An inquest was held on Tuesday on the body of
Thomas Wadeson, who died in St. Georee'e Hospital on nmaay. in consequence of in- juries received on the 21st of last month, when guiding, Sir George Cayley's steam-carriage in Sloane Street. The engine, having received a shock front going ageinst a bank in Vauxhall Bridge Road, to avoid running over a boy, beeame unmanageable ia Sloene Street. and ran
into a silversmith's shop. Wadeson's leg was injured by the broken plate glass, and the limb ultimately inflamed. A verdict of "Acci- dental Death" was returned ; with a deodand of 10/, on the steam-car- riage, " to show that the Jury disapproved, as dangerous, of the use of such carriages on common roads."
Two more accidents have occurred during the past week upon the 'line of the Great Western Railway. One was on Wednesday week, -when the seven o'clock down-train from Paddington, propelled by the Sunbeam engine, dashed with fearful violence against three empty trucks, which had been carelessly left on the line near the Kennett Wharf. The trucks were dashed to pieces, the engine and a portion of the carriages thrown off the line. The passengers were much fright- ened, and many received serious bruises. It appears that a policeman in the employment of the Company was sent forward to hold out a red light, as a signal for the engineer to stop the train. The engineer of the Sunbeam maintains that he never saw the red light, while the policeman equally stoutly asserts that it was exhibited in time to pre- vent the accident. Several of the Directors of the Company proceeded down the line the next day to investigate the cause of the collision.
The second accident occurred tonne of the railway-labourers, named Pointer, at work near Longeot. He was knocked down by a train as be was running across the line to escape from another train, that was proceeding in the opposite direction to the terminus at Paddington. His shoulder was fractured.
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