The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-27
City InrSffI-cpcc.

kcoprNr on rms NV nAvEN RAILROAD, on
Thursday evening" accident occurred 90 an engl.
81 th.tNew Haven railroad treps which,
" IL feared, will terminate fatally. The acoommoda.
ton train the last from New Haven leaving Mt twenty
FIVE minutes past 4 O'Clock. approaching Cosc1b
Bridge when the engineer Mr. Seey, deemDg all right,
from seeing the signal flag flying kept up the usual
speed TIL he was quite close when be the flag sud
denly lowered which is signal that the bridge 10
drawn and that the train must stop. IL was then too
late 90 stop the train and the engineer putting the
break. jumped OF hts nfr when unfortunately
be went la fuier way oflosing II. His arm and leg
broken his head fractured, and Of bis lungs
nuuotorsd through a wound In his chest, through
which the air, wht he breathes ay be distinctly felt
was, that the bridge vas ot drawn a, ali but only
going 60 be drawn 20 let sloop pass The signal ought
TO have been either little sooner little later The
train ard passengers we're uniuiurei Sesly was con.
veyed on the train TO the railroad house 9th street,
/ whore he was attended by DR. Reycr We regret 20
there hope entertained of his recovery lie
was highly esteemed, and has wife aud one child.
INFANrIctrr Yesterday the coroner was called to
hold an iDQuest aud investigate the circumstances
attending tie ending 81 nesly born female ohtId.
discovered lying in the sink at the dwelling house
No. Doyer street From the appearance Of the chill
when found n evident that foul means had been
ust1 as around The neck II the little innocent cord
lad been tied tight. cauing srangulaton No sooner
was the child found than the uo@en occupying other
rooms in the premises, began 30 talk 10 whom
the mother could be and 1t last pronounced one Ellen
Rafferty, 20 be the mother. Captain Msgnes, Of the
Sixth ward police took the accused into custody whom
h. found sitting very compoftdy Ia a chair in her
room, making dress, that being her profession on
her arrest she denied being the mother but subss-
quenily achbo ~ledged that che was the mother but
that the child dead before IL was thrown into the
sink The accused says she " married woman. Of
about thirty years Of age having hasband and one
child nov in Liverpool post morf.m will be held this
CAV the body II the child by Or Whitaker The
woman was committed to prison TO await the result
THE Nav YoHK RrrLNES.--In our enumeration Of
the companies Of the 18th regiment n, the military
view, yesterday, we inadvertently omitted the New
ork Rfom, (sometimes called the Black uinssl Cant
Johnscp. The omission enables 30 express our
opinion the emphaticslly about that corps aud
that Is that on the ground during day we dd not
see one company We admired more OF all weapons the
rifle ie the most deadly and 10 thcky wooded coun.
try the most elective We are much mistaken II the
New York Rifles would not very speedily thin the
ranks q an invading bost.
Emrs.-A ERE occurred about half past o'clock on
FTioay morning Ia the auction room u A w. Muller,
No " all street. 10 vas extiDguished with slight
damage
ire broke ont In a stable In the rear o. No 100
Fourth avenue. about half pact O'Clock Thurs ssy
evening. which uae extinguehod with trling damage
About quarter pact oclock on Friday morning a
fire discovered IN the ribbon aud fancy of
Jsm,s smith, No. ~ Sixth avenue Of -Four.
tenth street. the contents Of witch almost
tftly destroyed. The promptitude Of Hose Company
No H. alone prevented great destruction Of property
NJ triths lose u about ~ GOO, upon which there
atnall insurance
Tns HswArp EvGrvr.-This NJ pius ultra Of engines
owned ~ tire Company No "a Iass.d our otdce last
evening" fr m the tsi where ~ had been exhibited for
the last crnight Perhaps there IL not in the world
90 handsome hfe engine.
Brosuwsy. This street from Fulton TO Dsy IL nov
ocmrl.tet and the Russ pavement l. beiug
broken bones the coDsequeBos Of the neglect
which We lave Led occs ion 90 often to advert.
The charge 81 burglary on wbich James Armstrong
vas oudsy evening arrested wa on Tuesday With
drawn. and Mt Armstrong having been pronounced
by the ply scians, insane "wednesday taken %
the Asylum for the nsane
hereafter eave this city at four O'CLOCK T. NJ instead
Of the morning