New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-17
CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED.
IN CID T. n 7 s.

Ma few minutes before O'Clock yesterday after
noon we learned that serious and atsl accident bad
happened to a train on the Harlem Railroad whereby
two or more lives were lost. We Immediately sent re-
porters to the scene OF the catastrophe, some 10 me'
from the City, who returned aH night at liz O'Clock
with the following particulars:
The Express train for Albany, which left the Harlem
Dtp6t corner of Centre and White-sts, at o'clock
Yesterday morning, net with disastrous accident ct
II o'clock at Whitockyille called Mechinicsvlle in
The tmebl The train does not stop sill it reaches
Croton Falls They preceded al safe I'll theyrsaeh-
ed Meehanics7ille station about e miles IN the road
and miles from Bedford station when, Immediately
after passing the former sxton, crash was heard,
ard in family the engine tender and ggage csr run OF
the track down the embankme6 The pin fastening the
coupling ssin of the baggage to tho passenger car
worked ont BY some lucky chlace. and thus saved the
passengers from going over the enbankme7t.
RrsyIsG OFF THE TRAcI--THE KILLED.
Mr. Knox the station master, scys he the train 70
over and Immediately the M when re found Hr
Baird the engineer his back ne the engine, and Mr..
Lirpard the fireman, under the engine They took them
beth TO the cottage OF Zeno Hoy sv chman the lire
Lippard never spoke, and Baird cIiy said Ny Lori
Jesus" and Goodbye my dear WIFE He died first
and the fireman afterward. Both lied about twenty
minutes. Our reporter afterward he bodies. Baird
dses not seem much injured externally mt Lppard i, cut
terribly about the face and head
THE INJURED.
The following men we're in the baggage car when Ire
break occurred;
Mr. Edward Lockwood, baggage.maa 'er, severel7
bruised.
Mr Henry Lewis, contractor of wood to he Company,
severely bruised. ,
M. Peter Smith, brakeman, shoulder dslo -sted.
MIR. l.. G.. Griffin. passenger q farmer from Lake Ma
hopae fractured his leg and received severe internal in
iuries.
were in the car neither OF which received any injury OF
importance.
AL Of the above we're enabled to return to the CITY
cent Mr. Griffin who re mains at Mr. Collnss Hotel
the station.
PARTICULARS OF TIE AFFAIR
The train was going about 40 miles per hour and the
accident occurred the just beyond the station in
Of the fage OF the wheel OF the trunk OF the
engine breaking Off AT the oft the track, aud
such was its force that the engine reversed turned itself
around going down the embankment and wing the bag
gaee ear some feet behind into pond of water One
of the gentlemen in the baggage said rolled over
several times and seemed him if it never would
rach the bottom Some ports of the iron from the wheel
were found at Newcastle, five miles back showing that
begun 20 break there The force of the train was such as
TO tear up the iron rails and of the bars ran directly
through the baggage tearing up the seats and striking
Mr. Lewis on the side most wonderfully passing without
killing him.
EXTRAORDINARY incident.
But the most singular part of it is that the two passen
esrcers after being detached from the baggageear
tnued their the track although the rails were
torn up-Hterally Jumping off and on the seepers and
were not stopped until they got around the curve, when
the brakeman in the after car brought them up The
pqsengsrs knelr nothing Of The Of their detention TIL
Hez returned TO the Station
The UNFORTUNATE DEAD.
Jsoes Baird the engineer killed. very respectable,
sober man. much liked by the Company and his fellow
vorkmen He had been in the Company's employ about
nine wears and leaves second wife and three young
children besides twenty years Of age, by the first
wife He was about fifty years of age and member OF
the United States Lodge of Odd Fellows.
foolish boy who was at the depot at the time the news
arrived ran round TO Thirty second ST. the residence OF
Mrs Baird and very ncautousy called to her at the bot
tom Of the stairs that Baird and Lppard were both
killed This gave the poor woman such shock OF ner
vous raYing that it took two men to hold her
Michael Lippard the fireman. was also a respectable
steadv voung man He was not married and had no re-
lations here except sister in Brooklyn, He had been
with the Company two and half years, and was for
merly on the Long Island Railroad Both men were born
in Ireland.
VARIOUS INCIDENTS.
The ipouest viii be held at WhOckyie this morning
specal messenger dispatched to r Heard the Coro
Her, at Peekskil.
Dr/Shaw from the village as well as the inhabitants gen
eraly rendered all the assistance that lay IN theH power
The Coursny sent up two cofn by the train last night
The train 10 which the accident happened was delayed
about two hours while they to White Plains for another
engine The delay to any other trains was ony about I'll
teen minutes
USIUcKY ENGINES.
The engine was called The Tempest" and was one OF
four made by Rogers Kechum &c, OF Paterson all OF
which have been more less unfortunate She was IN
vore of Mr. Baird and his fellow engineers frequently to1
him that one day she would kill him The first day ne urea
her she would not being sc @ that she knoeNeo
down the station wall at Chatham and only ABOUT year
49,, Tn. Terror another of the four killed both fireman
Il ..uirnor nt tie came Station.