Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-09-04
TrrRiRIE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

From ia" Philadelphia Norm ""''''"" "
TIUrri'el rr,;Ir,nd
There occurred yesterday n'"'her scene VI 49, nj
disaster, which was accompanied ny ur'""'"' ~"
life and limb. ...:, ,,,m
II npi"nr- that the 10 o'clock ~ W. I",m , nn,;;I
Philadrluhin pru,.-dcd rs ueIihl on III" way . "
they mt uLou: mile above Burlington N.oI VIZ"
they discovered the train from New i"rk ', ,h.r
down at full speed. The eastward pn"nu ' w. Enw
attempted To back on to a sidvli"s v - by n
Y,rl; 'trn;u mass. when the track was cTosscu NJ If
,,rr;,,,, md twn horses, driven ny Dr. ii"h'"I" ,tn
Colmnbus. Nj. The horses were cn"S1t "a ,L.,,h,
uiuJ.riuDst ear, kuurkcd down and Sru'n. - narrow
The Doctor WAS thrown OUT ana rn "I |, -, nirc.s. This
..canr tlra carriage being shiverGu " - ar IN.
" ,o,snd the real car to be thI'"n VA n
.unoL nnj dragged some distance IHnhu ~ ,n,.b.
i inn .,inn il after the emi.rant car, Wneu 49," Il
""o7"n Thc other cars were iorcei 'ito"E" ~,
cd 10 i"r'.'' l,,,, ~, cnualkMent Oh either side oi
Wv . , There were five cars completely 'orn ="
";nn.s" \ more sad wreck We never %l'licsScr ~
.,Ir,.d. One ofthc cara was rcduccu u i"T H..
Annili.r WAS cut i'll twa'a. Inc n':ioI r"i n;roJ ~
Passengers III Iit rc''t '"'' va
r y t,.n,. that ensued battles all description. The
CONSERVATION was ~ great, that a PANE Oh mo!'p
seized on nil who survived the awful caininity. l"I",
,v-tw, ui.r,nrs we're killed, aud abnu' forty "onh"cti
mos, Neutrality-suspicious. 30 badly thnt recovery Il u,
most impossible. Last night tlc remains VI t"' WI" %
were carefully deposited III collins, iurii:'Acu ~ wv
authorities OF Burlington. ihrspectac'c 1T 'nc iG""
Hall wa, Of the most painful character, iitlern cni,''S
h.iu- arranged around the centre nf the room. Nhrh
we lett, the Coroner Of the place was about su"l''oh'
ing Il jury 10 investigate" me ease Almost r'.s
huu-n Ia Burlington contained one OF more VI ~
sufferers bv this terrible cataetr"plic.- during l'
mir. Gov this usually Guic: town was the SCENE "i
the widest excitement.
Ennr IF IN. ears were mashed to pieces. III som"
cuscs the mutilatiOn was horrible. Una man h"" ns
arm form of IN Il fearful manner. -ALuthrr had M u
rl.n form of and ;lnnSu some distance W I'd" EN-
L,ukm.n;, aud his legs separated from his body MS
heart and yisccrp sltcwn along the track for a "rcG'
I;.lnnce, One or two others were buried Ill me s'"u'
mud others we're crushed Ia death bctwg"n the steep
-, I'm. man had hi. scalp taken OF urOllcr hud
hi. ,hirLs broken. Srvcra! others had arms broken,
and were lnerrated aud bruised in tic most dreao''Gi
manner. "
". rive below n list OF the killed IN! wounded, is
nearly a. they could to nscertalned:
4 LIST OF'PERSOSS KILLED AND INJURED.
Mrs. Priuulc. who war returning 10 her home IN
;, New York from Il Whit to her trends III lhl'hdeipr"'
WAS severely injured about Tie breast, ana was 'i'ilrr'
;,r murh min jirwarily. She was s.,ucE u M iron
bar, anl wucn c1,ricaird from the ruins wa" Thought
Ia 1T draJ. =,
had hi. :ul,nr. bone broken, hhG Tas ot!ic:wiac s'Ti'
= pu.lv Injured. lie III recover.
Mr.. Dennis O'KGu", tom georgetown College. d..
c., had his thigh fractured, and wn"d:chdiliiy tLhiSri
about tho body. Ills head ana lace were swollen III
i ,r;rh:lul manner. The unfortunate nan, however,
=. ,,o, II, ,.,.,d Spirits, aud when We called on hun he
-uid, II thunk God aI ant worsr-pI'">. cover
r up mv irc', H. ih, !iIcs hDG"y he ii;,c.', ana 80 al
tend Ia i.!""e WHO ARE hio.c !" """i III yo"' "'S'>''
: nnC".'
Mai. Bnvce Of the S. army, vino was in company
will. H., w;ie AMI daughters, Ilrd a t"w minutes 'ii"r
u nn. .x,r;c,,.I Ir,,n IN. ru;u.. The dee a.cti wn,
~ ,,-,r..r in lin. T.. Coast Survey. Ills injuries
:" l. - Ia; Guarantee.
CyIrn,n:ucc Smith; u. ::g Bureau % Docks AMI
y erG" r. < So vrns ra,ncr .a:l; injured. His
wiic was also badly Injured.
