Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-02-06

dav evening one of the of the express tram or
New York, on the Erie Railroad, was thrown On
the track and precpitated down bank some tn'r'y
feet into the Delaware river Twenty persons
uere in il. several of whom were injured. II Is
feared that some may have fallen into the river ano
been swept off by the current, but it is not known
that such was the case. Most Of the passengers
lost their hats and carpet bags and loose artlcles o
baopaee. The accident was caused by one OF tne
rails breaking. owing to the intense cold and stne
weight ofthe train .aa-szaz...-.e7s -ssse'
FURTHER PART1cuLARs.-Y Yesterday morning,
about o'clock, most singular accident happened
on the New York and Erie Railroad, the particu-
lars of which we have gathered from the Ups oi
messengers, are as follows: The tram 70 WHICH
the accident happened, was the 2 T. NJ. express
train from Horrellsyille, passengers by WHICH, nd
ing all night, reach n, York, at A NJ a aas
Yesterday, d o'clock, as this tram was coming
along towards Piermont at the speed OF twenty
five miles an hour, the hindmost. passenger car
containing between thirty and forty passehgefs'
suddenly got off the track, broke from its conhec-
ton, and tumbled ,cith great riolence do'on an en-
bankuent forty feet in height, into the DetaTare
rirer. res rsehis -6 e III s.a< z;a IS
The car rolled over and over in its progress
down the embankment breaking into many pieces
the roof flying off in direction, the sldes wheels
timbers and passengers all landing in heap IN the
river The CONSERVATION and confusion among
the passengers was, of course, indescrlbable For
tunately, the car landed at right angles with the
river one end being near the shore, where the wa
ter was only two feet deep, the other end where
the water was five feet deep. @f -
The accident was instantly known on the train'
owing the sudden jerk when the car became de-
tached. The train was stopped instantly, ana ali
the messengers ran down to assist those who had
fallen into the water 1t seemed almost marvellous
that any were saved alive, but it is believed that
not more than three or four are lose- nii "i0
were taken out were greatly bruised Inc brake
man who was on this car, jumped OFT, and fortuna
ately landing on his feet, he received no INJURY
This gallant fellow seeing two ladies struggling
in the water, one having an infant child In hei
arms, Immediately plunged into the freezing eie'
ment. and brought safely to the shore the child
who had become separated from its mother. Ia
king off his only coat, ne wrapped II hastily eoou
the child to prevent it from freezing, and returning
to the river, rescued the mother and the other la
dy from watery grave. #t f
The night was intensely cold, and clothes OF al
who where thrown into the water became frozer
in two minutes. The accident took place between
the stations of Hawkins and Equinunk, 200 miles
from New York. The train was delayed abou
three hours.
Most of the passengers who were in the ill-fatet
car, were so bruised as to be unable to walk with
out assistance but not many had limbs broken.-
Two gentlemen were left at Narrowsburg, whose
recovery is considered impossible, so dreadfuiil
were they lacerated The accident occurred ol
reason of some defect in the RAIL- which threw ths
car off the track.-N. T. Sun,