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    Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Diucadkul...

    out this precaution , the latter tram ought not to have passed the previous station until telegraphed that the earlier train had cleared Lewisham . -All , however , -was to no purpose . The half-past nine traj ^ ftjhundered on without a pause , and crashed into the carriages of the one which was standing at the Lewisham station . The engine of the advancing train struck the "break-van of the other -with a force so great that it lifted the machine off the rails to a level with the body of the next carriage an open third-class , filled with passengers—along which it swept , crushing to death almost all the occupants , and seriously injuring those who escaped with their lives . Mr . Eborall , the manager of the railway , who resides at Lee Park , was soon on the spot , directing

    the labourers who were at ones pat m requisition ; nnd several medical men , liviug for miles round , were brought to the spot . Many of the injured were sent to St . Thomas ' s Hospital . The wounded number six-andtwenty , some of whom are in a very dangerous state ; the dead amount to eleven . The amount of agony endured by the victims of this catastrophe must have been frightful . One man , who is said to have been nearly cut in two , sustained existence for three hours . Among the wounded ara some very bad cases of broken limbs and ribs , combined with contusions and lacerations . It is believed

    that all the deaths , and all the cases of serioas injury , occurred in the last carriage of the quarter-past nine train- Mr . Knight , the superintendent of the railway , and Mr . Eborall , held an inquiry into the eauses of the accident the same night ; and the result was that they felt it their duty to give the driver and the stoker of the half-past nine train into custody for negleet of ditty in passing the danger signal . Theyjvere examined before ths Greenwich magistrate on Monday and were remanded . Other inquiries are being made by the directors of the railway , by Captain Wynne , Inspector of Railways , and by the coroner .

    Another alarming , railway accident has occurred . Shortly after seven o ' clock last Saturday night , at Kirkby , ten miles from Liverpool , a luggage train ran into an excursion train of thirty carriages , ' containing fourteen hundred persons , and more than one hundred were injured . Several of the carriages were smashed . The train proceeded to Wigan , were medical assistance was speedily afforded . The injuries , fortunately , consisted chiefly of bruises , and contusions on- the faces , heads , " bodies , and legs of the passengers . The driver of the luggage . train is in cus ' . ody at Wigan .

    The driver of the Toton and Rugby coal train was standing erect on his tender a few days ago , when , in passing Wigston-bridge , about four miles from Leicester , his head struck against the obstruction , and he was thrown on the rails . The whole of the waggons went over him , and cut off his legs ; and he was then taken to the infirmary , where he died . He was a single man , about eight-and-twenty j-ears old . A Mr . John Burton , living in Coppice-row , Clerkenwell , has died from the effects of fright at the great thunderstorm on the 19 th ult . He was always much alarmed at thunderstorms , and , on the occasion mentioned , he took to his bed , became seriously ill , and died la , 3 t Sunday ; A post-mortem , examination was made , when

    itjjwas found that all the vital organs were quite healthy . A young lady has been burnt to death at Colchester . She was the daughter of Mr . James Sperling , solicitor , and waa about twenty years of age . The accident was caused in a way which has resulted in many similar catastrophes . Miss Sperling was sealing a letter by a lighted taper , whon the top do unco of her muslin dress caught the name . She called out to her maid , " Oh , Susan , I am on fire ! smother me upV At the same moment , she rushed out of the backdoor into the yard , and pumped some water on her

    dress , but without subduing the fire . She thon rushed back into the house , tore up the dining-room carpe t , and wrapped it round her , but it was consumed withou t extinguishing the flames . Two neighbours then rushed in , and , a hearthrug being brought , it was wrapped round the young lady , the flro and smoke at that time being intense and suffocating . The hands of one of the gentlemen wore severely burnt in performing this office . Miss Sperling ' s clothes wore thon found to bo entirely consumed , and her body frightfully burnt and bluckonod from head to foot . Sho lingered , in great agony for a few hours , and then died .

    • A woman hns been killed , and another severely injured , on tho Hereford , Kosa , and Gloucester Hallway . The two were atanding on tho lino on Sunday evening , whon . an engine approached . One is said to have been doaf » nd dumb ? but hor companion endeavoured to drag her off . Tho engine , Uowevxjr , approached too rapidly ; and the result waa that one of the women was killed , And the other shockingly injured . Mr . George Ranking , a student of Cambridge , lias

    accidentally shot his ovrn brother , also a student at the earae University . They had boon practising at a target , when the revolver of Mr . Goorgo Ranking exploded . A fpotnnan -who waa attending said to Mr . Ernest Hanking , « You are allot ; " to which ho repHod , « Am X ? Ilia brother then went up to him , and said , " i 50 M Ernost > ftro vou a » 0 ' " A severe wound in tho abdomen was afterwards discovered , » nd tho wounded man died in about fourteen hours . Tho coroner ' s jury has returned a verdict « f Accidental Death .

