The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-15 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON. AND
NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.

Yesterday morning at an early hour an accident
of a very serious nature occurred near Harrow, by
which several passengers were severely injured, and
some of the rolling stock destroyed.
The train to which the accident happened was the
up limited mail from the north, due at the Euston-
square Station at 437 a.m. It would seem that
when the train was within a short distance of Har-
row, on the Pinner side, from some cause or other
at present unexplained, a composite carriage was
thrown off the line on its side. Fortunately it con-
tained only four passengers, of whom two were
ladies and one a gentleman, and in the end com-
partment, which is a second-class, was one pas-
senger, a Mr. Craig, a gentleman from Glasgow.
The train was stopped as speedily as possible, and
every assistance was at once given to the unfortu-
nate passengers, who were extricated from their
perilous position with all speed, and attended to.
One of the ladies had her arm fractured. Mr. Craig ,
was in a very bad state, and was immediately sent
up to town and removed to an hotel, where it was
found that his left leg was seriously fractured, and
that he was otherwise seriously injured. His case
is considered a bad one. Fortunately the other
passengers were not injured. The carriage is very
much damaged, and although it is impossible to say
positively, yet it is believed that the accident was
caused by the breaking either of an axle or a tire.
The wheels of one of the carriages were broken
from the frame, and no doubt contributed to the
serious consequences of the accident. During the
day it was found necessary to amputate the injured
leg of Mr. Craig. The operation was performed by
Dr. Ferguson, assisted by another eminent surgeon
and by the medical officer of the company (Mr.
Skeldin). The name of the lady who was so serious
a sufferer has not been ascertained, but the gentle-
man who accompanied her is Mr. William Tait,
engineer, of Glasgow.
It is but justice to the company to state that the
managers of the company have, since the frost set
in, taken every possible precaution to prevent acci-
dent by increasing the number of stoppages, allow-
ing additional time in the running of the more
important of the through trains, and directing a
more severe examination of the state of the rolling
stock in its progress over the line. Extra carriage
and waggon examiners have been appointed at
various places on the railway, in order that minute
and close inspection of the wheels, tires, springs,
&c., of vehicles may be made, and a special order
has been issued that station-masters at whose sta-
tions examiners are placed must see that the most
careful examination is made, and that all possible
exertion must be observed in avoiding any undue
delay to the trains. With respect to the extra
time allowed for mail and fast trains, it may be
stated that the following down trains, viz., 7.25 a.m.
Irish day mail train from London ; 8.25 p.m. Irish
night mail, and 9 p.m. auxiliary night mail, have
been allowed 15 minutes additional from Euston to
Stafford, and 15 minutes additional from Stafford
to Holyhead. The 9.0 a.m. Scotch day mail from
London ; the 8.40 p.m. Scotch limited mail, and
, the 9.15 p.m. Scotch auxiliary mail. have 15 minutes
additional from Easton to Stafford, and 25 minutes
additional from Stafford to Carlisle. The
11.30 a.m. express from London has an
. additional 10 minutes from Euston to Rugby ;
and the 5.15 p.m. express from London, 15
minutes from Euston to Birmingham. The
2.45 p.m. express and the 5.0 p.m. express from
London have 20 minutes additional from Euston to
Stafford, and 10 minutes from Stafford to Liverpool
and Manchester. The up mail and express trains
have an equal additional allowance of time for the
purpose of securing the utmost possible amount of
safety. Appended to the instructions specially
issued to all the working officers of the line is that
they are " to exercise the greatest vigilance and
render all th 9 assistance they can in taking the
necessary precautions for the safe working of the
line ;" and the particular " attention of platelayers
is called to rule 341 in the book of rules and regu-
lations, which requires them closely to inspect the
rails, keys, &c., and to see that the gauge is correct
and the road in good condition." It is very evi-
dent that the London and North-Western execu-
tive are doing their utmost to prevent accident.

The members for Birminghain—Mr. Scholefield
and Mr. Bright, are invited to meet their constituents in
the Town-hall, Birmingham, on the evening of Tuesday
the 29th blatant.