The second grave accident occurred at Wrawby Junction, on the
Great Central Railway. An express from Clee- thorpes was passing the junction at 5.25 p.m. on Monday when three trucks overloaded with timber, which were being shunted, toppled on to the train, wrecking all the passenger carriages. Nine passengers were killed, or died speedily of wounds, and ten more were seriously injured. Carelessness in shunting the timber is assumed, but is not yet proved. On Tuesday a ship, the Blengwell,' loaded with naphtha, exploded off Margate, killing nine of the crew upon the spot. It is said that the naphtha was carelessly packed, and that leakages had been complained of by the sailors. It is remarkable how seldom a cargo of powder comes to harm, —the cause of course being that the imaginations of all concerned are awake, and that the caution observed is extreme.
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