The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-11

MORNING. EDlTION-.--IH
left with each other Ybut not with the sudard clock
after the collision compared the watchss> four five
they agreed precisely; compared mins With ts watch
OF Mr. Graham. after the colison there were to and
half minutes difference, pretty near; mine was the
slowest 1t was not many minutes after the colis
can't tell at what rate OF speed the opposite train
going at the instant Of the collisions was not aware before
! compared watches with Mr.. Graham that mine was
two and . half minutes slower than his.
Cross. s1amined-Ihe compsnys rule is, II We don't
meet at ths turn out to 60 9. sO.y looking for each
other the companys rule for running up to meeting
stations Is half speed usual crate thirty miles OF
more, occasionally forty: when tie time is uS We don't
compare watches standard clock every day. did not
sspoo us ns a. each other at
dIed and three hundred yards had locomotive No Al
arst class engine in dimsnaions and pesd engine would
weigh tv ent five or thirty TONS drive wheels Ave and
half feet in diameter had five cars in train and bag
gage car such train running at the speed that was,
should think; carried two braksnen, three including
oaRgsge master two fremen act as brakemen. also;
can't form any Judgment how long after the signal before
they struck heard signal It might have bssn THEIRS
could not M do not conductors Of opposite trains to
speak to them for months sometimes; there Ia q stand
ard clock New York well in Philadephia it is
regulation to comI time with the time at the sta
BEEN At At minutes pss
nothing had happened Each the two brakssmen al
Anboy and Camden that is their special duty; it is
the duty Of one to look back all tho time
the ssy Uns' has sr to duty 70 o. 9
duty of baggage master to watch brakes when train
motion, ard Of fireman to apply breaks on engine on
place where the collision took place. there is turn out
just below the bridge not required stop there
regulation requires to look out for other train there
and If We don't meet 1t to run moderately to the next
rule s that conductor regulates speed Of run
ming train don't any thing being said about
being behind time when left South Amboy that day.
We might be three four minutes behind time there s
about eight miles to Margaret station from South Amboy
sanes but did not feel for hall an hoSr It
to come on towards evening; have orders about
making up time II we are late
After the close cf his examination Mr.. Muschamp was
assisted out of the room. BE walked very lame and
stifny.
Mr. vroom suggested that the jury inspect the frag
The Coroner announced that they would take recess
now, at half past two, for an hour.
Thomas Mount sworn.-Was brakeman of down rain
the gig top was at post the brakes wore en- We we're
not going over four miles hour at the time OF tho col
Hi.n not Zee the opposite train coming from
direction but did not stop it only few seconds af
tor the signal that the collision took places have no.
Abraham Everett sworn Am in the employ Of the
Camden and Amboy Railroad Company; the rule at the
South Amboy station is that two men 70 round and ex
anime every car before starting to see that thew are in
erder the and locomotive yesterday st
the examination applies to wheels journals and brakes
Cross examined Have examined the fragments Of the
broken cars the betokens fghtul collision
brought up in $50 zoo yards as man Is stsoneS
at the turn out where they meet saw that train examn
ed that day. it O'Clock BY my watch when the train
started from South Amb0y.
John Anderson, called Engineer of MP train from
New York; more than can cay; when nay watch was
compared with Mr. Muschamp's before the collision it
when We started from South Amboy; We were about
seventy FIVE yards apart when FIRST saw the other
o se s e. had the
saw the other train; jumped off few seconds after.
wards the aIemen folio we'd suit left the engine re-
the time we saw tie other train knew that the turn
cut the place to meet the other tran am sure it
two minutes before four O'Clock by my watch when
We started from the depot; If have clear run I
usually run at the rate did yesterday round the curve
have bad copy Of the printed regulations; the curve
at Cid Bridge not sharp, but the trees the
wsy. so that We cannot see any distance.
Mr.. Everett, re calledAm under impression that the
company have been negotiating for land to straghten
wliam c. Cook sworn-I am the engineer Of the Cam
for the purchase Of land for reducing this curve The
General went on to ate, that in consequences of
difficulties which had occurred In the negotiations they
had not been completed
Obadiah Herbert sworn-Reside hsre; saw c,rs 20 by
yesterday up train went pretty fast they generally go
thirty to forty miles hour; have lived here ever
since the Camden and Amboy railroad vent into opera
enc man; he ran faster than usual; thought as he
went by, that be was running very FAST the next
ment heard smash.
At the time that close my letter. the jury stil
deliheratiDg upon their verdict 1t is nearly seven
O'Clock, but they have not yet agreed.
Mr. Anderson considered of the best engineers
on the road He had been employed by the same com
pspy twelve fifteen years, but he was not on
hia regular train at TINA tho EJa
Running substitute for Isaac Davis, who had been
called off to attend court at Bordenown Mr. Anderson
had been running for some time past the regular mail
line between New Brunswick and Kensington, on what
is called the fowl" night mail line. he is considered
very sober and careful man, and put this road
because he regarded of the best men in the
en- ploy of the company.
The curve Of the road here whore the accident hap
peLed, is very sharp The company will be censured
by many severely for not having Strengthened it.
Only four persons are yet dead The remains Of two
lying here in the hotel have not yet been recognized
One of them is large stout man. with bushy whskers
of q sandy color believed to be German emgrant. He
had gold watch In his pocket. The other is woman,
apparently about fifty years old and Of respectable ap
appearance The bodies preserved in ice for re.
cosntion.
The others killed Rose Dustin, aged two years,
daughter Of d. H. Dustin, Esq, Of New York. and Ann
Fcot the nurse who accompanied her.
LIST OF INJURED.
E. c. Martini Baltimore, wife, and three daughters
Son dreadfuy wounded from head to foot but supposed
likely to recover the three daughters slightly bruised
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin considerably injured in the legs
All the preceding are at Lewis W. Spencer's Hotel.
DOCTORS WHO HAVE BEEN ATTENDANCE.
Dr. Morre of South An,boy; Dr. Poole, of wsshoston;
Dr. Golder Of do; Drs Smith and stone, of South Am
boy DR.. Brummeger, Of Spotswood.
Miss Emma Longstreth, of Philadelphia, beautiful
yourg Lady who visiting here and her sister, have
been most devoted and unting in their attentions to
the Altering
The report published in some of to-dsy's New York
papers that the conductors had been arrested is
neous.
ACCOUNT OF TILE DISASTER BY PASSENGER
1t is scarcely possible for eyewitness of the
collision on the Camden and Amboy Railroad, on Tues
day afternoon to give thing approaching adequate