New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-19

FMGRTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. The
Tribune OF Saturday contains telesraphlc outline
OF the following, which We extract from TAs Paula
deiphla Ledger of Saturday morning
The o'clock train from New-Nork, yesterday
morning passing BRISTOL, dropped one OF It's cars.
nam track INTO small car-house and len It there.
but neglected to Turn back again into ITS proper
place the switch leading ~ the csr-house. Al ~
O'Clock, the O'Clock tram from Ne~-NOrk reached
Bristol 6rc there being 10 passengers waiting there,
was passing on al nearly fan speed, when 1t reached
the switch, and a sudden jar and The crashing OF
umoerS caused quite CONSERVATION among the
passengers.
The locomotive had been turned from its proper
course by the misplaced switch, and ran upon me
track leading 10 the carhousc, INTO which building
1t plunged, bursting through the doors and forcing
the empty standing IN the house through
brick van an tue rear, thence through PIE OF
dnng.room of The house OF Mir. William StewsT,
IN the mldcle Of which himself and family seven Ia
number. were sitting around the cinnerssble. The
whole interior OF the back building which was Of
frame, about ~ feet IN width by i6 feet IN length,
was brought down IN mass OF ruins the upper
floor falling the table and stove, with the bed
ding and furniture from above.
The passengers lmme jiately le't the cars 10 rem
der such assistincea as might be needed They found
Mrs. Stewart aud a Young girl, who were IN the
loom ai the time of the crash. were IN the yard,
whence they had been thrown frantic with terror,
While the father was struggling .o rescue his children
from beneath the ruins Their screams could be
heard, and for a few minutes nothing could be seen
OF them, but on the upper floor, which had fallen
being lifted of, the three children, two girls and
boy, were found covered with rubbish, ana rescued
when their injuries were happily found TO be but
slight.
On returning to the oar-housc into which the
head of the tram had entered the locomotive and
tender found e. be driven together, and the run
ming gear and frame OF the former crushed into a
hundred pieces, being, In fact perfect wreck The
end of the empty car, rather the shattered frame
Of it driven almost entirely out OF The car-housc
through the brick wall, and lodged on the pile of
wooo the yard. between the rear OF the house and
the dwelling OF Mr. Stewart portion OF II entering
and demoshing the back OF which, as before stated
but still retaining Its elevated position.
The truck Of this car was thoroughly demolished
between the front OF the locomotive and the lower
part of the wall. which, being built against bank
Of earth did not give way. The engineer, Mr. Pc
ter Provost. leaped OFF soon as the head OF the
locomotive struck the door, and succeeded IN es-
Gaping with slight injury to his side and back The
Two fremen, James kinley and James Leror. both
OF New Brunswick, discovered the danger OF their
position too late to jump and were found fast De-
Nv cen the locomotive and tender the hrst with his
right foot caught n the instep the bones crushed
and protudir IN frighttul manner and the second
With q similar injury 10 his left foot and though
not so severely crushed, amputatlon II deemed
necessary in both cases.
messenger was sent by the conductor, by horse
express 10 the telegraph station Mt Trenton, and g
sent to Philadelphia for another locomotive,
which reached Bristol at 3 O'Clock, and after de-
tenrion OF about three hours the train was again IN
motion on its to the city, where It arrived al "
O'Clock.