Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-02-03
RAILRoAD INCIDENT.

or oil the numerous accidents on railroads.
OF which we have recently seen accounts.
we do not call 10 mind q. single one which
is described in the following article from the
Philadelphia Ledger. We cannot doubt
that The directors of the rairoad in question
will take such action in the matter as will
effeclually prevent any such gross and culP-
aLIe negligence in future. Such wanion
neglect Of duty on the part Of agents, whose
duty il is 10 take trains Of cars safely 10
their destination. is highly criminal. Per-
ling always The safety Of large numbers of
persons, and leading, as il often does, 10
fearful sacrifices Of life, such conducI re-
quires sringen. Legislation and o fearless
administration Of public justice 10 secure the
community from It's dangers and evils:
"A mos, frighiful accden, occurred on
Friday on the Philadelphia and Trenton rail-
road, at Bristol, the particulars Of which are
ms follows: The six o'clock lroin from,
New York on that morning. on passing Brs.
.ol, dropped one Of its cars. Those having
charge Of The train ran the car off the main
track into small car-house, and left il
there, but, with degree Of carelessnsss
totally unpardonabie, neglected 10 turn buck
again in It's proper place the switch leading
TO The car.house.
At Twelve o'clock, The nine o'clock train
from New York reached Bristol, and, there
being no passengers waiting there, was pass
ing OF al full speed, when il reached The
switch, and sudden jar and the crashing of
limlers caused quite CONSERVATION among
The passengers. The locomotive had been
turned from It's proper course by the mis-
paced switch, and ran upon the track lead
ing to the car.house, into which building il
plunged, bursting through the doors, and
forcing the empty cars standing in the house
through brick wall in the rear, thence
through pile of wood in yard adjoining,
and thence again into The dining room Of the
house Of Mr.. William Stewart, in the mid
die of which himself and family. seven in
number, were sitting round the dinner.table
The whole interior Of the back building
which was of frame, about twelve feet in
width. by sixteen feet in length, was brought
down in mass Of ruins, the upper fool
falling on The table and stove, with the bed
ding and furniture from above. The pussen
gers Immediately left The cars 10 render suci
assistance as might be needed. They fount
Mrs. Stewart and young girl, who were il
tho room at the time Of The crash, in tn,
yard, where they had been thrown. frantic
with terror, whilst The father was srugglin,
to rescue his children from beneath the ruins
J at which hundred willing hands were il
momen, heartily assisting him. Thei
screams could be heard, and for few min
u,es nothing could be seen Of them bu, o,
tho upper floor, which had fallen, being ifi
ed off, the three children, Two girls and bo,
were found covered with rubbish, and res
cued, when their injuries were happily loun
! 10 be slight. The girls were ,slighll
n bruised and scratched, and the lille boy ha
quite severe confusion on the side Of hi
head. All OF them were almost frigh,ene
to death, equally unable, SIS were their PAL
! en,s, ,c imagine wha, had happened. Tn
other persons in the room were only slight,
# bruised. with the exception Of Mrs. S,ewar
who received a severe blow on the head, an
being eneiente, some lears were enlerlaine
as 10 the result"