The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-26
WASHINGTON NATIONAL MONUMENT.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
Another Railroad Accident.

The eight o'clock A. III. mail train for Philadel-
phia was detained nearly an hour between Newark
and Elzabethtown yesterday morning, by the break
ing Of wheel under the mail car. The train was
going at its usual speed when the accident occurred
and the trucks, aSles, and wheels under the whole
train we're more or less broken and injured. None
Of the passengers however, received the slight
est personal injury. Mr.. Frasee, the conductor of
the train, was standing on platform, and was
thrown head foremost to the earth, but fortunately
alighted on sandy ground, clear of the train and
only received some slight scratches and bruises
about the head and shoulders. He was able to pro-
ceed with the train to Elizabethtown.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The Philadelphia mail train, which left New York
at eight o'clock yesterday morning, with a heavy
load and large number of cars, met with an acci-
dent which well nigh proved very serious.
When two miles east Of Elizabeth )wn, New Jer-
sey of the wheels i'll the forward truck Of one Of
the cars suddenly broke while the train was under
full speed. The fragments of the wheel broke
through the flooring Of the car in the middle Of its
aisle, ripped it up nearly its whole course, seriously
damaging the car, which was full of people, all OF
whom, however, were fortunately unhurt One ol
the conductors, on the occurrence of the
aCCluenb, spTdflR 10 lnc Drake on LLS
platform, from which, it is supposed, he was
thrown distance OF near thirty feet to one
side Of the train Such was the force with which he
was thrown thGt it was said he did not strike
the ground until one car had passed him. He was
picked up severely bruised, and conveyed to New
ark, where he lies under medical treatment, and
suffering very much from his injuries. We heard OF
no other person having been injured except very
slightly. No blame could attach to any officer of the
road the accident from the Sudden fracture
OF the wheel. The train was detained about an hour
and then proceeded on to Philadelphia
The Central New jersey Railroad train from Eas-
ton, New Hampton, Plainhcld, &C., with passengers
from Schooly's Mountain, due at Elizabethport at
fifteen minutes past one, and in New York at two
PM did not reach the former place until after two
Z. NJ, and the latter until between thres aud four
=. NJ, having been detained full two hours. We
asked tie engineer the cause, and he said, simply,
that he had too heavy load to enable him to make
The trip sooner.
1t seemed that besides full passenger train there
was an immense pig train htcbed on between the
locomotive tender aud the passenger train. The
pigs were abundant, large and fat alive kicking and
guiting, ano would have done no discredt to the
best poIkupolis at the West However much ut ease
the pigs were, the tired hungry and du.ty passen
gers, with their impatient friends waiting their re
turn, were ~ no means 50 well satisfied.
We would respectfully advise the superintendent
ard managers of this road, If they desire 10
please keep the goodwill Of the public hereafter,
10 put all their pigs and other live stock in one train
and all their passengers in another.