The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-25 00:00:00

No. 165597.

B.e(l.W..ter the pilot engine got past the crossing. I thought
A,twaA at the mail train, and con after that, I hard a crash.
fi a lamps ere very deceiving in the night, from the r
t -s that are in titi,m.
11i 0•
closed the cas.. against the prisoner.
otttr a, 0%-erend said it as etaite cicar that an accidcnt hal
and that every p!ecaeltion had been taken.
"", pidfl`tytnan sad Ord. client, as anxious as any
to
ql.?l,ave the ease clearly inye4Lated.
i`" Vickers said that he was instructed to say that the
"SOner w
to the as a clever, intelligent, and steady man ; 'and up
present tune the Company had no fault to find with
x?lrs Palfreyman said his client had beet apprenticed to
is,"` PUer Clarke, and had since been employed on the Aild-
Ku9,fir three years.
INitness recalled—l watched the red lights go out of my
4set, and then I saw a white light, and in a very little time
Wrwards, perhaps a. few minutes, I saw the white light.
~!ea I heard the shcck I could not see any lights. By day-
ttri"t I could see the place where the accident happened. I
can see a white light further than 1 can see a red one. We
ee 63' daylight for about two miles.
\ll2t the poi otter:
Walker said, lam stoker of the pilot engine. I went
atart ttley. Our engine had d White light in front. We
u, froln Masborough about half-past four. I was called
ocilartr-r the news cane. We went towards Wath, about 21)
W 4. "Ir. There was no red light at Wath, and we
th,ise Vert- carefully towards Barnsley. We saw a light
*ere'„Tid, the Watchman said the train had just gone. We
.side „irty at a stand, and the watchman walked by the
°nt‘ iWe saw no red light, but we did s‘t.e a white
tot first impression was that it was the guard whO ad
_ and was coming towards us. We then went further
hip `a•W two red light:4, when Wheatley immediately shut off
kiu,".,rn• I put the break on. Wheatley reversed the en-
-143- 411 u Put the steam back way; then the collision took
Ma ' We were two or three carriages off the train when
klad"rt saw the red lights of the train. When We stopped
(examined the engine the sti am was not on.
\Ar,l `s, examined-1 leaped off the tender about 10 or 11
e .before the collisich. Wheatley I cannot speak to.
the tw7e going about 12 miles an hour when we tan into •
ifterram, and never went more than 12 or 14 miles an hour
7, got fnon Barnsley. if the guard had been coming
us with a white light it would have been our duty
Ove slackened our sped.
ktu3 Magistrate-istrate—lt is not the order for the guard to
‘'ll trihl With a'white light. 1 supposed the white light was
?1t carriage
.fitaoveretill said that he had entered into the case fully
kid ofaY, for the purpo‘e of doing his duty as a TagistWe,
5, 'wing the public be fully aware of the acetd,nt.
',4lt time, having gone into the facts, there might still
i1%411-ir're serious tribunal to which the case might be ad,
int, 'i, to 'see the result of the accident. He had gone fully
,t Qse, that there should appear no lukewarnmesi
toz„itratt of the magistrates to investigate the of the
uan
anTd.,
t7,,-e'endant was then admitted to bail, himself in 501.,
talltd " sureties
n in 251. each, to answer the charge witch
4Pri.

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.: 1111.1. WAY INTELLIGENCE.
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: ' l'ltßet, (--)-th AND NARROW GAUGE COMMISSION.
114,.. -,f. wrrii.-4 errs have been c,,n,i.kring the me:its of
it'es during the last three days. Clarke, su-
ttlte,t7ileht of tile truffle on the Grew. Western liiite was
Nieto, seSir Frederick-Smith whether, lie had forned any
. tss, '' ..f the comparalve merits of the tr,,ad and eaerew
I- lks('ll's• Mr. Clarke replied that he hail,' aid that it was in
- 11)ite re°l the broad gauge. Ills rinses for forming that
,74Peley'ell Alin st( willies, of the trania, diminuti,u (4* the
Tivi 46',--bar, the strength tef ‘..:: cai.retteree-, the
.greeder
' ei‘r.i, tut is performed upen it, and at a lest,. test. The
es r'''gs on the- broad gauge were ftet.Vier, and the motiiin
tlist-ii)l''''ln'efice et:Rad-in% Sir Frederick Smith inquired
4k i„l_ if the briiid gauge were reduced
tole six feet
lark-ee'les, any advantage w,uild be it.st, hich Mr.
