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TROTTING itACE FOR 201. A SIDE.-OR Wednes-
day, the match between a bald-faced horse, the property
of Mr. Granger, of Tooting, and a brown mare belong-
ing to Mr. Skinner, of London, came off over two mea-
sured miles of road on Mitcham common. Tho terms
of the agreement entered into between the owners were,
to trot five miles in harness, and either horse breaking
out into a gallop, to be pulled in and turned, and, in case
of dispute, to be governed by the rules of trotting. Um-
pires were chosen, and the horses harnessed to match
carts, brought to the starting mark, and from the en-
feebled and groggy appearance of the mare, the horse
was in favour of betting at 6 to 4. At the start the
horse took the lead and performed the first mile in three
minutes, and being two hundred yards in advance of the
mare; at the completion of three miles, which occupied
ten minutes, the quadruped competitors were neck and
neck; at the fourth mile the mare turned first, appearing
competent to her task, and much to the surprise of the
spectators, won the match, beating the horse by 150
yards. The five miles of road were trotted by the winner
in eighteen minutes. The trotters were ably driven by
their owners, and throughout the match neither broke.
A good deal of money, was speculated, and the backers
of th• mare were great winners.

DR ADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT
AND LOSS OF LIFE.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
(From a Second Edition of the Nottingham JourniL)
LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Mr. D, an, Hounds'-gate, dead.
Mr. John Neep, of middle age, of Retford, lies at the
General Hospital, but hopes are entertained of his re-
covery. The extent of injury cannot at present be as-
certained, and besides being sadly bruised, it is feared
some of his ribs are broken.
r George Burley, about thirty years of age, stoker,
seriously scalded and burnt, the fire and boiling water
having fallen upon him from the engine, when forced
upwards by the collision. We understand he was on the
engine coming from Derby.
Mr. John Bowlestridge, landlord of the Three Horse
Shoes, Derby-road, and Miss Ann Gretton, of Dove
Cliff, Staffordshire, were conveyed to the Three Horse
Shoes, Derby-road. This young lady had been on a
visit to Mr. Bowlestridge's, and was returning with her
father, who is manager of some iron works at Stoke-
cliff ; all three were much bruised, but whether any
bones were broken could not be told at the time we made
our inquiries.
The above parties were conveyed in a cart to the
General Hospital and the Three Horse Shoes.
LENTON.
The following persons lie at Mr. Pick's, the Wheat
Sheaf Inn :
Mr. Gretton, Burton-on-Trent, severely crushed.
Mr. Bradley, Southwell, farmer, leg broken.
(At Mr. Lee's, gardener.)
Mr. Varnalls, formerly butler at Colwick-hall, dead.
The distressing news of his death was instantly dis-
patched to Mrs. Varnall's, who is housekeeper at Mr.
Strutt's, Derby.
BEESTON.
Mr. Arnold, medical instrument-maker, seriously hurt.
;At Mr. Andrew's, Victoria Tavern.)
Mr. Garrott, surgeon of London, extensively injured.
;At the same place.)
Robert Thornhill, lace-manufacturer, slightly crushed.
:At home.)
David Fox, employed at Mr. Gill's silk-mill, arm
broken. (At home.)
Misses Ana and Maria Lewis, of Sneinton (seriously
hurt), owing to the violence of the concussion, were
thrown out of the carriage, and their dresses becoming
entangled, they were nearly stripped. One of them had
actually the sole of her shoe torn off.
We regret to say that the conduct of the inhabitants
of the village was characterised by anything rather than
humanity ; the Misses Lewis, who were close to the un-
fortunate Mr. Dean in the railway carriage, were per-
mitted to remain in almost a state of nudity in a field
for upwards of an hour before they were removed. At
length they were taken in a baker's cart to Mr. Ham-
mond's, to whom they were paying a visit, and were
afterwards conveyed to their home. Mr. Dean was also
treated with similar neglect.
Mr. Robinson, traveller—very much bruised.
Mr. Thistlewood, of Lincoln—ditto.
Mr. Nixon, Hounds'-gate—ditto, and tooth broken out.
Mr. George Baker, Woolpack-lane—slightly bruised.
Mr. John Wildey, Pelham-street—bruised.
Mr. Tutin, sen., butcher, Nottingham—bruised.
Miss Surplice, of Beeston, escaped injury by leaping
out of the carriage.
Mrs. Dean, sister-in-law to the deceased, and landlady
of the Castle and Falcon, Nottingham, with her little
daughter, was also severely bruised and crushed.
The conduct of Mr. Lightfoot has not escaped censure,
but it would be unjust to subject him to any animad-
versions until some more tangible data than mere rumour
can be procured.
The inquest will be held to-day.
Another accident occurred on the same day, betwixt
Leicester and Rugby. Two statements have reached us,
but the one most generally credited is, that a luggage-
train could not get along, in consequence of the slippery
state of the rails ; that the guard or stoker got off to
scatter sand upon the rails, and that another train over-
took them, but was not observed, in consequence of the
dense fog, and the poor fellow's brains were dashed out.
These events have caused great excitement.

