The Bee-Hive. — 1871-01-07 (London, England)

THE HARROW RAILWAY ACCIDENT.  On Thursday the adjourned inquiry as to the death of Mr, John Latnb, aged 36, coach proirietor, of Manchester, .whose death resulted from the recent railway catastrophe at Harrow, was resumed, before Dr. Lankester, at the Easton Hotel, facing the terminus, of the 'London and North-Western Railway. . • . Mr. Blenkinsopp again appeared on behalf of: the Londohnnd North-WeStern Railway Company; ' and Mr. Oawkwell, general Manager, Mr. Bruyerti, general superintendent, tend other offioials of: Vie line, wore also present, • . Robinson, the signalman at the ,box at Wembley, deposed to having. signalled the express to, the station Master at Harrow. The Main. point elicited in the witness's evidence was that, there is no distinct regulation laid down .with respect to fog 'signals.' is.left' to the • diseretion of the, person ill charge of the station, the ' goods train passed .his post at 6.6, although it should have been 'at harrow' before that time, and be stopped it -until the previous train had passe d. le did not receive the blirk. signal 'from Harrow till 6.3: Tho fog was then only slight. The express .passed at 3.23. He kept.the danger, signal up from that time, lie did not.receive the tine do a ii A train wpich tolloWed the express slopped in. obedience to that signal. That was about eight' Minutes after the express had gone by. For this train lie bad laid down fhr signals, although he considered it, was not to foggy for the danger signal to be sem • In answer to a question from a Juror, The Witness stated his wages were 19s. per week; and ho was on dutk 12 hours a day. He did not attempt to put fog signals on before the ex= ; press arrived, although. be did not hear the .beat. of the engines or any sound or, the whistle. For that reason he' was too late to put any fog signals on. 4fter some further evidence had been taken, . , . which went,. in a measyre, to exonerate the company and their jerrants from any blame in the matter, the Jury returned a verdict "That the deceased John Lamb, died from the mortal effects of injuries received ni a collision between a 'pas;. senger and goods train on the London and North...! Western Railway, and that the said death, 11r011e' from misadventure." . The jury also desired to append to their verdict the following That the driver of the pilot engine, William Shelley, neglected to comply with Obtuse 206 of *the Rules and Regulations of the London and North-Western Railway Company for the 'conduct of the traffic, 'asit was mperative on his 'pert to have stopped the engine if be could not distinguish the signal at Wembley. 2nd. That they regard the heavy duty of men engaged as signalmen end pointsmen as excessive. , 3rd. They are also unanimously of opinOn that the safety of passengers travelling by railway, cannot be secured! until a separate lino .of rails are previded for .all, goods* trains on Hue's with so much traffic as that of the Leudon and North-Western."  MA coroner's inquest ha l bi:ea 1.-11 on the body of Lord Walsingham, who expired a fow days proved that he died by::: suicide; having cut his throat. It appeared that lte locked himself in his own room, .and when.. the door woe forced he was found,iu a honeless cOodition verdict to the effect that he 4.illed himself while in a setae of mental derangement wee returned. —./lirialayhata Pa...;ette.  The.anunid of the Doncaster Co-operative and Industrid Society was held onTuesday evening at the puildhall, when abont 500 persons Eat down to tea, this being the third anniversary of the society's existence. Mter. tee, a-public meeting was hold, when the Chair was taken by the Rev. J. Oampien, vicar of St. James's Church. Addresses of an interesting charaetetwere delivered byvarions friends of the society, and amongst. others by Mr. itenry Pitman, of .3ranchestor, 'editor of the. tiooperator, who ',was the.. principal 'speaker of the everting,. A party of glee singers Added much to the pleasure of those present. The society was reported to be in very satisfactory condition.  accident that might have been attended with SenoPs consequences occurred on Thurs. day week through the bursting of a boiler in t,he nursery of Tempsford House, Brampton, occupied by Captain Bertrand Payne. , At the time of the explosion, a baby a' few weeks old was asleep on a couch near the fire, and, although the dove, boiler, door, and windows were blown to attfms, and tho room itself was in a blaze, a parlour-roahl, named Alice Cozon, rushed to the coach and rescued the child, only slightly hurt.'