Untitled

Colonist, Volume XII, Issue 1157, 27 October 1868, Page 4

k>i'Oi!r-i;--oho iVh1 ihe iVnuxitis oF ynplain fedWahiig; ■tvho Wits identified by the Hug ho »vorpj and Ihe otiser for Gnarled Cripps. All the other bodies are interred ns those of " persons unknown," or by the number on the liil of the coliin. A jury assembled at the Bee llotel> Abergele, on JVi'.iii'y, August 21, before Dr. Pierce, the coroner for Denbighshire, but were r.ot sworn, the coroner inti?.n>:t'i!,| that in the absence of any evidence of identifier- ij;i lie would adjourn his enquiry to Monday, AiiiMst: IM-, when sixteen jurors were sworn in, and they having all declared they were not shareholders in i".lie railway company, the business of tho inquiry coiumenfod. The inquesb was further adjourned till Autriift 27, wlioi the jury desired to witness the prci'!'S3 of shunting at LlV.nddulas as carried out on the ctay when tho accident occurred. This, however, was objected to by the Government inspector, who hold that such an experiment might be attended with ; dangerous consequences. During the day a witness j who siw the goods train arrive at Llanddulas threw j some light on the cause of the collision. According to liia statement two waggons and a break van were left on tlie line while tho train was shunted. Three otlu'r Wiiggoiis were subsequently sent back, and theso joining the two already on the line ran dovvn tlio incline together and met the advancing mail. A very startling piece of evidence was given by a women mimed Di;;kens, who lives in a cottage close by the foer.e of the accident, and who stated that she ran up in a few moments after tho collision, that *he spoke to two ladies in different compartment?, that they refused to get out, and that her belief is that all the passengers in that carriage could have got oi.t if they hid liked, but none of them made any attempt to do so. Mr. Lit'.ler, on behalf of the company, said this story was ntlerlj* incredible, and that some of the passengers who escaped would be summoned to contradict it. The railway company has issued an announcement that they will pay the expenses of any of the passengers who can give really important evidence. It is due to Mrs. Dickens to add that, although poverly crcs^-exfiinincJ, her evidence was unshaken. The inquest was adjourned until Friday, August 28, on which day, and on August 20, g uno evidence was given con.fi; matory of that of Mrs. Dickens. Among other witnesses examine'! was Lnra, the driver of the goods-train from which the waggon earning the j otroleum got de'ached. Tho inquiry is still proceeding, and it will probably occupy a week longer.