The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-08

with the fullest details The intensity OF the excitement
has not subided
DE- A. L PERSON, of Salem, Mass, who was amongst
the killed by the accident the New Haven Railroad on
Friday gentlemen of distinction in his profession
He formerly Of tho editors Of medical Journal
DE- JOSIAH BARTLETT of Concord Mass, another Of tho
killed, was very highly esteemed in the community in
which he lived both physician and As citizen He
had but recently recovered from q serious accident
breaking Of legthst happened to him while In the per-
fomance of his duty he had visited the metropolis to
attend the Medical Convention and was on his return
home when his useful was cut short by this terri
BILE accident.
We are happy to from information forwarded
us yeaterday morning. that the lady Of Dr. Grisswod
escaped with comparatively little injury. His daughter,
who was immersed in the water and taken out appa-
rently uBconsoious restored yesterday morning.
Animation only returned after fo hours of indeatgsse
exertion Of professional gentleman from New Canaan
Connecticut, who attended her.
AIr. Hicks Statement.
Mr. Thomas Hicks the artist was in the first car with
Miss King of this city. They occupied seat within
four of the end Of the car the right hand sd
facing the engine. Mr. Hicks describes the fol-
whsn without warning intimaton Of any kind he be-
held the front part Of the rushing toward him in
fragments the passengers being tossed in the air like
ch dashed up against the top of the car and thrown
about in hurricane Of destruction In instant he
found Miss King gone from his sde and himself crushed
under the partially fallen roof of the car and surround
ed by choking atmosphere in the midst of shapeless
mass Of ruins, dead bodies every hand, and the
dsrkened rapidly filing with water. he began feel
ing among the wreck and under the water for his
panon, but she nowhere to be found. He con-
tnued the search till the water had risen to his chin
time which he judged to have been about ten minutes
when desparrg Of her recovery, he looked about for
mode Of escape just behind him. at the of the
car he behed aperture through which he crawled
upon the top. Here he fingered with view renew the
search for his companion when he was accosed by
one, who asked him for whom he looking. He de-
scribed the acy dress when his nterlocutor informed
him. to his inexpressble astonishment and qualification
that she had just gone out upon the track He
tanned afterwards that the front Of the stove
into atoms by the conclusion, and that the top
Of it split open lateraly on the side where
he sat, and this occaaoned that side of the roof
to fall 1t also appeared that during the instan-
taneous process Of splitting open the top of the
car and the fall of the ceiling, Miss King, without
any knowledge or agency of her own had been pro-
through Crevlco
And here without having been wet, but with
wound in the face she found herself with another
car precpitated upon it, which passed her and umblsd
over into the river beside the wreck Of the frst Her
escape and the Of it especially, miracle.
Mr.. Hicks called out when he discovered the means Of
escape to those in the car, If be there any
living to hear pointing to the way of getting out But
he saw but person avail himself Of the notice,
cape any way. Miss King, while upon the top of the
car am assured thrust out of the water what proved
to be that Of person struggling under the rubbish
She resontely removed tha obstruction and saved tho
maA's lie. q ss@.A.sf -
statement Of Mr.. g. A. Fuller, the Boston
Baggage Master.
We started from Canal street. with four passenger and
two baggage cars at o'clock, and took passenger
car At Twenty seventh street, arrival at Stamford
to wood and water In time; looked out sf tbs
car arrival at Norwalk te See that everv,h,,
vas al right and saw the white flags aying which wers
sSDA'':s .ngineers that the switches wers
properly placed; thea closed my doors and sat down
and it was not FIVE minutes afterwards when heard tn'
engineers whistle to put on ti. brakes; iune-a
looked out of the door, and that the drawb wal
open and at the time saw Mr. Tucker the eu9,
jump from the engine to the ground could not get the
door OF the car in which in sufficiently open to rst
OUT and Immediately braced myself receive the shock;
the engine, the tender and part of the car in which
was were precptated into the water my car striking the
abutment Of the bridge and end Of it lodged there
the other baggage following went through my car
about half way and the other two passenger cars press
ing behind threw them and the baggage car of to the
left; at the first shock was stunned and being
thrown against the trunks my face was cut
As soon as recovered crawed out through the top
the car and got on to the drawbrdge and Immediately
procured boats to get the of the wreck
We had to axes to chop holes in the cars in order
extricate the passengers We worked for about four
hours when got matters into shape About O'Clock
the trains passed usual the road The two last
saved in consequence of the brakes being put
at the moment known that the drawbridge was
open. cannot say whether the signal up or down.
for had no time to look. As got out the
bridge asked the drawbrdge If the signal was up
he said Noit down fifteen minutes before the train
arrived The steamboat Pacific had lust passed
through Mr. Tucker told that he swear that the
red ball up. wish to contradict the report which
has appeared in Of the newspapers stating that Mr.
Coms'ock told the engineer ucker) to drive through
like hell" This could not have been so, for Mr.
Coms,ock in conversation with at stamford-the
place at which it was alleged such remark had been.
Statement Of DR.. Gurdon w. Russell, of this
City.
Having been in the ut the time of the late sad
affair at Norwalk give you the following particulars
The rst thing that noticed waving and jerking of
the cars not but enough to show that
cident of kind had occurred 1t different how
from what had supposed to be the when the
off from the track, that thought that they would
be stopped and that safe This but for
moment for the breaking of the glass and Of the
showed that something terrible had already happened
about to happen, for at this time supposed that the
one we occupied was the only injured. There
then shaking and crash and stop, and in a
the work done The front Of the and part of the
side broken out and the floor had broken just in
front Of end resting the bridge and the other