The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-01

Tsp OF ENGINE UoMrASY No. l4-The members
Of Engine Company No. IA, who intend to mako the
trip to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington the
I'd Of May met last evening, at the Engine House. Sixty
men, with the engine, will start from this city. to-
morrow at O'Clock in the afternoon, for Philadelphia
where they intend to join in the trannual parade at
which nine companies from Baltimore and eleven from
put up at the United States Hotel in Philadelphia and
at the Fountain Hotel in Baltimore The same company
made similar trip nine years ago.
FATAL ACCIDENT AND COLLISION THE ERIE RAIL
RoAp.-on Thursday evening. about O'Clock, man
whose name was not ascertaned, run and in
stany killed by train Of at place called
Jefferson, on the New York and Erie Railroad The de-
ceased said to have been intoxicated and would
heed the warning which given him. This train. which
wns coming east proceeded on and when near Susque-
hama in violent collision with another passenger
train outward bound The locomotive and first car of
the train going west thrown from the track and
was at this time supposed from the large number Of pas
sengers in the of each train that many lives had
been lost Measures Immediately taken to extrcate
those persons who the car which was thrown from
the track. when il ascertained that no one was
killed or seriously wounded. One Of the en-
gineers was slightly injured. also Christie
was On his way to this city, from Chicago, Ill
1t seems almost miraculous that many lives not in
stantly sacrificed by this collision which violent
that the new forward of the Western train shat
tered and cru he'd rto nnuncrhe fragments The other
train suffered far s by this violent and unexpected col
lision was not satisfactorily ascertaned who
at fault in the matter but it is stated by eyewitness
that the collision caused by of the conductors
running out If time. detention of six hours the
consequence OF this calamity which fortunately at
tended without any loss of life which is something un
usual in disasters Of this kind
SUDDEN DEArH-SuFPosED SuFFoc S.-Yesterday
morning Jane Mitchell seryant girl in family residing
at No. rs Twenty fifth street found in dying con-
dtion in her sleeping and notwithstanding all the
medical assistance which instantly procured died in
the course of an hour after rhe had been found II ap
pears that the family had just moved and that the
room which the deceased occupied damp. in
quence Of which she put fire. She, however, ne
elected TO leave the door and window open she
told to do and the probable consequence that she died
from suGocaton. The Coroner notified to hold an
inquest.
A SAD AsFArn-kuLrp OMSIBus-A small
lad named Moses Siexas, aged 10 years Of Jacob
l.. Sexas. merchant, No 63 Beaver st., over
yesterday afternoon about O'Clock by an omnibus,
in Canal street and severely injured that the unor-
tuDate child died soon after The child going of
an GRAND for his mother when the fatal accident
happened. The deceased taken to No p Wooster
street The Coroner notified to hold inquest on
the body. We were unable to learn whether any
blame was attached to the stage driver.
1SsANITY.-About three o'clock yesterday an insane
man. named John Cragin found by citizens
the Sixth Fourth street running about per
fcty naked He secured and brought to the Ninth
ward station house and from thence the Tombs BY
J!Iieer