DESPERATE LEAP FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.

Evening Star, Issue 3926, 24 September 1875, Page 3

DESPERATE LEAP FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.

Most of our rcadtia will bo familia • with the name of Captain Stevens who commanded the ship Auckland, which airived litre with a iarge complement of immigrants in November last. Before pro?eeding Jlome Captain married Miss >Sp oulo, a schoolmistresi here, and his wife accompanied him on the return tiip Jhe following particulars < f Iris attempted suicide, f;om a (Glasgow paper, will not be without in tercst :

Or. Saturday afternoon, .'Usfc July, a passenger by the Caledonian train leaving Glasgow for Grcenoch at four o'clock, attempted ro commit suicide by leaping from a iirst-oJass carriage, between Langbank and Poit Glasgow stations, while the tiain was travelling about forty miles an hour, and subsequently cut his throat while lying in tli? ditch into which he l\ 11. The unfortunate man is named Stevens. and was till recently hi command of i he tine ship Auckland, belonging to Messrs Pat i.-k Henderson and ''«>.. winch sailed from t';e Tail of tho Pa-dc f jr N w Zeahui !, with a full ooniplimentof paHS.-ii.e. ?, oi. S itur lay ovenir.g. Ou Saturday jli: ha 1 called at tne bu-dness premises of a firm in GUsgov, and by his conduct, those doing badness with him saw that something was wiong with his mind. Captdn Stevens havi .g intimated that he was going to Greenouh, one of the gentleman of that establishment, named Munro, was asked to accompany him for safely. A t Bridge stre.-t station the i wo got seat el in a lirst-chiss carriage, and subsequently a lady and some children came into the same compartment anil remained till the t'ain Toched Paisley, "hen they left. From this station Mr Mimro ami Captain Stevens wee left alone. About two miles from Port Glasgow Captain Stevens got up, and taking off his watch and chain, dashed it ibwa on the sea'. and at once proceeded to get out of tin' carriage winiows. Mr Munro did al in his power to restrain him, but f!.q>tiin St vjns beimj a powerful man Mr Munro was unable to overcome him. Eventually the captain got so far out of the window ai to be able to c itch the roof with his hands, and with one bound he threw himself from the carriage up n the embankment near (Purklea, and was seen to roll into thw ditch h> low by Mr M..r in, one of the inspector.'* of tho railway company, who was travelling in tho van along v.i'b the guard. The engine-r river, being unaware of what had happened; proceeded to Port ( dasgov-. When that station* waa reached, however, a phot engine was sent back, when the uulortulutte man was pi. ked up, and hi ought to I'ort 1 Glasgow, where T)r lleid saw him and ordered his removal to the Greenock Infirmary. On his arrival, Mr Gi| hrist, the superinI tendent, at once piotmred a Cab aid had him taken to the infirmary, whore on examination it wa fouud " lie hud

received a lar&e lacerated wound on the forehead, and other injuries. Whilo the doctors were dressing these wounds, !he!v attention was attracted by the unfortunate nun's peculiar breathing, and, on raising th.: long be.ud which he wore, it was diseoveiel that lie hud also cut, ids throat, the windpipe W -in .' ne.-oly sovivd It is supposed that lie had inilic e i thHsin-jui-v upon himself \\i hj a [ eukni'o in the ditch near the raihw.v (rack. Yesterday Captain tcv..»a>V c m 'iti m w..s most critical, but hopes are n;to tair.ed that he may yetveco\cr. ._„____,