The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1853-12-13 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--A fourth accident within a fortnight, and the third within a mile of the same spot, occurred on Friday evening, on the Manchester and Liverpool Railway. Shortly before half-past five o'clock, a goods train from Manchester to Liverpool stopped at the Barton Moss Station, two miles and three quarters beyond Patricroft, to shunt some wagons. As a warning to the driver of the 4 45 first and second-class stopping train for wereto eitherb e about t laidd n e , farfog enoughsignals ue,leireestpeur,tNdvholivenh ; from the station, or the slippery state of the rails deprived was but known they the driver of the ordinary control over his train; for while the goods train was lying across both lines, the passenger train came up at a considerable speed, and dashed into it. The shock was very severe ; but with the exception of the guard and a few passengers who were bruised as well as violently shaken, no person was injured. The engine of the passenger train was so much shattered as to be quite disabled ; the tender was destroyed, and the break-van was smashed up. The last two wagons in the goods train were also demolished ; and their contents, together with the other wreck, blocked up both lines of rails. Assistance was soon obtained from Patricroft ; and the men, aided by the passengers by the Cheshire Junction train, set to work to clear away the obstruction. Shortly after the accident, the 4 30 express train from Liverpool came up ; but it was stopped, and many of the passengers from it joined the ranks of the workers. The chief difficulty was to get rid of the remains of the break-van; and as they were broken up and removed, the wood was thrown upon a fire that had been kindled on the moss, as Well to afford lightto theworkers and warmth to the female passengers, as to serve as a warning to the other trains that were expected. The line to Manchester was cleared so as to allow the expresss from Liverpool to reach the Victoria Station at five minutes after seven, instead of 20 minutes before six o'clock ; and at the time it left Barton Moss, little remained to be done in order to clear the road for the Chester train, for which another engine had arrived from Manchester. A train from Preston Junction, bringing passengers and mails from the north, reached Manchester soon after the express, having been detained about an hour; the 5 15 first-class train from Manchester to Liverpool, was also detained about •the same time; but beyond this there was no interruption to the passenger traffic.—Manchester Guardian.  Low. MONTES,—Our daily contemporary, under the head of " Latest and Exclusive," says :—" From Charleston, we learn that the steam-ship Falcon had arrived there from Havannah short of coal, having experienced very bad weather. She furnishes no political news of interest. The favourite Spanish actress of Tacon theatre had been murdered by her husband, who afterwards destroyed himself. The event had caused a great excitement, and the alleged cause was infidelity. Our correspondent manifestly alludes to the notorious lady,LolaMontes,who, some time since, was joined in wedlock to the editor of an Havannah paper. We, however, do not venture to supply the name, or to verify the fact."