New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-06
By This Mornings Mail.
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E,n,o ~. PhiIsls-iohsa ChronieEs Er,rs. Msy5
r,tI. y all Road Accidsnt--C oilision Of
TersiDEfs Efsars.HLoss Of Life ana! Marvellous
We regrst to have to record an accident Of
t:st,f,i and serious character, on The Rail
81 ho,usen Philadelphia and Baltimore, las.
.;rh,-,be result of collision by two opposite
trains of cars. -,
c.. and while the upward train, with several
h,,rd,sd o,ssenrcrs, were proceeding at very
IT,. 80 :, Gas met at the curve near Shrews.
ulI. hy the tram from Philadelphia, travel.
-, ,he. ,s;e of seventeen miles an hour ard
dreadful cDncussion ensuec-
Tho FRS, pe.son discovered TO have been IN.
iurcd was MIR. Hill, The conductor, who was
iving on the road, with ms lett leg cut clean of
-, ,he tnec. His first exclamation, on being
sccosted was. whether any OF the passengers Was
bn,, and he Appeared satisfied on beng told that
II was thought no one was hiileo;
u;s condnct is highly eIto!led by several pas
s.,,,ers with whom we have conversed. He was
;,,n,ediately cared for-hs leg anputaied By
nbys;cian. and ne was left DONG well
The next person discovered was breakman,
,,bo Was standing along side Of Mr. HILL On
,tiemp,ing 10 raise HIN, It was found that ne was
dssd-his life had been sacrificed while endea.
voring to save the passengers.
THE fireman was found J4mmed between the
,,o locomotives. and it was with great difficulty
thu, he was e1trica;ed. One OF hts !egs Vas
s,,,sbcd-hls whole person scalded 10 dreadful
manner. and presented the appearance OF a body
that mad remained weeks IN the water. lie Was
still alive bot the physicians SAID It was In
pos- ole for hlrn TO survive
4 passenger the only one seriously hurt,) was
got out durny the time the others were being re.
moved. He mad been sitting on the sixth seatof
the iron, car, Of the upward tram, and, when
/ found. was nearly dead, his back broken, and his
whole body dfeaduy msngled. He was from
one oi the interior towns Of this State; we tor
bear 10 rive the lame reported 10 US, as cur in.
torman, was not positive Of It's accuracy.
The tender HAVING entered the Car, struck
him on the back, and fell partly on him. 1t
pased the fist five benches, doing but little nu
~ N the passengers seated on them-which is an
npaccoun,abc miracle. The clothes Of many Of
them were torn into ribbons-out they received
T. no bodily hurt.
Mr. Durable. a grandson OF the Hon. Henry
CLAY. was sitting on the fourth bench when dis.
coverd. ne was iammed!n,o space Of about
inches. II was with great difficulty that he was
removed, when il was discovered that he was not
injured in The least. HIS Clothes were torn into
shreds, his flesh chaied little, but he was not at
all severely hurt. Il is a miracle ho~ he was
saved-,he passengers who aided him out, say
is almost incredible.
A German gentleman, passenger in the dswn.
ward train, leaped from the car before mentioned
as standing in the air, resting on the smoke pipe
OF the engine. He Jared himself little, but
seemed delighted at his escape No other pas
senger in that train was hurt.
There were several distinguished citizens in
the cars OF the upward train, at the time OF The
collision, among whom was the Hon. Daniel
Webster. and Mr. Graham, of New York City.
An express was dispatched for Havre de
Grace, for another locomotive, and the passenges
were conveyed to Wilmington, where they took
the beat for Philadelphia, and arrived between
and 9o'clock this morning, having been over Is
hours On the road
A meeting was held on the boat, at which the
Hon. Daniel Webster presided. A series OF re.
solutions were offered and adopted, the purPort Of
which we learn to be, that the meeting condole
with the friends Of the dead and injured, &c. &c.