Afire replim, that the intita of safety was pro-
, liltlitZ4'lto'' the inerease of base within reasonable
,?0 A, 0 affteulty was experienced in going round
;440 ,_L'he greet oscillaton on the narrow gauge had a
itt jeer to throw the carriages off the rail. A page of six
l'ed''''' inches would answer every purpose for the present
"4. te,' The sPenti'they anwd at was sixty miles an hour,
14q,,, ~"ch, being-questioned, said a seven feet gauge W;:s
q til!`4 to one of six feet six inches. No greater width
ken; Pevennerit -would be required --for safety. The
tt,,le,-.ullcriortty of the Great Western consisted in the con-
egtises,'"- of the eegines, and the power given to them by the
1/41v01i,-wh6el rhe gradients did not operate in their
R 40,,,• They had worse gradients than on the narr9w
'tier They had more' power concentrated in one engine
'tiell°,ne di lying-wheel, With a seven-feet wheel they
tonwse six miles an hour. The back pressure would
.I.ee
lee 2l-per cent. Wite a six-f; whtel it would be la
Ntlt..; With one of five feet six inches it would be 27 per
~, iltae''
,'n'd with a five, feet wheel it would be 30 per cent.
" tf; •'l4ll also advantage from the larger size of the fire-hose
eaaktr engines. One Square feot of arena in the fire hose
Ilee'lital to two feet cubic of evaporation in the boiler,
tetti4 oultl not obtain a similar advantage on the narrow
kit'L They would not gain the same power to their
`Qe f.-• The larger tee fire-best, as compared to the boiler,
Ne'reeater was the power obtalned. Professor Airy then
l'ter`: into a long examination of the witness with re-
IV, eto the ratio i f evaporation consequent on, the
Ota,te:lze of the fire-box in the enginese on the Great
, e„ The The narrow gauge would gain an Advantage
ee;rlligating their fire-boxes. That would increase
,'!ltQe,tt their engines. They had, '-'atter much trouble,
''h ceed in getting plates corrugated for the construe=
ii,:; boxcs. It was very difficult to induce pertles
ts4lerteke the manufacture of them, OA eccount of the
let k would involve for the neeessary machinery to
i,t• Mr. Clarke's exaniiiiso'ion lasted the whole of tine
,14:1,1"eilt nothing 'e7% rae.terfa-1 was elicited._ Mr. G. A.
deg examined
'B, secretary bt the Great Western e- onapany; Was
:liteex4itnined In answer to a question ffoin ' Sir Fre•
F iss. -1i'...,., whether it Was Contemplated from the
iilizti,j:"g to form the seven-faat guage on that',:lint, Mr.
1.'44 of said it Was not. The intention Was not formed
Isi`feeti,-der the Act had been obtained. The conipeny wee
04 r -'
la January, 1833 ; went before Pittlhaftent in
I,ti•:i.r a line front- London to Heading, and front Bath to
rilf, They applied for that limited length of late in
ette,:i:Vice of difficulty in completing their subscriptions:
ql,ri,itrr"wn out in the Lords en the second reading. The
'Ckitll '," was a combined one; they were opposed by the
,Ilt i„, Arestern, EMI' College, and the canal Ownets. In
111),,Terval between 104 and 1835 they completed their
),'.t fail') After a protracted centest they obtained theit
ei'i • one whele line. In other cases the width of gauge
"s' s by the Act el Incorporation. That clause
4e. wli'eltitted in the Act of the Great Western. Could not,
!Sine tare it Was the first instance in which the clause
"sl't i.t,sllQ ri.auge -was omitted. Sir Frederick Smith—Do
14,4 e, :,;•", what ohj,cts sir. Brunel had in adeptine the broad
t(''se.:i't .ir. Sautide•s-4 do. , They were in order to obtain
'le ens Power in lever-motion engines aid greater speed;
'reeienabied to place the Wheels on the outside; to obtain
tff,,,t, r strength in the construetion of the engines, and tu
I.,"re rgerreter safety at a high speed, which Mr. Brunel looked
1,-41"etu us an '', i tto bi, emote; fished. These were the
e"' ‘rier,';''jete', 8. WiiiC'ei► etice had in
.vie,. Sir Frederick Smith—
sttee, eitsider that these objects have teen attairud ? alt..
i,,gSiti aters--Yes. If the line was tO be re-constructed, t hey would
e'' lete"liet the broad gauge. It gave increase.d speed and safety
l' ,41,_1`,yi'lvOrtion to the increased weight required to be carried.
( ,7 (10, "11l carryweight eta gi eatet epeed than could
'"ers-: en the narrow gauge Sir Frederick Sinith—Wa-
a4lle'ate' economy by adopting the broed gauge? Mr.
litit4rs--There was ; he formed that opinion nom an ex-
.tLtis-e''h of the returns made by other compaine:, and a
iNI-iltsDeticin V the accounts of the Great We,t. rn. The
ti' ,
tti,sewe°ll..' drawn out upon u.niform princille, in order ,
..,
4- uifferent companies might reciprocate informa-
tilea.,..';cl therefore form a standard of comparison. Sir
e'lat ti Smith—Mr. Gooch, when examined, stated
''hkci I,r cost of traction for Inlets- on the Great Western
11,.4'11" than the Grand Junction ; by one-
,l-Se t's than the Bristol and .Giduceste r • by four-tenths
k 14,1 lair South-Western ; and by ore-half titan the Lendon
it theta.rnitighain. Mr. Saunders—He had no reason to
Jilt ecuracy of that statement. There was in some
Nt. 'n •the•
e , i,., . construction i.
