New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-07
The Accident on the WILMINGTON Rail-
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cars from Baltimore to Phiiadcipha, on the tip
OF Saturday evening, May 4. lo44, on motion nl
Gov. PANE, of Vermont, the Hon. DAM IL
WEBSTER was appointed President; the io
gentlemen were appointed Wee Presidents, viz;
Gov. PAINE. of Vermont; jUsTIS BuTTERFIELD,
of Illinois; Ira PERLE, OF New Hampshire N.
S. Howe. of Michigan; PAIL ;. PRESTON o.
PENNSYLVANIA s. J. WADE, OF OHIO; ANDREW
N. BagBEa. of Ncw-York; GEORGE W. Cola
NgR. Of Vermont John T. PiTahN, OF hhocc
Island Ii. R. LATIMEg, of Georgia. ). y. M,
Brewer. of Maine; Cen JoUy G. JOHNSON Of
New York, and JOSIAH HIGGTNsoN, OF Iennesse
DAVID GRAHAM, of New York, and MARTIN pu.
RAID, T. S. n, of Louisiana. were appointed
Secretaries.
The following statement of factsw was LAID before
the meeting and adopted, viz
A collision occurred on Saturday evening, tne
4th inst four miles to the westward OF Havrc dc
Grace, between the train Of Railroad cars going
from Baltimore ON to Philadelphia, and that pro-
ceedug from Philadelphia to Baltimore by Which
one life was lost, two persons seriously ano IL Is
supposed rnoray wounded, and number oi pas
sengers very severely injured. The trans were
tho regular ones, the one leaving PmIadelphla al
4P NJ, and the other leaving baitimafe at /.
NJ On cnquiring into the facts from persons
connected win lne lrallS IL has pScii '19S4
tina. the Baltimore train was directed TO proceed
to Havre de Grace 10 meet the other, "nlie no
corresponding order was given to the Phiiodc-
pbia train TO change the place of meeting from
what it was the day before, namely, PeFryman's,
about four miles west ofthe place OF the accident
The accident would appear 10 be the result OF this
nepect on the part of tho Directors OF the line
1. appears also that no lights were placed in front
of either of the trains and that the baggage cars
were placed in the rear of each train, which lat
ter fact exposed the passenger cars TO the 1u 1orce
Of the collision.
The accident happened ten or fifteen minutes
before the rising Of the moon. The reason gwen
by the Conductor for having no lamps to the re-
spectve trains, is that no lamps were provided by
the Company for that purpose. The Baltimore
train contained about one hundred and seventy
five passengers, and The other train about thirty.
The appearance of the wreck Of the locomo-
tives and Of the first of the Philadelphia cars
which was torn from the wheels and raised so as
10 stand at an angle Of 80 degrees upon the loco
motive, was truly appalling and but for the IN
tcrposition of a merciiul Providence, the injury
and loss OF life must have been very great
In view of this calamity, and the causes which
led to it, the meeting adopted the following reso-
lutions;
ResOired That the collision referred to N he preceding
statement was the Judgment of this meeting the es,E nl
gross and highly cupahle negligence on the part ct le nec
ssb S The Fine the ear IN not TO Ss Ssi dncy @ TO
Iucto> and that the provide lights on the respect
~, from; Of the passenger cars was highly dangerous hu
le and deserves N the opnon oi ihe meeting 'e ce'
Resoired Tim, in like the where the lives Of
the seyerst ror OF the well by criminal prosecution oi
the guilty parties by an exemplary civil redress against The
CorPnqy should be put in re1uson rs the o1y mems ms ny
which the protection of human lie cnn he secure hd ue ~
currence Of s,niat criminal cuInbllIy prevented -,
Resoired That II OF the persons injured are mol IN cit-
cums,ances 70 enable them to prosecute iSi 'e injury me ne
Object.
The Officers OF the meeting bAS&i pSf WEBSTER
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ANDREW II. BARBER.
DAVID GRAHAM. Mr. DuRALp Ism.
The T. S Gazette of this morning says
Many of the passengers in the first car<pf the
upward train were more or less injured. among
them are mentioned Mr.. Crosby, OF Columbus,
Ohio, leg bruised !. F. Welsh, of Illinois, head
cut and shoulder bruised; G. w Reeves Som
mcrve, Tenn, legs. head and side brused and
head cut; Mr.. Durable, u. :. Navy, shoulder
and legs bruised some; T. Brown, West Phlla-
dclphia, legs and side bruised S. Schenck, Au-
burn, n. Y, legs cut and brushed ]. w. lutz,
Circcvillc, Ohio, one leg badly crushed MIR.
Whitaker, Of North East, Md, thigh bruised.
TERRIFIC SroRM--HELENA, ARR, IN Ruins =
We are indebted 20 the courtesy of our neighbor
of The Appeal, for the substance oi letter re-
ceived by him from Judge Toleson of Helena,
giving the particulars of aterriiic storm which
visited that place on Wednesday morning last
about 10 o'clock. A number of houses, including
the new Methodist Church, the Journal Office
and several dwelling houses, were torn to atoms
while there is not chimney in the place left
standing We are happy TO state however, that
not single life was lost 1t was wild night
here, but the tornado passed southwark OF us.
Memphis Eng. 25th April.
The Picayune speaking Of the same storm in
connection with great flood in Arkansas, says;
From the Pine Bluffs to the Arkansas Post a
distance of some us miles, the rveris frightnly
high-being within very few inches of the great
rise of 1888. Destruction is along the whole
course; plantations and fields are under water,
and of course the crops arc all ruined. There
were only one of two places where boats could
land.
BeSlQeS TINS, Il VOie1l lOTIitUO lidu phssSu pN'l
part of the country between the Bluffs and the
Post--thc particular point mentioned-which al,
so did much damage. Houses, fences, tees, and
every thing in It's conrse, were Frustrated; all
which, xith the ravagcs of the flood, present one
vast scene of havoc. 1t could not be ascertain
ed whether there was any loss of life or not; but
the probability is that several persons must have
perished Groups of people and cattle were seen
about on the higher points OF land, but no con-
munica,on could be had with them. We fear
that VIC shall yet have sad accounts from this
quarter.
UPPER MIsssslrrL-The accounts from the
Upper Mississippi river arc truly alarming. The
water is at this time higher than 1t has been
known ior years, and We learn that at Galena and
| Dubuque, and for one hundred and fifty miles be-
low, that nearly the entire bottoms are inundated
from bluff to bluff, and that great number Of
the inhabitants, on both sides, have been CON-
PEELED to desert their homes and remove to higher
and safer positions.
At Galsna. the lower portion of the town. next