New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-11
NEw.YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, AUGUST II. 1858

AsgTHTR WorNoE,-A' fAe-u minutes sNer 900 a
~ lr.,.'y rg' s,' a. ih- eIPrs.s t'H -hch -. "
ue town q Gr-enrich. Fairfield c.. Com and EIthii
Shout 20 rods Of The Pr.ch-'sr sifor ihe engine =.
Vnsn Of The track IN con''qu-nce q, piece 81 rn'
she hsc f.lez seroa the ri aud th- engineer KILLED
On ne spt anc tie brAk snan i1-d though ht severely
II Etry Fortunate hat tbr s. % if- sosnAL c"n is
TX Uai u.rs Eer, oPTvs Il go Prrs'ns Ga o''fa
Al D. " Tie BODY nvey.d sck - to -fA ln 4
Ci-'n. b, snd a. s35. " W-on--dts. io.n i'-'
AiT'n Mead Esq Acting CorOoe- enPAnnei'a and sFoTe
ID 'De ioho~ng gentlemen az
Iss JURF.
!sn', Hoyte foreman Wills, Wllhsn Elliott
IboBss Funsion I'm S.ck-tr.
JehI knrpp, Sl.<s VI. Mead.
John sieAd, Elijah Lent,
Richard Burns
The jury viewed the body and went down and examined
nony
Burr Nsa-d being duly sworn sAd-I reside alternate
y At Nes-iork snd N-wH sven mostly IN Sewlork
have b Fl employed a. br-k-man Oo the road g.s on
he s1press ain Of which tie c'c~ssei Vas engineer on
ss ighi lett Ae~ Haven ~ 30 NJ the trsn consist
"a # TIE gne bag. and ihc- passenger cars
fe~ry iuh h. ud think about 500 Passengers. more
H. sped OF the train about Thirty miles hour
MN At VI forty rods Of the village I'd. rochester tns
gne struck on Fock II dark and couldn't d.
cveT The rock untli the engnssr, b~f0r-
'rrV'o ~b th'y RODS u sh-r- tas accident occurred
sIut Oh he steam be usus does rlnt OF tn
curve 10 The tracks AZ that place when engine struck
The engineer gave shses to axe up. ~ th= frt
whsle Iut on ny brake As right ~ generally do the
fooers broke Immediately which caused BY the train
beng lroSn Of the track then made attempt "a gs
boo oi the engine 20 proven ms being thrown of bu
fautd 70 dc sro thrown the tender the
Wal A. manned there until taken the car and
removed 10 Greenwich 1t tion when the engineer
ssi h. sc biz hand the whistle there mach
tCse could Bot hear him call out ii h. attempted 20 do
SO thmk tie deceased was engineer or ureen Years
be IT very good sober and s'-aiy character
ald cid III thsi Necessary 20 insure safety. under
Gil Ary circumstances cOuo generally objects three
- o. "a rnt but il then darS. aud here
Iie which intercepted objects from my visE the
dsceas,ds name sas Theodore Humphrey, about forty
yeas OF ege.
Carlos u Peei, second witness was next called Who be
ing ouy swoTu said-I have asn ab ut fur months em
poyto a. bisk 10 n on the L and y II K K, { was
the tain Vbe he accident occurred lis. sht tue "A
IN gave The sgr al TO shut o when h. approach
ID the and horty after he gave the ssndl brake
Up W. hsd time e. put on one brake wh,n heard
IN sch knew n thing Of the until took the red
light from The bsgg ge ana the conoiton Af.irs
he nducior Peter Dem then said the ngin-er
tltd that b. could lot find any thing Il him then
back around th- cufve, sepPd thefresht tram lFhi
eoa Fly b-hlI d The conductor told % 10
Greei th sud Itch gIne bring IN 10 tn
ciiy Humphrey the ensiu, er then de al knew n
OF II until brought the gne back Hl nphrey
b. 4 in passenger car l. ing down the IL uad-r
i, I'd they hin uncsr thu passenger | lnf
know iht an, thing sas lying on him hs was entirely
d. al When + una believe that all ne that could
be 10 avert The disaster identify the body lying
desd a. that OF Theodore Humphrey the engineer
There being no further tes'm'n DIR HOyt said there
doubt ~ ~ - 10 the cause # hs d-ah and after
absence OF ai-w nil the Jury returned the following
yTRntCT.-l > IS above
We on the pot early the 'rning after the &C.
CideR occurred We exanin, The state AT yrs mi
hutey Al We certainly LAY, that opinion there j.
.icen foundation Ia the present melancholy accident
10 warrant The jury Ia holding the Company baneab-
aovg the pr jet NJ rock IA que ton 10 remain ia
the Tide the cut II appe,rs 10 that human foresight
,ould not hsy, anticipated the catastrophe.