The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-07
NEW YORK, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY T. 1S44

FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE FRIeHrFuL Coz
LrsIos on TnE BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA HALL
RoAr.-About four and half miles below Havre \
de Grace while the upward train, with several hun
bred passengers Was proceeding al avery SLOW rae,
the train from Philadelphia, travelling at the rate
of seventeen miles an hour. :.
The trains were SO close 10 each other, when dis
covered, that II was Impossible 10 gel lheI on ,e
backward motion The engines were OF course
instantly reversed, but they had too much forward
momentum 10 run back IN time, and the result was
a frghiiul collision.
the passengers. Several eaped from the windows;
The first person discovered to have been injured
was Mr. Hill, the conductor, who was lying on the
road with his left leg cut clean OF below the Knee
His first exclamation, on being sccosted, was,
| whether any Of the passengers were hurt' ano ne
appeared satisfied On being told that 1t was thought
| no was killed
Mr. Hill, al the time Of the collision, was stand
ing the platform in front Of the first with ms
LEFT foot upon the brake When the Trains were
nearing each other, he called TO the engineer and
fireman to jump and save their ves, whiie ne S,ou'
His conduct is highly extolled by several passengers
with whom we have conversed. he was ihilhe-
diatey cared for-ns leg amputated by physician,
| and he was left doing well.
| The next person discovered was brakeman
who was standing along side of Mr.. Hill. On al
tempting TO raise him, II was ieund ,hat ne was
dead-his life had been sacrliiced while endeaVor-
| The fireman was found jammed between the two
locomotives and it was with great difficulty that ne
was extricated. One Of his legs was smashed-hls
| whole person scalded in dreadful manner, and
presented the appearance of body that had re-
manned weeks in the water. He was still alive !;
but TIC physicians said 1t was impossible tor him to
survive. ,,.>,
been s.tirs on the sixth seat of the front cer,of the
upward train, and when found, was nearly d ei
his back broken, and his whole body dreadfuily
manglcd. "a
the car, struck him on the back, and fell puIiy on
him. 1t passed the first five benches dong but lit
| tie injury to the passengers seated on theih-whlch
is an unaccountabe miracle.
was sitting on the fourth bench; when discovered
he was damned into a space Of about eight inches
| II was with great difficulty that he was removed
His clothes were torn into shreds, his flesh chafed
a little. but he was not at all severely hurt. II is
miracle how he was saved the passengers who
aided him out, say it is almost ncreditable
| A German gentleman, passenger IN the down
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 passenger IN that
train was hurt.-Phha Chronicle.
WHALERs CAPTURED AND CRi.Ws MAssAcREp -
Extract OF letter received rom capt. Caiheart, OF
the lydia, of Nantucket, dated sept 4, lSf3:-
"The 18th Of last March anchored at Sirong's
Island, lat. IL N. lon I62 20 E. 1t is about fit
teen miles long, and contains, should Judge, $500
inhabitants the bark Pearl. OF Sipplcan, had an
Pacific of St Johns, had been here and left, but
returned again while there. Alter he was
gone out, two of the natives which Capt. Rounds
had taken with him from this island, informed nun
that whaleship having considerable oil on board,
had been taken by the natives, all hands Killed,
and the ship burned. Capt. r. put direct back TO
inform other ships, if there might be any there, OF
|, what had taken place, and ut the same Time ne
thought to get some oil.
. The English whaling ship Harriet, of London,
Capt Charles Bunker, about twelve months ago
, arrived at this pIace-the ship had been IN -four
days when the natives took her; the chiefs SAID
that some OF the men were up the river tor water,
another gang at another place for wood, and Capt.
Bunker, the doctor and two boys were shooting
birds. Capt. b. seeing that things were not going
right on board, he, with the doctor and two boys,
went of for the Ship the captain was getting ny
the ships eide, a native threw harpoon through
shey we're ea s tor
!. ing so; 1t was only for plumber. The next day
after Capt. Rounds srrlved, we swept and tount
, the ship. Capt. r, had diver, native OF Tahiti
| he sent him down with a small rope (; when 1T
! came up he told he had rove it through the rlnl
of an anchor-w:th the small rope we hauled
hawser through, and then dropped the Pacific owe
her, and hove up the bows OF the ship, and ioun,
both chains fast TO the bows; Capt. X. saved botf
chains and anchors; the bows OF the ship were
burnt off abreast the cat head we thought the shi.
must have burnt to a shell and the oil drlfted gu
of the harbor, for the trade winds blow direct on
Of the lee harbor ut this place.
The next day after found where the llarrie
, lay, was dragging with boat anchor, and hook
ed up a small chain think il must have belonged
to the brig Waverly of WOahoo, commanded by
, William Cathcart, which was cut of here eight o
nine years ago ; the small chain was not saved, OF
account of a heavy flaw Of wind striking the ship
which swung her TO her anchor, and we parted GU
line tried several times after, but could not hool
it again. When the natives saw what we were
about they all cleared to the mountain, except IN
king and chiefs; third day after finding the sh
and small chain, we went to the king and inform
ed him Of what we had seen; at first he denied thu
crime; we asked him what other ships were here
sunk he said the Harriet was all we told HIN
, no. that there was one more ship; his answer was
"Ship small, no more two masis, belong to Woa