New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-11
THE HUDSON RIVER RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT.
THREE PERSONS KILLED.
NARRATIVES OF PASSENGERS
Names of the Killed and Wounded.
CONDITION OF THE INJURED.
coRONER'S INQUEST.
CONDITION OF THE INJURED.
coRONER'S inquest.

From Our Special Reporters.
In our edition of yesterday gave brief outline
of the railroad accident which occurred on the day
nreyious on the Hudson River Railroad, near Pough-
keepsie Yesterday our special sepsrters went 10
Pouchkeepsic and returned last night WITH full par
ticuars of the accident the names OF the dead ana
wounded and the condition of the latter up to late
bour last evening together with the evidence before
the Coroner. The following account OF the accideN
bv a passenger we give in his own words:
STATEMENT OF MR.. OSCAR J. HULL OF NEw-HAVEN
was passenger on the express train from Albany
The train was on blew the whistle for the brakemen
TO break up about ten minute after the tram lett
Poughkeepse. was in the hind car, and got out as
soon the train stopped and ran PACK WIN Ine Uot
ductor TO the fagmsn, TO see what was inc MT
matter The flagman told the conductor mat there
was a crack in of the rails just before the entrance
70 the tunnel There were three hagmen III siSn'
| behind Ms toward Poughkeepsie, when our
train stopped and all Of them back toward Tough
keensie The conductor shouted after the hagmen 10
| come back and two of them did; the thrd naSuan
continued to back toward Pougekeepse' WIN
red flag in his hand, and we lost sight OF nm pSnnu
! the curve. One Of the hagmen who came PACK GOV
on the rear platform of the last car and ana the same
The conductor got on about the middle oil our tran,
(which consisted of -four passenger cars. As soon
| tbc conductor rot on the train began 10 move, anu
At that instsot the Poughkeepsie tram came
| around the curve at full speed WIN tn3
ENGINES / should think the ulstdhCt Jew" ~
of the express train and the point at which the rough
keensie train came in sight was about oae-iour'n Oh
mile. Then jumped from the car into the snow,
after shouting to the people - get out as quick as the
! conld for there was train behind US. woman WIN
! n child in her arms aud two or three other women
Jumped out and my brother eaPed out on the 0' mel
Side Nv wife was in the middle OF the hnd car at lne
t;me and got about halfway to the door when tne cor
Tion took place As the trains struck one OF the
Lit me in the back and knocked me into the TNer,
When got of the ice found that the TWO hDu Th
Of the eXpres. train were all smashed to pieces
scene that followed cannot describe, II was - nai
rowing My first thought was for my wife anu 'au
toward the ruins in search Of her. hepe1 10 pm uP
woman who lay on the track behind the PoughAeseP
sic train and at irst, thought she was my WIG, ous
finding out my erIor she proved to be the unk.om w.,
| Canadanl | ran further on, when saw tha' ~!
brother and another person had picked her up ngI
dress was torn TO ribbons, aud she was oaaiy
caded on one side OF her face and head We Sot hT'
into one of the of the Poughkeepse train me
we were in the cars three and several men al
'r,atly injured were brought in. In about ten mn,
t. he last train came up, aud the wounded were al
transferred to il and brought TO Poughkeepoie MIS-;
G~eer Of Utica died on the train just after We started
Gov Pongbkeep,ie The collision took place d"Ilh =
.onrs 5r rrr.ri.i-pp spi tbe sdes OF The cars de"