f the loco Motives, en increased
~-`)k. 1," o.hers it was the same. In reply to further qites-
`'eftue stated that the adoption of the broad gauge did
i'l P7tllo eB,-,itAte a greater width of way. They. had. none
es tee Great Western thirty feet. Sir Frederick Smith—
'prole Great Weston under an obligation to run a
sZre •gallge from Oxford to Rugby? Mr. Saunders—
Veit lee clause in the Act of Parliament which. ren-
lel trscr.igatory, should the Boat d of Trade require it.
el, gbe efil'k Smith—Assuming a narrow gauge line from
fie age e`,9 Oxford? Mr. Saunders—There should be a
telsky 7 carriages whenever there were converging lines,
cee,the%ise- There could be no question about' that, both
leti'',lee4e°re of economy and convenience. A change of
ere, eeee
,eioatild promote greater speed and give greaterd cotbne-
qr .‘' bf t.',,, the passengers; and with regard to eoo
d.
thet;lns iiue carriages shohld be removed, as on the Paris r
'sat''e ille* No greater delay would arise from adopting
, bra, 'ese system. Sir Frederick Smith—Can you state
WIZ pp-c,i1e011,4 and extension lines the Great Western Com-
%te wit to to construct, in order to accommodate tdhe
.
den ne sethe broad gauge? Mr. Saunders—He coul ,
ial, tlel,',-1 consider such communication private and con-
tit;',',niee The information was then communicated. to the
siiiksoe,,,°!'ers Privately. After some further examination
' het rsshett adjourned, and it is underetood that there
1,,, )e another meeting for some days.
`it en,„
'''Ulll AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY
tee 4 NV e'n-F-EeTING AT BAMPTON, OXON.
eritate:,-.sti_esday afternoon a very numerous and_ hi hl
1,,,‘' Nd
T 7 IN '4l as influential, meeting of the Latinos
1/4:,(11 tees in the town of Bainpton and its neighbonrs
11 ft '' Pre,-,, `L in the Town-hall, at which 'e— Le Forrestier,
a Ptiseil'ed, for the purpose of receiving and hearing from
(~.41.,.4‘tile{:00iii.igirias;t.t:fwitl ie Committee of the South and Midlands
Le thQir 411 way Company, a full explanation of the merits
4tit thPr'tiect, especially in so far as it was proposed to
I,l,littekerb)"presont were the Chairman, Dr. Whittaker,
eee "ice, E ' En., G. Whittaker, Esq., R. Mien, E'cl"
, p,. Der, t,. sq., W. Bradshaw, Esq.. E. Wright, Esq.,
......), h. (10., li. Holloway, Esq., F. Hunt, Esq . H. Turner,
' el "1"s, Esrrisr Escle G. Holloway,' Esq., T. Holloway, Esq.,
ih, , le (lux,' 'le M•artirdie, Esq., &c.
`_l'l ii,,n aIIIAN said that as the- meeting- were aware they
aueitei calked to.
at3o, hear what effect the proposed
was likely to preduce on their
slt4itl44'L"-Iwn (4'l; most itnportant project, as far as
.4Z to its ',','S;tiotein was concerued, because it would then
tur,itontogislto.iiltthreilr..habitants a direct railway conunnideation,
t°wns; with Bristol, Bath, 'Poole, and South-
ii'•.'_ ghala 01,.1.,°:e side, aed Liverpool, Manehester, and
te•tll, the cern" other. Seine gentlemen were in attendanice
li . f! peeteisr, by whom an explanation would he given
hoctishoiod be ,b oeeration ef the line ; but ere that was done,
toter:. a 8 to the4el
)iiveitilienh
cear tfhe opinion of anya ofhistenetilfehi-r
br y 0 their having railway
rie • Wiles,
3. e i • —AKER thereupon said he did not. in the present
tee,...-In, elder Chet 't was necessary fir him to point out to the
• to ‘;`,"nt how se,;‘. I
thit, l'ai it eato beneficial a railway must be to any town
14..:rezin atsh,rtatnt,ivi aes
1-,,( ileer.) • This was quite elearedlowev",
ear `,g
ail-
pir erewbecolning so geeeral—inileed they were
eY sho?lid thaevec°ounietrY-
:di er that the ibroughtt wasto "tibiei
trl u tdistrict,
eisn-
kis :tiler etwaYe might participate in the advantages which
watb.sOlution, Z,Ne:sSed: That being so, he would move
. . ,ret..,,,e, te thp.3na.t.totlllasminpetoentinl,geill
See'.. co
.boef
.oppikbldtiuostait ofagrreeitli-t
I its neighbourhood."—( Hear.)
theti • G. lictetes' ;" ar'''
prroposie__
,which
with much satisfaction; would second
the .„,„":72,,,,,1aich was then unanimously carried.
Z. eetine't_u_ , ,aid he had the honour to appear before
ne a,,,,e1s the . representative of the South and ali-1-
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Railway ComPany—ttis Company which

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