New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-10
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ACCIDENT on THE Camden ASD ANBOY RAILROAD
On Tuesday afternoon, at about a o'clock an accident
occurred at the " two mile turn cut, two miles from
South Amboy by which cOlored 80 or IS years of
age probably fatally injured The unfortunate man
passenger in emigrant train, which had started
for Philadelphia and turned of upon side track 10 wait
for the express train for NewYork due about that time
number of the passengers in the emgrant train left the
cars and went into neghboring thicket, to gather
huckleberries. Among these persons the man in
question Seeing the up train approaching, and probably
fearing lie might be left, he toward the and
deavored to jump the main track just the
press train up. lie struck by the cOw-catcher
and thrown with great violence about twenty feet from
the track where he was picked up senseless moment
afterward. The conductor of the up train, Mr.. A. j.
Cooper Immediately halted. and physician, VINO was
board, examined the wounded man large hole had
been in the side Of bis head, and he had sustained
such other serious injuries that the physican pronounced
his recovery impossible. He then taken to AmbOy,
two miles distant
THE GEOLOGICAL SURvEY.-The Superintendent Of the
Survey and his assistants have been operating during the
las, three weeks in Montague township Sussex Co, and
the iny sgaons have revealed among other discoveries
large deposits of shell mari which will be OF ncacuabe
benefit tor agricultural purposes on the sterile lands OF
that locality. The deposits cover hundreds OF acres lying
about fifteen feet in thickness The upper layer pure
peat from eight feet thick next stratum Of fresh
water ,hes occurs about eighteen inches thick and then
TN stratum of mari The latter is almost pure carbonate
Of me which is well known to be one Of the best aZr
cultural fertilizers. Newark Daily ADV.
A new rolling machine was yesterday experimental
with at the works Of the Trenton Iron Company which
run through rails from to 81 feet length inches in
hight weighing 80 lbs. to the yard, in average time Of
one minute each The pocuArities Of this invention
are that rails through welding heat in about
onehalf less time and with onehird less labor than by
the old horizontal rollers and the ability to roll Hanged
bars of great width and such cannot be made by the
ordinary means in Newark Daily Adv, 9Th.
The EH=aJethforn JourRai states that Tuesday
evening Of week Mr. Aaron :. Morris shot at by
some he leaning his garden fence. sho,
destroyed bis right eye and the 0rty OF the charge
entered the post by which be stood. Al lshnan named
MRhae Wheelan has been arrested on suspicion, he
having some time since threatened him.
RoNAs CATHOLIC CoLLEGE-It Is stated that the
Roman Catholic denomination have purchased large
piece Of property with buildings upon II in Morris County,
near Madison which is to be occupied for a college.
RECORDERS CoURT.-In jersey City yesterday, Geo.
Ibis John Roney and William Jones' tried on charge
of stealing watch were convicted Of the ofense. Ibis
was sentenced jail three months ROney month"; and
Jones two months Margaret Corney, tried charge
of stealing from the captain Of canalboat convict
ed and sent to jail for one month
NEW CHAPTER or USITED ANERIcANs.-A new
Chapter Of the Order Of United Americans is about to be
instituted in Jersey City by the Grand Officers Of the
State Chancery II will be named Charter Oak Chapter
and will probably be No. 10 of New-Jersey
of james LOOMS fell from the piazza Of his resi-
in Civ yesfpfday and much Injured