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Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Middleton Junction on 19th March 1866

Document Summary

The report into the collision between two engines as a result of a porter undertaking a pointsman's duties, and failing to protect a train.

This document was published on 9th April 1866 by Board of Trade.

It was written by Col. W. Yolland.

This item is linked to the Accident at Middleton Junction on 19th March 1866

The original document format was Bound Volume, and comprised 2 pages.

This document was kindly sourced from Google Books and is in our Accident reports collection. It was added to the Archive on 11th May 2011 by Ralph Chadkirk.

Copyright Information

This document is Crown Copyright, and is subject to the terms governing the reproduction of crown copyright material. Depending on the status and age of the original document, you may need an OPSI click-use license if you wish to reproduce this material, and other restrictions may apply. Please see this explanation for further details.

"I have the honour to state for the information of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, in obedience to your minute of the 24th instant, the result of my inquiry into the circumstances which attended a collision that occurred on the 19th instant between two empty engines near Middleton Junction, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, when the driver, W. Bate, of the leading engine was killed, and the firemen of both engines were badly, and the driver of the following engine was slightly, injured."

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