The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-08-13

1HE' DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE NEW JER-
sEY AND PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD. = The New
York Tribune Of the evening of the Sd contains
detailed account, as far as known at that date. of
the accident which occurred on the day before, on
the railroad between New York and Philadelphia.
near Princeton. We select the material facts:
As the early train from PHILADELPHIA arrived
within two miles of Princeton, N J. Hat 81 O'Clock.
A. NJ where the track is alongside of the Delaware
and Raritau Canal, the switch not being in proper
order, through some fault of some of the persons
having 1t IN charge, the locomotive was thrown
into the canal, together with the mail and baggage
car, and the sudden conclusion causing the first
passenger car TO be completely Quilted and broken
to Professionally a person in it but what was
severely bruised and mangled, or killed outright
The engineer, seeing the danger, jumped OF into
The canal and swan ashore. The neXtear became
detached by the conclusion, and person in il or
the remaining cars was at all injured. Those pas-
sengers who had luckily escaped, Immediately set
TO work to exulcate the rest. Axes were procured,
and those fastened IN the cars by broken timbers
and shattered taken out as quickly as possible
and carried into the shade on the brink of the canal
Two men were killed almost instantly, and third
died shortly after the accident happened. Seven
teen others, all passengers, were aVyfuv won Ied
some OF whom were not expected to survive but a
short time. The Mayor of Princeton and one or
two physicians were quickly on the spot, aud rem.
deFed all the assistance in their power Bruised
and broken limbs were set and bandaged. In the
be carried TO train of baggage-cars that had been
sent on from Princeton and after being carefully
placed upon boards and cushions, they were taken
to the depot and distributed among the nearest
dwellings, where physicians were promptly in at
tendance to care for their injuries.
Another writer for the Tribune SAYS: f"The sight
when the writer (who was in The third passenger
carr reached the scene in question: was Of the most
agonlzlng character-three human beings being
suspended by their lOwerlimbs from the wreck head
downward, and were obliged TO be supported by
hand for nearly half an hour before by the aid of
axes, they could be removed from their distressing
position. This sight, together with the groans and
shrieks of the wounded was sufficient to unman
any one present. Mr.. COnover, ofI'renton, died in
a few minutes after the collision also laboring
man, name not known. A Mrs. HOngsworth and
another lady, name not ascertained, lay apparently
az the point OF death when the left Princeton.
Mrs IL. held in her arms at the time Of the acct
dent an infant five weeks DID, which escaped iniu-
~, while Mr. II. himself was so badly bruised
ABOUT the head and breast to be considered dan
gefous' 1t Is singular fact that in the first car
e'e We're no less than four mothers with infants
ilo loIIner We're much cut and injured, while the
lauer escaped a circumstance owing no doubt to
"e lothers lnstlnctivey leaning over and shielding
IN M 5 n precious charge from threatening danger.
the Pe nPuadephia Pennsylvaniano of the Bird, says
tue tSau Road Company have offered a rs,,,srJ &c
one n0qSand dollars for the detection &c the srsor
MA0 opened the switchas it is generally believed
at Frhceion, that the switch was thrown onen hv
some MALICIOUS person. -
From the way bill of the train mo - a.
following list of passengers injured tsiaaranbc
despatch from }. r. Thompson, Of Princeton. at
o'clock last evening. says the wounded are doing
well, and It Is Is thought all but one will recover.
James Hollingsworth and Sarah Ann his MIC
Matthias North Charles Malsbury; Eliza Brvan
Eliza Hand; William Milkburns; Mary Ann Carl
son Martin Merrill or Merrith Barbara HoGse
and child Mary Lindsay Capt. Shippen. Agent
r. r. Co., Bordentown Thomas Glassup. Jossnb.
Glassup, both of FrankfOrd, Philadelphia county ].
Simon Griswod, Of New York Patrick McPher,
I'll, of Williamsburg w, r. Waters, of POttsvile.
kilied-Willism Conover, Carpenter G, a. A, r,
T. AGsTmsHg namo pnkaowQ,