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    Insurrection In India. A Vkhy Alarming 1...

    INSURRECTION IN INDIA . A vkhy alarming revolt has broken out in India , For some time past , as our readers are aware , some of the native regiments have com mitted various acts of mutiny , ' and . a great deal of smouldering discontent has been exhibited . This has now burst out into open flame , and the last advices from our Eastern Empire show a state of tilings very lamentable in its immediate consequences , and somewhat ominous for the future . The details of these transactions we derive from the letters of the Times Bombay and Calcutta correspondents , and from other sources : — ' Towards the evening of the 10 th of May , while many of the Europeans were at church—for it was Sunday - 2 _ th . e men of the tvr © native infantry regiments , the 11 th and 20 th , as if by previous concert , assembled together in armed and tumultuous bodies upon the parade ground . Several officers hurried from their quarters to endeavour to pacify them . Colonel 1 'innis , of the 11 th , was one of the first to arrive , and was the first victim of the outbreak . He was shot down while addressing a party of the 20 th , which is said to have been the foremost regiment in the mutiny . Other officers fell with the Colonel , or in the terrible moments that ensued ; for the troopers of tho 3 rd Cavalry poured out of their quarters to join the insurgent infantry , and the whole

    bodv , now thoroughly committed to tke wildest excesses , rushed through the native lines of the cantonment , slaying , burning , and destroying . Every house , was fired , and every English man , woman , or cbild , that fell in the way of the mutineers , was pitilessly massacred . Happily , however , many of the officers and their families— - the great majority , I hope and believe—had already escaped to the European lines , where they took refuge in the Artillery School of Instruction . Mr . Greathed , the Commissioner , and b . U wife , were saved , it is said , by the fidelity of their servants , who assured the assassins that their master and mistress had left their house , though they were at the time concealed va . it . The mutineers set fire to the bungalow , and passed on .

    " While the main body of the mutineers were thu destroying the houses in the native Hoes , some of their number proceeded to the gaol , broke it open , and released the prisoners of the 3 rd Cavalry . Meanwhile the European portion of the brigade was called out and marched down to the native lines . It consisted of the Carabiniers , the 1 st battalion of the 60 th Rifles , and Artillery , horse and foot . But they were too late to save life or property , and , night falling fast , they were unable , we are told , to inflict any serious loss on the insurgents , who abandoned the station and betook themselves to the open country . Some of them—how many we know not , but probably a large body—made the best of their way down to Delhi , distant some forty miles .

    The garrison of this cifcy was entirely native . It consisted of three regiments of infanbry—the 3 & th , 54 th , and 74 th—and a company of one of the native battalions of artillery . On the arrival of the mutineers from Meerut , they called on tfee regiments to join them in resisting the design of tho Government to convert them to Christianity . Tlio whole of the infantry force ran to arms , and forced , as we are told , the reluctant artillery to join them . The lnttrar stipulated for the safety of their officers , all of whom , accordingly , have reached Meerut . The infantry showed no such good feeling , but attacked their officers , thoun-h with , different degrees of

    inveteracy , tho 88 th being the worst . Then the insurgents ran riot through the city , which was entirely at their mercy , and the bloody scones of Meerut were reproduced in the streets of this ancient Mogul capital . How many English lives have here been lost will in all probability not be fully known till tho day of retribution has arrived and tho place is again in our possession . Many are already known to have oscapod ; but Mr . Fraser , tho Commissioner , has fnllon , as well as Captain Douglas , Commandant of tho Palace Guard , and Mr . Jennings , chapluin of the station , with his daughter and many others of all degrees , including Sir Tkoophilus Metculfo .

    " Tlio arsenal and magazine wore saved from falling into the hands of tho rebels by the galluntry of Lieutenant Willougliby of the Artillery , who blew thoui both up , and , it is uunposed , foil a victim to his own act of devotion . * Tho mutineers presented themselves at the palace , and woro received by the King , acting , no doubt , under sovoro compulsion . A letter from him to tho Lioutenant-Govornor of Agra was tho first intimation the Government received of what had happened ; for the mutiny at Moorut was the signal for all the rogues , in the viciuity of that station , including the prisoners in tho gaol , who woro liberated by tlio mutineers , to tako possession of tho roud and plunder all passengers , so that all communication betwoon Moorut and AlJyguru was entirely cut off for fchroa or four days . It does not appear that tho mutinoors ever loft Delhi , but tho communioationa between Dolhi and Agra , wore stopped in tho samo way .

    " Having got rid of all 0 «» English in Dolhi , tho insurgents proooedetl to proclaim some oflfchoot of tho old lioyal llouso Sovereign of India .

