Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-05-09

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head knocked in There child about four
months old. and many other children Killed. The
| engineer aud fireman Of the train, when they saw
the ball down, jumped of before the cars reached
the bridge.
When the cars ran off, those in the rear ones
screamed terrihcaily We put right back and rem
! dered what assistance could People went to
cutting the cars with and taking out the dead.
MT one that was taken ont OF the second car was
alive. The excitement was intense women were
rushing down with quilts TO cover the dead others
were vainy striving to restore to life the puor VIC
Tins as they were taken out.
We brought back few oilhe passengers to this CITY,
but most of them preferred TO remain there.
Very respectfully, yours,
JAMES A, RENAUD,
Engineer steamboat Pacific.
Most OF the details stated above, i myself Witnessed
and believe the above account to be strictly correct
S. S. BYXBEE,
Captain steamboat Pacific.
At the corohers inquest, Mr.. George H. Whist
Ter, superintendent of the Railroad, testified as
follows:
George H. Whistler Jr., sworn-The persons in
charge of train can see the signal red ball which
is at the draw, from about a quarter of mile
above Norwalk; after that, they lose sight of it.
in my opinion, at the station; ifthe signal be low
cred from the time at which it is first seen and
thtlme of his losing sight of it at thestation the
rate of ten miles an hour as he came to the curve;
they are in all ordered approach the curve
cautiously; they are not TO exceed speed Of ten
miles an hour; il he saw the signal down when lust
at the station he could stop until he reached the
bridge; The signal is always lowered before the man
touches the draw; he has then to go to each end os
the bridge to GET out the wedges; the engineer of a
tram is under the direction Of the conductor; have
heard, as generol report, that the conductor told
the engneer''to drive like he'll through Norwak as
two gentlemen wanted to get out there, and he did
not wish To stop
The accident, most positively, could not have oc-
Cured II the engineer kept a proper look out |
think the fault entirely with the engneer-if
the train stopledat Norwak Il would attain rate
OF ten or twelve miles an hour before reaching the
draw.
INCIDENTS OF TUE DISASTER.
The engineer and the wachman at the bridge do
not appear agree their account as to the signal,
the engineer asserting that the ball. which served
as signal, up, si9niiving that all was ripht
while the other maintains thai il was down, The
engineer and fireman have both been arrested
MIR. Fuller, the baggage master, was aware but
too late, OF the danger, and steaded himself to re-
ceive the shock. He taken out hg boat from
his periinns situation. Ftom the manner in which
the cars were thrown over, was impossible to get
at the dead hodies until holes bad hten cut in The
| roofs, Al lifetime OF the accident At was high wa,
| ter.
The express agent sitting on q tsnik in the
baggage Ear and escaped Ivy tuIclng his way through
the roof BAT is badly wounded a ,tpv,- INV IN ,ba
broken ca, escaped unhurt
A gentleman wrif;ny tn tho Nov, w., t,os.rA
says:
~ "n" worthy o. mention mere,
"s SHOWING NC Sene' a. chaiacief"i the r"ad that
of four times ia which have been travelling ON The
| New Haven Rdilr0ad have encountered three se-
rious accldents-one in April, 1851, when car in
"i'tIu N"S' "a" On ihe uech' near bridgeport Sc
'louS'y hlJWhs many passengers; one IN October,
@hen car ran INTO me canal at Windsor lock, kill
ing '"o pefsohSi ana this last IS the 'hird Tune.
ii. u. II.
DIR. Ives and Mr.. l.. D. Wilcoxen, of New Ha-
ven ,vara the ,arsons ,yb,, ,,oo. ,,,,I , :: =,
harnaaa IT,, - "a's' II INC
20 49, 1"Peu
nc passengers n nose cars winch were not
v,ao ,Oarred eo,'l f IN "a IN me least
nroceed;na an ,bo bopa,,,n oih' VINO were
and were laid ont ,de Nv SIDE IN The de,o,
A gentleman. after exiricatino b;mself saroa 49,
infant child, who was under the care Of an ann, The
aunt, it seems, was drowned A man VINO saved
himself by breaking the window, sprang on the car
and called out or an axe TO chop open the ear to ex-
tricate ms wlie Several hoatmen IN the vicinity,
FASTENED WIN 'heir boats and were the means Of
aarL.s many nFes, nl'i fluent was married the
,noa', "aars M ~ o"e :" '"e u"ior
on his person yery large anono, of ,na, b,oh
has been taken possession Of 81 M Waroer canh
Ter Of the PainGeld County Bank. Conneelient
All the watches, jewelly, and other valnabIes
taken from the bodies Of the deceased, are in the
possession Of Justice w, |, act ng Coroner.
Among the acts Of heroism which were performed
| by persons at hand, was that Of John Collins, who
has been SICK Tor the past year and unable to work.
ne was standing on the dock at the time the acct
"em' occurred ana before NE last car was over had
%,.I ia .s Se gu ,e cou' "na II was used to save
baat en- 4 Ioose add Ia, swan 70 ano'ner
passengers lie con,nned ~, e~, s'' ~ ,es .,
from exhaustion he tainted and was aten 70 ,ha
shore.
From The New York 71iBune.
STATEMENT OF Thomas H1cKs-Mr.
! Thomas Hicks, the artist, was in the second car,
with Miss King, Of this city. They occupied a
seat within four Of the rear end of the car, on
the right hand side, facing the engine. Mr. Hicks