New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18
baggage car burst and the truck fe IN part upon the
road Ths dragging along with great violence bfske the


cross ties and caused all the cars to be thrown on the
track One Of them containing about thirty passengers
was thrown down steep bank on the rght about tscn
I, feet high There il stood with no sheets under IT,
and lie roof torn of lying BY the side oil II All the seas
ON one .ae were swept clean of; and the same we D,t
eed Of the seats of the next car which stood one end
down the bank and the other the track The third
car was comparatively uDinjured Notwithstanding the
terrible force and violence displayed IN producing ocOn
pIete wreck there only i've or SIX persons really
hurt One of these elderly lady, s reported 70 have
had her shoulder seriously injured, and some bO0e'
broken; and one poor whom We sac in the ear az
Enc was severely cut in the thigh, and unable 20 move
Much complaint made among the passengers II q!
legged neglect of the injured and that Thu. man. after be-
ing several hours without attendance, Iss left ~ cue
ear by The conductor till last Of the men belong
ing the road attempted To put him IN common sa-
be as the cars wanted 70 return
The esuse of the accident the same Of that By
which President Pierce and his family we're sufferers
The liability TO this class of accidents can be only partial
IL esssped BY the greatest care aud precauon long
a. cas-ron continues 20 be used for carwheels. AT
every station man may sound with DIS hammer every
wheel and still some flaw or some weak place, OWING 70
Dir bubbles OF thin casting. may escape bis notice and
BY the continual Jar greater shock than usu A.
the weakness will betray itself generally the sSest
speed entsiing destruction upon the train. We looked
I'd The pieces If the defective wheel which We found oy
the side Of the track about ~ rods back IRON ne
cara The largest piece was nearly hall the sheeL Inc
frff
quality of ca.t iron close grained hard and al the sane
time very tough to break. The thickness Of each disk
shItequarteTs Of al inch. The inner one s periOfat
ed with three oval holes about three inches long, whcn
While they prevent ratification Of confined air, causing
the wheel to burst also according TO the extent O their
srea-VlicL in tb. instance Is certainly unnecessarily
lsree-Wesken the tenacity OF the wheel These wheels
are made by G. W. Eddy, Waterford, n they bear
evidence OF bavne been fai hiuy made the material:
sU tbfe or Gle founder can wholly insure against air
bubbles unequal thickness IN the casting The fray
ebts Of this wheel show the former, to extent
also an old faw as We believe which must have gone
some time without detection These in piece
broke off from the middle Of the Wheel aud which is
al your service for Inspection
1t is only in this country believe that cast ircl
material OF compsratv insecurity is used for purpose
that insure safety life, demands the very Strongest
material In linz land the wheels are If wrought lron
and On the Continent a. have been informed by dis
tiDguished foreign Engineer. cast iron is not used
for them. We remember once to have heard IN
England Of The breaking OF wrought iron Wheel aud of
serious damage caused by it, The considered
very extraordinary one, and il led to strict nvesga
ti0Ds and actions against the officers Of the Company
We believe is only on the score of economy, that
Wheels upon roads made altogether Of east iron
When accidents now so multiplied among Us as 70 be
almost OF daily occurrence; when almost all who travel
mncb meet nth similar to this have described
(and this is by no means our trst experience OF the
kbd) and wbeD consequently sc rarely trust ourselves
friend TO these death dealing machines Shout some
dread that the experience OF thousands may be
ours tools it not object above considerations
Of cost by substituting wrought for cast iron, 10 do
away with one cduse Of these disasters Night not
portion Of the money expended in shos and decor
iicD find worhr object in adding to the safety of the
cars and thus lesseniDg the suffering and aflctiOn
caused by their defects Against this interest 10 estab
hthed works will certainly raise great Oucry. There
will not be wanting those who will undertake to prove
cast iron better and safer than wrought iron but let the
matter be thoroughly investigated and believe
would no more be allosed than would be steamboer
upon our boats that bad not passed Inspection
Respectfully, yours, &c, H.