The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-03

Ten Killed and Twenty Hurt-Acoidout
at Liverpool.

Ten Killed and Twenty Hurt-Accideut
at Liverpool.
LONDON, Nov 3-Latest reports of the
Thirsk railway accident state that 10
were killed aud twenty were injured
Most of the injured will recover within a
few days. Several however, sustained
severe burns OF fractures Of bones.
The switchman supposed to be re
sponsible for the accident has beeu sus
pended.
The accident occurred near Thirsk,
IN Yorkshire early yesterday morning.
The east coast express train for Lon
don left Edinburgh at lO:3O p. IN. Tuesday.
The express train being unusually
heavy, was divided in two sections The
first section proceeded safely to Loudon,
arriving at the usual hour.
The second section had over 100 phssen-
gers on board, including several noble
men and other distinguished people. The
train swept safely through southern
Scotland and the extreme north of Eng
land.
A thick fog prevailed, and it was diff
cult for the driver to discern the signals.
Approaching Thirsk the fog was
thicker than ever, and at a point about
two and a half miles north Of that town
the signals were entirely obscured, and
the express train collided at full speed
with goods train on siding at Manor
| House.
The wreck OF the express train was
complete. The engine, smashed and
dismantled, with the carriages after it,
toppled over into field next to the track
The carriages were broken and jammed
| together and most of the passengers were
caught in their compartments, as in 80
many traps.
The wreck took fire instantly from
escaping gas, and the smoke aud flame and
| the shrieks of the dying and wounded
made horrible scene.
| Those who managed to eXtricate them
selves uninjured hastened to assist others
who were yet alive and caught in the
wreck.
1t was difficult work, owing to the way
in which the carriages were crushed
| together, and the trouble in opening com
| partment doors, fastened after the
usual British fashion.
Men and women could be heard shrieB-
ing for assistance, and one man who was
slowly being burned 10 death, and who
could not get out, begged the rescuers to
kill him.
The fireman of the train was killed, but
the engineer, VINO jumped at the instant
of the collision, escaped with broken
leg.
The Marquis of Tweedale and the Mar
quis of Huntly, the latter "a Lord-in-
Waiting to Queen Victoria, were on
board the train. The Marquis of
! Tweedale escaped uninjured, and al
though an elderly gentleman, he did
active service in assisting to rescue
Others
The Marquis of Huntly was bruised aud
had "a thumb broken, but suffered no other
injury.
Captain Duncan Mcleod, of the Forty
second Highlanders is among the killed.
LONDON, Nov 3.-Another railway ac-
cident is reported, thisztime from Liver
pool.
train on the Mercy railway, loaded
with passengers, many of whom had been
ON the Birkenhead ferryboat when it col
lided with the ship Eurydice, was leav-
ing the ferry station when it ran into an
engine and was badly damaged.
Three passengers were killed and
about fifty injured, and some of the in
jured will die
When passage on another train was
offered to the passengers who were un-
injured many Of them, having been in
the ferry boat collision and the railway
collision on the same night, thought il
would be unlucky TO continue their jour
ney just then and refused to do so.