New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-10
Railroad Accidents.

FATAL RAILROAD AccfDEsT. On Sunday morn
Ing the dead body Of James FORBES sioge man sged
40 found upon The track OF the Western Railroad
near Kings Tavern Wes,feid about miles from
here One Of bis legs cut twice IN two; once
above and below the knee and II u consequently
supposed that be lay with that eg In an angular post
ton across the track and over by one o. the
trains which passed on Saturday evening. . IA not
positively known whether Il the passenger train
down or the freight train which vent uo siierwsrd-
The sppaarance of tn blood the snd the posi-
ton OF the dy indicated that II over oy The
former. while the testimony Of the neienDors Who
heard halOOings about Midnight the time the freight
train passed would 10 prove that Was the latter
There other injuries on the BODY and ne prob
ably lay there till he bed 10 death being ss 10 supposed
intoxicated. b0t run rds found IN his p0ckd lnose
who heard the noises which are now supposed 10 nave
been made oy MIN. thought they came from some boys
others who having spree At the tavern Our
Informant who At the spot yesterday noon, tells
bad story concerning the condition in which al but one
of some 80 or 20 persons whom he appeared 10 be-
II sad commentary upon the course which our
County Commissioners have pursued In regard to cen-
and reflects but little credit upon the neishoorhood
Springfield Republican 9Th.
FOURTH AccIDEsT.-We have still a fourth
Railroad accident which occurred on Saturday night TO
record. engineer on the Western Road was
coming from the West freight train, having an ex-
perenced hand with him. and was observing the grades
10 be able 10 run alone on approaching bridge
over tbs Westfed river at Beckett ne stood upon the
O0,bosrd 10 look back and forgetting the bridge, which
he s said to have previously seen he was struck on the
back of the head by its 8s Knocked from bis position
down TO the tmbers Of the bridge and thence Tell
through there being floor 10 the rocks Of the river
beow-a distance of - feet He rendered sense
less and aterward crazy By the fall and the blow upon
bis head. lie taken 10 Chester Factories where
good medical treatment given him. and II s thought
he will now recover Dr. Chaee OF this town. VINO was
called 20 his aid informs that when he lett him yes
terday he restored 10 his right mind and In an I'm
proving state IL Is thought that or two OF bis nos
are broken. His name IL Osborn and he mas VIE and
two children. Hs was lat y engineer on the housa-
tonic Road and formerly on the Reading lPa) Road
lSprins fed Repub. 9Th.
Another RAILROAD AccIDEST.-The O'Clock
train OF from Jersey City of the track AZ the
turnout the Paterson Dsp0i Saturday afternoon
last 10 Of the switch a. that point being out
Of order Tn engine tender and fret car ran entirely
of some distance OBTAINING the trsin with the Phiade'
phia and New Brunswick trains, some two hours. No
other damage was done. There was report 10 town
about the same time that the llsckensack bridge was
burning. IL from ire On the meadows 10 thAt
direction Newark ADV.
SHOCKING AcCIDEST.-On Saturday morning,
about hafpsst O'Clock, ar irshman named James "a
gan Instantly killed By being run over by the down
gravel train of upon toe Providence and Wofces
tor Railroad Dugsn standing upon ih- track ara
the blow violent 20 fracture the skull lie na1
been married about four months and was sn Intelligent
sober frOF' Jour ctn'
N A fatal accident occurred on the I'd instant
on the Central Railroad near suong's Mills Ia Hartford,
W. by the blasting Of rock fragment OF which struck
Mr.. Elijah H. Burton OF Hartford the head aud 10.
s,sntly allied him. Woodstock W. Mercury. 9Th.