New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-20


now on tLe foor and wrapped her mp in gown coat
and this extnguished the fire. then carried her dowa T.
A. lowell and laid her the sofa 7 also wen, for a
dortor She now lGmen.od. and desired % ge' home
then e her in charge Of her mother and other Indies WI
took charge Of her and heard last night at about
O'Clock that Elizabeth Nevin had died. ], e my opinion
that the accident occurred by the flame Of the light held
by the deceased being too the fa.d while Z pour
cd Of one can into another and that sad lad whnh
was told the extract OF exploded aAf set he 20
Ann Eliza Towel being sworn said reside at No 3''
and IN the habit Of putting up powders Tor
Messrs Ocoti McKesson s. Robbins. a, No III MAIDEN,
lane On Saturday morning they sent me some extrac OF
orange. in cans to put up ino small bottle Mis' L1s
bb Ncyin assisted me In the evening" aboutt CLOCK
ono Of the cans leaked and wanted to pour the extract
to another can The deceased held light about 81 feet
tcn me when suddenly while pouring out, i gave
.,n,ndous report and exploded The door and window
sTe otD but the explosion shut the door Inc deceased
d;r nv the d,or and appeared stunned AMI
,.,ort.d 10 Jump Of little window, but could not
i then the door burst open and gentleman rushed
=: ed took care Of the deceased did not know that the
,,st would explode, and had never put uP any before
10, did know that alchohol was contained in the fluid
Yedsy afternoon, at about o'clock heard that she
bad ded ,.,u n he;no s.orr savs 7 re.;de a,
=, 49,, Tnrr,h a have made external examination
".t Lo5v Of Elizabeth Nevn, lying dead at No.
81 Madson and tonne t se .as II her fce also o her. b
sho,lde, len bosom and both arms M Wen ~ he hr'
thighs and legs These burns were very severe ana IN my
opinion were the cause Of DEAN -, d.. ,,,.,,
mis- concluded the evidence which Coroner Wilhelm
briefly reviewed to the Jury WHO reue Du sun" e'fneu
with the following verdict;
"Tb.. the said Elizabeth Neyin came TO her death by
br,ns received by the explosion Of containing extract
Of orange at No 3s2 CheTyt on the l7h day OF Septem
Der 1858 and the Jury furthermore the firm Of
Olcott MoKesson Robbins at No l27 Maiden Lane, for
not informing their employees Of the dangerous qualities Of
the fluid"
The deceased was a smart intelligent girl IA years and
months old
The Jury in the late collision the Hudson River Rail
road praise the officers of the road for their usual and
blame the Engineer of the locomotive Ohio for strictly
obserying the rules for him In this particular
stance there q lack Of care in all concerned
The Courier and Enqpiyer says:
aThe fatal collision Thursday afternoon the Hud
sop River Railroad resulted appears from negligence
Of the rules the part Of all the persons concerned in
Iy oine il about. Mr. Dubois, the master machinisi ct
Touebleerse sent word down the line by train at 20
inmates post for the gravel engine to up
AID take down the clock train from Poughkeepsie to
NevYok Mr. Dubois not authorized ito issue such
order and has been therefor discharged from the service
Of he Company The Engineer who received and obeyed
the above order John Kelley, being little behind time,
and suplosing unwarantaby, that the o'clock train
could moi leave Pougkeepse until his arrival ran on the
time Of that train and thu encountered WITHIN little more
than mile of Poughkeepse For this violation of the
,es he aso has been dicharged The Conductor of the
O'Clock train from Poughkeepse, WIN. IL Hudson was
aware when ne started that an order had been sem dow
for an engine to up and that there was doubt
Of the saety proceeding under these circumstances
The rules forbid any train to proceed in case oil DOUBT
and for this violation he was discharged rom inc service
OF the Company The Station Agent az POughkeepsic,
John Morgan for permitting the departure OF the tran
while aware Of the danger doing was held responsi
BILE and has been discharged from the service OF the Com
pany These punshments the only means at the com
inand of railroad company for enforcing the rules upon
the strict observance OF which the safety oi the travelling
public Immediately depends. Although IN some instances
bearing very severely, and requiring high degree of
nerve administer them the unsparing Iauda
Div adj pied by Mr. French in the present instance they
fuod n
ty Of restraint and Superintendent who would be thor
ough dscnarians deeply feel the necessity for civil pen
at 10 be more definitely affixed to this dangerous class
OF msdemeanors whether resulting in loss OF life or other
wise OF this accident even under the c0mDina
ton Of disobedionces by VIII oh brought about could
not have occurred on the double track. We are grathef
10 learn that the double track this road will be com
peed to Poughkeepe by the LIST Of December and also
between 1ivoli and Germantown and between SchOdack
and Abany-n all about 95 miles. The remainder will be
pushed forward without other delay than that necessarily
occasOIed by cold weather
Board or ALDERMES- Monday, Sept. l9.-Richard T.
Compton Esq in tle Chair, and quorum present The
minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved
Petitions R,trrcd-O 40 citizens OF the Nineteenth
Ward for an additional number of policemen for said
Ward OfJOnas Conklin TO have his lots taken from the
let ordered to be filed by the City Inspector OF Elijah
f. Purdy and Others for permission 10 lay rails in Sew
enth av. aud other streets commencing al rory second
and extending South Ferry at fare of five cents,
ctI two hours in the day. set apart for mechanics at three
cents OF Hose Company No IS, for location in Fourth
st. Petition of the of the Grand st. line of stages
20 Law a railroad through Grand st., commencing at the
Nnhamsburgh Ferry, foot of Grand ST., thence TO the
BOwery with double track, up the Bowery Broome st.
through Broome ST. with a single track TO Canal St, thence
through Canal II with double track TO IIoboken Ferry
returning through Canal to MERGERS st. through Mercer
with single truck 10 Grand ST. through Grand with
gle track TO the Bowey, where il inersects the double
track and so on 10 the place OF beginning said line inter
ering with other aud sufficient accommodate all the
travel on that route. al three per passenger OF AL
bert DegroOt and others have the lamps Broadway
lighted every night during the year.
Communication from the Sheriff in relation TO the con
dh0n Of the Edrdge ST. Prison for of repairs and
stating that il had been complained of nuisance by
persons residing in that vicinity Referred
seryor to the public from SAM. to PM daily referred
to Committee ON Croon Department after SEINE discussion
hesouton IRON Commissioner of Repairs and Supplies TO
appropriate $500 for the manufacture of bell for the
MeDougal ST Beitower, and giving the contract TO A.
Me- ma y & Sons. Adopted.
Communications From the Chief Engineer of the Fire
Department submitting complaints against Engine Co No
~ and Hose Co No for running the sidewalk 2sth
nit also informing the Board that the alarm bell the
City Hall broken while being rang for an alarm of
hire on Thursday 18th inst and that would be necessary
TO provide new one in its place Referred to Committee
on Fire Department.
Reports AdtpedTo re0rganze the election districts of
the Seventeenth Ward to issue bonds TO nav contractor
on account Of Section of the Second av Adjourned TO
Tuesday.
r,, THE CAR COLLISION.
10 tas Editor Of TIE " Y TS.6uas
Sr' Anartcle appeared in your paper of Saturday in
relation TO an accident the Third av Railroad the main
sc's OF which are altogether wrong and calculated do
great injustice TO the patrons of that road Your article
aes that IN consequence of strike of the drivers several