The federal government obtained Getting an injunction against the union , Debs , and other boycott leaders , ordering them to stop Process_end interfering Hindering with trains that carried mail cars .

On April 15 , 2013 , an envelope that preliminarily tested Testing positive for ricin , a highly toxic protein , was intercepted Preventing_or_letting at the US Capitol 's off-site mail facility in Washington , D.C .

A special cattle train from Holyhead to London via Peterborough was shunting Motion just south of Atherstone station to let the Scotch mail train pass .

Before the cattle train could clear Emptying the main line , the mail train struck Attack it .

The four rear carriages of the cattle train were 'shivered to pieces ' killing Killing all nine Irish drovers who were asleep in the brake van and the fireman of the mail train , James Sherry .

The Duke and Duchess of Montrose were passengers on the mail train but escaped Escaping without injury .

The driver of the mail train was not aware that a cattle train was ahead of him when they left Tamworth ( the preceding station ) and claimed Statement he had not seen Perception_active the advance Cause_to_make_progress signal at all approaching Atherstone station , but did not worry as he was not aware Know of there being a train ahead of him .

The enquiry criticized Judgment_communication the decision to allow the cattle train to leave Tamworth ahead of the mail train without allowing Preventing_or_letting sufficient time to clear the lines at Atherstone , and of the failure to warn the mail train driver about the train ahead of him .

The enquiry criticized Judgment_communication the decision to allow the cattle train to leave Tamworth ahead of the mail train without allowing Preventing_or_letting sufficient time to clear the lines at Atherstone , and of the failure to warn the mail train driver about the train ahead of him .

On 2 September 1898 at Wellingborough railway station a postman brought Bringing a mailcart to the station with mail which he was to see onto a train due at 20:22 .

The mail should then have been brought Bringing to the down platform through a passageway ( normally closed by a gate kept locked from the inside ) between the station yard and the platform .

Filled Filling with a cargo of electronic equipment , bolts of fabric , women 's scarves , bandannas , purses , and costume jewelry for the Christmas holiday , the craft was refueled and departed Departing just after midnight with a crew of three , of cargo , of mail , and 5,000 gallons of high-octane aviation fuel .