New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-17

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SR. Among tbs vaci ,us statements and speoaiAsoo.
and opinions concerning the ate heart ending sad ra-
nal asr al Ncrw ak nothing more noticeable than tia
conflicting testimony OF opinions Win regard 10 me speeS
Of the train AZ the time OF the accident estimating 4
low ten or twelve niles - the hour twenty o
twenty FIVE thirty miles 10 tue hour Tbs shows
the entire unre4hhy Of ocular evidence 81 sptc IN saca
time Of swfu calamity and excitement Now, hold ito
be ptble Of dsgs0ssfaoa thai the trAn, Al ths tine
of lesping the draw was gon AZ the rate o. eo af r-
70 me herr and probably not less than nty Il Is
important that al the facts OF the should be knownAnd
any better evid with regard the speed than
has been given should be stated IL trae We have as
ccpsong testimony Mr. Smsnds. Superintendent IT the
motive power the rOSd thst he should not think SIM
liar accident would again here tor some time ths
disaster would be a warning And sgsin he gives Gss
more De Unite SPITE by ADDING that he did not hnk
similar accident would sgan IN three years, per-
haps" But notwithssnd tbs comforting assurance ihns
The public mind is determined 20 probe this er % the
bottom to scru,niIe all the facts far as they an be
certSued and provide better safeguards agan sSoh ca
smities 10 future.
But for the speed Figures DON; he. and n ass Of
eravaon arr es> likely than the judgment al minds
bowdtred BY excit. Heavy bodies fall toward tAe
earth about sixteen feet In second Of time by the hNed
sus of eraVitstion The draw Il Norwsik i iNy feet
wide ana the surface OF the water az the time * 2e aeo
dent was about been ie,t be"s the rsls Al he esti-
sgrCeS hst the engine eaped across N dfS" ana
struck The opposite sbumen brur- TOUCHED the "aers
and witness The captain 90 the steamer l"'n' s.lS
il struck the abutmen only eight feet trvm the tNp bat
give il whole fifteen feet e descent and san mat "
suutk the abumeIt clce % the water. IL men crossed
the draw OF sNty feet ia iu,t about one second ga ume
And sixty a second gives spced OF w" N'N1IeN
and saittn thousand feet am hour "r nearly Jo't tss
ahou; forty mls, and nin ;Duth' OF mIe an, = ne
very lorc'l speed thst phlos ply ana ma'h'- can
derive from the well established data ,,..
The Suponte ndsnt SmOuds says, "he should ihaS TIA
engine have gone over the draw IA the "sy sle nd
il gong no faster thar fifteen miles per hour New sec
NJ see Fifteen miles hour equals t~eny two fi n
second But IN just about one second 81 uHe ~ ensne
v,rid f bv ravaion ih. surface OF tho water or nj
teen feet 80 that With speed of fifteen miles Zoe engine
would strike the water when but hite more thtn thrd
If tie way the draw Fer toe pr9eciie or hou
zoIta and the perpendicular force o gravioa Commune
precisely e when combined 10 produce ca' motion.
- when each acting separately by the unon OF the
tw trct the engine would move m the curve ~ para
bos and would reach the water in precisely The sane
tine If Il had NO pr'e'ils notion BAT toll pcfpendica
larry 10y grs,y alone, or in one ,eo'nd :" Al" W"Wo
snke tho water precisely IS tar nom the abutalen az u
would have gone the horizontal rails IN the same second
oi uue b. the prusciie force alone That U.s. supposog
the speed fifteen miles ar hour would strike he wafer
twenty two feet from The sbunnsht lSfe schoiu Under
the sixth coTolary ~ tho nrst book Of New"ns Prin-
cipis
lie same principles and calculations will prove the
engine crossed The draw ot sky s.t while hlng less
than fifteen let speed mde fOlty 1its as
botr Bodies IL fan about sixteen feet ia sec
ond and heavy metallic bodies tail nearly A. ne thr rate
in the atmosphere but have based the calcuAuOn upon
sll al fifteen feet IN the sec"nd which = somewhat with
IN the truth The exact odcuaton would give greater
speed And il the engine struck the opposite abut-
nent something above the water as the testimony
shows that would give still greater speed. Per
bsps he rate was nearer fifty miles 70 mo hout
than forty The Coroner Jury from the evidence before
them To the conclusion that the traa was moving,
when approached the draw bridge az The reckless and
crmns of not lsss than twenty miles 20 the hour.
The speed ceidtIn than double that rate, ana
this " eat error should be allowed the public
mind II shows that the whole subject OF speed on rail-
roads NEEDS special examination and thn more stringent
regulations should be adopted than have yet been applied
10 that passengers shall not be Left 10 i'm igne that
they moving in dangerous places only At the reckless
rate of twenty miles an hour when they are 10 he hurled
into eternity at speed of forty or nifty miles an hour
SErA SHrH.