Thomas Howard, a mate on board the
North America, au
_American ship lying in the East
India Dock.
intoxicated, and
wa 8 s
in
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was
cook in the vessel, and had been but a short time on
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seeing his conduct, the first
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mate told the complainant to dir, ct him to desist. He,
prisoner went into the galley, and swore if any one came
there he would murder him. The complainant went
there, when the prisoner raised up a hatchet and gave
complainant a blow on the back of the head with it.
Mr. Selfe asked complainant if any serious injury was
inflicted I
Complainant replied that ho had a cut, and that a
great quantity of blood flowed from the wound. He
was struck with the back part of the hatchet. The pri-
soner had previously said he woull kill him.
E lward Evans, first mate,- said that ho heard the
prisoner when on the galley say that he did not care a
d—n for him, and that he would cat down the first man
that came near him. Complainant observed, "I atra
man enough for yon." Had. not the force of the blow

been prevented by the arm of another person, complain-
ant would have received a serious blow.

Mr. Selfe (to the prisoner) .What do you Eay to the
charge
Prisoner—l was tipsy.
Mr. Selfe—You might hare killed the man.
The prisoner was fined 31., or, in default, one month's
imprisonment.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT
NORTHERN RAILWAY.

TUXFORD, THURSDAY.

An accident, attended with fatal consequences to
four persons, and considerable injuries to several
others, occurred onthe mainline of the Gt. Northern
Railway to-clay, about noon, to the express train
from Manchester to London.
The train, which consisted of engine and break
van, second-class carriage, composite carriage, first-
class carriage, and break, passed Tuxford station
at about the right time, and had proceeded nearly
two miles further, when on ren.nine•' over the via-
duct which crosses the Newark and Tuxford road
something gave way,—it is supposed au axle,—the
engine became detached from the carriages and
bounded forward, while the vehicles separated into
two divisions, the first of which, comprising a
second-class and composite carriage, heeled over the
embankment on the south side of the viaduct,
while the hinder portion of the train, after strik-
ing against the buttress of the bridge on the north
side and breaking off the stone cap and upper brick-
work, fell down with a tremendous crash on to the
turnpike road below. The first two vehicles made a
complete somersault and alighted with the right
side up in a cottager's garden, one or two of the pas-
sengers were much injured, but the majority escaped,
and the carriages were verylittle damaged. The other
three vehicles, including the break van, were lite-
rally smashed to pieces, all the upper timbers being
entirely stripped off the platforms, while the break
van had fallen upside down, and the wood was
crushed almost flat on the ground.
Such assistance as was at hand was rendered as
promptly as possible, and messengers were
despatched to the nearest stations and to the nearest
medical men. Four of the passengers were taken
out of the debris quite dead ; three others were so
seriously wounded as to be scarcely fit to be re-
moved, and all the rest of the unfortunate travel-
lers in this section of the train were more or less
severely injured. The dead bodies and one or two
of the worst sufferers surviving were removed to
the Newcastle Arms, Tuxford. The remainder of
the patients were taken to Retford. The following
is a list of the casualties ;—Killed—The Hon. W.
M. W. Clive, brother to the Hon. R. Clive, M.P.,
who was also in the train ; Miss Letitia Paget,
Gorton Lodge, Garston, Liverpool ; Mrs. Heaton,
18, Queen-square, Lancaster; Mrs. Pitman, wife
of one of the Great Northern Railway Company's
officers, who sat next to her when in the train.
Wounded—Capt. Marshall, who was going to 203,
Bath-buildings, Glossop-road, London, one eye
knocked out, his wife and child escaped with bruises.
Mr. J. Dansfield, hatter, Waterhead-mill, near Old-
ham, one of the town council of that borough, frac-
tured sibs aud internal injuries—bad case; John J.
Bourn, near Cambridge, compound fracture of right
arm, internal injuries, not expected to recover;
Wm. Dyson, the guard of the train, fractured skull,
internal injuries, not expected to recover; Mr.
Sworder, Hertford, fracture of anele ; Mr. C. S worder
and Miss Sworder, slightly injured ; Mr. and Mrs.
Peace, Sheffield, contused wounds on the he ad ; Mr.
J. Hangus, Castle-street, Sheffield, cut and bruised,
returned home • Richardson, servant to Mr. Wm.
Wingham, of lentchin, slightly injured ; Mr. Wing-
ham was in the train and was se in walking on the
line after the accident, but he ha; not been heard
of since ; Mr. B. Rayner, commercial traveller, in-
ternally injured ; Mr. Jas. Smith, traveller, head
hurt a good deal, but not seriously ; Miss Marr,
daughter of Mr. J. Marr, 18, Queen-square, Lan-
caster, slightly injured ; she was travelling with
Miss Paget and Mrs. Heaton, one of whom was her
aunt, and both of whom were killed.
The head of one of the ladies killed was crushe 1
quite flat ; the face of another was cut in two from
top to bottom. A gentleman's boot, wet with blood,
was seen on the road, as it had been cut off. A
newspaper, smeared with blood, was also found.
Numerous articles belonging to the passengers were
picked up, and forwarded to Retiord.
The officials of the line, acting under Mr. Leith,
superintendent, were incessant in their exertions to
mitigate the sufferings of the passengers ; the line
which was broken up for a distance of about 50
yards was repaired within four hours after the
accident by a staff of men under Mr. Sturrock.
There have been several accidents between Tux-
ford and Newark, the last of which occurred dur-
ing the flood about two months ago, hut this is the
first fatal passenger accident that has ever occurred
on this line.