Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-03-08
rHE LAVE RAILRoAp AccInENr.

The following more particular account Of the late
accident on the Philadelphia and Baltimore railroad,
from the pen of OF the passengefs on the night
of its occurrence, possesses thrilling interest for
all those whose experience OF Travelling by steam
power enables them TO appreciate the miraculous
escape of SO many persons from pfril so imminent.
CORN corRl I'm AND EsauIRER.
EIKTos, (Md.) SlruRpAr NIoar.
On Saturday afternoon four o'clock two trains of
left Philadelphia for Baltimore. The rstain comprised five
large passenger cars, drawn by very powerful locomotive
the second consisted Of the baggage and
In the first train there about thee hundred passen
gers, many of whom merchants going South and West
while politicians and sghtscers their way Washington,
were in abundance.
At about eight o'clock one mile and half north of Ekton,
the locomotive bull causing the machine bounce
foot the engineer expressed it, and parns the coupling
bar which connected the engine with the passenger This
thrown off the track by the body of the ANIMAL and
rolled the embankmen which here about feet
high and in the roof and sides gave way, and the
rested upside down the backs OF the seats (Which
of the kind which may be thrown backward or forward and
the iron frames of those backs sustained the whole weight Of
the floor, which uppermos Every seat in the car was
occupied the of the accident and the conductor
standing in the passage, and it will scarcely be credited
when wre that every person excated from that wreck
without a fracture dislocaton Mr. SEwALL, merchant
Of Baltimore under the for fifteen twenty
minutes with his feet enanged but, the soil was sandy
was found be only badly bruised and bones broken
Almost in that was bruised or cut by spners
&C. and the blood flowed pentfuly.
The second car which your informant followed the
first and down the bank and partly raence and,
although the danger in this less IMMINENT the in
suffered the apprehensionthe being of pc
cuar construction the seats running along the Sides with
strip about five inches wide midway of the windows to rest the
head upon At the first jolt both lights exnguished and
the upseeavng sixty Of in total darkness, covered
with ashes and choking with gas both doors jammed with
the twisting of the car be immovabe while egess from
the windows impossible portion Of the floor way,
and guided by the direction of Hon. Mr.. CLArToS who
passenger all endeavored to cling to the upper side
Of the car fearing that the weight of one man on the
lower side, might precpate down cmbankment Of
knew not in the darkness how feet and were even fear
full using necessary violence force the doors, appehend
ing that the Jolt might such catastrophe. After
raj minutes spent this painful state of suspense, du
ring which almost perfect silence observed in
were released by the forcing Of the door, Several in this
were bruised-Mr CLARION slightly in the knee your in
forman was dashed with violence the car
cause ameness OF the hip and shoulder and two three
were cut with spnters. Mr.. DRArToS, of Philadelphia was
considerably injured in the side The third left
the track, but badly broken
Several fires Immediately kndcd from fragments o
the and adjacent fences to afford light for the discovery
the injured as well other approaching Of
position The locomotive Of the baggage train despatche
to Wilmington for aid, while the passenger locomotive
sent the Susquehanna Tor AT about hall past tire
the wreck was cleared from the track and the cars Phade
pha passed on. Messrs ii. d. GiLPIs and GEo BAScRoF
among passengers would seem impossible that
denscy crowded with passengers could be completely tor
to pieces the fragments being thrown both sides of til
track the fence and yet life be lost The escap
lis most provdental Knowing that most of the passenger
were fo the Norh have been psrtcaer giving detail