Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-03

The Railroad decentralization Pdticufars
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 3O.--Dr. IIeincken, who
drove the vehicle which oecasioned the agful ac
cdent on the New York railroad yesterday.
states that it contained his wife, her father, fhos
Antrine, and his wife, and the doctors child. He
was driving to Burlington for the purpose of
crossing to Bristol but went through Florence TO
visit his patients. He turning from the
river road into the Bordenton road, by side
road crossing the railroad He heard no whs
tie or notice of any train, and saw none. He
looked up and down the track and saw no train in
either direction. He then drove on the track,
but ON arriving close to it, he heard a rushing
noise as of cars moving when he Immediately
reigned up, but the motion of the train was 50
rapid that the horses only halted on the rails
when the train reached them.
He is positive that the train was running at a
rate of thirty miles per hour. The cars struck
the horses, killing them instantly, and upset the
carriage The Doctor was thrown out-reeeiv-
ed an injury in his shoulder His family es-
capped with only some slight bruises. lie attrl-
utes the accident TO the engineer not ringing his
bell, ard backing down at the rate of thirty miles
an hour An act Of the legislature fixes the rate
of speed to six miles an hour within the bound of
the CITY. whore the accident occurred. The
Doctor adds that he has been cautious in APP
preaching railroad tracts from Il previous accl-
dent when a wagon containing several members
of his family, was broken to pieces by the horses.
The special correspondent of the Associated
Press. who is at Burlington, telegraphs that no
deaths occurred dtring the night, and that most
of the wounded are doing well. The coroner
was proceeding with the inquest, bat no tostimo-
nv had been taken yet.
VIM. H. Newbold, broker of Philadelphia is
dreadfully injured, and it is supposed cannot
survive.
The train on the Trenton road from New York
was detained two hours to-day by the breaking
of the connecting road. The fireman. named
TAYLOR. was struck on the head and badly hurt
Miss Maria New5od daughter of George
Newbod Esq, of this city, is seriously hurt.
[SECoND DISPATCH.
PHILApEIPHIA, Aug. 30.-The number of
persons killed by the accident Is ascertained to
be twenty hree-two of whom have not yet been
recognized. The number of persons disabled Is
80, besides large number with minor injuries.
but who are able to be about. Some five or six
are considered fatally injured-the others
retting along comfortably. Several mistakes
have occurred in consequence of persons names
being given from articles being found i'll the pos
session of the dead.
The Coroner commenced an inquest at 10
O'Clock this morning.
The first witness examined was Mrs. Cooke,
living near the scene OF the disaster She related
seeing the wagon approaching and called out to
the driver greatly excited, experimenting that
the persons in it would be killed. She was una
ble to rive any further account than that the
cars appeared to her to have suddenly disappear
oil and She couM not tell where they went to-
She heard no signals as usual at the crossing.
Other witnesses were examined before the ju-
nv. DR.. Heineken repeated his statement as
above given The gneer of the train stated
that he was backing at the rate OF 10 miles per
hour. The engineer of the down train SAID that
he was running at the rate of 90 miles the hour
and did not gain on the train that was backing
down. bnt merely followed at the distance OF halt
a mile. Mr. Van Rensselaer,, the superinten-
dent of the road. read the time table and the rules
for the government Of the engineers,and express.
cd the opinion that the engineers had obeyed
their instructions and were not censurable.
Juror asked him whether the accident wonld
have occurred had there been two tracks, lie
replied that at that place and to that tram, two
tracks would have prevented the accident.
The conductor of the up train was examined
and corroborated the others in regard to the speed
Of the train and the principal circumstances. Inc
inrv then adjourned till to morrow
Thirty of the wounded still remained at Bur
Gpcton The remains of Messrs. Dallam and
Tereditb have been removed TO Baltimore by
their friends.
A number of the victims were Inferred at Bur
lnpton, the church bells tolling during the tune
raj. +
Two bodies remain unrecognsed-one Is that
of an old man about 80, respectfully dressed; me
other is apparently that of an Irish laborer IL IS
terribly mutilated