New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-16

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ong whistle when the train was opposite the
lepot at Norwalk. !
George W. Whistler, Jr., being sworn, said j: J
The persons in charge of train can see the ]
signal red ball, which is at the draw, from !
lbout quarter Of mile above Norwalk; after r
hat, they lose sight Of it, in my opinion, at the
station; if the signal be lowered from the time
1t which it is first seen and the time Of his losing
light Of it at the station, the engineer could !
still 6 break up by Stacking speed to the rate
If ten miles an hour, as he came to the curve
they are in all cases ordered to approach that
curve cautiously they are not to exceed aspeed
Of ten miles an hour if he saw the signal down
he reached the bridge; the signal is always
lowered before the man touches the draw; he
has then to go to each end of the bridge to get
out the wedges; the engineer Of q train is under
the direction Of the conductor; have heard as
a general report that the conductor told the en-
gineer 6 to drive like hell through Norwalk, as
two gentlemen wanted to get out there, and he
did not wish to stop The accident, most posi-
lively, could not have occurred if the engineer
kept proper lookout. think the fault was
entirely with the engineer; if the train stopped
at Norwalk, it would attain a rate Of ten or |
twelve miles an hour before reaching the draw.
Mr.. Whistler is the Superintendent Of the
road. He further testified that Edward Tucker,
the engineer, was guilty Of collision on the
obeying the conductor. Why did the company |
keep him any longer in its employ
Several Of the passengers who were examined
testified that there was no Stacking OF speed, |
and that the signal was down, as it should have |
been. 45%-z~$5$ |
INcIDENTs.-The express agent was sitting |
upon trunk in the baggage car, and escaped |
by forcing his way through the broken roof. He |
was severely wounded.
| A newsboy, who fell through the floor Of the
car which broke in two, escaped unhurt
| Mr. Trotter, Mr.. g. F. Spear, and Mr.. j
Bishop, of New Jersey, and DR.. Pierson, of Sa-
lem, were in the first passenger car that went
down. The first three escaped by forcing them
selves through the window Of the car, although
it was full Of water. DR.. Pierson was drowned
Mr.. G. W. Pomeroy, Of NewY ork, had placed
his wife and little child in the Of Mr.. Spear
The child was saved by strenuous efforts on the
part of Mr.. Spear, but although that gentle
man returned several times under water, in
order, if possible, to rescue Mrs, Pomeroy, all
his efforts were unsuccessful. He rescued two
other boys.
The citizens of Norwalk evinced the utmost
sympathy and kindness towards the sufferers.
The medical gentlemen, who were travelling
) homeward, and the three resident physicians Of
Norwalk, were unceasing in their attentions to
the wounded.
Among the names of the dead is that of Mrs.
TlueuI ouc Was uAdIllcu vi uo1AAAE
and was starting on a short tour. Mr.. Fluent
escaped, though not without some injuries.
!, 1t was stated at the place that the engineer,
: Daniel Tucker, had run into the drawbridge at
! Stratford last summer, and that he had a COL
lision at Portchestsr two years ago.
. A clergyman and his wife had just changed
: seats with sailor The sailor was killed and
!. the others escaped ..
The engine and baggage cars completely filled
Il up the gap of the channel at the bridge. The
: passenger cars are complete wrecks.
4 A gentleman, after extricating himself, saved
y a child who was under the care of an aunt thu
. aunt, it seems, was drowned
y man, who saved himself by breaking tn
= window, sprang on the car, and called out 70
: an axe to chop open the car to extricate hi
= - wife Several boatmen in the vicinity hastene
- with their boats, and were the means of savin
r many lives.
n Mr.. Larchier, one of the dead, had on his per
~ son very large amount of money. which ha
! been taken possession of by Mr. Warner, Cash
!, Ter Of the Fairfield County Bank, Connecticut
=, All the watches, jewelry, and other valuable
n taken from the bodies Of the deceased, are in tn
:. possession of Justice Weed, acting Coroner.
ID --LATEST FROM NoRwALK-Up to the presen
ID time (nine O'clock Saturday morning) ffty-tw
err dead bodies have been recovered. Some of til
Ill bodies are still lying in the station hous
he awaiting recognition by their friends 1t is b,
ar away by the current, and that the whole loss
elk life amounts to sixty.
lie | Mr.. Fluent, who was married on Thursda
ap and whose wife was among the victims, is almo
Of insane.
as Fifty collins have been purchased by the COL
is pany and brought to the station; the de-
NO bodies as they were brought in were mark
re and placed in them Upon those that were +
cognised their clothing was allowed to renal
.s+ while those that were unknown were Stripe
=, their clothes and valuables were placed safe
IN away, and upon their persons clean linen shrou
Ir were arranged.
- Most strenuous efforts are constantly beil
,.1 made to recover what bodies there may still
If entangled in the wreck. Preparations for dra
NM ging the creek are being made, and cannons "
N. be fired to bring up the dead.
I'd The locomotive was discovered this mornin
MT buried on the opposite side ofthe creek.
mt LEGISLATIVE INyEsTIGArIoN.-Ha ford, M
M THE Legislature, at itssession this mornir
of appointed a special committee to investigate t
os- cause of the late disaster. The committee CO
MS, sists of Senator Hyatt, Dr. Beckwith, Mr.. B
led sell, and Mr.. Halsey.
ell They axe instructed to repair at once to t
for scene Of disaster, and collect facts and rept
nd officially. A bill was also introduced MAXI
sen it fine Of $4,000 for every person killed ul
cen railroad, and imposing heavy penalties for
re- juries on account Of accidents caused by ca
pc lessness. A thorough investigation OF this at
he is to be made. The Legislature have also
led solved to appoints Board Of Railway Commissi
lew ers, with extensive powers.
he THE KuLED.-We have the names of for
for one of the victims of this melancholy disast
ly's and fifteen bodies still remain at Norwalk un
to cognized. The wounded, SO far as report
ion, number twenty. -four, and one hundred q
He eighteen escaped without injury. These 70
car an aggregate of one hundred and ninety Gig
hat leaving eighteen persons to be accounted for
side make up the number Of two hundred and $
g of teen passengers registered as being in the ca
ing The missing, however, may have escaped {
the continued their journey. The names Of
Hiss killed are as follows:
her DR.. Samuel Beach, Bridgeport, Ct; Oil
vice Barr, supposed to be an agent of Antioch
lout lege, Ohio; Ellen S. Bacon, Roxbury, Ma
in Dr. Josiah Barelett, Massachusetts,; Isaac
pre- Goliath, Richmond, Me-; Mary Carrigan,
bled York; B. S. Davies; Mrs. A. L. Desaug
irst. Philadelphia; D. W. Dimmock, Marshfeld.
was W. G. Dwight, Brooklyn; Walter French.
dis chester, n H.; Ellen Foss, Cor Cross Pou
car, keepsie; MRS. J. NJ. Fluent, Lancaster,
the Mrs Green and son, Baltimore; DR.. Jno. Gl
rson Springfield, Mass; ]. NJ. Hutchinson, Bost
way Mrs Hanson, Tor Hanna) New York; j.
first Hotchkiss, New Haven; Nathaniel King,
arly Athens, Ohio; Rev. John Henry Luhers,
,ous liamsburp Anna B. Lang I; Mrs. LanderS, &