New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-27
RAILROAD MAssACREs-oNE AVOIDED

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SIR. SiIfs nee casualties, one haRdref and serenity
q, deaths three hHAi,cd and siIyIhree MANNED or IN
ured in the bref period Of less than etg months ia the
fearful record Starting indeed the tcts-and who VIII
question the propriety of agation II tor no other rea
son than obeyng the first law of oar nsture-setP pre-
s.fyaon Aud this will continue just 30 oug "A the apa-
thv f the public allows We read Ot accidents but they
90 Red us-in tact IL is fast becoming important
part of the news of the day. me who nov cree'sly
lar GO over the lines and think more ct theD, will
perbap- be the Wet NAV help 20 gather up the
sed mains of dear friend and thus they may
he made the immediate participants 10 this rush OF death
I'm liz in this train by the tact of having ast made q
hair cad h escape ia company with SINE seventy i've
follow pxsseng-r- Cold horrors nov ran through my
veins A. the scene back 10 view All trust that
am grateful 10 kind Providence hst-aVef me ron beng
in an. of IN, internal death traps Business de-
tar ed ne in Buffalo aud wanting to stop ia Rochester,
took the o'clock engsnt tram on saturday to ths
rear Of which class passenger cars were st tched
Tb Of IN. train consisted If empty freight and emf
Gran, cars 10 the numb.r ~ about 25 making tram ~
quarter of mile in engh, sth no means OF commuaica
ton the and last cars "swsre To pass
tho ,press coming turn out etFeen b-rgen And
Rochester and had just got upon H. ana ths cars
brought 20 a stand still, when wa heard IN
yhre of the approaching express coming do upon the
main track furious rate u does not stop ths place
ays of our .eusaons upon looking cat of the window
.rd finding that the thres last cars we're SUI upon or
partially upon the man track ms tue conductor mrs
saw with great aacy jumped upon the top OF the
cars running the ,chng engae, waving nis
bat and ed.d in attracting tho attention so that the
train hi 10 stop only some t5n i-et rom ts
cars Any Who il al al acq ain-d with this turn ou
hpou TIA, il . upon sharp and trees and house
sut If view engine from u.s. and Also our posuon
rom the gin the II Is easy 70 rsslLs oar
.,na,iop no way # masing il known 30 engineer
and al In. COZ lcOr h--sted single sec md IN giving
The alarm -u would have been added to the list in
yoar psper Of death by the ears panic immediately
th. and the cry vas heard Of clear the
cars When all rushed p. nell down bank OF ten feet
Ia height rolling and umbg over each other tearing
,d. and Landing 81 the bottom an Ldscnninsts
medley Of t class second class passengers
women OF seveDty years and babes OF s3srcs sOy
All this Va. aecomp pushed without any serious accient
hut The T., mpany entitled To any credit on th account
lie, us see Upou enquiry learned that tbs tdrnou held
IN, eighteen carr, while bad some t~eaty thirty
A. also that the switchmsn whose business II WAS 10 zig
paze The ming Al the END VI tue emi
Grant t.ia or Al the wrOr end II the turnout IL
10 al that within ss,ep o death and han the
conS cf, been s.iZ-d h the panic the psssen
gers jumped from the cars nothing could have saved
IN. spproa h inc from crushn th- two l.s cars
An, her why such long trans ud not be run
s-suppose tn axe vi the should break what
&, hs aud cont nts being scattered p-ce
along the tracks for could not advise the
of a. ~ he hidden from sight oitentmes by carves IN
this insiaDce. or other objects
Bur a, this communication j. sufficiently lengthy. pro
uo.e At time 20 SONS suggestions ~
There appalling sssters be ayerted-nOt tn AN ca
pablo Il aoyng but for the purpose Of starting discus
snus apc arousng the attention Il the community have
written what have snd insist upon II that the puolc
ought not ~ satisfied until dOube tracks are lad ADD
ALI ads msd- pass under our common roads
Railroad. Are multiplying 10 great -xt-Dt-sone orty
oucsti ne as Der IN. Controllers report last year IN our
s,st. Lite NUT not be- TRIED With that large dividend,
NAV b. made One ring- life ID worth than all tao
stock in, esed in rsb Dads State Then WY
pi-t when be among the names OF those ~hO
suffer By The o. II calamity D.
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