The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-06-12
Fatal Railroad Disn.ter.

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on Friday We had Z teIegraphic dispatch mon.
sioning fatal railroad iaaster that had occurrad
.nat morning on the New York Central Road !,
tne Pekiu station, between the suspension br;dcs
and Loekport. killing two persons and mangIise
ninssscn Others
Inc following account Of this dreadful d;s....r
We take from the Buffalo CemmercisI.
me passenger train going east arrived n..- n.
Fekn station At forty minutes nast n;,s s.I i.c
~ 70 ume, and there to meet the passencer tr,;yr
coming west. The latter was likewise an TINE
.na was endeavoring to get upon the euitcb =;
~ - o.ueI 20 LET the former pass The engineer Of
sne iofmer, named William Adams was 4 new
man upon the road, belonging to the Buffalo ana
nocnester division His train was rushing on A
run speed, despite the usual signs to ston which
we're gwen by the switch tender When he near.
asseneo sne head Of the switch both trains came
sogetner with terrible crash the two locomotives
rang upon one another, forcing the baggage car
oI tne train going east through the PASSENGER
feet. ~SpsA VI 10
The passengers in that coach were as matter
" course, Jammed and crushed into an indiscrimi.
nate mas, and terribly bruised and maneled One
iady, MRS. M. r. Stevens, who came down from
the West and was bound to Vermont ON visit to
ner friends, had the top of her head torn complete
~ on, kuling her instantly. Her body was terri.
bly, bruised Her trunk was found Afterwards
town, Mass.
Eighteen other persons in the same car were
horribly cut and torn, limbs broken, and bodies
crushed and bruised
On the other train q fireman, named William
Haynes, OF Rochester, N. Y, was instantly killed
His body was found upon the bank Quite dis.
lance lance from the track, most terribly mutilated-
The engineer, Adams, was badly bruised.
On their arrival at Pekn, our informant SAWS
the scene beggars description Scattered over the
noor OF the depot were strewn twelve or fifteen
mutllated bodies of the victims of the catastrophe
On the outside lay the stiffened corpse of q man
who met his death by the collision, close beside
him lay living form writhing In the anguish of
his terrible wounds.
A search was then made amid the wreck for
others who might perchance have escaped notice
In the darkness of the night Lanters were pro-
cured and in one car was found the dead body of
Mrs. Stevens and four other wounded persons, who
were Immediately removed.
A majority of the above had both legs broken.
and were badly cut by the splinters from the bro.
ken seats and the crushed fragments of the broken
car.
In the baggage car of the eastern bound train
was the body of the man, Glenny, who was MUIR
dered night before last. The wife of the man was
taking the remains to Hudson, N. Y, for inter
ment; she was uniDjured, but after she got free
from the wreck. she rushed to the ear, and exhib-
lted the mos4heart-rending cries, and her screams
and wailing could be heard for long distance
She was fearful lest the remains of her husband
mad participated in the general crash infiicting
double grief upon her. Fortunately the coffin
was rescued from the ruins unharmed Until then,
notwithstanding the endeavors of by.standers, her
cries could not be stopped