New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-11
Fearful Aeeideo. TO %. "s of One Hundred
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~" - ,a.t evening. as the New fork
Al about -, 49,, mon the Norwich and :" orces
srsin rom 80. souroaching fishersVlhe' avou1
ter hsIfDs" - .;de OF Webster, they came "
smiies me Nssons Bridge, when Crosses
enas1 ~. -, steam. As The engineer, 81. md
snsI iac'' s,bc bridge. he felt y swer'e ai.4
H.de' "u ','' ,r,,ipe on ful head o. s'ea'N'
lmJ ~ cnss Just as the i0ooii0' III o,ne
sinP - .,de the bridge rave way ~ 80 .
tne tom the tender and renamed %" I'd
- .o,dsr and crate car also 'e ~ og the
~, ,,,ere thrown from ne uaoN' -, and one of
20 '.b;cI vent through q &c craze car "''N
tie crates -. ,.or l,r,ke in two pieces, and
Inc - en- ,oto the river: the next car i1" -
.e,.gersl dropped down WIN zoe ann.
PssseD5S ~ ,.,ster the timbers OF the Drldge sup
-, The third car was thrown e. 49,
PDl''s "a All the seats bat three oroSeh. III
~. 6,u ~ messengers, who suddenly 'our. 49,.
wa 'u. ~ INTO heap at enc corner OF tne car
adJ 10 the confusion the car took hfe ron wy
~ H., fortunately the fire was promptly tx
s~.bed THE alarm Of the passengers az 'nl'
w. can be better imagined than nesTi 80
70. .orne order had been restored an I'M
80 ~ look about il was found that "o' " P1sse;,S
lad n bons JrOkea, though seVcrai "e'o e'''''N
efsbly bruised .;..4 ,Lere we're about
~ nsssepgers on board the tram, O NON ~
~ e., Hom,shire and Vermont bound 10 Ceu-
E,uia. came over the NASHUA h'a' anu 'oo@ 49,
- =, Worcester At about II O'CLOCK heany
ao'. - of the passengers their baggage having
N, ,,.p.ferred across the nyer, proceeded On
-, ionrnev % New York some WIN shyh'
-. I'M, most a them barring their iright, ia
=, gooJ condition as when they started from Or
cester ,.- I'D
LAIN Callahan lie was standing upon the pltuoIl
:, The time Of the disaster, aud was proodDiy
,frnrk by timbers on the head and III the aououio Il
A passenger who was also standing upon the piao
hrIo ESCAPED without bruisc. Another prahe
man named John Moran was badly bruised sno
cnt, and 1t vas feared at last accounts ne h"5'
Need 20 death His nose was partially severed
e., ia face The Conductor OF the tram, Mr.. w
R;rbsrdsoD. was considerably bruised but was
als IN Keen his feet until the extent OF the dlsas-
Tor was ascertained when he was taken TO Web
The bridge in question vas about sixty feet long
and about ten feet from the water, which is al
present eight feet deep. The engineer has orders
90, to run fast across the bridge, and IT was Only
when be felt the bridge going that he put on steam
and went across
The accident caused considerable detention t'
trains and the steamboat train from New York
via Norwich, had not reached tins city at O'Clock
The officers OF the road are at the scene OF the dis
ssior making every eXcrtlon 10 clear OH the wrecl
OF the broken cars As ~ the causes OF the accl
dent which has thus hazsrded the lives of over lO
human beings and caused the death OF at least one
nothing can be said with certainty at present. !
is % be hoped that thorough investigation VII
b. made, and tine danger Of recurrence Of a simna
event most rlgidly guarded against for the future
The first rumor that reached this city this morn
ing was 10 the effect that over 100 lives had bee
ost and that but person escaped to tell the tale
Mouv .pour ruF MuRDER OF DR pARKMAN.-