145
14. The second class?
Two hours.
15. You say upwards of 700,000 were conveyed within the last twenty-one months; pray has any more than one fatal accident occurred during that time?
Only one.
16. How did that occur?
It was a man in the second class of carriages, who insisted on jumping out, against the remonstrance of those who were near it: he jumped out, and was lamed, and died.
17. Against the remonstrance of those who conducted it?
Yes.
18. How many accidents altogether have occurred with the number of passengers that have been conveyed?
Three or four, altogether.
19. Three or four, and only one fatal?
Yes.
20. What is the price of the conveyance of persons by the first class of conveyance?
Five shillings; there is one coach, the mail, which is extra,
21. What is the price of the conveyance of each by the second?
3s. 6d. each.
23. At any time during the severe weather (1830-1831) were carriages prevented from passing on the Railroad by means of the weather?
No, not once.
24. How many regular coaches were there on the road previous to the establishment of the Railroad between Liverpool and Manchester?
About twenty-two coaches; regular coaches.
27. Have you made a calculation of the number of passengers conveyed by them per day, backwards and forwards?
The greatest number they would hold was about 700; the average might be 450, perhaps.
