New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-10
TATALLT INJURED.


gentleman, said to be from Union Tow Brooms
County " Y-concus.isH Of he bTan-not expected to
i've
These are oil the nsme. thai re could learn.
Tie pane Of the Nev.York Conduc- or s Maschsruss.
that Of tie Philadelphia train Is Graham.
Il il ad that tie cause of the accident wss that one
or both Of the trains were out Of time, AMI making for
station st which 10 turn out aad lie; the other pass
Tie engineers were seen to leap of their respective
engines immediately before the collision. The name
Ct The Philadelphia engineer ia said TO be Isaac Davis
neither q them were injured.
The two locomotives rendered useless, and nov lie
enid tie wreck. ammed close to each other Both Of
the engines are said be having been on the road
but few weeks
Tie following ia the statement OF two Of the passen
gers:
Mr Ps1son Price and Mr.. John Jackson, from Phila-
dephs residents Of Delaware County. who came on Ia
the = O'Clock 7 ~ train from Philadelphia. state that
about 4:lj O'Clock a white fa- IN the hands ot
The signal nan il appeared as though our ngine was
then reversed as We slackened speed consleraoy' l
looked cut of the car and observed the Nsvlors tam
coming toward U.s. and 80 yaIds distant from us n
Just coming around the curve, which very sharp
81 this point then s9w the engineer Or hremtn' 90
bcih. jump III, and escape uniljured the NeS'lorA
train coming lightning aud oOth trains were
which they could lay by and let the other pass vas
il tie 4ih and td not ct injured. nor on any
person in tlat or the three after ones get hurt the
Two trains came on heed and head. and tle
collision was almost Instantly after saw the NnwNo-k
usin | had lust time 20 brace m!seif for the 'h)eA
when il took place. scarcely et the shock hat the
soco and third Of our train were smashed al %
pieces. The first car was net broken. saw seven or
eight that badly wounded in the second and third
Philadelphia ears.
our locomotive was considerably broken. The col
ion foTcibe that II tore up the track Tor con
siderable distance. The locomotive OF the NeT-lor
train vas badly blohen TIE frst aud second passen-
GER cars 81 that train were driven into each 0,he-,
ard brok much that tie opposite ends OF the tFo
Gals were driven within feet 0t each other saw
tour persons taken out Que OF them was dead All The
other three died shortly aferward. The scene baied
~ DE- scTption People rushed ont OF the cars a. though
crazy but surprising that very little screaming
was heard
When the dead we're tasen ont of the cars they were
conveyed yard near by belonging 70 private dwell
,ng The wounded from the Philadelphia train were
taken from the and laid on the car cushions. be-
meath large tree, until they attended TO. Taere
were 10 pl aus near but there were fortunately Two
p, sic8us Ms passengers IN the tram VITO rendered the
most prompt attention % the wounded The danger
ousy wounded in he New-lCrk cars were taken 10 a
sort of tavern near BY where their wants were cared
There is no elegrapbic station at Old Bridge, where
the accident occurred messenger Vas sent on horse
back 70 AmjOy, On TINS SIDE, ana lOcomOtNe "ds III
stauty fIed up AMI dispatched With train OF cars and
several physicians 10 the scene of the catastrophe.
Cutts Philadelphia side, another messenger was des'
PATCHED On horseback 10 the first station where loco
rotye could be procured tain arrived from there at
Goclock. p NJ aud such cf the ears "a were not dam
aged aLd 81 the passengers that se-e able were taken
b. that locomotive 70 Philadelphia The tram from
Amhoy arrived about the tme aud brought down
Cot quarter p NJ such of che passengers as could
Gene, (and also the broken cars) to NeW.lork
There were four or FIVE badly wounded persons left at
Old Bridge. bucket Of water wanted for the
wounded and one OF the engineers who was Throwing
water On the e0gne FIRE, requested to g"e 10 Tor
til. purpose but he choisniy refused This - eIasp
Grated the passengers ina, they were almost ready 10
lynch lin. The people OF the neighborhood, and the
tnniured pas eugcrs most attentive % the wants
Of the wounded
One Of the cars # the NewlOrk train ran INTO
the other Ike sliding telescope. Al the dead were
in this crusld ear The passengers in the ear
which had thus sill into the other could not be
taken but by removing the side of the car. Oae
man, in The NeEYCrk train, had splinter run
under tie leg Of lis pantaCoDs tearing them open 20
the thigh bur received no injury. man who SAT next
10 him vas Instantly killed Another gentleman states
that he asleep at the time OF The accient and ioid
himself thrown smou- OF spliners, aud cfaSicd
out under the bottom OF tie caf.