, 1873-08-19
THE ENGLISH RAILWAY HORROR.
Seven Pnsscngor-Cnrs Thrown OFF
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Eleven Persons Killed, and Twenty-Five
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injured.
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wigan tAuo. a) corrt.poadenes qrtas london Daitv
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Tho Bcotoi, oxproBe from Euston, on friday
night. atnrttna nj i uipu.og aftor g. mot with
nnpAnp1,1, @ Aoo,prsr.
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In passing Wigan, aevon earaaBos as sao rear
went of tho rails and broke aWny. dAahtug tof-
wnrd fow yards at full apood, and thon over
turning. In cn,,,ann viii, ono anotLcs, with tho
~ so.A'o A.. ..sl, ,r,n -. ,.aa
'a'atlon pAa8iotm, OF Will tao WALL tno e"4fi"soo
wore MI instant wreck E'oVon Of their ocot-
pants were dead or dying, and nearly thirty
others woro too much injured to 60 on their
Journey, and many nre suffering from fractures,
wounda, and bruises. Tho cacapg OF some OF
tho paasongo1a was most romarkahlo eir John
Anaon WAS killed., but t#o daughters OF tho
Honorable Daro0ot, W4o we're With Linn in tho
same carriage, received no injury, and on tho
same evening they worc able to attend at tue
Ooroner's inquest, aud gave tho evidenee 70.
qnired Of them. Mr. Androw Wark, Of
1fighgato, WAS ahlo to fulhl the same 1sd
duty In respect OF tWo q his chnaren and
their nurse, who worc killed ln tho oarrlagclfrom
which ho 'disengaged himsclf unharmed. Sol
dom has the pleasure trip of family party boon
50 cruelty and completely, DESTROYED, Tor smother
OF tho chidron dlod 1ate laat evening, and tholr
mother, Mrs. Wark, is snnorng from danger.
marvellous, a fourth child or mr.. WafK ahd
governess In tho same carriage boinB quite un-
hurt. Tho compartments IN "htoh tne TIVE cnil-
dron wore Killed YES aeatr1yed 1 t ey snn ooaoa ~
TINT carriage, In which wero Q son ana deugheor
Of tho Hon. Mr. Palmer, received no hurt. Tho
time Vas about 10 minutes after in e. thc morn.
ing Thore we5c tew people about T. th9 tp plsSe a.
lighted station saw tho b"waldoring suddenneas
Of the destruction, but not tho order In which
anything happened. Tho train was approaching
the station, and passed. through it at speed of
nEAn PART pEoA&E DETACHED AND DESTROYED,
sengers quito unconsplous that anything was
wrong: Tho officials on and noar tho engine frat
railuay-seryant on the line, Who noticed aomo
considerable damage to, tho last two vehicles,
Which were atill on the rails. This wa after tho
train had passed the station, and II Was many
hundred yards past before the train was stop
pod. It waa then observed that soVcn carziagcB
and van at the rear Wero entirely missing, and
that ofthose which remained together tho two
rearmoat were damaged, ono bolng frat~class
cnrriagto, and tho othor tho Pofth Van, in which
uas the conductor, Mr. Harpor. It ap-
poarod Tint both theao vohioles had gone ot
tho rails before tho station ~aa entered and prob
ably at tho samo time es those behind ti,on,
but they had not booome detached. The Perth
van grazod tho station platform and cut Oh the
corner as 1t Bpod along, but, whom tho train whs
passing tho slgnnl-box, the vehicle got on to tho
rails again. Tho side Of tho van was found torn
out; the fore part Of tho next carriage, ea~
loon. was broken oil, and an ax1e-box damaged,
Tho two battered vehicles wero conveyed back
into the station by one Of tho engines. but after
Of tho train, including fifteen car1ingos, which
VAS safo. It wont on ies way to tho north, and
tho conductor, though ho had received some In
juriep, wnB ablo to go. with it. Tho accident ia
supposed to have begun By tho seven rearmost
carrlageH md van leaving tho metala. It Ia be:
loved that they won't OF % soon ~ they had
passed the facing points At tho south end OF tho
station.
After tho couplings had broken and tho car
Tlagaa were diverted from tlelr courso the ostas-
tIoph9 waa anoh ~ tho , reader might picture to
these grcat structures on wheels had boon sud-