Fatal Railway Collision in Perthshire.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 22, 13 April 1870, Page 7

Fatal Railway Collision in Perthshire.

It would appear from the particulars which have been collected, that the train which left Glasgow on the 31st December about half-past six o’clock had several detentions between Glasgow and Eorgaildenny, at which place it arrived three hours behind time. A stand of a few minutes was here made, and it is alleged by the passengers that the danger signal was not put up to guard the carriages: While the train was standing at Forgandenny the limited mail from the south crme up and ran into the rear part of it, driving four carriages right on the top of each other, and smashing them to atoms. Two passengers were killed. One of these is a young man named Doig, a Carpenter, living in Dundee: The other man’s name has not been ascertained. Many persons have been injured, amongst them being several women and two children, whose logs were broken: One woman had her face completely split open. All the dead and injured were brought to Perth and placed in the refreshment rooms. It was a work of the greatest difficulty to extricate the passengers—some of the carriages having to be smashed before their living freight could bo released. One poor follow* suffering greatly* repeatedly implored that ho might be killed while the exertions to rescue him were being made. Mr Robert Gray, a youug gentleman from Glasgow, impatient at the delay caused by the repair of the couplings, walked out on the platform* and saw the mail train approaching: Suspecting there would be an accident, he had just time id pull his brother out of the centre carriage and rush back from the train* when the collision took place. The centre carriage was tlio ode on which the rear carriages were piled* and in it ntost ot the passengers,were injured; The tw# men were killed in the carriage next this one.