Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-07-24
Railroad Accidents.

On Wednesday, the 18th inst, the last car
of the eo'clock Bos,on train from New York,
on the New Haven Railroad. was thrown off
the track. and eight or ten persons. injured,
some Of them severely The following are che
names Of some of the persons I'M leroy
Taylor Of Newtown, Conn, badly At6uredby
cut in the head; H. b, Plumb of Stuck btidge,
Mass, hip dislocated and arm broken; Asron
Curtis. an elderly. man from Bristol. badl hurt
in the head and back Charles Cook " iifstd.
arm and head bruised Charles Booth of SIAM
ford. hand very badlyr-bruissd;~ Capt. Barrett
Of Bridgeport, hurt but able to go on Smith
Booth of bridgeport. KurI considerably in the
head; VIM. Brshhg, Of Gardiner. Me-. scilp
torn off and otherwise badly injured. The
brakeman of the car had his leg broken, and
lady. name unknown, severely cut in the head
lady, name unknown, badly bruised but not
dangerously. A gentleman, name not ascer-
tanned, considerably injured. There were
several other, persons more or less injured,
whose names could not be ascertained. a.-
ANOTHER. On" Thursday morning. on the
same road. while the passengers for New York
were getting into the Harlem train at l25th
street. the New Haven train came along with
great speed and caught man and his little
son, and killed them. g.-i a..l 1rs. ..s se.'sr.
following account of the disaster -
was a passenger in the Harlem Railroad
train which stopped at Harlem this morning,
on the right hand track down. The New Ha-
we'd train was coming up the other track at
high speed, and was observed by some of the
passengers. who quickly got into the cars
Others were standing on and near the left
track over which the New Haven train was to
pass, and it came in among them. and passed
our train at the rate of twenty-five miles per
hour. Much CONSERVATION prevailed at the
moment among the passengers who escaped.
Two ladies were very near being struck. One
OF themSa Quaker lady, was able 10 get on the
first step OF the Harlem train, kneeling, and
was held there while the train rushed by her,
her clothes touching it. and flying in the air
Her daughter. pale as death, stood at the door.
and exclaimed, oh, thought mother was
killed
Quickly some one observed, "a man is killed
See if it is father said the young lady. In a
moment l ascertained that it appeared to be a
laborer, and her fears IN that head were Quiz
eted. She sank into her seat. and after the in
tense excitement of the moment was over, OBJ
tanned relief In tears. .......t. ....
The sight outside was dreadful. An Irish
man, David or Daniel NJ Gull, Law there diving.
One of his feet was cut off his head and BODY
were bruised, and near him lay his little child ;
both had been struck by the cowcatcher and
thrown off, one (the father) against the Har-
lem cars. and as he fell, part of the train went
over him.
On Tuesday morning. burthen train of cars
near Baltimore, ran off the track on bridge.
and the tender and several of the cars were
precipitated into the stream. The bridge was
demolished. Mr.. Clarke, the fireman, was
killed. and Mr.. Meredith, the conductor. in
jnred so badly, that his recovery is not ex-
pecled.
On Monday morning lad nine years of age,
in East Boston, was run over and badly in
iured on the Eastern Railroad a short distance
from his place of residence He had been sent
after his brother, and vas returning when the
cars approache |, and he being very near the
track. one of the men Oh the train. Gas the boy
himself says) threw stick of wood at him,
which, struck him across the legs. just above
the knees, and caused him to fall upon the
track. There the cowcatcher took him, and
broke his arm, dislocated mis- collar bone, and
badly bruised one side OF his face and head
that the doctor had to use his forceps to bring
the eye back into its proper place. The hands
on the train deny having thrown any thing at
the boy. The father of the boy was killed
about q year ago, on board vessel. by the
falling of large stick of timber in consequence
of the breaking of the rope with which it was
being hoisied on board. Journal
Batteste Willett was killed at Oldtown yes
terday afternoon by being run over by the cars
as the l-2 o'clock train from Bangor was en-
tering the car house at Oldrown. He was
hanging on the outside OF the cars, riding back
wards, and struck his head against the door
post, which threw him off and under the train
where he was badly mansied and died imme-
diate-y.- Wig.
FIRE IN PIrTsroN We learn from the Gar
diner Transcript that fire broke ont in Pitts
ton on Friday night last, in dwelling house
owned and occupied by Mr.. O'Connor, on
Windsor street, and from that communicated
to the Livery Stable occupied by c. MiIliken,
and dwelling house owned by Capt. John
Jewett. and occupied by Mr.. NJ, and house
owned and occupied by Dea. Folansbee-all
of which were consumed. Mr.. O'Connor
loses everything-Mr. Milliken saved his hor-
ses, carriages, &C., loss trifing-Mr. Follans-
nee S loss was t1e most severe, out we DelleVe
it to be mostly covered by insurance. The
other losses have not yet been fully ascer-
tanned.
e About three hundred people from Port
land visited our city on Saturday last, in the
new steamer St. Lawrence, on an excursion
and picnic Owing to the rain in the morn
ing, the number was probably not near so large
as it would otherwise have been. Arrange
ments tor the picnic had been made in grove
jus, out of town, whittier part of them repair
ed, but we fear their enjoyment was little
dampened by the dampr ess of the grass. They
left about 5 clock, but were obliged to remain
at the mouth of the river all night, on account
of the fog, and did not reach home until Sun
day noon.
INFANT GIANTEss.-There is in Pictou, n.
s., girl five years of age, whose height is.
four feet eight inches, and she weighs over 100
pounds. She is well proportioned, and aP-
pears to have no mal-formaton. She is &C
companied by her mother, who is woman Of