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FESTINIOG. FATAL RAILWAY Accident.—On Saturday, the 27th ult., a sad accident took place on the Festiniogand Port- madoc railway at the Dolygarregddu Station, by which one man was killed and another seriously injured. It appears that juat as the vip-train from Portmadoc was approaching the terminus, where the rail crosses the high road, it suddenly came off the rail, striking with violence against the wall of the Station yard, and upset- ting the trucks, smashing them to pieces The deceased and another man, with two pigs, were in the first truck at the time, and on perceiviug the danger, attempted to get out, and while so doing were hurled over violently. The deceased was frightfully injured in the head, and The (locea,5ed was frig died the following day at the hospital. It does not ap- pear what was the cause of the accident. There is a double rail here in the road, and it is conjectured that a piece of stone may have got between the outer and inner rail. As the first truck was a wooden one, and empty, as were most of them, and the train coming rather fast, a very slight obstruction in the road would be sufficient to seud it off the rail. It is the custom, also, it appears, to put the engine after the train in coming up this branch of the line. We fancy there would be less dan- ger of an accident occurring if the engine led the way, as the tram in that case could be better controlled. The deceased had had great experience on this line, having been employed upon it, we understand, from his youth, so the Company will feel his loss.

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