On Saturday evening, a fatal accident occurred on the South-Western
Railway. A train from Southampton, which ought to have reached the terminus at Nine Elms, Vauxhall, at five o'clock, did not arrive till six. The engine was detached, and the train was waiting miler the shed for the rope by which the trains arc drawn home to be at- tached, when a second train came up from Southampton, and a frielnfld collision took place. A scene of the utmost confusion ensued, the p.ts- sengers screaming and hallooing, and endeavouring to escape. About twenty passengers were more or less injured, some very severely ; and
one, a female servant, named Elizabeth Andrews, who had beets holy-
day-making, was killed on the spot. On Tuesday, an inquest was held on the body of Andrews; when it was proved that the person in care of the signal-lamp, who ought to have notified the existence of an ob- struction under the shed by showing a red light, neglected his duty. After a lengthened investigation, the Jury returned the following ver- dict—
"That the deceased was accidentally killed; and we piece a deodand of taloa on the Eclipse locomotive steam-engine, the property of the London and South
Western Hallway Company. And we attribute the accident to a want of prop,r caution not having been taken, by hoisting a sign:11-1iL;Itt to vain the driver ,f the Eclipse of the obstruction on the line; and cannot but deprecate the ree of speed the trains are brought up to the terminus."
It is to be the intention of more than one of the sufferers by zi, •
late aceideot on the Southampton Railway to claim of the Dire-‘;,-;
compensation for the injuries they have sustained,.as well as 1,1- ste loss of time they may be subjected to; and if this be not fairly 'm.o., to bring the question before a court of law.—Times.
A locomotive steam-engine. intended for common roads, which is tie joint property of Sir George Cayley and Mr. Worsley, became him:et- able during an experimental trip on Wednesday, and ran through the plate-glass front of a jeweller in Sloane Street. The steerer was seriously hurt : the damage to the shop is rated at 1001.
Tio!re have been three destructive fires in Sonthwark. The first eommeneed at Messrs. Sat:titan. and Co.'s imumfactory, in Sumner
Street, 13ankside, on Saturday. winch destroyed the whole premises and injured the adjoining houses. The sparks from this fire ignited some wood in the timber-yard of Messrs. Roslings, proprietors of the steam saw-mills, Bankside, which were entirely consumed. Several stacks of
timber were also destroyed and injured. 'rho third fire broke oat on Tuesday night, on the premises of Mr. Kingswiirrii, in Blackman S.reet. Mr. and 31.rs. Kin gsworth were obliged to jam? out of the tirst-Iloor windows on to blankets held by the neighbours. The shopman eseaped front the second-11.)ov Window, and the female servant from -the nine. in the same way ; all without injury, excepting the servant, who received a few bruises.
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