New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-14
HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD. DISASTER.
VERDICT OF THE SECOND CoRoNER's JURY


PoreHKErPsIr. Saturday, Jan. l9, ls5S-7p. m.
The jury impanesd BY Coroner Collins to hold an
inquest upon the body of Mrs Charles Green assert
bIed last evening at 8 o'clock and opened the case
again for the purpose of taking the evidence OF Mr.
Munson. road-master, and Mr. Utter, civil engineer
The testimony was in reference to the condition of the
track and the duties of the fagmen Mr. Munson was
not aware that any fagmen this road could not read
ard did not consider such men competent for the po
sition
The testimony Of Mr.. Utter went TO show that the
brokea rail which was the cause OF the stopping Of
the express train was perfectly safe for train TO pass
over.
After the charge of the Coroner the jury retired for
delibera,on about II o'clock, and rendered the fol-
lowing verdict at 81 o'clock this morning.
An inoues. taken for the people of the State OF
NeE-York at the Dutchess County Courthouse on
the 9th 10th llth and 18th days OF January, 1885,
before John W. Collins, one of the Coroners IN and
for the said county, upon the view OF the BODY OF s
Charles Green then and there lying, and upon the
oaths of John II. Otis, foreman james Blanchard n
W. Parmalee, VIM. r. Rodgers, +. e. Sweet, n. T.
Morgan Jas. Y. HarbOtte and Samuel q. Gay, good
spd lawful men of the said county duly sworn 10 III
aure the part of the people of the state OF New
York into all the circumstances attending the death OF
said Mrs. Charles Green and by whom the same was
produced, and in what manner anu when ana where
The said Mrs Charles Green came to her death, do
saw upon their oaths aforesaid that the said Mrs.
Charles Green came to- her death IN or near the Clty
of Poughkeepsie in the said County OF D1tcheSs' on
the 9th day Of January 1886, between the hours Of
and o'clock y. m, and that said death was caused
by a collision of trains on the Hudson River Railroad
on said 9th day of January, between the hous OF
and o clock D. m said collision having been caused
by the carelessness ana acknowledgement vi SOME vi
the employees Of the railroad. 80,
And we do further say that in the opinion OF this
nOuest all the employees of said Hudson RIVER RAN
road connected with the express-traln which leit Al
bany at IL O'Clock of said 9th day oi January,
are exonerated from all blame; and that Mr. Joseph
Boows the conductor OF said train did all that coud
be done to avoid the collision IN endeaV0nng 10 start
hs train forward as soon as he heard the cause OF the
signal for him to stop That much praise is due to Mr.
Joseph Ager, the Baggage-maSter OF sali train ior
warning the passengers off the east track ana then
sending n flag and running down and stopping the
| New-York express train coming up, when was theh
mast due by which doubt the lives OF many passe-
rers were saved In the opinion OF this court II IL
highly dangerous to allow one train to follow another
in less time than ten minutes, when both start from the
same station vet we find rule of the said Hudson
| River Railroad Company to cause Mr. Camp the con-
ductor of the POughkeepsie way tram, to wait that
length of time. And we do condemn the employees OF
the engines Missouri and Pacific IN the most unquaheu
terms for the reckless rate of speed thnty meS an
| bour) at which they were running when following
another train thereby violating rule No. III Oh uhie
table No &C. which directs them to proceed with great
caution in such cases. We also consider the ptacte
| to read the figures and rules concerning
their duties given in their timetables who have to
dcpeud upon strangers coming along the track 10 come
into their shantes and explain the timetables to then
and make chalk marks on the door To denote when the
trains are due at the stations near them as there y
evidence before the Jury was the case with these TWO
Aacmen stationed at these most dangerous cuts anu
curves from whose incompeteucy this fearful loss OF
life and limb is mainly to be attnbuted because they
can be hired for less sum than persons competent Tor
the discharge Of such duties and in our opinion one
of the greatest impOsitions ever practiced on the
public and il is our firm conviction, from the evidence
| before MS that had John McCoom, the hagman sta.
toned at the north end of quarter OF mile north OIL
the place of collision understood his duty ana gone TO-
ward Pougfkeepse with his red nag when signauzed
by the hagman below, instead 0f going sOuth, or ha
Michael Dougherty, who tagged the train for rail
| which the track-master and road-maser have pro-
nounced perfectly safe before for the trains 10 pass
over been man of ordinary Judgment, THIS COLLISION
"' JoHE II. OTIS Foreman. R. w. PARMALEE,
| JAS. BLANCHARD, EGBERT g. SWEET
| w w. W. HhAHRnBs0TTfLE, sAML o. GAG.
Mr.. George Gordon of Philadelphia, brother of JAS
Gordon. deceased arrived here this morning and has
| taken charge of the remains, which had previously
been placed in q coffin and removed to the Exchange
House, from which place they will be forwarded tc
| Canada for interment Deceased Yves the youngest Of
! twelve brothers.
THE WOUNDED.
There are now fourteen of the wounded persons
manning here all doing well with the exception of two
| or three who possibly may not recover.
| At the Exchange House Mrs. Blanchard Mrs.
| Hull and Mrs. Gordon.
| Mrs Gordon remains about the same on the day
of the accident and has not yet returned to her senses
| Her recovery il somewhat doubtful.
Mrs Hull suffers more from her bruises than at any
time previous
Mrs Blanchard is improving as rapidly as can be
| expected.
Mis- Gardner and Mr.. Pond at Mr.. Martins house,
are doing WELL and it is expected they will recover
sufficiently in few days to allow of being removed
AT RUTGERS HOTEL.
Mrs Roberts suffers considerably from bruises and
internal INJURIES but is not dangerous Her little girl
in critical condition. The little boy is considerably
bruised but is improving fast Mr. Roberts, who was
holding the little girl in his lap at the time of the ac
cdent but escaped with slight injuries, is able to wait
| upon hs family.
Mrs. Campben. an aged lady, will require some time
10 recover She suffers considerable from the bruises
she sustained Her daughter sustained some sliSht
| internal injuries.
Miss Relyea ia recovering quite fast. Her injuries
| consist of bruises about the head and hands.
Cant. SCHUYLER at the house of Mr. Hopkins, was
literally crushed and time must eapse before he
Mr.. Dewey of Poughkeepsie is rapidly recovering.
Mr.. G. II. Van Wyck of Newburgh, Orange County,
mot heretofore mentiOned in the next to the rear
car and received cut and scald or burn over the
right eye and also injured in the back and hips
Mr. A. w. Newkirk of Sullivan County, was
| wounded on the head and shoulders.
| Miss Douw, daughter of Val p. Douw OF Green
bush had her feet severely frost-btten while standing
in the snow at the Of the accident, attending
| upon her father who was lying insensibe.
Cry MoRrALIrY.-From the City Inspector Re-