Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-01
SHOCKING RAILROAD ACCIDENT !

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Bu.lrtin yesterday. viii be shocked this morning
10 learn of the terrible railroad accident which
We record hpIow:
Il seems that the nine o'elack train from Phil
adeilhia iar New York. on "Wednesday morning
the 29ih INST, met with serious accident near
Burlington, y. j., by running over horse.
The train was thrown from the truck, and i.
Is reported that at least twenty were killed out
right while some sixty or seventy are seriously
wounded Thu engineer and fireman killed
Immediately.
train with surgeons from Camden went +,
the assistance of the disabled train, rs soon rs
intelligence of the terrible calamity reached
there.
The road was 50 blocked up as to prevent the
passage of the trans; and the passengers by the
early train from New York had to come by way
of faconey.
LATER--rERRIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.
Another dispatch from Philadelphia, dated
Wednesday afternoon says the report of the ter.
rlble accident the New Jersey Railroad is fear
fully verified.
The accident occurred two miles above Bur.
ington. The up train waited at Burlington for
the down train, which was behind time ten min
uies, and then went on slowly.
a vehicle at the crossing waited until the train
passed up and then started to cross the track
Just at this moment, the engineer of the up train
hearing the down train approaching, suddenly
reversed his engine. aud coming back encounter.
ed the vehicle, crushing it TO pieces, TIL occu-
pants fortunately escaping by throwing them
selves from it. The collision with the vehicle
threw the whole train from the track witt terri
bic results. One car ran completely through the
next car,killing or manning nearly all the passen
gers init. The following are the names of the
killed, so far as they are aseertained
LIST OF TIE KILLED.
| Catherine Bigeow. John Dallan, d. f. Hay
wood Thos j. Meredith, f. NJ Greene " Ridge
way, c NJ Barclay, an unknown female Edward
! c Bacon, Wilson Kent, Alexander Kelley, Uhe
| above are mostly Philadelrhians1 NJ j Slough
ton. Martin ConnelI. of Wilmington, Del; Jacob
Howard, of Lebanon, Tenn Harry Rusk. of
Georgetown College; Capt Boyce, L Maryland
| his daughter; james Lincoln, of Elicotl's Mills;
| Charles Bottom. of Trenton.
The wounded are said to number seventy. A
mong them are the wife and daughters of Capt
Boyce.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The wife of Major Boycc. of the United States
| Coast Survey, was killed, not hi, daughter. Thos
J Meredith and John Daam are merchants of
Baltimore. Edward NJ. Green is not killed.
Charles Bottom, of Bottom & Co, Trenton, had
Mr.. Green's handbook in his pocket, which occa.
stoned the mistake.
MORE or THE KILLED.
Mrs. Margaret Prescott, of Salem, New Jersey,
Dire, the French Consul at Philadelphia, and
colored woman named Catherine Brown, are al
SO killed
Mrs. Barclay, who is among those killed, was
the wife of Clement C. Barclay. of Philadelphia.
| She was on her way TO Europe.
Mr. Ingersol, son of 1t. Harry Ingersol, of
Philadelphia. who greatly injured died at
| Bristol, where he was conveyed.
THE WOUNDED.
Tho fol nrp a1oour thp VDuulpl.-Samil
Lamb, of Ohio Hon. William Whean, of the
Naval Bureau. Washington; Commander Joseph
| NJ Smith and Spencer Z McCorkle, Of the Coast
Survey: Mrs Harlan, Of Jersey City; Dennis o.
Kane of the District of Columbia; II Hughes,
Shdnklund Express Agent; and Charles " Oh
enhurgh, Of l'hladelphia WIN McClay, mem
Der of Congress from New York, scrously woun-
ded: Mr. Fisk. of Connectcut John Gi-pie
and wife, of Natehcz both seriously; Mrs King,
of Charle,town, Va; Mr. Sowerbaek, of Pitts
barg John Kelly, do, badly Mr. Kent, of Miss.
STILL FURTHER PARTICULARS.
| The vehicle which caused the terrible accident
was driven by Dr. flanagan, and contained his
wife and two children All escaped with trltiing
injury, but both of the horses We're killed The
driver was hard of hearing and did not perceive
the train returning Having seen the train pass,
he supposed that all was safe.
Dr. Grant rrmble, Chalona and Butlrr, OF
| burlington; the brothers Bryant, OF Beverly;
Iongsfreet and Cook, of Bordentown; Reed and
Stratton, of Mount Holly; Roscan and Coun, of
Camden; Pugh and Wetherll Of Philadelphia
were in Attendance upon the wounded, admins
terng all the aid in their power. The ladies OF
| Burlington were also most deYotedih eAtenuhS
assistance to the wounded.
.The down train from New York when it stopped
was within 100 feet of the train wrecked by the
collision with the vehicle
The1eporter for the Baltimore Sun adds:
Among the killed, we understand, are two mer-
chants of Baltimore, viz, Mr. Meredith. OF the ilrn
of Meredith & Spencer. and Mir. Dallam, of the
firm of Dallam & AIlllcr,both dry-good merchants,
and doing business respectively at Nos. 2oo and
goo, West Baltimore street.