The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-13
The Acesdsnts on the Baltimore Railroaa.
IFrca ths Philsdelphia Lsdg-r July OIL

TIE Accidents On the Balumors Railroaa.
[Froa ths Philsdelpha Ledger, July o.
THE ACCIDENT ON WEDNESDAY.
Johs Jeffrey, the third person injured By the accident
the Baltimore railroad, Wednesday night died ct
the Hospital about two o'clock yesterday morning.
Ths unfortunate young killed by the accident on
Wednesday night, on the Baltimore rAilro.d ~ be-
fere stated named John Jones. He resided With hs ia
thsr respe stable builder Of South ~srk. and did not
board at the house with Jesys stated.
He was jswener by trade
The wood which q supposed to have been the occasion
Of the accident did not belong to The comp any, has
been generally supposed but the property OF cit
Of Chester 1t also bay nd tue control OF the
..ounty load. wLers ths sans crosses the track
EWhilst Wilmington, yesterday We took one trouble
10 ascertain, II possible. bo~ the cd got upon the
track There Of various opDlons la regard
to the matter some inciIipg t,c Conclusion til
matter accidental Those BIO ~ever, -ho sesned
the wood piles and who visited spot lis ely
after the accident rm Ia heir BE- ef that The VOID
THIS conclusion is arrived a. from the fi. sov cccnm
stances :-Tne wood was piled on The cOaaty road
which crosses tho railroad at rsnt aog'ss With tos
pieces ing parallel with TIE railroad ana heucs If the
legs had rolled down. the pircef would iau parallel
with the trses, and lot across tho rails. Ayda tue
edges Of the s ext to the sc.ksd aud tied
securely Ii usual in piling sso, aud iksy
to roll or be shaken Gown by the jarrlg of passing
train.
Again, tho pieces of wood upon tina tack mast h.va
BEEN when the locomotive schsd tssm iuv four feet
south Of tho wood piles the souno If the
track showed marks of the eDos having bsen scrap-d
along for that distance from tue pies Tners
three pieces Of wood placed toe track vast
rail and the raj, AID fom the ma,ks upon
them, 1t Is almost ceI tain th4 ih-y nave bsea
placed In such q poiitioa as or,os their ~edgsd
obque ends towards the cahor thus pernittag it
TO them otherwise from ter thickness they
Iaust have been throHn off We nay neDtioa alo that
the engineer OF the previous .ra,a 10 toe oaa which
encoun the accident ays the piles all straight
when he passed. but that he perroas sitting
on them, for rhAt purpose he G e. not koow.
THE ACCIDENT ON FRIDAY.
Another distressing ACCIDENT the Phiadel
phia and Baltimore railroad ys-,e day morning which
attended by the immediate death Of two OF the
valusb BILE first Glass locomotive roe particulars of the
accident far they could be gathered ssday the
spot from genera. report and from evidence aduced be-
Yesterday morning at about twenty dive minutes to
three oclock the through train from BALTIMORE on ap
p0schipg the bridge tue Brandy zine
creek the Outskts of Wilmington received IRON the
bridge tender tho usual gnal that the draw was closed
and went ahead but, the keeper OF the
bridge had given the wrong sgnal-tne draw open
and q consequence the locomotive tetdec aud cars,
with their unsuspecting officers, hurried swift
destructon through the open draw into the stream be-
meath. Three platform cars, loaded with crosstes FOL
lowed the locomotive aud tender The tide up and al
though every effort mmec lately mace BY the conduc
tor brAkesmen Of the train who escaped BY Jumping
from tbs cara to the engineer and fireman,
thing could be discovered Of them until morning. when
their bodies were found beneath tho wreck Of the
They had evidently drowned BY being bed under water
the wreck above them though had they been extrcated
immediately they wosd all probability have died,
both were much crushed.
