New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-11

! man came back and told him rail broke be-
low; there was esemAn north 81 me, and mot,ooed
him 10 put up hs red fag but cannot gay a. he bad
up cannot feaa the timetable ou' s'e " 'o"a ="
lola NeCoub. swn2-I tagged the first train viii
nv v,i,e flag snd then turned and saw Dogan THE
last witnessl with q red hcS below the cut be mo.
toned me. and ran down to see "ns' De wshted snd
COT about half way between the CT and The bridge,
and then returned 10 nv shanty nea " 10 the nofth
end Of the cut a. the following tram ana rslse1
nv flag; it was my duty to raise my red n.'s wnen
saw the other raised could not see the stand- ue"
until went part way through the cut; when tNe eG
press train passed did not know whS time anS o.
train would come, on account OF The Heatnefi
on the north side of Mile Point when the express usH
passed them, and tagged them with the white nag
thnk il vas three TO five minutes after thu, inst tram
passed when tuned and saw the other nfgnan IN
the cat with hs red aag up; then hosted my red nag
press tran and followed shout half way TO the bridge
nom the cut: they shonted for me 30 back, ana
then north and was nearly through the cut wsse
the Poughkeepse train passed me; was bet~eea the
two tracks waving The flag.
Wm X. Gough, sworn] was formerly employ, II
by this company; he express train a. Pc =
senger and was in the baggagecsr and heard the sc
nal for the brakes the train stepped; the conductor,
Bowerson. came into the baggage car aud took nd
Gag and oct OF the car previous to It's stopping;
| jumped out, and Bowers0s send one OF biz
brakemen back with a red dag, and saw alse one OF
the fagmen come TO Bowerson; knew the Pough-
keepsie train due and was on the lookout Sf herr
Bowerson gave motion TO his engineers TO so shcad
with the train; as the train started attempted 20 get
on 10 the baggage car as heard whistle, and book
ing over nv shoulder saw the Poughkeepse t-uin
coming seeing that accident could not be avoided,
| Jumped of when the express train was moving, AMI
fell on the embankment, with my tsee toward the APP
preaching train and about abreast Of the ht coach Of
fhs express train: before could get UP the engine
struck the hind and lifted il almost or' end;
she split, and the engine took the second car and
| think the trucks rose about even with the
boiler Of ths Pougbkeepse train and broke 70 pieces
and the first engine of the Poughkeepsie train wcnt on
the track toward the river | then jumped up aud
ran 20 the assistance of the injured should say Inst
il was from three to FIVE msutes from the time we
stopped until the collision my watch was two minutes
faster han the time piece at tbs station and whom ts
"a press train stopped looked et my watch and 1t wv
in, three minutes TO three o'coJk do not think the
sot ductors or any ose the trains wero at al TO
blavne do not think II possible to have stopped
ess the signal could have been seen in the cat
Bn,hop Shute sDvorn--I am baggage-maSter on thes
P,ag,hkeepsie train, and the train that left
Yesterday al 3 O'Clock ! in The tirst passenger
coach, and heard the whistle and g'tup TO Apply tho
brakes; got about half way To the door whsm wo
struck the other train; have been with Mr.. Camp
about tv o years, and always found him careful
j. VI. Warner, swwn--f reside in Poughkeepsie, and
was in thu Poughkeepse tram we left here at O'Clock
and one minute :: l set my watch by their clock and
looked at it when We started; the frst intimation1
had was the baggage master S,rnging to the brake,
and in az instant ,he collision occurred dd NOT nesf
an alarm signal; bsve known Mr.. Camp some trics
and he his the reputation of attending promptly TO hs
business.
George W. Sergeant, swoTn-I am freight-agene.
and was the Poughkeepsie train yesterday the fr
intimation had of danger wes'the signal when rae
to the brake and the brakeman at his station, and
Lad put on his brakes; almost instantly the collision
occurred and "a the rain stopped, Jumped off, We
were through the Gu. when first heard the whistle.
il is the duty OF the de gman, when he has the red nag
mp to go toward the approaching train instead OF
from il.
At 81 O'Clock the uryadjournei to o'clock to-day
friday.
INQUEST on THE BODY OF MRS. GREEN.
The singular fact that wo CorOners are at the sans
time and in the same town employed in investigating
the same subject is accounted for in this wise Two
Coroners have been elected for Poughkeepse, Of
whon-Br. Taylor-wa, first the ground whcr,
the accident occurred and proceeded to take possess
sion of the dead and to prepare for investigation
Meanwhile Mrs. Green who had been put on the
train for Poughkeepsie, died before reaching there
and Coroner Collins took charge Of her remains and
impsnneed jury the same evening TO hold an inquest
on the cause of her death. The tcsncny adduccd boz
fore the CorOners nearly alike IN spirit and SUB
stance the witnesses being for the most part the
in both cases. Mr.. Daniel Lord was sn exception.
having testified before Coroner Collins only We give
his deposition;