Leeds Mercury reported that this would "operate as a warning to others" though 200 years later sadly similar accidents still happen on our railways.

The company acquired the Leeds Mercury in 1923 and merged it with the Yorkshire Post in 1939.

The existence was first reported in February 1834, in an English newspaper called The Leeds Mercury.

The Leeds Mercury recorded it as the fiercest gale in living memory.

In 1801 the assistance of party friends enabled him to buy the Leeds Mercury.

From 1815 he worked as journalist and editor of the Leeds Mercury, becoming a partner in 1827 .

He became editor and, after his father's death, proprietor of the Leeds Mercury.

While working on the Leeds Mercury (1870-87), he won the right for provincial newspapers to be admitted to the House of Commons press gallery.

This was investigated by Edward Baines of the Leeds Mercury and sufficient evidence was found to enable publication.

After the first performance, The Leeds Mercury reported: