Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-08-24
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PRovtDESrr, RIs August 10: II s my painful
destructive railroad accident which occtl1re{soa the
Providence Railroad this morning. By which sixteen
to twenty persons have been killed and probably
twenty to forty wounded--some fatally, and Others
very seriously. 8. -
[sEcoND DISPATCH. = =
More Of the Rail Road Aceideats
PRovnEScE, R. l., August 12s The accident oc-
CURED about o'clock this morning. The train from
Whitensville with very large excursion party OF
ladies and gentlemen board on its way to Provi-
dence, came in collision with the regular train from
Providence. The crash was fearful Both trains
were going at full speed The locomotives were COM
pletely driven into each other and large number of
the cars were thrown off the track and smashed into
fragments. y Z
The passengers, ladies and gentlemen and children
were thrown violently out, some crushed under the
wheels, and others literally jammed up among the !
ruins The scene was truly appalling in the extreme.
The shrieks of the wounded and dying made the
blood run cold. Z
As far as can be ascertained about twentv men,
women and children were killed instantly, and some
twelve or fifteen dreadfuly mangied that no hope
is entertained for their lives Many others slightly
and some dangerously injured. Most of the killed
and wounded are from Uxbridge and Whitnsville. =
The pastor Of Grace Church, at Uxbridge, is among
the killed. The names of others have not ascer-
tanned. The scene is heart-rending. The dead and
dying are lying about in all directons-some still
under the ruins Physicians are In attendance, and
doing all in their power to alleviate the suferngs of
the wounded. f<s-zs
SECOND DISPATCH. i,5ss -
WORCESTER, Aug. H. P. NJ. The collision of the
two trains is represented as terrific, both go
ing at high speed On the Uxbridge train the third
passenger car leaped over the second, killing three
| persons who were escaping from the windows One
boy had his arm completely torn from the socket.
The dead were terribly mangled Nine persons were
taken from the wreck dead, and laid side by side at
Valley Falls, presenting heartrending spectacle.
1t is estimated that twenty have been killed and forty
| or more wounded. .1---zs s-fs.ss
[Note.-Valley Falls is on the Providence Wor--
cester Railroad just above its junction with the Bos
ton & Providence Road
| [FoURTH DIsPATcH.l
| WORCESTER, August 18th, P. NJ. The accident
took place the Providence and Worcester and not
on the Boston and Worcester Railroad first stated
The down train was crowded with excurtionists from
Uxbridge, Northbridge, and other manufacturing
towns along the route. So far 16 dead bodies have
been taken from the wreck most of whom are factory
operatives and it is feared others win yet be found
About 25 were wounded, some of them so badly as;
to preclude all hope of their recovery. The trains
| were going at SUCH high rate of speed when the
collision took place that the engines driven into
each other. A coroners jury has been summoned
| to hold an inquest over the dead.
StaH An0ther Rd1t fl0Gd Acc5deHts 81
WHEELING, Aug. 18th. The express passenger
train from Baltimore, on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road yesterday afternoon was thrown of the track
when passing through switch at Cameron, 81 miles
from this city. The ball or lever fell down, which by
changing the track threw three of the cars crowded
with passengers, entirely of. They upset. but
strange to say, out Of 100 ladies and gentlemen
not one was killed or seriously wounded. Some 20
or 80 slightly bruised and scratched. John v. l.
| Mcmahon, of Baltimore, who was in the train, was
buried in coaldust but not IN the least degree IN
jured An investigation into the cause Of the disas.
ter by the officers of the road establishes that the
switch had not been used that day, and had been
properly placed and secured after being last used,
but that at about an hour previous to the accident,
two men, lately discharged from the companys ser
vice, had been seen handling the ball. and it is sup
posed that they designed to run the train off a.
matter of revenge. They will be arrested on the
charge tonight. -
The passengers afterwards held meeting and &C.
quilted the company of all blame. Much alarm was
felt at first, which gave way to indignation against
the offenders ~
The travel on the road is rapidly increasing, and
passengers are loud in its praise.
Deaths from Heat, de- ?
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IA There was five deatht
yesterday from the effect of the heat--Among them
was General Bennett who was taken sick at ths
Assayers Office of the Mint where he had received
an appointment on "Wednesday. General Bennett
served q Captain in the Pennsylvania volunteers
in the Mexican war. Alter his return home he wal
elected General of the Second Brigade. He wa
employed in a room where the thermometer stood a
160 degrees.
Later from Nerico.
NEW ORLEANS Aug. IA. The steamer Texas ha
arrived from Vera Cruz with dates to the Sth inst
Among her passengers are Captain Mordecai and ths
Gardner investigating commission. -
The government has called upon the governors o
the different States for correct returns Of all foreign
ers without licenses, intending to subject them t
fine and Imprisonment -
a-sk Later from Te1as.
NEw ORLEANS, Aug. 14th. sAdvices from Calves
ton to August 9th bring no definite returns - fh
, election. The crops promised well Gen. Nirabeal
Lamar died at San Antonio on the 9th.
- Relief for Nev 0rleans
. PmADEIPHIA, Aug IA. The collections in thi
, city in aid of the sufferers BY the yellow fever
r New Orleans, now amounts to t1l, 400.
New YoRK, Aug 18. The contributions for Ne,
E Orleans have now reached $4,000. Paul Julie
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