    " To Mee . On occurred , the murder of Captain Fraser . This c was Commandant of the Bengal ( Native ) Sappers Miuexs . He was marching down from the headqu * of hb corps at Itoorkee to Meerut , with a body c men . On reaching their destination the' Sappers tfe among themselves , probably in discussing the prop of following the-. -mutinous example that had bee them , ami , when their commanding officer attempt compose their quarrel , one of their number shot through the head . They then broke and fled , but pursued by parties of the CarabUiiers and 60 th , am the most part killed or captured . Since this occur Meerat has been tranquil . Ifears being entertained the Convent at Smlhana with its children ' s school is bo attacked and devastated , a party was sent out Meerut , which brought in all the nuns and children safe asylum at the station .

    " It remains to mention how the intelligence o mutuiv was received at other stations iu tke N west , and what steps have been taken towards thi nislunent of the offenders . At Agra , as from its imity to Delhi might be expected , public excitemei iirsL ran high . But , great as was the emergency , Colviix , the Lieutenant-Governor , proved himself < to meet it . On the morning of Thursday , the 14 May , when the popular fermeut was at ita heighi the wildest rumours were abroad , Mr . Colvin haran the whole brigade of the station , the European sol as well as the' native , on the parade-ground . By ; no less by the two native regiments , the 44 th and I than by the European artillery—his address wa ceived with loud ajpplause . liven after he had left groundthe cheering of the Sepoys continued long

    , loud . The effect of this happy speech was shortlj throughout the whole of the city , which settled < into a state of quiescence that has not again been tuibed . At Etawah , a station further down the Ju half a dozen of the mutinous 3 rd Cavalry were-c pieces by the police and a small party of the 9 th Nj Infantry . At Allyghur , the 9 th Native Infantrj rested a mutinous agent whom they found in their 1 and handed him over to the commanding officer . Benares , and throughout Bengal , all was and hai mained quiet . At Lucknow , the mutiny of the Oude -Infantry preceded by some days the emeui Meerut , but it was checked by the firmness of Sir H Lawrence and the loyalty of the rest of the brigade , the regiment dispersed at the flash of a lighted port and has ceased to exist . Since then , the city and

    trict have been tranquil . " Thirteen English fugitives who escaped the I massacre are now ( May 19 th ) protected by Zemir at a village near Bagput . on the left bank of the Jui Tlie mutineers at Delhi have plundered six village the Yicinity for subsistence , and sent out advanced j to Shahdera and Dadrce . The Maharajah Sindi Gwalior has assured the Lieutenant-Governor of North-Western Provinces of his cordial support , has made good his word by placing h i * own Body G at tlio disposal of the Government and cheerfully senting to the movement of as large a force of the tingent as can be spared . Similar , assurances have received from the Rajah of Bhurtpore and other ct and the Lieutenant-Governor speaks with great c dence of the temper of the people , and the absoix all sympathy with the criminal insurgents at D Martial law has been declared in the Meerut and I

    districts . A commissioner has been appointed to deavour to open a communication with the rebels , induce them to surrender before the troops ( which pouring down from all quarters ) can reach them . " At Ferozopore , likewise , disturbances have or and there are rumours also of the existence of disa tion . among the regiments cantoned at Meemi Meer , military station at Lahore . In both cases , the often are neither Bengal Regulars nor Punjab Irregulars . ' Two IVoclamatious have been issued by theL tenant-Governor of the North-Western JProvin one decreeing summary vengeance against the ret tho other suspending tlio functions of the orriin

    criminal courts of judicature -within the district Meeput , Moossuiibrnuggcr , Boolurulsliuhur , and Delhi territory east < f tJi © river Junina , and e blishing martial law . An Ag >* a Gaiette Kaatraoniii proclaims that any owner o-f laud who shall join rebellion will have hia property confiscated transferred in perpetuity to those who remain fa ful . Tho Governor-General lias also issued u damnation , in which he denounces hb malicious fa hoods th « assertion that the lSritish Government endeavoured to tamper with tho religion of the nai soldiers . Tlio Government , ho adds , hns ulw withheld , and always will withhold from any s

    course . Some rumours of further disturbances aro t reported by the Central Star of May 20 th : — " A report hns reached n » , but for the truth of wl we cannot vouch , that n disturbance has taken plac Fyzabail , nnd that two companies of lior Majosty ' ti fl lloglment have been ordered off to quell it . Wo hoar that tho King ' s brother jind uncle have t arrested on the charge of tampering with tho na troops in cantonments . Of thia wo believe th ««

    * It I&Flinco Reported That Ho La Saved.

    * It i & flinco reported that ho la saved .

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), July 4, 1857, page 630, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/ldr_04071857/page/6/