The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-10 00:00:00

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

RETURN of ACCIDENTS reported to the Railway Department of the Board of Trade for the Quarter ending
April 1, 1845.

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Date Persons. Description
of Acci- Name of Railway. . sd •f Cause and Nature of Accident.
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1645
Jan. 1 Monkland and Kirkintilloch 1 - Guard ... .. Run over in a fog
6 Stockton and Darlington .... - 1 Labourer Crushed between horse and waggons ; broken arm
23 Manchester and Leeds - 1 Passenger Got out of a third-class carriage on the wrong
side, and was knocked down by a luggage
waggon
23 Manchester and Birmingham - 1 Porter Wheel of a waggon passed over his foot
23 Manchester and Leeds. - Guard Attempting to recover his hat, fell off the train
24 Grand Junction - Porter .
and was run over
24 Newcastle and Carlise . nil nil Axle of tender broke
26 Manchester and Birmingham nil nil ...... Engine and train came in contact, before day-
light, with a horse-box, which had been blown
from a siding by a high wind
27 Eastern Counties 1 - Guard
28 Newcastle and Carlisle - 2 Enginernan and fire- Boiler burst ; men slightly scalded
man
28 Manchester and Leeds - Engine-driver, fire- Explosion of a locomotive engine, supposed to
man, and another have occurred in consequence of extreme high
servant of the pressure
Company
31 South-Eastern ... - 1 Labourer Walking on the line, was run over
Feb. 3 London and South-Western 1 - Trespasser
an approaching train, and was run over
4 Great North of England - 1 Stoker Fell before an engine ; foot bruised
8 Grand Junction 1 - Intoxicated on the line ; run over
9 Newcastle and Carlisle nil nil Axle of an engine broke at a station
11 Grand Junction . . - Porter ... ........ ...... Crushed between two waggons in a siding
14 York and North Midland 1 - Guard
15 Hartlepool . 1 - Blacksmith
over by a train
17 Great North of England 1 - Passenger
18 Manchester and Birmingham - 1 Passenger....
18 Stockton and Darlington .... 1 - Passenger,2d class Fell from the front of a second-class carriage in
motion
19 Birmingham and Gloucester - 1 Porter Crushed between two waggons while detaching
them from a train in motion
19 Newcastle and Carlisle
the engine of a passenger-train got off the
rails. Detained two hours
19 Glasgow and P,isley Joint - 1 i Guard
22 Edinburgh and (;1a5g0w..... 1 - I Porter .. Walking in a tunnel, run over
22 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1 3d-class passenger... Jumping out after his hat
22 Monkland and Kirkintilloch 1 - Carpenter
28 Stockton and Darlington.... 1 - Girl, 11 years of age Run over in a siding, trespassing
Mar. 1 Eastern Counties 1 - Guard Struck his head against a signal-post while lean-
ing over
1 Newcastle and Darlington... 1 - Platelayer Struck by an engine while standing on the line
4 Newcastle and Carlisle ....... - 1 Fireman Attempting to get upon an engine in motion
8 Durham and Sunderland .... 1 - Collier .. Riding on a goods waggon contrary to orders,
fell off and was run over
10 Hartlep00l . - Fireman
tween and run over
13 Dundee and Newtyle ... ...... - 1 Horse driver
24 Chester and Birkenhead - 4 Passengers
• being 1 in 80 to 1 in 140) leading to the Bir-
kenhead Station without an engine, run into
the station-yard against the butlers. Owing
to the slippery state of the rails, the break
was not sufficient to check the velocity of the
train. Passengers slightly bruised by being
thrown forward in the carriages
29 Taff Vale 1 - Labourer - Knocked down by a coal-train in a siding
31 Manch est er and Leeds . . nil nil ' Pointsman having omitted to place the points
properly, a goods-train ran into a siding and
Total for the Quarter ... 22 17 I went over an embankment
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DUNCAN 31‘GREGOR, Registrar.

Railway Department, Board of Trade, Apri

il 12, 1545.