The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1866-06-16 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

SINGULAR RAILWAY ACCIDENT.— On Saturday afternoon a coal train put on as is customary, extra steam to take a heavily-laden train un the steep incline from St. Pancras station, bi _which the main line of the North London is reached from the Midland and Great Northern lines. It had nearly reached the top when one of the rails got out of place, and threw the engine off the line. The driver shut off the steam, and he aid the stoker jumped off. The impetus, however, on the engine was at the time so great that it dashed on, and passing entirely through the eastern wall of the tank house, at the top of the embankment, embedded itself in the brick wall on the opposite side, overhanging St. Paul's-road, where it was brought to a stand. Had it gone through this nothing could have prevented its descending, with a number of the coal trucks in its rear, into the road beneath, and dragging the whole of the building, tank and all, with it. Although the building presents an exceedingly shattered appearance the remaining walls still stand, several of the trucks much damaged, supporting the tank on their summit. The only injury sustained is the damaging of the engine and several of the trucks: • The siding is sufficiently removed from the main line of the North London to pre-.-entJ interruption to the general traffic. When an important article of domestic consumption commands a lasting preference, it is evident that its intrinsic value is highly prized by the public. To this cause is attributed the unequalled demand of Horniman's Pure Tea; _Ayhich preference, we submit, is a further confirmation of the fact, that " the public are real judges of good tea." Borniman and Co from ilighly favourable imports, together with the recent reduction in the duty, are enabled -to wer their prices Bd. per pound; that is, about tweritY th per cent. cheaper to the consumer, and the e • quantity passed for duty, as published by this rustom House, shows, in consequence of lelle led uctiou, a consumption hitherto unpara,,, jail the annals of the tea trade. This markT"- Preference has attracted a host of copyists ; we pal,-iic w • ic ts ,ill do well to observe that all genuPac ine bear the signature Horniman and London, original importers of Pure Tea. 4-bents in eve7y town, and those in the district are advertised in our columns.—Advt.  Wiliarn G'-rant, a private of the 13th regiment is in custody in Plymouth on a charge of murdering a boy, whom he had induced to go with him to a lonely place to bathe. • The "Times publishes a letter of the Spanish Admiral to the British Chargp d'Affairs at Lima, announcing that the blockade of the Peruvian ports is completely raised. The inquest at Welwyn has terminated. The evidence of the signalmen was contradictory, and at length, in the case of Kay, the guard of the Great Northern train, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," declining to express an opinion as to the signalmen.  Mr. Clay, the member for Hull, intimates, in a letter addressed to one of his constituents, that he has half made up his mind to withdraw his Educational Franchise Bill. The adjourned debate on the measure is fixed, we believe, for Wednesday next.  In spite of the declarations of French neutrality there are signs of a change of policy in the future.. Arms and ammunition are sent off daily in large quantities bythe Paris and Lyons Railway, and a new plan for the arrangement of ambulances and field hospitals has been called for in all haste by the Ministry of War. A loan of from 500 to 750 millions of francs is also sl loken of, and should it become necessary for France to interfere later on, the Chambers will be called together again to decide on the course to be adopted. -  On Tuesday morning a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Etobinson, bacon factor, Hull. Unfortunately, it was not discovered until the flames had extended to the upper portion of the building ; and Mr. Robinson, with his son in his arms, was overpowered by the smoke in attempting to escape, and both of them were dead before assistance arrived. At an inquest held on the bodies, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death," with a recommendation that fire-escapes should be provided in Hull. The coroner said there had not been a fire escape in the borough for twenty years. •