The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-03
qhe RAILROAD Accident near Herk,m.r.
kovGHAND READY News EMPORIUM,

qhe Railroad Accident near Hcrktmer.
RouoH AND READY News EMpoaruM,(
UREA, April 3d. ls4S. )
The train of passag. from Buffalo which left here
at half past II O'clock this afternoon got within mile
Of Herk!msr village when they came In contact with
freight train and before either engineer had time to shut
them off, they struck and killed two men, MORALLY
wounding three four more and totally destroyed both
engines, doing good deal Of damage to tho cars.
hast loss OF ensine X VIII proeso'y lea,n s'on.o
wonder that there not many moro lives lost. MI
Chittendcn the conductor) and tho epgineers saved
themselves, by jumping of second beiore they struck
could only learn the nome Of ono Of the wounded-it
was II. Smith, Of Herkiner village
Saturday morning and this afternoon it is entirely
filed Tho packet boats commences their rsguar trips
tomorrow morning. w. II. c.
We have received sons additional particulars In re-
ference to the accident the Utica and Schenectady
Railroad, Sunday, telegraph account Of which APP
pesred in the Herald Of Monday morning. The COLI
passengers going at the rate Of about thirty miles
hour and tho freight train going ut the rate OF
twenty i've miles When about enc milo west OF Her,
rosd only discovering their ponions about 80 seconds
before III collision took placo. passenger who ycs.er
day morning arrived In town. tho conclusion aud
the attending pAat description terrible
Both the engines and several entirely demo-
lished Three men wsre killed. one lying bruised and
dead beneath the wreck several moro were mortally
wounded while many received contu,ions and other in
ures which have bsen considered serious but for
their comparison with tho bokcn limbs and mangled
forms around thom. The mall egent saved his lo by
jumping clear through the window Of the mail car;
instant hesitation would have sealed bis fate;
for he had barely cleared the mail car, whom the
box Of the car following eff and completely into
It. ans It, and carrying sssryth1s away y. =: 1t
Smith, Of Nicholas Smith, Of Hoykimer village;
tho body msnged that his clothes all that
enabled his friends to recognizes him The names
Of the others not ssoertained. One of them
workman In an iron foundry at Utica; his hsad
was nesry severed from his body-the third was fire.
N n beaur
the ruins whom Informant left the Of the dis
tressing accident OF those mortay wounded man
named Welch belonging to Little Falls has since died
has also Hiram Howard, of Jefferson county, and
another sufferer, named Bennett, Of Albany, lies in
Bile wound 10 The back, caused by the point Of large
iron rod Altogether the accident has been the most
shocking that has ever occurred on the road.
Further particulars givon by correspondent wri
hIg to tho Albany Evening Journal from Little Falls
April 30th He ssyE The mail passenger train from tho
West came in collision, at ang!r in the road with gu
up train laden with railroad iron-both going at full
speed On reaching there, presented which
cannot adequately describe. The two engines ware
ns party on the OF
the up train had completely reversed It's position Such
Yves the momentum and weight OF the iron that 1t was
thrown up on end AID fol backward on its eide.
The first baggage of the down train was In like
raised end, and fell right angles with the
track the south side. breaking in pieces Tho first
passenger thrown thirds Of its length into
the second baggage In the back end Of which
tie post Office making complete wreck Of both, and
scattering the Letters &C., in oil directions which
tho Herkimsr pcstmssssr AN the passenger cars were
longing to the Albany and Schenectady compsny, and
Just put ON the read Fragments of wood and iron and
the baggage were thrown in s directions None OF thu
psssengars who were in the cars were Injured except
very slightly O.u
MIR. VIM Bennett, Of Albany, ~ Hamilton street,
had his thigh broken and sholdsr disC cated and
Howard, Of Jefferson county, who standing the
hind Of the second passenger train had both
legs broken Mr. Bennett was in tho baggage car, be-
lie and nearly buried bsneath tho ruins, Both
engineers Jumped from the engines and escaped with
slight injuries MIR. Dygcrt the express msesenger re-
NAMED Ia tho expres, car, and nlmoss n.recuousy e.
ccndustor Of the tram who also in tie baggage
was considerably bruised cad sosdsd fr. sar4i Com,
missioner Beach, who standisg on the platform tf =
back car, and tho CONDUCTOR jumped from the be-
fore the collision, and escaped ipjucy.
Ar Priest the superintendent OF this rec'ion of the
road with his usual prompnssa Immediately repaired
the place OF the disaster accompanied BY Mr. director
Benton Every attention paid to the sufferers by
the company DR.. H. w. Dooittle, of Herhimtr, DR.
Griffith, Of Mohawk, and Drs. l. Green and Brown, OF
this village, (who accompanied Mr. Priest did all that
medical skill could 40 for those injured IL feared,
however, that Mr. Bennett and MIR. Ho ward viii not
vve
The Utica Gazette estimates tho loss to the company
at S2 GOO to $4,000 In relation to the two persons
Mr.. james W elsh Of this city mou.der in Hizhnm
Co.'s Vulcan works, and Mr. VIM. F. Smith, stage pro-
connective or the platform Of the Baggage car They
horribly manglcd, the former being torn from his
lower jaw down, that his heart could bs seen, and
the latter having his head cut into and brains scattered
Rock sraISG QLL y April "a, lsls.
Visit of Gen. Shi:ds-Receptisn by his Neighbors-.A
Lie Romance in Real LJe-R:eeption in 81. Louis
-G.ne TO Tampico.
Not long since, Belleville was honored with visit
from fellow citizen, the gallant General Shields
now Governor of Tsmpico and the wsy We Suckers
huaiu md he bo tad nj