The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-07-18
VOL. XIV, NO. 46.

/ oi the lale terrible railway dCC!GeHt near Tue
Relay House. The following is the testimony
Of Captain Hoover, the conductor Of the tram,
| before the coroner
ale stated that be was in the smoking car
! when the signal was given TO break nP. he
/ looked back and saw the taggage-n,aster at the
breaks At the rear of the car, and started for the
/ front breaks. Before he could reach the door
/ the car was thrown from the track, the passpn-
gers in alarm rushed into the aisle, and the
smoke and STRAIN filed the car, completely OBJ
strnclng the view Of everything.
':As soon as possible he reached tie platform,
and found there the body Of Nagle. He eXp-
red, apparently. at the moment be was raised
dp. The engineer probably jumped at the mo-
ment the engine left The track, but was caught
/ by the tender and thrown under the truck Of
The express car. Afterwards examined The
switch 10 determine the cause of the accident.
] The switch had few back 10 IFS place, bet the
end Of the rail was c0t, showing that it had
been misplaced, and caused the accident. The
switch led 10 q sliding used for running The
dir cars off the main track IT was always
kept locked, and, to lhe witnesss knowledge,
had not been used for some days. There was
no swichnan IN charge Of ii, nor were there
any men working upoa the read nearer than
four or five miles
"Examned The lock uhich held The switch
bar in place, and was OF opinion that il had
been ampered with, probably by some EIali-
/ cious person II was battered 90 side, the
mari, being recent and plain. it was unlocked.
The lock might be driven back by ioent
blows on one side Three trains had passed the
switch during the day: having gone along
bali ~ hour before the accident occurred
''The 'hrough-bazEage agent was also exam
med He was in the smoking car with the
conductor, and corroborated generally his evi-
dpnce. He also had examined the switch lock-
and was Of opin ion that il had been opened aud
the switch misplaced.
''The jury was still in session, seeking for fur
ther testimony, at miduight."
ANOTHER TERRIBLE CAmPnENE AcCInENT.-
The Cleveland tOhio) Herald of June % says
''Last evening about O'Clock, at 220 Pros
pect street, while J. W. Paramore, Esq, was
rpplenishng lighted lamp with camphene, it
caught ere and exploded the fanieS commune
Gated to the filler in bis hand, and il too eXplo-
ded. Mr. P. and his niece, Miss L. J. Row
land, who was sitting at the table upon which
the lamp was standing, were Immediately enyel-
oped 10 flames. Mr.. P. ran out into the back
ward, and rolling into the tail grass quickly put
out the flames of his own clothes, and only
suffered one slight burn, and that on one leg
where The cloth was burned through. Miss R.,
however, terribly frightened, ran into the street
screaming for help.
''BefoTe those near By could reach her, her
dress, OF muslin, was entirely burned off, and
also her clothes above her waist, and her sleeves
Her person below the waist was untouched bv
the flames, being protected by thick woolen
skirt. Her face and head were not touched by
the flames, but the skin is burned entirely OF
her bands AID arms, and for the most palt from
her body, as low as the top OF her skirts. DR..
Hanna and lady, who were the first to her
aid, immediately applied suitable means to re-
Iieve her, and Drs. Dodge; Wheeler, and Beck
with were soon on hand, and now have her in
charge. Her state is critical, but not without
hope. Were the skin entirely burned from
the breast and back, her case would be much
more desperate, but it is thought the necessary
action can be produced without much difficulty.
The flames lid not reach about her chin, and
she therefore probably suffered no internal IN
jury"
FREMoyT's NoMMAuoN.-Th New York
Express, in speaking Of the nomination OF Fill
more, makes the following paipabe hit:
Between now and the election day-ifhe ac-
cepts,-he has certainty harder road TO travel
than any be has vet tfoden. He is in the hands
OF political panthers, and iackalls, and grizzly
bears, that-beiore they have done with him
will use him worse than the quadrupedal mon
stcrs he used TO encounter upon the Sierra Ne
vada. The Colonel claims to be the first man
TO have discovered Salt Lake. We do not like
to discourage him, but he may as well make up
bis mind now to another discovery-the dscov-
cry of Salt River. The explorer, if not the
discoverer Of Utah, be is now discovered among
sectional free lovers and Abolition Mormons,
as politically loose, as Joe Smiths disciples are
moldly delinquent.
The old line Wings of Kentucky, in
State Convention assembled few days ago,
rejected resolution endorsing Mr.. Fillmore,
by majority Of Is districts 10 l 1t is well
understood that thr old line Wings of Kentucky
will 20 generally for Mr.. Buchanan.
KANSAS! KANSAS!!
Ifthe public needed any other proof that the
whole outcry about ruthanism in Kansas, has
been got up purely for political effect, it may
be found in the fact that the Back Republican
majority in the House OF Representatives, in
Congress, have not made the slightest attempt
20 put a stop TO the outrages which have been
committed by 'Border RulEians" from Missouri,
and ssPurtan Ruiians' from New Eng
the Round Heads, or Rife Christians. II the
Black Republicans could elect Speaker of the
House, they could have passed law long be-
lore this TO have settled Rutfiansm in Kansas,