The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-21

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rms gkiE RAILROAD AcoIDxsr.-YuKrnKs PARTICULARS.
susQusnASrA, IN. Y..) June ls.Th~ boiler Of engine
No o. which pushing heavy fsight train up grade
when about hall mile Of Sosqaehanna. the l6h
inst, at4 o'clock, exploded. instantly killing, burn
Ing, and scaidng a large number Of persons.
Five are known to have been instantly killed. among
whom was the engineer, MIR. Arnold. a&
Two others much injured that IL is doubtful
whether they will survive till morning
The son OF the engineer very much burned and
scaded, and 1t is thought received internal
injuries Three others known have blown into
the rvef ana as Others are missing Is thought they
sha red the fate
Justice Seymour held inquest upon the remains a.
Susquehanna, and the jury acquitted the official, of all
blame in the matter. ~E
was supposed there several bodies in The
Susquebanns river but discovered after care
ul search However the rapid there The
torn fragments may have been carried away. gold ring
| and pieces OF coin were found upon the bank
MIR. arnold, the engineer and two other victims, Were
buried with much soennit -a the stores In Susquehanna
being closed and draped in mourning
SECOND pEsrArcH FURTHER PARTICULARS
The engine old eghtwhee driver. used in help
ing the freight uans the hill II exploded in the rock
between this place and Danesboro about half mile
from Conewac,a bridge When she started her
literally covered with passengers going TO the summit
| Those who killed instantly were women, Mrs
Caharine Stately and Mrs. Catharne ODay and three
men, Walter ID. Arnold engineer Michael Casey, and
| Patrick Caron. .t 4fs#
Arnods head blown the rocks Of tho south side
of the railroad his body rods in another direction
When the body found the countenance still
life. His little lad Of sxteen-reccgnised
il and exclaimed, sob there's my fatherr He ran to
embrace it. The head dropped from the rocks, and the
brain, fell in his hands
The headess bodies OF the two women lay blackened
and mapglcd few rods from the engine Their husbands
| live at the summit" The bodies of the other men
lay torn and scalded short distance from the tender.
| Six known b. wounded, viz: Gilbert Hill, fire.
man, slightly. son OF Walter Arnold. engineer, de-.
ranged injuries about the head and neck may recover
Mics Eliza Soddard blown off and Otherwise injured;
has just had the stump OF the arm anputated by Drs.
Smith and Fisher OF this place recovery doubtful. Mrs
John Collins has lex injured that the bones ming
out and hand and RI very badly. Her hu sband
who had left her. and of whom she in search the
time utterly refuses to have ampuiaon erfomed. She
will probably die to- morrow next day. number oil
others slightly wounded.
The accident cannot in all probability be
ccsned. Arnold the engineer, has the reputation OF be
ing careful and strictly temperate man. Three gauges
of In the boiler ct the time she left the station
SO engine which has bsen in for three
years Yesterday she in the shop for
smoke pipe The verdict Of the corone jury was-death
by accidental explosion of boiler of engine So No blame
attached to any person diving the machine could it
be that the boiler was in any way detective
i ANOTHER DESPATCH FURTHER PARTICULARS.
4 AT Rock Cut dreadful presented itself Engine
No So had exploded her boiler and the ground
ed with the dead and wounded bodies of those who
been so lately full Of io and hope The road presented
shocking appearance. 1t covered With blood, hair,
tendons and manglod limbs whilst the boiler and front
part of the engine blown pieces and the very iron
rail battered the earth by the strokes of the emanin
wheels, they fell down upon IL from the air
Every horifed and their supor
would permit they found the following was the ...
|
Walter b. Arnold, engineer OF No. So aged about fifty
years. and a resident of Susquehanna Mr.. Arnolds head
was ut etey of from the throat the under Jaw
leaving no,hag remaining but the base of the ku the
lceuical venebrH. The face was not dis6gured in The
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with facing the dreadful Here it
If he looking at the road from behind conceal
ment His little son. lad about eleven years of age who
wounded, first recognised il, and said Here's my
father" at tho moment placing his hand upon the
face, when, horrible tell, the head turned and
portion Of the unfortunate mans brain fell Mr. ar
mold American, and leaves wife and six children
Michael Casey. laboref aged about seventeen, 9
resident OF Susquehanna. Ill. body much IN n
eed but he sustained fracture OF the spine, which
instant death. He native OF Ireland, and ndu.
tious young man. He unmarried.
Patrick Keersn, laborer resided summit His bod,
was dIeadfuy mudlsted, the head abdomen, and liml
being fractured and torn.
Catbarne OLeary, wife ola aborer residing summit
had his head blown off and limbs broken The hair lay
around and the bare tendons Of the neck
teIpo,ed She native OF Ireland.
Catbarine Sattery, resident OF summit had her linn b.
and portions of them scattered either side of the
road Her head was also blown oil.
The heades, trunks OF the women lay but a few rod
the men were further from it,
i List or WOUNDED.
/ Mr.. Alien Collins. aged abont y years. wife OF Johr
Collins slaboref residing at Summit had her right
featured from the shoulder the elbow and sustained
besides compound fracture Of the right thigh
panied with awful liberation Of the flesh and protu.ion
the bone She removed TO the Kirk Hosse Susque
hanna where she lay yesterday evening under the
Dr. Field of Philadsphia The doctor entertained
slight hope. Of her recovery stbst time. Mrs Collins
nauve ofIreland, and has one child
Eliza stoddsrd, unmarried had her eft of nes
the shoulder the limb lay Mr. Atnod' head Wher
Mis-. SpoJdard taken up, the first words she spok
were "iud my arm, IL you can. She carried TO thu
cottage OF Mr. John uom.n. by, where very excel
evening by DIS Jackson and Smith, of susquohsnns sh
was easier evening Miss Soddsrd IL from the county
ofC.rc Ireland aud resided with her brothers sum
NIT q.
Gilbert Ill., fireman. wa, badly scaldoj, but had non,
late Mr. Arnold, where he lay last evening IN state
ldelirium
Young Arnold .oa the deceased engineer aged abou
elevcu slightly scaded and 10 have receives
conclusion OF his brain from the shock. b, lad AWAY
was thought that he nigh, recover
Resides this shocking array, II 10 almost certain this
n. nv persons were blown into the river.
The OF the Surrounding air, caused by the
explosion wa. - powerful three Irish lsboers wh
work the Sosqoehanns river. were burlee
iuto the water by its iorce
vod ring was fou nd near river in the evening"
Mr. Ege.tou found piece Of coin lying the road
fopnd MINI fcIH