New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-25
ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT
Fearful Accident the Camden and Amboy Railroad
One Person Dangerously Injured Express Car
and Contents sunk Malls md Baggage saved


sengers.
The Camden and Amboy Railroad Saturday afternoon.
came being the Of most frightful calamity
and subject for sincere thanknness that have not
10 record large number Of deaths Of persons crushed and
drowned. The two O'Clock train from Philadelphia for
New York having been delayed fifteen minutes
by the great number Of passengers reaching Raucocas
Creek, about twelve miles from Philadelphia found the
draw bridge up for the passage Of steamboat and no su
cen notice Of the fact being given the Engineer season
the engine all the baggage crates and the express
thrown into the water there about fifteen feet deep The
passenger fortunately became dsengaged and their pro
gress stopped in season 10 them from following
The Engineer escaped by leapng from the locomotive
The Brakeman less fortunate, both his legs
broken. The unfortunate resided at Bordentown.
whittier he was conveyed after the accident A young
named VIM. Wooley had his foot crushed H.
was attached to the baggage express. The express
car, with all It's contents. sunk completely
q sight Ii had $4,000 board The mails
with most Of the passengers effects recovered and
the baggage most Of il delivered TO the Yesterday
the damage being promptly settled by the agents Of the
company far practicable The passengers reached this
City at an early hour yesterday morning.
We have received the following communication from
a gentleman who on the train at the time of the
accident
NETWORK SATURDAY. Apnl p 1888
To the Editor Of Then y Tribune
The circumstance which ought to be deeply impressed
on the public mind IN connection with the rail road acct
dent OF Saturday i this The charge of the rail
road company bridge al RncOcasCree had instructions
give other warning approaching train when the
draw up. thsn that which he did give namely by
waving his hand or hat. No arrangements, whatever be-
You'd this found TO have been made 10 guard against
the horrible exposure The engineer may have becn
toned look out when the draw up but what Of
security this considering the magnitude of the hazard
and the liability to visual miscOncepuon or inattenton
To show what sort of man the management had placed
in charge Of their bridge let these fact, be borne in mind
The afternoon train the habit Of crossing the bridge
some minutes before the boat at the draw. On this
casOn owing to the number of passengers, there de
lay of ten fifteen minutes IN the trans arrival AZ
the bridge. And yet the man at the bridge, lowhstlnd
ing the imminence Of the train arrival every pro
ceeded to lift the draw On being eXpostuated with after
the accident he stupidity said that his orders To lift the
when the boats came and he hal discretion in the
matter He had been there he said fourteen years and
had tipped train into the river before So II the
accident has not occurred long since, at the same
point passengers thank their good luck and not the
prOvdent OF the railroad management nor the com
mon sense Of their man al the bridge
There but opinion among the passengers. and II
that the accident attributable 10 the most nefTous
caeesncss the part of the railroad company not pro-
Vidng an efficient security against the contingency of the
draws being up with a red flag should have been
stationed mile in the before the draw touched
under such tremendous risk We going at speed
of thirty miles an hour and only chance was that the
atmosphere might he sufficiently clear and the Engineer
sufficiently quick sighted for him to see in that the
draw ~ Had the boat been half way through the
draw at of the accident there must have been great
destruction 81 life board the boat well a in the cars
lad speed sackened few seconds later of the
passeng,r would have bee pitched into the river with
the ha- gage, crushed up-drownlng or mulaon beng
the two chances for the passengers.
1t the very general intention of 20 hold the
Company responsible for all their LOSSES The j.
which admits of paiaion whatever, and public opinion
cannot fail to hold the Company TO strict account
ONE OF 4 PARTY OF FOUR PASSENGERS