The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-28
OF A treaty of Commerce and Navigation has
been concluded between Peru and Chill.

The DREADFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-The
Philadelphia Ledger of the 9th, gives the following
full account of the fatal accident on the Baltimore
and Philadelphia Railroad on the night of the 18th,
a brief account of which we gave yesterday:
shocking accident ACQUIRED about halfpast
O'Clock yesterday morning on the Baltimore Rail
road, near Wilmington The train that left this
city at 10 O'Clock on Sunday night, was detained
for an hour and half by car running off the
track near Gray's Ferry After much labor, the
car was replaced, and the train proceeded at It's
usual rate. AS it neared Wilmington, Mr. John
bowling, the conductor, had taken his station on
the locomotive beside the engineer, and in antci-
patton of meeting the up train, he directed the
gineer to proceed slowly so as to avoid all danger
Of a collision. With these precautions, the train
had arrived within half mile of Wilmington
when the conductor, concluding that the other train
was awaiting his arrival at that place, caused the
speed of the train to be slightly accelerated. The
train was going at the rate of about ten miles an
hour, and had reached the curve between the Bran
dywine Bridge and Wilmington, when the up train
was seen to be approaching. The engine was i'm
mediatey reversed, but the trains were too close to
avoid a collision.
The engineer and Mr.. Bowling both jumped from
the engine on the opposite side Of the track. The
former escaped uniniured, but the latter fell and
the express car that was thrown off the track by
the collision, passed over his foot, crushing it
dreadfully.
The conductor of the up train, Mr. John Wolf,
was also on the engine with the engineer, and by
his direction was proceeding very slowly. The
motion of the engine vas reversed Immediately on
perceiving the approach of the other train and by
this means its progress was arrested, and was sta
tonary when the collision occurred. Mr.. Wolf
and the engineer Jumped from their stations and
in this way saved themselves.
Michael McDermott the brakeman of the up
train, was at his post on the front of the baggage
car, and beside him stood Mr.. Chckering, ma
chinist. Both these unfortunate men were crushed
through the door of the baggage car by the tender
being driven against it in the collision. Their in
Juries were of the most serious nature, and term-
mated fatally. McDermott died in about an hour
and Chickering survived until after o'clock.
The engines sustained but little damage, and can
be repaired in a few days. The tenders, express
cars and baggage cars We're considerably damaged,
being thrown off the track.
The passengers, though dreadfully alarmed, es-
capped any serious injury, which is mainly to be at
tributed 10 the fact that none were upon the plat
form at the time of the accident. One of the cars
had its platforms completely broken up, so that if
any persons had been standing upon them they
would have inevitably been horribly crushed.
Mr. McDermOtt a of family, and lived
in South street, near the Gray's Ferry Road
Chickering was employed as a machinist in the
cOmpany's shop at Wilmington. The remains Of
these individuals were left at Wilmington, and in
quests held upon them yesterday morning.
The conductors having charge of the trains had
been in the employ of the company for many years,
and Were noted for their carefulness Unfortunate
ly the steam whistles of both engines We're blowing
as the trains approached, mutually preventing each
engineer from hearngt the alarm from the other train
This is the first serious accident that has occurred
upon the road for the last five years. and consider
ing the circumstances of the case, it is Provden-
tlal affair that the passengers escaped injury.