The bodies az the unfortunate men were taken from
the creek about O'Clock. The engineer WAS named
Charles Girvin He young and married., native
Of Ekt0n, Maryland whore his relatives He vas
much esteemsd by the com pany c,reul and faithful
engineer aud o. . worthy mao. TIE fireman quito
young man, not more than % years OF ago named
Reuben Titus. He lived with his relatives, at Winning
Al soon o. the bridge ksepe, 50 the extent Of the
calamity DO became almost demented from his feenss
avowed his determination to commit sucds to rid him
self Of tho burden of anguish aud he only prevent
cd by main force from rushing into the stream His
names Is James barley He is q middle aged man, aud
has been in the en- oy Of the company for many years.
and for six years past has had charge too sine
bridge His char acter, both from geaeral report and
from the officers Of the roai is that Of sricy honest,
sober and attentive person Owug 10 the great numoer
of tair passing the bridge the "a,
since n ted assistant and relevsd Il duty
every other night, in order that thsre night 10
cuse for neglect OF duty After he had b-oome some
what calmed, he brought before jury of inq lest
which had been summoned by Caropsr uonrs, Of Vii.
nil gteD, for the purI Of iIsiutpg ful and tho
gave in substance the Following ement which,
while it eydsncss gross ggs-c. Of dat, on his part
yet entities him tue character universally accorded to
BIN fer honesty and cancor.
He states that after having clio ed the dr>~ at mid
night Thursdsy for the dawn train from Philadelphia
be opened it again to permit vessels TO Fesns
weary he entered mis- house. few yards rom the bridge
AID sat down to rest but without the ..h,et ateooa
of going sleep. The no wever he did aud SAYS he las
recoecon Of dreaming sleep next train
had passed SudoeDly he wa aroused BIZ tho sig ual
whistle Of the approaching train He vas rreav alarm "a
and ran out In be wicered state thiuks he have
waved his lamp but is not certain. Before he
could recover his Of mind the train through
the draw.
The wife Of the bridge keeper say. che heard the whistle
when the tran rached the church, (which ABOUT
out and his leh heard the slack up" pre-
vious to his waving he light and thea they she
out kDo spg the draw open, but lats
to warn the rsneer and in moment after the train
sin the creek.
barley acknowledged also that his ins-uctioos wore
such that had he obeyed them the accdsut would not
bavs occurred He also said he not duty the night
before
The unhappy man manifested the keepest remorse In
thus wedgiDg himself to be the only of the
calamity. and excited the deep sympathy o. all VINO
listened to his statement.
Of train fully corroborate the wife Of
Mr. barley "a to the fact that he did the light
An Ta mus sI sh sns engineer 70 nj.
man, " Virgins, rendered as their verdist I" that
owing to jan 81 barley. the os bridge at
frejehtrain from Baltimore at shout tsent, Ave minute.
to3 this F'idsy) morning, The nsusi signal that
ali right when he had neglected 70 out on tne dr..
the engine and cars were ths bed the
atrean thereby crushing Charles Grvin the cngineee
ard Reuben Titus the fireman Of the sad train dca h
As snAt'er OF justice 10 the psny appear to
have excrc ed great caution In regard sge
ment Of their bridges we'll all the
road We append here extracts from ,rous fur
nisbed by the General Super Trinbie Esq
to every engineer N the employ OF ,hs cpmpsuy aud
bne keeper VI Inc Brandywibo brdgo. In common with
the keepers OF al the other bridges the line Of the
read -
INSTRUCTIONS TO ENGINEERS IT Is enjoiusd upon N. en-
giDeers that they must slowly and c,uioury whoa
approaching bridge moro especially hose of which
diaws form part and no epginser will aoproAoh bridge
~ light unless the lamp Of the Ddpkeepr ~aived as
sighsltbat all is wight Tn. bridgcksepees
viii b Instructed TO wave their lamp, 1T night Shsn all
right and 10 stand on thar side Of the bridge yard
which the train Is approaching
INSTRUCTION TO BRDGMIKPRRs The engiseers are or
dered Eot to attempt to eros the bridges the road
until they receive signal from the that
al right You will therefore, stand that eide Of
the bIioss towards which t,ain Ia approaching and II
ri u right You will give the signal by waving your light
The light will not be shown unlsss the bridge is all sat
Tor passing.
After the rendition OF the verdict James DarIsJ the
pr1opefenoer. arrorted upon warrant to aad his
trial foy homicide
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