Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser. — 1898-06-03 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

PERIPATETIC PEDLAR.  TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTE 1.  MORECAMBE TRIP TRAIN  IN COLLISION.  THREE PERSONS BILLED AND 27 INJURED.  A disastroms collision took place at Leyland on tht joint Laneaaliire and Yorkshire and London and North-Western Railway at nine o'clock last night. As far as can be ascertained, two excursion trains were returning from Blackpool and Morecambe. The first was blocked at Leyland. The second train cra.shed into the tail end with terrible effect. 'As quickly as possible effective aid was rendered. It was found that three persons had been killed outright, and some twenty injured. Fifteen of the injured were conveyed to the Railway Hotel, and afterwards sent forward to Preston.  information was received in Manchester at a late hour last night that a railway accident of serious nature had occurred just outside Leyland station, on the joint London and North-Weetern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway line. A press representative ascertained, on inquiry at the Victoria Statics, that in connection with the Whitsuntide holidays. a large number of epecial excursion trains were despatched yesterday to Blackpool. Morecambe, and other seaside resorts. An excursion train. well filled, left Radcliffe station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at 540 a.m. for Morecambe. It was timed to leave Morecambe on the return journey at 7-40 p.m., and was due at Radcliffe at ten o'clock. Another train, conveying the members of the Canning Street Band of Rope. Beswick, left that place at 440 am_ for Blackpool. It was due out of Blackpool on the return journey at 4.4 p.m.. and ahould have arrived at Beswick at 14.5. Those trains were numbered respectively 14 and 2, and the information received stated  As I was falling there was another shock. I It, mase sounded as if the whole train was being broken up at once. I don't know how we got out of our carriage, but I do know that we missed Harry Mycock. We didn't find him for more than five minutes afterwards, and there he lay in the carriage coverdl with blood unit quite unconscious. I thought that everybody hub °unwirio sea dead or dying. The sight of the blood and of the injured people was horrible., A lot of people had with then, Imbidi which, were crying, hut that enain't nearly an terrible as the screams of than., who had twin hurt. People from the station aud other places— railway and ambulance men and doctors lagao to arrive. The first thing done was li3r railway men and those who helped them, and this was to break open the carriages. As the men were doing thin the people inside the compartments were crying out continually. Men and women were screaming " Murder,- "For Gdl's sake, help," and the others were calling, as the woodwork was being removed, "Don't move the wood; let me alone to die; I can't bear d." I counted fifteen people whom I thought were dead. Omars of men were at work with st ret Awn., on which they carried the People away. ((them Mid cushions on toe Mu, and in a field, and direfully removed those who were hurt, to them. I new one young fellow both of whose legs no well as one arm were broken. Lots of women were crying out for their children, and children for their mothym AT