her right side, the shrouding torn, a cap which she
wore on her head removed, and scratches and blood on
her face, and other marks of recent violent exertion
apparent, but she was quite dead. Her apparent death
previously was sudden, but it is believed she was only
sunk in a trance. She had been above twenty-four hours
apparently dead previous to her interment.

Another frightful Balloon Accident took place on the
4th inst, when Madame Garneron ascended from Batty's
Hippodrome at Kensington. Six o'clock was the time
appointed for the ascent, but in consequence of some
little difficulty about the inflation, it did not take place
till near seven. The wind was rather strong, and
blowing south-west, and the moment the machine was
released from its moorings, it rose very heavily, and
barely cleared the circus enclosure. Madame Garneron
immediately emptied a bag of ballast among a crowd who
were watching it in Victoria Road, but before she was
able to discharge another, the car of the balloon struck
a projecting garret window, and in an instant the poor
lady was seen with her feet entangled in the netting at
the side of the half-inverted car, and hanging out of it
with her head downwards. A loud exclamation of horror
burst from the frightened crowd, and just at the critical
moment, when they expected to see the balloon rise with
its occupant in that fearful situation, the netting caught
in a stack of chimneys, the balloon at once collapsed
with the shock, and in a few seconds it was hanging
helplessly flapping over the house-side into the garden,
while the unfortunate lady was left lying on the roof.
But she had received no injury, and after she had
recovered from her faintness, she stood up and feebly waved
her acknowledgments to the spectators below, who had
hailed her safety with loud cheers.

A number of Railway Accidents are recorded in the
newspapers. An excursion train on the Great Western
Railway was run into near Bath, on the morning of the
10th, while on its return from London. In Brislington
tunnel the engine from some cause broke down; while the
train was stationary, an engine and tender from Bath ran
into it. Though no limbs were broken, several persons
suffered from cuts and bruises, and a lady's knee-cap was
fractured. The driver and stoker of the engine that did
the mischief were charged before the magistrates of
Bristol with negligence. They pleaded guilty, but
made some excuses in mitigation of punishment. They
were both fined, with the alternative of imprisonment
in default of payment.

Two accidents have occurred on the East Lancashire
Railway at Liverpool. A man who was signalling a
train at night to proceed more slowly, so miscalculated
the distance of the engine, that he was knocked down
and crushed to death. The other disaster exhibits the
most culpable negligence. Part of a bridge had been
removed, to make the crown of the arch higher for street
traffic; a luggage-train came up at night, the driver of
which knew nothing about the chasm that had been
made in the railway; a light was exhibited, but he saw
it too late to stop the train, and the engine and a number
of waggons fell through the aperture. The fireman
escaped by scrambling over the waggons in the rear;
but the driver was dangerously hurt.

The shepherd of a farmer at Steventon, Berkshire,
near the Didcot station on the Great Western Railway,
was driving a flock of sheep across the line between
Denchworth Bridge and the Faringdon Road station.
He had driven the sheep through the gateway on to the
line, but had not taken the precaution to open the gate
on the opposite side to let the sheep pass through; and
the consequence was, that a train coming up at the time
ran into the flock, and killed forty-seven sheep, as well
as the shepherd's dog. The line presented an extraordinary
scene of slaughter, and the cries of the wounded
sheep were piteous in the extreme. No blame was
attached to the engine-driver, as it was impossible to
check the engine in time to prevent this wholesale
destruction.

An alarming accident happened on the South-Eastern
Railway on the 12th, when the train, crowded with
foreign visitors to the Exhibition was leaving
Folkstone. From the harbour a very steep curved branch
leads to the main line on the upper cliff, having been
made to save passengers the trouble of getting into an
omnibus in passing from the railway to the steamboats.
On starting up this incline with a very heavy train, the
coupling of the engine gave way, and the whole of the
train was precipitated down the incline. The engineman
instantly signalled the guards, and the breaks were
put on, but the velocity of the train momentarily
increased, for it was impossible for any break to bring up
suddenly or effectively on a line so short and steep, and
the train dashed on under the shed. Here some of the
attendants and workmen threw on to the rails planks
and timbers which were at hand, which stayed the velocity
and substituted a moderate concussion for a violent
one. So great, however, was the momentum of the
train at this time that, on arriving at the end buffers,
the last carriage was precipitated over the cliff on to the
shore below, fortunately containing luggage and no
passengers, and the tide being out. On the first shock the
passengers forced the doors, and many rushed out in the
greatest terror, some having the appearance of being
severely wounded, and their faces covered with blood.
Only seven or eight persons, however, were severely cut,
though few escaped unbruised. None of the injuries
required medical attendance, and all the passengers were
able to proceed when the train was ready.

A calamitous Colliery Explosion took place on the
I8th, at Washington Colliery, near the Washington
Station on the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway.
In the afternoon of that day about 60 men went down
into the pit on the night shift. A little before
midnight the inhabitants of the neighbourhood
were aroused by a loud explosion. Unfortunately
the resident viewer, Mr. Cruddace, was absent,
and no person being left to act for him in his absence,
the scene became one of the greatest confusion.
The head over-man was at length aroused, and he, in
company with a few of the miners, descended the pit,
and found several dead bodies very much burnt and
mutilated near the cross-cut way, where it is supposed
the pit was fired. They discovered that the explosion
took place in the "whole" workings, where about 40
men were employed, and that the other 20 men, who
had been working in the "brokings" were uninjured.
No language can describe the intense grief and horror
of those who, on the first report being given, rushed to
the spot, and remained to witness the blackened and
disfigured corpses of their husbands, children, and
fathers. Three hours passed away before any of the
bodies were brought up. Almost immediately after the
explosion took place, two furnace-men, desirous of being
instrumental in saving the lives of their comrades, went
down to render assistance, but the afterdamp was so
strong that they were brought up again almost dead,
and both of them have since died. In the course of the
following day the corpses of the people who had perished
were brought up—thirty-five men and boys. A
coroner's inquest on the bodies was commenced on the 20th,
and adjourned for a week. From the evidence already
reported, it appears that the pit was badly ventilated,
and that Bell, the under-viewer, who had been left in
charge of the pit during the absence of his superior,
had been drinking on the evening of the accident.

Another Fatal Accident happened at Bedminster, in
the Malago Vale Colliery, on the 9th. While four men
and a boy were descending the shaft in a bucket—the
depth 240 fathoms—the rope broke near the top, the
bucket having nearly reached the bottom; and the
mass, six inches and a half wide by two inches thick,
and weighing three tons, together with the iron bonnet
or shield, fell upon the unfortunate people, crushing
them to death. A long time elapsed before ropes of
sufficient length and of the proper construction could be
borrowed to descend the shaft. In the mean time there
was great grief and anxiety at the mouth of the shaft;
and one old man, whose son was in the bucket, was so
excited and alarmed that he fell down dead. The fall
of the bucket and shield damaged one of the "trunks" of
the shaft, and it was feared that eight men who were in
the workings might be in danger; but they did not
suffer. An inquest was held on the bodies of the
sufferers, and terminated on the 15th. It appeared from
the evidence, that the rope, originally not strong enough,
had not been sufficiently examined while in use, and
that the miners had complained to the manager of the