New-York tribune., 1841-10-07
cnr,r.n.na.nc. q ~ T.nbaae.
Hn;lrond Accident.

Gsstlene. A terrible accident occurred yes
,crday on ouc We,,egs Railroad, OF winch the fol-
loving aye the important; particulars
The regular place of meeting Tor the up trate,r
hencc 10 Hudson a; noon, and the d0ra trai"
from Hudson hither in tue morning. IS at West,
field. ana the orders given are, if the Up traa
reaches Westt;9!d dr.,. j, is te wai; htteeE Or
twenty minutes, ana then TO proceed cautiously,
(,b,.,or. the down train reaches Chester past ps
resar time. is to wai, there till the other comes
IN The up conductor, Moore, say. that he waited
r,.r IA, time az Nestfcid ana then proceeded
and as he was ia a hurr! to reach HUDSON 'oc 'he
steamboat. probably va, incautiou'. Coadacior
Warren. Of the down train. was some thirty min
me. beh:aL ZINE. and violated doty IN leaving
Chester. The collision wa, tremendous. bo'h en-
zine. and tenders badly injured, AID the c~rs OF
each ,rain shiyered all TO splintets. Foolishly.
migbr saw. erisipally the baggage cars we're in
rssr of each frain (asrsiy for c0nreHieHcs 'abe)
Had zee Joggaes been .etere il ought IN front tot
passengers. pro6e,5iy no one ronl4 hare been
.srisasly Ia,rf. The ladies saloon Of the down
Train wa, next the tender, and the shock was such
,ha, il was completely snnihiIsied and tie tender
drive, in within three or four feet of It's farther eN
tremit. Bur what Is most wonderful OF rather
Proviaen,ial. none were killed. Conductor Moore,
of the up trao. was on the engine and jumped of
.earbles.. Conductor Warren. OF the down train,
had us, stepped upon the platform when he was
co,,rb, and driven in through the casing and SO in
iured tina. nc will probably die \ Mr. Brewer.
of Wesi6cld. probably mortally injured. Very
manv other, ha limbs broken Ono poor woman
is said TO have had both legs and both arms broken.
Out oe more than one hundred passengers proba-
blv more than half were injured and more than
third s-riousiy so. The loss OF property ia ruiey
Guessed 10 be some $4,000 or 100000. Not.
wi,h.,andng tic force there was recoil, and no
starting of either train from the track. Our vii.
lace is in a great state OF excitement, and many
feel cxasporatcd at what they consider an ineT'
cusajie and anparaonajis negligence, to say no
more.
When men are killed by such accidents, esPe-
calIy if the7 be mean men, can bury them o"r
of sight. and the matter IS soon forgotten bus
when our TRENDS ana "e'sHOoi' ''' ~ y'''''
crippled and We see them IN our d9'iy W''N'
suffering in pain and agony aud that TOO fsF years.
wc do not and cannot forget the cause.
Two er three incidents that have come to my
knowledge are worth relating. y clergyman and
his wife from Michigan were setting together on
forward seat he was thrown to the Tar end Of ihs
car. while his wife fell through upon the track.
n. con-, and oyorcoo, looked a. though ,bey wer,
.b;sored .. 20. ,yo,l5 sb;ver clo.,
Ind, .oin, bor,e ui,b .ix children one an
;.e,.. ..;.h . n',-.o 90. .or.,oy i,,;nrod with
I;,ob f.oc,nrad o. ga,berio1 the family together
to return to Wes'deld' the infant could no ~hef"
be found and after search the car started without
it but the anxiety OF the nurse wa' SO great 'aat
she went back and after thorough search found
the lit,le child playing in puddle of water upon
the road.
The wdoe matter "ili probably be Investigated
~ The Wings of Niagara County have non-
mated TaoNas p. HAoLER aud FRANCIS O. PR1r
for Member Of Assembly; Hon. Peter B. Porter.
Jr and E5eoezer see,ev DELEGATES 10 the Syracuse
Conye,,;or md G.oroo Raynol, and NJ Adam,
20 ,h. S.,.,or;,l Cooyeo,;o,
+, Greene Cou,.v nj, the "a Robert Dor,on and
Hon. Peer Hu5beII have been appointed Delegate,
ts the Syracuse Convention, and David G. Abcel,
t'q. and Henry Green to the Senatorial Co'y3n-