, 1880-09-11

was being carried into the infifmary.
Thomson was n driver on the Northeast
ern Railway at least 80 years ago. Pearce
had been engaged on the same railway
about seven years. Captain Suffer, the
managing partner Of the barque Mersey.
which arrived at Berwick on Monday night
lies very seriously injured at the i%ufrmary.
The other passengers escaped marvellous
", few of them receiving injuries of great
moment. The escape OF one passenger
was almost miraculous. He sat in the
last compartment OF Il tirst.class carriages
the front of the carriage was completely
Knocked away and the greater portion OF
the remainder was broken Into pieces, but
the single compartment which contained
a passenger was left almost intact. BY
good fortune there were few passengers IN
the trout part Of the train, the first one or
two carriages, according to one witness, be-
ing quite empty. This may account for
the few c0lamities which have occurred in
al accident which, Judging from the ap-
pearance of the line and the amount OF
wreckage, might have been one of the
greatest on record. When the news
reached Newcastle q breakdown gan was
at once despatched by special train. Singu-
larry enough, it was delayed at Belford'
about 1G miles from Berwick, In conse-
quence of a train running Oft the line at
that place. After putting matters. right
there the gang at once proceeded to tho
scene of the accident. When it arrived
the engine was lying across the line, and
the tender which had been completely
severed from it, was lying on the slope Of
a. bo,E rho roproIpu NJ fhn nnarIpo
van were lying between the two. Behind
these the front carriages lay heaped in a
confused mas in such fragments as no
words could describe. The carriages in
the middle of the train received little in
Jury, but those in the latter portion receiv-
ed very considerable injury. The break
down gang set to work at once, but the
task was too formidable for rapid progress.
TIE Edinburgh train had to proceed by
way Of Kelso, and passengers to Berwick
were carried over the border bridge by
specia! train. Beyond Berwick no traffic
is possible. The 10 Is express from Edia-
burgh was travelling 'close behind the
unfortunate Flying S%cotchman. but the
signals were at once laid on. and q further
disaster was averted. The baggage from
this train was taken to the Berwick side.
and the passengers were despatched by
another train. Only two of the passengers
by the Inflated train were so much injured
az to have to remain in Berwick. One of
these is Captain Suffer. who remains at
the infrmary and Lieutenant Sharpe,
of the Lanarkshire Militia, who was
returning to bis bone at Richmond, Surrey.
In the afternoon the bodies Of the three men
who were killed were removed to the
workhouse. AS the catastrophe occurred
on the English side of the border--that is.
on the south side of Lamberton-toll, once
the Gretna- green of this portion of Eng
land-a corone:'s inquest will be held on
the bodies of the killed. The greatest SYM
pathy was shown by the people ct Ber-
wick on the occasion, q considerable
number of persons immediately driving to
the spot with water, milk, spirits, and
other accessories. The conduct of the
railway officials was admirable. Agentle-
mar who was on the scene Immediately
after the accident says that the engine of
the ruined train lay across the rails. with
it's front wheels buried ia the ground.
The tender lay on the embankment, with
part OF the guards van above it, the other
portion lying further up the embankment
with other wrecked carriages Dear it.
The broken train made two lines across the
rails, and turning back again, left three
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