The Sun. — 1856-08-08 (London, England)

CIDENTS.  The Beard (4 Trade return of the number and nature of.the accidents and injuries to life and limb which have °centred on all the railways open for traffic in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, lr.,in the Ist January to the 30th June,lBs6, hhciais the following result, viz.:—Passengers killed or injured in England and Wales from causes beyond their own control, 1 ; injured, 47 ; SeoCand; laled, 0 ; ijured, 11 ; Ireland, killed, 0 ; injured, 0. Servants of company or contractors kill-ed or injured owing to their own misconduct or Want of caution—England and Wales, killed, 48 ; injured, 19 ; Scotland, killed, 6 ; injur-11, 0 ; Ireland, killed, 2 ; irjure.i, 0. Servants of compa,iy or of contractors killed or injured from causes beyond their control—England and Walls, killed, 10 ; injured, 9; Scotland, killed, 1 ; injured, 1 ; Ireland, none either killed or wounded. Other persons crossing at level crossings— England and Wales, 13 killed ; injured, 1 ; Scotland, none killed or wounded; Ireland, 2 killed. Trespassers, killed in England and Wales, 22; injured, 3; Scotland, killed, 5 ; injured, 1 ; Ireland, killed, 1. , Suicide in England and Wales, 2. Miscellaneous in England and Wales, killed, 6 • injured, 3 ; Scotland, injured, 2. Total killed in England and Wales, 108 ; injured, 87 ; Scotland, killed, 13 ; injured, 16 ; Irelan.l, killed '5 ; injured, 2. Total on all railways during the half-year ending 30th June, 1856, killed, 126;; c)rresp.an,ling period fmr 1855 ; killed, 113. Injured during the firmer period, 105; for the corresponding period of 1855, injured, 158.  FAT'A'L RAILWAY ACCIDENTS —We have to announce two more deaths resulting from the fearful railway acci• dent which occurred near the E Bond-bridge. station, on the East Lancashire Rail say, the particulars of which we gave on Wednesday last. The stoker, Joseph Mason, after lingering in much agony, expired yesterday (Thursday) morning, leaving a widow in a state of pregnancy, and five small children. Mr. A-hwortb, printer and stationer, Bacup, who was a passenger by the train and had several ribs broken when the dreadful catastrophe toqk place, expired ab,,ut 9 o'clock (Al ‘Vednes• day evening. The others who were najored are sup• posed to be progres-ing favourably. 011 Wednesday evening last an inquest was held on the body of John a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned, and the Fthieeladregicietnhteoecncgui:riesedr:awndko, awftnesr kaiplied nit the tineatient investigation,who a t N. to be THE, b( ei numberthopedsL dAsTyoz. ft_hs serious i COLLISION ueB inquiry,rt:i.,i setnippj attendingr eO ot nrgi. ti, erTswni loi ayi ordered , Excelsiorgi Before extendue nite tahEdrateiut ts jury expressed an opinion that no evidence had been' given calculated to show the cause of the accident.. The only persons who could by any possibility have, given any tokiriatplui,a,,,:vfee:w miles of the spot where information on the subject were the engine driver and the stoker, and, ars neither of them was capable of speaking after,the accident occurred, the matter will probably remain ens eloped in mystery.—Oa Weduesday stbamelVorrmaielwritaycc,tadnedntwtoi afternoon last another fatal archcAiirfinem.natHnoencaecxmurp,rideredKdosnhnoowrtihtele was coupling some wag 4; oils no etahretoMtahnec hßeastlliff Infirmary. station, when the engine starred, and the man was knocked down and the waggon after, while being con LIVERPOOL, this was the third accident within a distance of nine etc: o3y7u.iparcel was miles which has occurred on the East Lancashire Rail way in 11 days ; the result is the loss of ftohteir lßivisr,dani despatched la 4 srsde-orciv..tetehre:rwz seac:os(lvlrliagen, irielfBa.o,islor.din:. that yesterday another fatal accident .had occurred on. the same railway, but as Mr. Sniithetrs, the general araeter to that iver: manager, had not been informed of the occurrence, it is • uaensitmlyiliatrisel;lnnecessary to reportg aetiiTrade,nthtv.teioathlteTtineh hecercieousnceaigri nnyrduc:r ndeuubsuemitect;tet:cewtde :di: i Inesienti consequently _ .