New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-14

woe ing sbOu in III Dir ctions tearing the dfess bon
let and CLOAK pea ly off her. All a. once thes struck
T. G gIo0hd ED ebe standing uprgh in mass Of
rolDs ali was dark and st, not even groan to ndi
cafe the preseDce Of living being. moment be-
foe the accident she conve-sing with Mr. White,
toe CONDUCTOR She called out for Mr.. Write,
and he mp led that Re was safe. He then pro-
cured lantern and with Mrs. Van Vechten
proceeded TO exuicste the ladies ssd others from the
ruins end u abe them comfortable possible by
spreading mas and cushions for them TO lay upon.
After some three or four houIs all OF the injured per
sons were conveyed to the hotel at Melerton The
reiebbors gathered round and looked on while ms.
Van Vecbien essed the wounds Of three ladies and
then attended to The Dewsboy. 1t twas then for the
first tine that the discovery was made that she was
jured She received several severe gashes about
the head by striking against the top of The car and
from g. ing missiles, and vas injured in the back.
Yesterday she returned home.
FRAscIs ". RATHBosE, White Mills, Chatham
-Four Corners.
Mrs CoBURN, Cbatt an, seriously.
Mr.. CoBURS, her SOB, slightly
Mrs CoBURS, lie wife, slightly.
JANIS HART conductor on the train running from
Chatham to Dover states that he was sitting in the
forward passenger at the time Of the accident;
IL at he felt tie lifted up and almost Immediately
afteIwsrd it rolled down the embaDkmeht, throwing
him with considerable violence against the side and
top Of the csr upsetng the stove and setting the car
on fire; be had his back hurt his face bruised, and
clothes slightly burned.
Mrs SARAH N. HAYES of Spencer Town, Col1m-
bia county, received flesh wouod over one of he
eyes, some bruises, not of serious character how
ever. She was her way to Dykemans, Duchess
county, in company with her son, Mr.. II. w. HoHes,
who sustained slight injury. Tney proceeded
on their journey yesterday
Mrs. VAN NECHTES, Pittsfed, four cuts in the
head and considerably H. uTed in the back. never
: aw such woman; the blood running down, but
she you'd ok out for other people. After she had
done vi tost she could for them she tainted twice.
Mr. r j. WHITE, conductor, slightly.
JOSEPH SHELLEY. White Plains, baggage-master;
came down with pe far Dover, ano there hsd to
stop lie was hut ia bis back. The coupling box fell
on him.
JrDsoE BARNES, Chatham, brakeman, went up to
Cbstbsm-wss not seriously injured.
Mrs. BRANT was not seriously Injured.
A GENTLEMAN from albany to MIlerton, lightly.
Messrs. MARSHALL and STORY were so slightly in-
iortd tn they went home.
EHeI1sB,BmLY, the nswsboy from New-York, also
cut i'll the head. Dir. Duncan and Billy were in the
baggsge.car, and were probably cut by the stove.
MOST Of the passengers were in the next to the last
car.
HARVEY GAYLORD, brakeman, Of Chathsm, says
that he was ON tn front platform of the rear car that
the wind blew perfect hurricane had never known
Ind burd hefOr nd IN
possible to keep one of the doors closed that while
q, his pos be felt the entire lifted up by the wind,
and almost al the same instant the turned over,
al that he went Gown the embankment with it, which
wss the last he had any recollection Of relative to the
accident, until rescued from The wreck OF car and
taken to house near the scene of dsaster-where he
lies in very precarous state, having five ribs broken,
his lungs ruptured by the points of the broken ribs
his sku deprested and his rg bit shoulder, chest and
face severely bruised.
Mr.. NICHOLAS SoULEs FLOYD, Oneida county, on
his way to Dover Paine, slightly hurt. Proceeded to
his place of destination yesterday.
ROBERT Ii. FREEMAN Of Armenia, escaped with
slight bruises.
Mr. FRANCIS PERKINS OF Ida, Tioga county on his
way to Cioton Falls, was somewhat hurt, but was
er sbled to n sumo his journey yesterday.
The read at this point for three-quarters Of mile
forms an embankment about thirty feet high WITH
curve corresponding in its course with range OF
nc unts in half mie eastward oft.
From close examination made of the track and
inc entations in the ties it ia evident that the wiod
raised the cars and carried them distance Of six feet
four inches westward, so that the esst side wheels
slebted eighteen inches west of the west-sde rail- and
that they thus ran with wesside wheels at consld-
cradle elevation above the embankment for distance
of nine feet when it is believed from the jagged con-
dition of the rail- that the coupling between the tender
and baggage car gave way and SET the cars at liberty
10 roll down the embaukment.
Two of The passenger cars are completely demOl.
sbed and ore nearly so. The baggage car yves not 50
badly damaged. The former partially destroyed
by fire in consequence Of the upsetDg OF the stoves in
them.
MIR Hurd president, and Mr.. Nottingham, super
oten6ent OF the road, repaired to the spot by
the early tain yesterday, and as far as posi-
bic attended to the wants OF the injured.
Il seems mystery how any of the passengers escaped
instant DEATH According to the information obtained,
il Is by no meais rare occurrence for the WIND TO
blow so furiously at the point iD question that pedes
trians find ii impossible 10 walk along the embank-
mept, and are obliged to kneel down and cling TO the
reis for few moments before they can proceed.
The remains OF Mr.. Francis Ii. RathbOne were con-
viewed to bis former residence at Chatham -Four Cor
ners where an inquest will be held to-day. N.Y. Il.
was about forty six years of age, and most esmabe
and benevolent CITIZEN and was postmaster under The
Tsvor administration. A wife and five sons and
daughters are left 10 mourn his untimely dece.se
The funeral viii take place on Thursday, and will be
sttsnded by the God Fellows Of Chatham. Mr.. Rsth-
bone was ex,ensiv y engaged in the manufacture OF