New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-03
rur ACCIDENT ON THE Hur- "' H. 4"
RAILROAD

rx xuLyu-sk,sasL OTHERS INJURED
Anon, o'clock. on the night Of last Friday, another
s,5ae., oceurrd on the Hudsor River Rnfosd ealsns
the d. All Of two men aud in nc 20 others H'pPe"'
n at the o'clock express train from Albany whoa hs-f
TT ,,m. :, con,-ct with an imlnauss 70 K which had
.cden from i;s Place a. 'he top Of the emoanSnent SHi
cour,e.ey obs;ruced the track. She tram was OF tho
usua! nth consisting of fve passenger ears none %
With u,r, injured tn locomotive tend m.l alI bag
csre ears were badly broker and slmost des royed
he eerGeut IS thus described by o. the passengers
After leaving Hudson, eight mle' the ears going
~ The usual rate Of The ENP'es tain, We we're startled
ty sudden crash and the car going from side - SD,
I'd, windows crushing il, the ears filing With Steam the
c,rfuson vi ch ousu5C past descript Women and
Children screaming one sih chid in Zach arm, cyi d;
Save my ohJroal" Recorder ral.malZo ca!mly re
Qu,sted all To be quiet he thought boiler nal ex
u tCd AID all danger mu.t row be over. Oae gsstle
as he ccull leave the car rushed 10 he oa
size. CaiTg all t. follow and see wiO could ~ Assisted
rot 4, ubiing but O. destruction ~ m eld properly
BAD been done. Pushing forward suid steam, a1l al
the eI,e wreck Of tie baggage car he cauei an asked
If any among the ruins and received an answer
80 yes. : clip IRE out am crushed TO pieces
then hanging by his legs, grapng with his
hsLds TO the side Of the front car In ms position no vas
bed for time, while they were palnS OF the boards
Of the broken g. relieve him Ii was soon PERCEIVED
et lere danger Of the man being blned 40 unless
wa.er was instaatly procured \ g1hiom1a bf'u 5ht
yster in bis bat and poured his legs this rCleved
Lin Then many others tr)ugh wafer III tne'r has, UNA
pail WIS procured In the aa;ule ar FISK 81 BROOK
Ism Ike 10 cNficttt III i1rtelu
il ih, ruins above, in an upneh position ~ per'e'ef
srce he bad procured AK and eneavored ~ away
tie Finding this would not DO ne ro'l9lG.'h Il 'ae
OK ard with AldeTm Kelly Of the Second Ward. vac
encouraged al all in pushing The "at back inches,
and bN cnnirg il relieved :Ae men who vera
tutapeled in the wreck During ths tune the gre4'est
confusiun existed many giving orders AMI eolu;er-
ordeTs-but the voice 81 Nr Hell, heard distinctly
above all others asking for concert OF acton ier
the excitement VS. somewhat over tie writer ookeI
around and peT>ey Cd sOrli "c-ches oa,n! i'0<
rg the baggage for ,ae old trunks o. vl5es, Goa
tanning Pehals I'D collar shirt AMI not mining
the misery desola0n around bat hgn God they were
few TO he noble -ouls who wee az work.
The cduse OF this a,t,gwas aad slide rock na1iy
large had fallen from the unalns an large
pieces were dit i5uted fOf hundreds of Yards 8'ug the
road. The baggage ear in which nm Informed were
some six men totally e,iroye AMI yet singular ~
may appear ell in were saved The engine ma, awe
bee almost Otss destroyed, large pieces oil polished
uachiutry could be seen for hundred yards from
where the ruins brought up crcsswe On the rold-sop
prg two forward There four other cars hol
with psssenseis which had disconnected from the ir
two Ihsywere stopped without damage Il passengers or
cars about xix Injured feet fr TIE hgst Two, AMI the
ruins ofihe locomotive
Tie sufferers were the er cneer Mr. James Scott who
one Of he Oldest aud regarded by the company as the
careful man upon the od he was found lying m a
s.nseless condition -,ne dsan from the engine. His
face and head bood, and al the tine wa supp'@
ed bis skull fractured lie was taken to ivol where
lie attended by phy stefan, who found upon exam
iraiiou that the skull broken bat only seriously
bruised Yesterday the pby stefan pronounced Mr. Scott
Two 6raEtmen named Charles Bertrand 'nd James
NcIaughlin W. &c also takCn uP in seDsee cOudtipu
These unfortunate men horribly bruised about tho
face and BE- ad aud the limbs of both broken Iney
were taken with the rest 10 Ivo where every attention
was paid TO their wau bat they both died before nora
ing ind were brought to the Cl by the - CLOCK tram
On Saturday Neither Of them have families Mr. Snp
So the train AID the fir man. were botd siShLiy
Lut The fireman as the the accident occurred,
was active in rendering assistance but in afe* mau'es
tainted and carried 70 iiTo he recovered how
ever In few hours, and he aud Mr. Simpson were yes
tfrday both OF danger.
T. s Caldwell. the conductor Of the train, escaped un,
hurt, although his escape together with thai oil several
others wa most miraculous The train master. conductor
baggage master expressman and several hers were IN
the baggage the time Of the catastrophe Ihey were
thrown by the shock and ~edged in the machinery
ard rocks but of them were hurt but the express
man. aud he but slightly. This was most wonderful es
cape much the baggage car was instantly dashed
mo pItes Lot piece o II Dein iei tha cuiiu c'uid
The engine was the St Clair new one, which has not
been running mole than month II was thrown upon
is side with is head from the track In which condition
found Saturday. Ii is not So badly damaged out
that il can be repaired and again put upon the road
The train, which was due here at 10 clog on rFiaay
ri, Lt owing TO the catastrophe did not arrive ti near
o'clock the next morning. Not u single passenger was
hurt
been Engaged blasting in this vicinity for month. pat
end The reasonable suppo5ton III regard To .he
affair H. that the falling rock, which ron rom INC top
o.. high bill rock recently shattered by the ba.t-
inn When il fell upon the track the signal man saw it,
and the train sleady in sight The man haotsned to
give the warnin but before he had eto 90 50 the tram
" as upon II, and the WORT had been done
t. tie Editor Of TheN. Y Tribune;
SIR La. night abou6 O'Clock as the passenger train
wus coming down from Albany, the Hudson River Rail
road tome two miles above the TvO Station it ran foul
of some large rockr which, few minutes before, had
rv ed down the bank on 70 the The locomotive the
end,r and baggage aud mai were smashed to
atoms aLd slv throwing baggage mail bags ana ffag
ments IN every direction to considerable distance When
the train finally 10 sop it was found that mangied