The inquest on the victims of the Aisgill railway accident
at Kirkby Stephen was concluded yesterday week. Before arriving at their final verdict the jurymen were sent back four times. When the coroner pointed out that there was no legal evidence incriminating either the guard or the locomotive inspector, and that the verdict amounted to one of manslaughter against the driver and fireman of the second train, they finally returned a verdict that the deaths were "caused accidentally and by misadventure." adding a rider that there were extenuating circumstances in the case of the driver, and in a lesser degree in that of the fireman. A similar verdict was brought in at the inquest held at Leeds on Mr. Lindsay, but at Carlisle, at the inquest on Sir A. P. Douglas, the jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter against the driver of the second express.
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