It is reported that the station-master forsaw the danger
as the mail-train approached, and asked if signals were
up to stop it; a porter said they were; the train still
came on, and the station-master sent men forward with
hand signals, but without effect.

An alarming Railway Collision occurred on the
morning of the 25th, while the main train of the
London and North-Western line was passing through
the Camden-town station. The train left Euston-square
about five minutes after 10, and was assisted up the
incline by a pilot, which had "hooked off" only a few
seconds, when a goods engine improperly attempted
to cross the main line at a point just beyond the
ticket platform, and striking first the engine of the
mail, grazed three or four of the succeeding carriages,
and cut the train in two about midway. The collision
blocked up both the up and down lines for a considerable
period, and the traffic in the early part of the day was
consequently much disturbed. The escape of the
passengers may be considered most providential, two or
three of the carriages having been much shattered, and
thrown to a considerable distance. Camden station is
well known to all travellers on this great trunk railway
to present a perfect labyrinth of rails extending from
the Regent's Canal to the Chalk Farm Bridge.
Looking northwards on the left is an engine shed, and a
long range of repairing shops. Upon the right is the
goods and cattle station. In order to keep up a
communication between these localities, the main line has
to be crossed at a point northward of the ticket platform.
There is a standing rule in the company's book of
regulations, that no driver shall attempt to cross with
his engine without first receiving the proper signal
from the pointsmen, of whom there are always two on
duty here; the distance between the points being about
150 yards. There is too much reason to fear that an
infringement of this salutary rule on the part of the
driver of the goods engine occasioned the present
disaster. There was some difficulty in extricating the
occupants of the carriage resting on its beam ends, but
this was at length accomplished, and the passengers
having taken their places in the uninjured carriages,
were brought back to Euston-square, where the train
was re-made up, and despatched shortly after eleven
o'clock, Ithe passengers, with very few exceptions,
continuing their journeys. The Marchioness of Anglesey and
the Bishop of Lichfield were in the train, and they were
also among the passengers who went on at eleven
o'clock. One of the foreign Ministers, resident at this
court, with his wife, did the same. The only passengers
at all injured, as far as could be ascertained, are Lady
Blayney, who being considerably thaken, preferred
remaining at the "Euston" a few hours before
continuing her journey; a Mr. Dacre, of Stone-buildings,
who sustained a slight incised wound on the ear; and
a Mr. and Mrs. Matis, who have since left London.
It is stated that the engine-driver and his firemen are
under the surveillance of the Company's police.

The American ship Mobile, bound from Liverpool to
New Orleans, was Wrecked off the Blackwater Bank,
near Wexford, during the storm on the morning of the
29th ult. The ship went to pieces immediately after
she struck. There were nearly sixty passengers, and a
crew of twenty-three. Of these only eight sailors and
one passenger escaped; they lashed themselves into the
channel bends, and were rescued by two passing schooners.
The survivors state, that being favoured with a fair
wind, the Mobile pursued her course at a rapid rate,
and at midnight the captain went below, leaving the
second mate in charge, with strict injunctions to steer
West-south-west, and to see that the captain was called
at two o'clock, or sooner, if the weather assumed a
more threatening aspect. The wind at the time the
captain went below was blowing a fresh breeze from
East-north east, with a heavy sea, which increased to a
violent gale; he was, however, not called until two
o'clock. On coming on deck, the captain inquired
whether the ship had been steered as he ordered, and
then found that the second mate had misunderstood the
orders given to him, and had ordered her to be kept on a
west-north-west course which had carried her directly
on a lee shore, from which it was found impossible to
extricate her, although every human effort was made.

During a late storm at Sutton Valence in Kent,
some twenty hop-pickers sought refuge in an oast-house;
the lightning struck it and Killed three Men and one
Woman, besides hurting several others. The bodies
were but little disfigured. The poor woman was set on
fire both at her head and feet; her shoes were
completely torn off, and the nails in them partially drawn.
One of the men had a steel watch-guard round his
neck; this was completely fused, so that it crumbled on
the touch, while of the watch the glass was cut in two
and the. works and case more or less damaged. Another
had his leggings torn off as well as his shoes.

A youth has been Struck Dead by Lightning, during a
storm at Hundleby in Lincolnshire. He was the son of a
miller, and his father had sent him to the top of the mill
to repair a chain which was broken; while he had the
chain in contact with his body, the only flash of
lightning during the storm was attracted by the chain.

A frightful occurrence has happened at Nevin, North
Wales. The wife of a labourer had occasion to go for
milk to a farm at some distance, and during her absence
locked her three young children in the cottage; a large
quantity of corn in the straw having been previously
placed there. This became ignited, and on the return
of the woman she found the house on fire and her three
children Burnt to Ashes.

A melancholy death from Hydrophobia occurred near
Newcastle on Tyne on the 6th instant. About six or
seven weeks before, Mrs. Newton, who keeps the
tollgate at Blackhill, had her little granddaughter, a
child five years of age, who was playing at her door, bit
by a hound-dog belonging to one of her neighbours,
which was in a rabid state. It was followed as far as
Annfield Plain by a number of men, who destroyed it,
but not before it had bitten several dogs on its way.
The child was bitten in the face and lip, which bled
profusely. Medical aid was obtained, and the child's
face healed, no unpleasant symptoms occurring until
Sunday, the 26th ult, when the child complained of
her head; she gradually grew worse, and at length
died in great agony.

A workman in the employment of Messrs Bury,
dyers at Salford, has been Killed by falling among the
Machinery. He had been drinking, and had
consequently been ordered by the foreman to go home;
but seems to have returned before he was sober. A
person working in a room adjoining the machinery
suddenly heard a crash, as if something had disturbed
the motion of it, and running into the passage, he saw
the unfortunate man in the act of being torn to pieces
amongst the wheels. He lost no time in going to the
engine-house and getting the machinery stopped.
Every exertion was then made to drag the body from
its position, but this was a work of great difficulty, and
when accomplished, it was too shockingly mangled for
description. Both legs and both arms were torn from
the body, only the head of the unfortunate man being
uninjured. Altogether, the body was in above 20
pieces. Life had of course passed away long before the
body was extricated.

An English vessel, the Helen, has been Destroyed by
Fire on her passage from Para, in the river Amazon, to
Liverpool. Mr. Wallace, a naturalist, was a passenger
in her to England, and her crew, including the master
and mates, numbered ten. On the morning of the 6th
of August, much alarm was caused by a quantity of
smoke being observed to issue from the fore scuttle,
and it was discovered that the flames were raging in
the after part of the ship immediately below the cabin.
Efforts were made to extinguish them, but the flames
rolled up both sides of the vessel with such fury, as to
render all hopes of subduing them impossible. Mr.
Turner the master, anticipating the fate of his ship, had
previously directed the long boat and gig to be lowered,
and as much provisions as could be procured placed in
them. But a small quantity could be obtained. At
length it was deemed prudent to order the hands to take
to the boats. The crew, with Mr. Wallace, put off from
her in the long-boat and gig, and hovered about her at
a safe distance, in the hope that her blazing state might
attract the attention of vessels passing by, and in
bearing down would see them, and pick them up.
Morning came, however, without any sail being in