INQUEST ON ONE OF THE BODIES.
At eleven o'clock, on Friday morning, the coroner,
Mr. Swann, and a jury, held an inquest on the body
of William Varnalls, at the Three Wheat Sheaves,
Old Lenton.

William Gell identified the body.
Thomas Cooper, of New Lepton, lace-maker, said,
was at Beeston station at half-past two o'clock, in-
tending to come to Nottingham by the Derby train.
The Derby train being delayed, I was standing at
the Beeston station, and saw a train coming from
Nottingham upon the down-line instead of the up-
line. That was the line nearest Beeston; I saw Mr.
Lightfoot upon the tender of that lot of carriages.
They whistled very much coming up. I saw it go
past, and they shouted to a buy (Tom) to turn
the point just above the station, so as to place them
on the right line. Mr. Lightfoot there got off, and
came back to the station-house ; he went into a
little room, began to talk to a policeman, and I over-
heard Mr. Lightfoot say, that there was a tender off
the line, and that was the reason they came on
the down-line, and he had come to stop the
Derby train. After they had been talking some time,
the policeman fetched a red flag and gave it to the
boy, and said, " Go full half a mile up the Derby
line." In about ten minutes, the Derby train came
down at a slow pace, as I thought, in consequence of
the flag; it stopped at the station some time. Whilst
the Derby train was standing, I saw a policeman
running up the centre of the road as if he had come
from Nottingham, and I heard him say to Mr. Light-
foot, " If I were you, I wouldn't start the train yet."
This I heard him say above once or twice.—(The
witness here minutely described the policeman, who
was called into the room, and stated that his name
was James Howitt.)—ln five or ten minutes after
that, I heard Mr. Lightfoot say, " I think they have
had time enough to get the tender off." Mr. Light-
foot then came out of the little room, and mounted
the tender. I should have gone down by that train,
but I was alarmed after what Howitt had said, and
determined not to go. This I state upon my oath. I
was very near Mr. Lightfoot when he got upon the
tender, and I heard him tell the engine-
driver to go at a slow speed. The train then
started at a slow pace. I stopped at Beeston station,
and in a short time (it might be a couple of minutes)
I heard a loud crash. I was listening to hear whether
all was safe. There was a very thick fog, and I could
not see the trains, nor half way to them. I thought
there had been an accident on the line. I and two or
three other persons ran down the line to see what was
the matter. Before I could see the train I met the
guard of the down-train running towards Beeston.—
(Joseph Coleburn was then called, and identified by
the witness. Coleburn is an engineer, who occasionally
acts as guard, and was doing so on this particular
occasion.) I said to him, "Is there as an accident ?"
He raised up his hands and said, "Oh, yes, there is a
serious accident, but I havn't seen what!" I ran
forward, and he went on to Beeston. I came up to
the trains ; they were, I should say, about three-
quarters of a mile:or a mile from Beeston. I saw two
trains, both upon the same line, crushed into one
another. Some of the passengers were still
in the carriages, and I saw some lying on
the ground, as if hurt. I saw some men car-
rying Mr. Dean into an adjoining field, and as-
sisted in lifting him into a cart. I also saw a stout
elderly man in the same field as Mr. Dean ; he was
bleeding very much from his head, or his eyes, or
his ears. I saw nothing the matter with his leg. I
helped to lift him into the cart, and he complained of
his chest. lie said, " I feel very tizzy ; for God's
sake, let me lie down." I never saw that his leg was
broken after he had been placed in the cart. There
was lane other person in the cart before the deceased.
Mr. Dean was also lifted into the cart. Ile was
alive, but I said to Stanton, " George, you may
depend upon it, Mr. Dean is dying." I saw no more
put into the cart, and I don't know who drove it
away. I then went back to see if any other person.
wanted assistance. I helped Mrs. Dean, (Mr
Dean's brother's wife) to Beeston ; she was hurt, but
not so much so as to be unable:to walk with my as-
sistance. I saw several other persons injured ; I
shouldthink ten or twelve. I did not return again to
the train. The engines and carriages were very much
shattered, but I cannot give any description of the
damage. I know none of them.
William Murden, of Old Lenton, labourer, said, at
the time of the accident I was working in Mr.
Cheetham's field, which adjoins the railway, and I
had a horse and cart there. I heard the crash, and
immediately I and Mr. Cheethain, who was the only
person with me, ran to see what was the matter. I
saw two trains on the same line, and they appeared
to have met each other. When I first saw them they
had run one into the other ; one or two of the carriages
were broken.