~ nnn S .,, WIZ wa.srvrrrly Injured ab0ut the
go 80 ,.,,L,Iri cash ucIr,sS IN. f,rci,.ud
nchd' ~. az - 80, q, ,Mn f,,.I.,,I '.nS
r''ehu'"E !io'ii t"I II ~ r.rn ia nr.s,r,ni
do"n ~ :, 80 JIn IN, c,,ero,t -. Dr.
! ir,SntI, "pp,,r : onI Nr n,rrrn,t! h yToi55, SIN
ScrH u nta". r.. wos nI,o ,rvrrrly iuimr.nt IN.
{ uen. 7. ~ = !'a t. j., cnoJ ,pirit4, and hor.I 10 re-.
'eihu"s, "" E:r d" ~
cover. v,r. r., ro.Lod.
r EiEaEe'u euunGefs :" Em""k,.T; 7
y orut.ei G3oHt th. ncar ~" ''"!, ui ..;.,
Mr.. Gro. II: itL',sP " c'r' oHn'3 'hIr iee''''u
' several contus'ons abo". l"", "eSt anu D"uli =,
NJ. Benz hs'ry, reS'u'h% h' .'''t'E '|Ge"' / IT,
. was Oadiy injured about the face nnd SIDE, E's n,I.>
Q we're al6o bruised. LIE was conVr!od 10 NJ J"heS
u Walls ON Main 81.
Thos. Morgan n dry Coca, mere"an'i .' " rcs,i
/, dcnr Of Eighth street, ihildoip"'a' '"'""S '"J"'u
4 about The hcar rph neck ,o1
j Henry t'cS'i' t!-1''SL'" y"
I y bruised: $50.
JRh;oS " h"len, Il tes'G"~' ~ Hc p'r.i o. ""7
c badly cut euGgt the head. Hciumprd: r"L. re VIZ
dow. ana lnade 4 i!"T,H# e-EaPc noIi iuS'a"' H'"'"'
. His lace presented Il iriShu", sre''1'tc'
= DR.. Whecinn OF the | >. Na'; irLe':g"' 4 ,"Vr'HI
ted wound of the thigh tie Is he"d OF 'hE 'eu,'"'
e Bureau NJ Washington, ID. I.
n j. Mckeown, from Ohio, In very OHiiy hW'' We
were unable 10 s.r HIM. -.
= Mr. VIM. W. Wheeler, residing on Nprncc street,
in ihtS CITY, received several bruises
NJ. daL.e- e. Wheeler, another resident '' 'h''
city. was also badly in;ure,,. ~.
{ port, was d~reaIiulIy bruised a,"i !actraiGd G""-. ne
a head and body. lie whs %eS'E1rated from ne runs
4 with much dittliculty' rnh r"l'''iri 10 Il niuae u"
, Maiu street, where he died soon after tho "an'den''-
1 He resided Mt No ~ south SlAtn f'ieGn. n ,,.,t.
Il Judge Reeves, OF Ciii'roihr, onl'' wa us 'nn!
Injure". re n"S conhn.u u "s : "' y" ~ ~"
I som TO leave -, - home; m..c.
NIn.D' = ilo"af"' ~ Ih"''e''o"' - H' was '"
tally injured. ,u.
John Da!lain, oil Bniinprc' va" !h"'I!..,y siiI'u'
EuWaru :. Duc"n' 81 Hc"ts VI ~ " = "I'r
re.'d:u& in Spring Garden street, above seventh lie
WAS o! tES IrW OF bacon u f''her' SaSs"at ""n1,
err. He wua lS++ruy Killed. Leaves u WIG all"
one child. pa,.,
MIS-. M"rSartt ir'Sto'' "G'u" ~ y"t-:' ne9 !"
: Saio'n, Nd, widow OF me lev; T. y. H.ttIIn'-
lhls iudy "H' liS;ahuS kilica, III 'ou! "a' "'"'
vryed 20 Bishop Unane s resiIenrG' -,
gagged in the glass business, aud une OF the firm of
Bacon 4 Fisher, .ss 20 seriously, inj:srcd mt Ii IL
anticipated he cannot rccrEer' Ee l. I |id"VET'
and has i've children.
flcGGpdcr Medley, 4 resident NJ rhiadc'phia' Il
! Healer III qLed;:swarc, china, glass, &c, III Market
street, one doc" east 81 Seventeenth street, died room
IL az lie u haEt ~ 49,,
t Miss Jauc Lincoln, residing at ElliGptts Mills Nd.
WIS killed. Bod; crushed III Il shocking lIti:HcT.-
Taken {" Judge Mil!er'S Residence. -
MIR. George X. lngcr-1ii, h son nf larry inIsrsoii,
Esq, ot tins city, rroi'!ilS li fllleehth hhG ha'"u'
.'r"r's. was seriously injured Internally hhh IL 'rre
pv!lei Iiat he has since died. lie Wis conveyed 10
Brrdcnto"L.
Mr.. Licaieis,c-: o Richmond, Va - panIy III
inrcd. lie IL conb;led IL ~ hcd'
Mrs. Ecbecca PHI ps and %daI2Ligri ct New lork'
were much bruised.
Are. Phelps AMI '!aiShter were Co'n h!ioHH! A.
jurcd. iEty made II very narrow escape