The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-04 00:00:00

LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY.

We have unfortunately this morning to record the death
of another person from the injuries received at this acci-
dent. The name of the person is Clara Clements, who, at
the time of her death, was an inmate of University Hospital.
Sarah Essex and Charles Cox, two of the sufferers, this
morning were in a very bad condition, but the whole of
the others were progressing as favourably as could be ex-
pected.

Since the accident thousands of persons have visited the
scene, and this morning the numbers seemed to increase.

During this morning a large number of persons have been
engaged constructing a new line from the top to the bottom
20i of the embankment. Up this steep ascent the engine is to
67 be drawn and to be placed upon the line in the course of the
38 afternoon.

THE INQUEST.

The coroner's inquisition into the deaths of Elizabeth
Jelliss, Eva Stacey, Elizabeth Allen, Rhoda Bowler,
Richard Saunders, Edward Hill, John Yeomans, John
Greenwood, George Greenwood, Charles Standing, Sarah
English, and Clara Clements, was opened this day, at the
Elephant and Castle, Old St. Pancras-road.
In the absence of Mr. IVakley, the coroner for the
Eastern Division of Middlesex, Mr. Humphreys opened

the inquiry.
Before the jury were sworn Mr. Humphreys asked whe-
ther any of the gehtlemen summoned were interested in
either of the railways to which the line belonged. No
answer having been made the jury were sworn, and Mr.
Winkworth was elected foreman.

The Coroner said the jury were doubtless aware that the
present inquiry was relative to an accident that had oc-
curred on an adjacent railway. He proposed in the first
instance that the jury should view the several bodies which
were lying in the hospitals, and that they should
then proceed to the scene of the accident in
order that they might get the best local intelligence,
and then that they should return and open the inquiry.
Murray, the summoning officer, said he had engaged a
larger room for the inquiry near to the Prince of Wales, in
Harmood-street.

The Coroner thought better accommodation could be had
at the Vestry Hall. He therefore gave directions that an
application should be made for the use of the room for the
purposes' of the inquiry.
Murray said the vestry did not meet till two o'clock.

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The Coroner said at that hour then the application should
be made. lie would open the inquiry on their return at
the Prince of Wales, but he hoped the adjournments would
be held at the Vestry-hall.
Mr. Metcalf appeared for the London and North-
Western and the North London Railway Com-
panies, and said it was the m;sh of the direc-
tors that the fullest inquiry should be made into the
unfortunate circumstance, and for that purpose every faci-

lity in their power would be given.
Mr. Lewis (of Ely •place) appeared for the relatives of
Sarah English, and Mr. Charles 'Wilson appeared for those
of Elizabeth Allen.

The jury then proceeded in an omnibus to visit the diffe-
rent hospitals where the bodies were lying: and also to the
spot where the accident occurred.

(We shall continue the report in our late edition.)

TUNNEL.
THE MONT CENTS

The Patrie publishes the following letter from
one its writers, who lately visited the works
going on at Mont Cenis :—" The cutting of the tunnel
advances day and night, with a regularity which
excites the admiration of engineers. At the coal
mencement of this great enterprise, only the pickaxe
and blasting were employed; but since the machines,
invented by MM. Grattone and Sommellier, were
brought into use, the cutting of the rock has been
carried on with remarkable celerity. The machines,
which are worked by compressed air, are very
ingenious ; they are each of 250 horse power, and
act simultaneously on both sides of the mountain.
They set in motion different instruments of great
power, which operate in any direction that may be
required. The section of the tunnel is about 60
metres, and when the cutting was commenced only
12 men could, from the limited space, be occupied at
each end, the work they did being only 40 centime-
tres (about 16 inches) per day, but the machines em-
ploy a force equal to 2,500 men, and cut out daily
two metres, that is, one at each end. In a few months
arrangements will be made for making the men em-
ployed relieve each other every eight hours, and an
electric light will be established, and then the ex-
traction of rock will be three metres per day. The
tunnel will be 12 kilometres (71 miles) in length. It
is 1,330 metres above the level of the sea, and 1,000
below the summit of Mont Cenis. It will gradually
rise 3 per 1,000 to the centre, descending from that
point towards Savoy on the one side and towards
Piedmont on the other. In the centre of the way a
small canal has been formed for carrying off the
waters which filter through the rock. Every fort-
night an examination is made for the purpose of
ascertaining the direction of the tunnel and level
of the roadway, instruments of great precision being
employed in the operation. Thus far the cutting on
both sides of the mountain has been found to coin-
cide exactly. The rock is easily penetrated by the
machines. When holes of from 40 to 60 centimetres
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(16 to 23 in.) have been bored, they are filled with
gunpowder ; the workmen retire to a distance of
about 100 metres, and strong doors in iron are closed
to prevent fragments of the rock from flying out.
Then the mine is fired, and masses of rock are heard
to strike against the doors. Afterwards a current
of compressed air is driven into the tunnel to expel
the smoke, so as to allow the workmen to enter. The
removing of the fragments of rocks is effected in the
way employed on cuttings of railways, and the
machines are again set in motion."