The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-14

Accident on the SeaDOa1d ana Roanoke Rall.
road.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED AND TEN NJURED-pEsTRUc
TIoN OF THE TRAIN AND ITS CONTENTS BY FIRE.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch
WELDON, n. c March IL, 1855.
The accident occurred about sixteen mi es south of
this near the station known Margarettsville The
treEsei work at that place is thirty feet high and
had lcng been regarded very insecure; in fact the
ept ineer kaS just shut off" steam intending
at sow tate Of speed when the engine left tbs track
and followed BY the whole tran-cor sisting Of an
express car baggage and mail car and two passenger
Before any OF iht the train had time either
reflect or act It was found that the fire,
and horrible TO relate less than four persons
literally roasted to ceath in the flames Every
alec entirely consumed. Even The wood WORK on the
locf motive and the entire mail and exp freight
thoroughly destroyed that nothing remains but pile
Of ashes With kere and there brass lock, mark the
Of devastation.
Mr.. wism I. Dxughtry, the United states mail agent
ara most amiaele and worthy gentleman,
~ consumed that he only Identified BY his watch,
ming The ss Ct this gentleman will deeply incurred
by al who knew him. But few Gays since the writer
congratulated him his fortunate esca pe from death
little thought be would are now
ineetd bis ashes Mr.. D. leaves wife and six chill lren
Mr.. w. G. Kisely. of Adams & Co.'S Express Mes
sergers running between Baltimore and Augusta Ca,
In the mail a the time Of the accident and WA
go burnt that nothing found Of him but few charred
bones The amount CT express matter unusually
ge some six or seven tors every portion of which
burnt 10 ashes. Mr. Kiheily resided in Goldsboro n.
c., where be leaves wife and four young children 10
his untinely end. His remains were brought up
to-day for inteIment. He vas universally beloved
In The sane car were two boys from Portsmouth, who
were in tie habit of travelling and Gown the road
trg books and newspapers to aseneers One of these
nsred Cox was probably ina'sntly lil,ei The other,
aHd nsmed Gary, alive when exaca ed but breath.
cd hs last Immediately beirg brought to the air.
Beth we're dIeadiulIy burn. AID bruised.
These al who killed. ell we're at the time
in the mat car.
Amerg those severely injured were the following:-
Gro Z. BorIdett, CONDUCTOR, bad one arm ana three
ris brosen and was otherwise severely bruised Mr.. B.
VIII prohstl ~ recover.
Vim. Wey mouth, engineer, badly bruised.
wooiis Nsimyer # Portsmouth three ribs broken
Lon CARY Of Windsor, n. G, collar bore fractured.
In. Williams on, dentist OF Eortf am pton n. c., Sc
vertly wouId. abov' the head snd face.
Octavias Cook, severely burned.
Three or four others, who names we had not tine TO
learn, were more or ers iDjure4- Of them how.
ever, seriously.
The number Of passengers WAS unusually small-n,t
exceeejig twenty IN ALL including three ladies. This
iotupae bac the trsp crowded as Us nal the
loss Of .ie ust lave beeL terrible.
Among the packages In csnge Of the Express Company
Wa rex c1ptairig uhiensd bspk for thu Bank
OF Wilmington, N. {. Thee vare pcattsred around in
The gtetest profrsion and !, III be well Tor your ner.
chs ns TO lock jksrp they msy lake some Of them as
peruine Az most Of them were either much turned or
cbrred II ey can be eesil7 nzed All we ga were
of III demo mina'f nm Of V. and X.
The britge OF trettel work having tesn set on fire,
shared the fate Of tie unfortunate train snd was TO Ally
destroyed The comiany having engines or cars AT
The Weldon to- minus Of the,r road they were unable to
10 his lem ma, Mr. e. s.n,ord sppsrussnSent ., ths
Petarstu,g Rsilroa1 Company Snt, unsolicited loco
nove I, ain Of O. to fc assistance with the re-
quest that they sbou keep them until their road IA
ee.in In J mir order.
The Noriok Is0ss says that foul play Is suspected with
regard 10 the brssbing OF he tressel work vain Of
forty bssv,y sdsn freight cars hsvrg passed IL
70 hs,ss5etsvle where nedica, aid for the lat
procured.