The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-20
Another Dreadful Accident ON the Erie
NallxQnd=Thxss Persana KliIad.

Another Dreadful Accident ON the Erie
nailroad-ThTes Persons Killed.
We are again called upon to record another fearful
accident which occurred the KTie Railroad on Wed.
nesdsy afternoon and which attended with an awful
LOIS Of life. While the mail passenger train consisting
Of two baggage and two passenger cars from the west
was stopping ut fw minutes before O'clock
and while most Of the passengers at dinner, the
rear oar run into by heavy freight train at full
speed completely smashing it TO pieces, and killing al
mest instantly, three persons and severely wounaing
another They the only persons 10 the car At tbs
time and got into the train at the station the other
passengers most provaentslly In the saloon The
unfortunate persons who killed Miss Wsrer,
young lady from Goshen Orange county; Indian
r,ap who was In company with severa ether Indians
and man, whose name has not yet been a.csrtained
The person who was Injured "a named Mooney II Is
feared he Is fatally wounded
We are informed that this terrible and melancholy
cdsLt entirely the result Of gross neglect aud OF
reckless and most pahie dsregAd Of positive iustrrc
the part of the esirser and conductor Of the
freight train The freight trein was on switch at
sur nit eight miles Il ON Deposit when the passenger
train passed, and sboud not have arrived ct Deposit
till after the passenger train had left BJ the instruc
items Of the superintendent fe ht trains are not allow
I'd 10 twelve Eies hour; and II the orders
bad been obeyed the train would net have reached De
pct until several minutes after the Ill train had lst
that station In addition to this both the engineer and
ducor Of the freight trim knew that he
train would stop at DE- poe for dinr which the
Rular place. knew hke1ise how long would
The stoppage at this station continues for
minutes. The train had not been there than thr.
teen minutes when the collision took place evidently
showing that the train arrived minutes
least, before the time. Had the train come up but
two THREE minutes later fearful loss Of life would
have been the inevitable result, fer by that time
al the passsp gers no then at dinner, would
have resumed their seats in the Oar informant
assures us that there also considerable neglect
unaffected by the officers OF the passenger train At
time 81 the COLLISION he tells that the train left
standing without Of the hands to take charge IT.;
the engineer the conductor and the watchman being
dinner in the Eaoon; that the s.itahmau who by turn
ing the switch at the time would have the col
lon, also absent from his post that the fregnt
train first seen coming by IrshmAn from New
burg who instantly cried to the passengers to jump OUT
and lastly, that an ngipeer who're name nfor-
Dant ud rot tho train coming
a. tremendous rate Immediately sp,ang ut the peril
OF his life upon the engine, and started the train with
cent speed to lessen very much the force OF the col
lsioD By which noble and praseyoth net the lives Of
TIE few passengers who In the second car,
saved We have, however, another statement, by
which it appears that the wachman of the passenger
train the frat to give the alarm aud that it the
conductor Of the train who heroicaliy started
the train The engineer and conductor of the freight
train sraDg before the engine struck and thus saved
themfeiyes
We learn that orders were issued by the
officers Of the company for the OF the engineer
conductor OF the freight raR that rigid animation
will De made into the circumstances aten the ace
dent and that no pains win be spared TO bring them to
lust punishment.