New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-02

aseide5t On the RFie Hailre.i Lass OF '''io'
The DOWN Ffeight trsia VA crossing the i'oa
bridse ever small Tributary oi'he Oe'aFIFe' ao0a'
three miles Above Lackawaxen, at O'Clock " cd
resday arterpoo the bridge gave "'y' P'eo'P'S'
ting the entire trsin in'o ths stream and stre Nog
the heiaht in Ill directions. The trsin vas very
heavy. con,istirg Of nsarly twenty crs' "nlen
were filed principally With Live Stock io' inc
New York market.
The accident Occurred soon AFTER the passage oil
The E1presGtrain. As toe locomotive oil tue
Freiehttrein came upoa the Bridge 1t vas obs 'rV'
ed osettls gradually bat the Engineer Pat''as on
all The steam, the increased power carried 'ne Gu
gire over safely. The tender parting ron H. 'o"'
with some fifteen Of the freight cars, into tas rA'1S
below, a distance Of some 25 feet.
The stock on board consisted Of some 800 SaeeP'
over leo head OF Cattle, and 200 Hos ne'rly al
Of which we're destroyed. Only % cattle and IVO
sheep were saved.
The most ain'ul part Of this calamity, however
is the loss ofseveral lives the number oil when "a
not yet accurately HscertAined. IL 10 Supposed
that free men we're kIlsd-three BraSemen and
two Drovers. Three men had beon taken or
dead. at the time Of the passage Of tee ne1ttMi-
which reached the City. yesterday morning. alter a
detontnn ~ several h0afs.
one Of these wasa Braksna1, whose name was
rot aIcertAned. The other two were overs in
charge Of the stock. Their nameS ages and places
ofresidelce are as follows:
Thomas Campbell ClsPp, 10 years Oh, from Men
ton, Ohio. A nephew Of A ez. Campbell, Of Be.'-
any Con-ge, Va, and in charge Of lot Of sheep and
swine.l
Mr. Randall in charge Of cattle, from Corning,
Neu-York.
Itis feared that other lives were lost.
The engineer and fireman escaped with some
slight scratches. The engine having run oil the
track, rested upon the abutment Of the bridge and
gave time for these men TO escape. Oar informant
states that the Conductor Of the train was badly
Injured and vas not expected 10 survive cor.
respondent Of the Commercial Airerii'er states
that another Of the Injured men was still alive at
the last accc unts bu! was suffering intense agony
-tbe horn Of one Of the cattle having been driven
through his breast.
The bodies OF the killed were imme lately taken
into Port Jervis.
The 6rovers and hands in the rear cars saved
themselves BY jumping of as the train went down,
and 40 escaped with litte IL jury.
The scene wss painful in the extreme. The
mars was wedged in between the two banks of
the chasm over which the bridge passes, the cattle
being pierced with numerous splinters Of the cars,
and impaled upon the horns Of each other A few
were still alive and after fearful struggles, sue.
ceeded in extricating themselves, and getting out
upon the adjoining plain. But those that did thus
escape were apparently all more or less injured.
number Of sheep also escaped in the same way.
It supposed, upon rough calculation, including
the cost of and bridge that the loss OF property
will amount to about slO, 900.
The bridge was CO feet in length and % feet in
bieht The damsgeF we understand will be re-
paired today, and the communication on the line
will suffsr little interruption.
A correspondent of last nights EDsHing Psst,
VINO cusuv ,in U~oL y~-s~-s-y -~~-~i~G ~-y-'
The scene was one Of heartsickening horror.
II had rained very hard some hours befjre we ar
rived which tended 10 Increase the gloom and
dread of the crossing.
The first knowledge we had Of the catastrophe
WIS on reaching Morrow sburgh. some miles west
OF the bridge. Here the passengers East and
West exchanged cars-and at the bridge we took
the train puuctualy and came into PIermont
This unfortunate event is greatly 10 be deplored
TIE Railroad Inspector had but few days before
examined this part OF the road, and this bridge
il was deemed entirely stfe. | judge, however,
that the timbers were TOO light, judging from the
manner in which they were broken.
Beside, rAyine like this should have been
arcfed by a strong bridge. believe it s the only
weak place in the entire road. Honery passed
overit several times, and particularly examined IT,
e.pecislly its bridge, deemed Il a. one Of the
most substantially Quit roads in the country. This
failure Of the bridge has by means changed my
opinion. It's great mercy that the express train
Just before passed safely. The owner of the cat
lie being in The third car Eben the bridge gave
way, took hold Of Two OF his men, leapsd from car
to car and thus escaped With their lives.
ANOTUt ACCIDENT