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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 34, 10 February 1870, Page 3

A Passenger who was travelling on the Midland line on November 17, when a collision took place, writes to say : — "On the previous night I was seized with all the symptoms of a violent attack of rheumatic fever; and my dread of a sojourn in a Manchester hotel bed for two or three months was so great, that I resolved to make a bold sortie, and well wrapped up, start for London by the 3.30 p.ar. Midland fast train from the London Road terminue, From the time of leaving that station to the time of the collision, my heart was going at express speed ; my weak body was in a profuse perspiration; flashes of pain announced that the muscular fibres were under the tyrannical control of rheumatism, and I was almost beside myself with toothache. Crash ! smash ! bump ! and bang ! and from side to side of the carriage I went like a billiard-ball under a hard cushion hit. As soon as I thought it prudent, I alighted aud rendered what aid was considered necessary, and although the condition of the atmosphere was such as, under other circumstances, would probably have produced the worst results on a frame shaken and debilitated by the strong fever lurking in my veins, it is remarkable that from the moment of the collision to the present hour no acho, pain, sweat, or tremor has troubled me in the slightest degree.