The first detailed reports of the collision on the Tientsin Railway were to the effect that on Monday afternoon, the 25th ult., the guard of the train from Kaiping met with an accident before reaching Tangku, through, it is said, the bursting of a cartridge in bisharid, Tu consequence of this, the train was considerably delayed at Tangku while his injuries were attended to. On the Tangku-Tientsin section, the line being a single one, there is a siding at a certain point, so that the train which reaches The Heaiping train being late owing to the this point first goes into it and waits. accident referred to, the Tientsin train naturally reached the siding first, but the engine driver instead of going into it, decided to go on, or if he did go into it at all, he did not wait for the other train to come on, but proceeded, The station master at Tangku, not having any reason to anticipate that the Tientsin engine driver would not follow out his instructions, allowed the Kaiping train to go on, but when this train had proceeded about eight miles towards Tientsin—it was then night—the engine driver saw the other train advancing towards him, He immediately reversed his gear and started the train backwards, but this was of little avail, for the Tientsin train, which was going full speed, crashed into him with territicforce.—From later information it appears that the up train from Tong-shan was so much delayed that it did not leave Tangku for Tientsin until nearly 9p.m., instead of at 4.40 p.m. The down train which left Tientsin at 4.35 Pp.m., waited at the half-way siding until about 8.30 p.m., and then went on, but whether the engine-driver went on on his own responsibility, or was over-persuaded by the native employees of the Com-any, will never be known, It is reported, however, that there were no lights on engine, but the driver of the up train (who had the usual lights on his engine) saw spurks ahead, and reversed his engine, fearing that there was something wrong, and had nearly brought his train to stand when the collision occurred. He was thrown off his engine a distance of twenty feet, but was only bruised. The driver of the down train, Jarvis, died about two hours after the accident, it is supposed from scalding by steam or boiling water. The carriages on the down train next the engine were completely smashed and caught fire, and twelve native passengers and two firemen were either crushed or burnt to death. Had there been telegraphic communication between the way stations on the line, the accident could not have happened. There was no foreign guard on the down train. No one on the up train, on which there were several foreigners, was injured. Both engines are rendered useless, and the Railway Company has lost four carriages and some trucks. At the inquest which was held in Tientsin on the of Jarvis, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
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