The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-09-12

Ssuc iouoWiuk 'M iiiu& account o
ths dISlster:
| One of thss;noae fearful and fatal rail.
road sscidents thai ever occurysA in III.
vicinity Of New York, took place On tn.
Camden and Amboy Railroad yes,erda,
morning, (Aug. 29) abou, IL o'clock
within half mild 81 the town Of Bar
lington, n. ]. -.--.-..
As the l0o'clock train from Camden
Tor New York passed through Burlington
behind time (about fifteen minutes, the
s O'Clock train from New York carne in
view, under full Roadway. The Camden
train Immediately stopped. and the engi.
neer commenced, as soon Is PRACTICAL e,
to reverse the wheels, so as 70 return 10
the station he had a few moments befo, I
left, and enable the New York train to
pass unrestricted. Unfortunately, how
| ever, as the train was under head vav,
going at the rate Of least II or Is miles
an hour, two horse wagon, driven BY a
person named DR.. Hannegau, came down
a road crossing the track, and before the
driver could stop the speed Of the ANNA .,
the rear car struck the horses, and was
thrown off the rails, and driven up aQains,
an embankmen,. The force with which
the train was moving when the acciden,
took place caused dreadful crash.
Four cars the rear ones )were smash.
cd TO pieces. and all the passengers more
or less injured, or killed. The two las,
cars, containing abou. fifty people, were
knocked into spiin,ers by the force OF the
conclusion. and it was the occupants OF
these cars who suffered most severely.
The scene that followed the dreadful
crash can be better imagined than descrl.
bed. For more than fifty yards, lay scat,
tered round the forms OF the manpled
corpses aud the mu.ilated bodies oil the
wounded, whose means and shrieks
for help were enough to make the
s.outes, heart fail. As soon as the con-
fusion attending the calamity had sub
sided, those who were unuuit exerted
every nerve and muscle In reseuing their
fellow creatures from the runs.
While this sad work was going ON
fathers, mothers and children mlgu, be
seen wildly rushing IRON one spo, to
another, II search OF those dear relatives
with whom few moments previously
they had been conversing IN safety.
Many were rejoicing 10 find their mis-
givings uniounded, bu, great number
alas! were destined to find tue objec, OF
their search lying nangled corpses, or
suffering the most excruclailng torture
from broken hmbs. The scene was IN
deed, a heaI.-slckning one.
When the news OF the accident reach.
ed Burlington, the inhabitants oil the VII
lage, like good Samarltans, hurried TO the
scene OF woe with wagons and Illers ior
the purpose OF conveying the wounded to
a place OF shelter. lie physicians Of the |
place also ha.tened forward and lent all |
their aid In soothing the agonies 10 the
sufferers.
Seventeen persons were picked up
quite dead while In a few hours alter
wards eigh, others died from the effects
Of their INJURIES.
Over thirty oil the passengers- men,
women and children were dragged from
The ruins alive. They were taken 10 the
hotel IN the city, and there |
kindly taken care OF by the host and his
good lady.
A telegraphic dispatch announcing the
was sent 10 Camden, wnen a
number OF physicians from Philadelphia
started Tor Burlington IN the 2 o'clock
rain, in order TO ano.d all the relief they
could 10 the wounded.
Many were the hair-breaIth escapes
hat occurred. One gentlemen, named
BEN amin X. Mills, oil Bridgeport, Conn,
vas knoc. ed through the bottom Vi the
ar, aid escaped with lew contusious;
while man named Humphrys, oil Peoria,
H., on his way 10 Boston, VINO was SIT.
ing IN the same seat, talking to him,
vas killed outright. A fragment of he
wreck struck him IN The head, producing
acture o. the skull.
Another man, whose name we could
ot ascertain, was thIoWn a distance oil
Yer sky ieet, through he side of IL
ar, and was landed unInIured Oh the
A Mr.. AMI Mrs. Levy, OF New York
EhIle sitting III the fourth car, wer,
lfown out OF the windows, and escaped
lnost unhurt Mrs Levy los, box con-
aiming one thousand dollars worth OF
lamond Jewelry, which she. had In he. {
osse ssIon. |
The Phlladel phla train was composed I,
SIX cars, four o! which, as we have said
etofe, were smashed almost TO perfec,
'reck. The Conductor, Isaac Van Nos
and, was, II is said, warned OF the New 1
ork train, but did not heed the warning !,
ntl he came within iull sight Of it. !;
Then j, was that he gave The orders 10
ls engineer, Israel Adams, to reyers. a
Ie engines; bu, this had To be effected
| such hurry that no lookout could be Il
IN the rear Of the train. then ;,
Ding at rapid rate, and consequently :
hen the rear car struck DIR. Hannegan's
orses, the engineer, who was rs, aware q
the fact, did not stop tue machinery. \
! the train moved on rapidly until four 0
'rs were destroyed and fully twenty-five :,
IMAM beings had ben sent TO that bourne !,
ON whence 10 traveller returns.
The md, snallon OF the passengers was ,
snted IN loud terms against the cond4c. fe
T Of the train, and serious thoughts were IA
l,srtained Of ynchibg hin on the spot; {,
Il better Judgment prevailed over the
iiGIal impulses O. the moment 50 H.. -