The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-20


SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
CLEVELAND JAM II, 1856.
wehsve obtained the following p.rt,c 10 regard
to the railroad accident which the Cleveland
Columbus and Cincinnati railroad. nware stati ~
at ii o'clock, A. N. to-day Our info alton l. gather
cd from the conductor, W. A Fisher, E-q aud from
passengers upon the train which with the disaster
appears that the train, The Cincinnati express
which left Columbus at 105 tbi- morning. white on lis
way eastward and when proceeding usual average
epeed-thirty miles per hour-met with disaster, from
the breaking Of the orwarc axle engine truck The
train consisted Of locomotive der baggage car and
three passenger cars all f'ed. Upon the breaking Of
the axle the engine struck the ground and Immediately
turned over the right ride. The engineer (swiss)
and fireman, both etood to their posts CALAMITY,
going with the locomotive. Tue engineer,
who wss, We understand. badly injured in an scci.
<ent some thtee ago, curt In the back The
fireman had his ankle badly .prainsd. Both
what bruised but not seriously. Tae baggage fol
lowed h. locomotive, and turned On right side,
Had 1t not brought up sgsnst stamp 1t s probable
shat it would have turned severa tmes In this
car were Ave men. But two # them hurt The
American express senger Johns,n (wbo does not
y usual thing travel upon the saio had three
ribs broken, and 1t may be l. herwise considerably In
jured. lie resides, be jeye Cleveland He was left
at CardDgtoD, in surgeons Ic he sana car Mr.
Frank Bowen, psymascr on the road, severely
burnfd and bruised from the and baggage falling
upon him. Mr.. Bowen suffered that he could b.
brough. farther than Cheshire where was left In
good hands. He very anxiou- to come 10 Ceve.
land, where be has a wife.
Fortunately for the passengers the coupling of the bag
gage car which literally turned end for ead broke
that the hree passcr ger we'd actually pass
ing the wreck until the Of the last ABREAST
of the locomotives the tst aio the second pas
car had their platforms smashed up wind broken &c.
IN the first passe ger there two persons inur
Sd--the conductor, W. A. Fisher, sd very marrow
escape he just in the act of ocenng the door Of the
first passenger car to stec out upon the platform
when the platforms folded up; iu moment more
he would have been crushed between them was his
hands badly cut aud ammed In the door, French
passenger, whose name we did not learn was also
slightly hurt by the breaking of elaes, &C.; =
hla * eye was probably the worst Of hts icjures.
negro waiter passenger In ths baggage rs got his
finger BADLY janmed The. .Hss& passenger car vas of
che track seve,al timer, bxf gaA assin In most
unaccountsb manner-,hs pksixers considering them
elves very lucky But the accident of that
fue which 1t wa impossible t, foresee prevent. No
blame il attached to the railroad employees.
The locomotive (BuHalo) has been running about
Shree years--s 5000 engine. The loss Of tie
pony may be estimated in round Plumbers at $4,000 The
engine Is literally smashed up, apo part Of 1t is said to
be buried early three feet in The ground The track
was but slightly injured, two rails being torn up.
T. S.-Mr Bowen has since reached Cleveland