By a Juryman—l recollect no whistling; I was
taking no notice. I was about a hundred yards
distant from the rails, and could have seen the trains
except on account of the fog. I did not see any
engineer that was wounded.
James Howitt, lodge-keeper at the Wilford-gate,
said that a train arrived at Nottingham from Derby
,at a little before two o'clock in the afternoon of the
same day, with coals and passengers. It left the latter
in the station-3ard, and came back with
jtshteacboots
again, on the departing line, to the pcoiNtsu
my gate, to cross, in order to come in on the arrival
rag, rot too WWII the coals into the coal line. I saw

On Saturday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest
at the Du Burgh Arms Tavern, West Drayton, on
the bodies of Samuel Brooks and 'William Tuck well,
two labourers in the employ of the Great 'Western
Railway Company, who were killed near the West
Drayton station on the morning of Thursday last.
George Inglis deposed that he was an engine-driver,
in the employ of the Great 'Western Railway Com-
pany. On the morning of Thursday last he left the
Paddington terminus with the Bellona engine and
train, which was the eight o'clock train from Pad-
dington. He was not aware of the accident at the
time of its occurrence, but discovered it when he
reached Slough, by seeing blood on the guard-
iron of the wheels. After witness arrived at the
Swindon station, he, for the first time, learned the
extent of the accident. The journey was foggy
throughout. Witness's train had no lights. When
witness was close to the West Drayton station he
sounded the whistle, which it was customary for
hint to do. That was when he was twenty or thirty
yards distant from the station. Witness had sounded
the whistle full a hundred times between Paddington
and West Drayton. The fog was so dense that he
was quite close to the station before he could see
that the signal was right, and the policeman's arm up.
Witness's train did not stop at West Drayton. It
was a quick train. Did not notice any labourers on
the line that morning, nor any getting out of the way.
Patrick Hearn, a labourer on the railway, deposed
that he was at the West Drayton station when the
accident happened. He heard of it about eight or
nine minutes afterwards. He immediately hastened
to the spot, and found the body of Samuel Brooks
about. 140 yards from the spot where the occurrence
took place, lying on the middle of the line. Ilia
body was knocked to pieces, and the head was bat-
tered. The two men had not left witness five
minutes before. IVitnees was not on the line when
the trains passed.
Benjamin White deposed that he was stoker to the
Bellona engine, and was with it on Thursday morn-
ing. It was very foggy, and the whistle was blown
about every quarter of a mile. The engine-driver
also whistled about ten yards from the bridge, and
again as soon as they had passed West Drayton
station.

A lengthened and desultory discussion then ensued
between the coroner, jury, witnesses, and officers of
the Company, as to the best means of preventing the
recurrence of such accidents in future. All the wit-
nesses and the officers of the Company agreed that
they were quite satisfied with the present arrange.
ments, and said that if the men would not themselves
take the necessary precautions by getting off the line
earlier, instead of waiting until a train is close to
them, all the restrictions in the world would not pre-
vent such accidents; they could not, therefore, sug-
gest anything that would be an improvement.
The CORONER said, that being the case, that the
men who were the most interested in the matter did
not see how it could be altered, and could not make
any suggestion for its improvement, he did not see
that the jury could go advantageously further into the
case. It was clearly an accident, arising from the de-
ceased's negligence and incaution.
The jury immediately said they were quite satisfied
on that point, and returned a verdict of—Accidental
death.

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