the gapertator. Robetttber 6th, 1852.
Another " accident " by running an express-train into a goods-train The ten o'clock express-train from Brighton on Monday morning. as it approached the Redhill goods-station, near the Reigate junction, dashed into part of a goods-train which was in the fiery process of being shunted from a siding on to the up-line—that is, on the line upon which it must have been known the express-train was approach- ing. The shock was great, though the speed of the express had been slackened as the train stops at Reigate junction. Some trucks were destroyed, and both engines were damaged. There were twelve or fourteen passenger-carriages, full of people; and very few escaped entirely unhurt. . . The driver of the goods-train, the guard, and the pointsman (Lambe, Clarke, and Brewer) were taken into custody. On Tuesday, they were charged before the Reigate_. Magistrates with endangering the lives of passengers by their neglect. The evidence showed that the collision was produced by their acting contrary to the rules laid down for them.
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