Note 53a — A LETTER, &c. (continued 2)

“Railway Accident.—We are sorry to have to mention a very serious accident, which occurred on Saturday, on the railway between Kenyon and Bolton. The locomotive engine was going up the lower inclined plane, with a heavy load of goods, and at the turn-off at Colonel Fletcher’s colleries, ran off the road, and was unfortunately overturned against a bank, and fell upon the engineer and fireman, who were killed on the spot. Two other men were riding on the tender, one of whom was dangerously hurt, the other scalded. This engine, we understand, was the only one which was ever worked on a railway with wheels of six feet diameter; and, on that account, had never been allowed to take the coaches.”—Times, 26th July, 1831.