Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-09-06
Reckless Railroad Raes-smssh Up and
Marrow Escape Of the Passenger..


Marrow Escape ofthe Passengers.
One of the most nexcusabe acts of reckessness
that We ever heard of took place ON the Albany
and Boston railroad, on Tuesday afternoon As
the 81 train got within a few miles Of Chatham,
a tram on the Hudson and Berkshire railroad was
discovered going towards Chatham also. A
challenging signal Immediately given from
the Albany engine to the Hudson TO catch them
if they could. The train from Albany consisted
OF the engine, one or two baggage cars, and three
coaches heavily loaded with passengers The
one from Hudson had two coaches with few
| passengers, consequently it was light and gained
! upon the other shout five seconds to the mile
| Both engines were "wide open," and doing their
| best. After running about three miles side by
| side, the Hudson and Berkshire track takes a
| curve round rock and stream, and crosses the
| Western railroad track nearly at right angles
! the engineer of the Albany train calculated that
| the Hudson train would lose three seconds in
going round the rock, while the engineer Of the
Hudson train imagined he could gain still more,
as his train was now under full Roadway Hay-
ing gained fifteen seconds, and got even with the
! Albany train, the Hudson engineer thought he
could get over the crossing ahead. The calcula-
tons we're very close, and would have done for
horse-boat captains, but was criminal in railroad
engineers,
Instead of gaining, the Albany engine lost two
seconds and struck the other train in the centre
! of passenger car, cutting it in two, and carving
the entire Albany train through the car. AS the
| Albany struck the ether the engine was mis-
placed, and struck the sleepers instead of the
! rails, and just after passing through the car,
jumped around crosswise of the track, consdera-
| bly, wrecked. Had the engine Of the Albany train
gained few seconds instead of losing, the Hud-
| son ira in would have struck the Albany cars in
the centre, and the loss of life and limbs that would
| then have ensued can be easily imagined The
car from Hudson had but three passengers who
escaped INTERCHANGEABLE conductor being the
| only one hurt, and he not very seriously Whetha
or the Western Railroad Company will reward
the engineers for their close calculations, or dis
charge them for their recklessness, we do not
know. The matter is before the board of drec-
tors for investigation. -.aibany Knckerbocder
The StOnington Railroad Accident-seve-
raj Persons Badly wounded.
! New York, September 4.-The accident on
the Stonington railroad last night occurred miles
this side of Kingston, to the train which left Bos
ton last evening. 1t is said that a rail had been
removed from the track, which caused the acct
/ dent The train consisted of two second class
and six first class passenger cars-all of which
were thrown from the track except the two hast
Two second class cars were thrown across the
track and completely demolished There were
some four or five hundred passengers on board
| The names of the wounded as follows -
BENZ. Simmons, of North Kingston, both legs cut
OFF; Robert Lawrenson, mail agent, one leg badly
fractured Patrick Hogan, leg and chest badly
/
spine injured Mr. Smith, of Harnden's Express,
| foot badly crushed, and several others more or
| less in ured
The passengers subsequently held meeting on
| board the steamer Plymouth Rock, when speeches
were made by DR.. Peter Parker Rev. DR.
Chickering and others, A series of resolutions
was adopted to collect subscriptions for the
sufferers
suBoRDINATIoN AT THE FRENcH BALLoT-Box.
Louis Napoleon does not find the French people
quite so docile IN every respect as would be de-
sirable. Until recently the privilege of universal
suffrage was an instrument in his hands which he
could sway as he pleased; but the result of some
OF the recent elections has shown that the people
have begun to think for themselves aud that even
ms nominees for office not always sure of their
/ approval. AT the town of Miles four hundred
and ninety-sx votes were thrown for councillors,
only nnety-seven of which were for the govern
ment candidates. Every one of the successful
| sixteen received between three and four hundred
votes. At Arretz, the local authorities sent a
! printed list headed Government Candidate ties" to
the residence OF every elector, but notwithstand-
ing this extraordinary mode of intimating to the
constituency how they were expected TO vote, not
one OF the nominees returned. In the inn
portant town of Angouleme, the government can
didates were all defeated. At Rouen, out of thr-
ty-six councillors, six chosen from the oppo-
sItion, and among the government nominees
thrown out were Mr.. Davel senator, and the
| colonel OF the national guard of the town. In
Havre, and many other places also, the opposition
mustered in great strength and with partial sue
cess.
The LAST BoDY REcoGNIzED.-BURLNGTo
September 4.-The body that has been recop.
Missed since the sad accident of Wednesday last
was identified to-day as that Of t. Loveland, of
the firm of Nlessrs. Green, Loveland & Co., mer-
chants at Lacona, Illinois. Mr.. Green, the
| partner of the deceased, came from Boston, and
4 at once recognized the remains