American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-10-03

The RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT. Under our Pi-
lot Line head of yesterday, says the Philadel
phia Inquirer, brief account was given of the
shocking railroad accident within seven miles
of South hmboy. 1t was, as we learn, most
painful affair. Several cattle being upon the
road the steam-whistle was blown to drive
them away. But COW would not be fright
ened off, and persisted in walking on the road.
Very near the old bridge, and at place call
ed Deep Run, the locomotive passed over the
COW, and as is stated in letter by the Rev. j.
Ii. Van Doran, in the New York Express, "the
body of the animal was dragged forward until
il fell under the beams Of the bridge, which rid
dance of the COW probably prevented the cars
from being Immediately capsized. The loco
motive was not thrown off, nor the feeder, or
tender, but the next two forward short cars,
holding the passengers who Fay less than the
usual charges, were thrown off the track with
the way passenger car, and were drawn clear
over this implanted rail road bridge. The
axes sometimes resting on toe rails OF the road,
and at others the wheels bouncing from
cross-piece TO the other-one half of which
cross-peces were broken off by their weight
It is passing strange that all the back cars were
kept balanced until they crossed this high
bridge, but SO it was. Just after passing the
bridge, part of the rails and timbers were torn
up by the dragging of the forward cars and the
broken wheels and axles of some six or eight of
which were loosened and broken from the cars
coming in collision, under the forward cars,
thereby upsetting the large cars containing bag
gage, and throwing them into the creek on the
right, and upsetting the forward cars and
throwing them over the left.
Upon the platform OF the forward cars stood
three or four men-one by the name of John
o. BRENT, pensioner, living in Philadelphia,
who was by some means rocked off, and fell
directly under the cars, and the upper part Of
his head was cut clean off and one leg, besides
a deep cut in his body which exposed his bow
els He died instantly without struggle. A
MIR. johnson, grocer Of Philadelphia, was al
go on the platform, and was greatly Injured,
possibly not mortal. Another young man by
name James Talbot, recently from England,
going on TO see his brother who resides at New
Rochelle, Westminster Co., n. Y, DR.. Cross,
of Lexington, Ky, who was passenger with
US, thinks very dangerously injured internally,
besides the crushing or breaking Of his shout
der. Besides these, some six or eight persons
in the forward cars were not seriously injured,
only stunned by the jarring and jamming of
the cars.
The alarm of the passengers in the deck cars
was very great The conductor did all he
could to pacify them. These two cars were
literally shivered to pieces, and the way car
was very much broken. One had the roof
completely torn off, and by upsetting rolled all
of its passengers out together down the bank,
while the cars containing the baggage from
Philadelphia were all rolled into the creek and
coon filled with water, saturatipg completely
all the trunks and luggage"