New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-07
ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT!
DESTRUCTIVE SMASH.UP.
~ EE MEN WOUND EOt
WONDERFUL ESCAPE OF THE PhsSgMjgRS


4 clock Tuesday P. m for this city, net with
s,rou- accident about O'Clock TIE ssme r'gL', when
within i've miles of Philadelphia, and neor Gay,
F,rD " The locomotive s.IL,H two cows and ths
"cttcAer lot being sufficiently poweltul 20 throw
them from the track gave wcy, erd struck tie s'eep-
eIs END n an nstsn,, almost, the body Of tie loco
mo.ive severed nom D. tucs., and essh was
thiown in fragments down a siis sht o1b1rkuent into
mach, s upon them plled, ragged ruins, the
baggage car. Adams 4 Co.'S Express car, the mail
car and the folweid end % the smotisg car. more
react lr.n was never WiNosej None Of the nas.
serger c'rs got IF The track.
A. soon as the engineer, III. George Evlns, 1is-
cerned the cattle though the dssnes', he reversed
his engine sud blew tie whistle az signal to pm. on
tie bresks The breakmsn obcyed mes. promptly,
and be train checked within the space of ts
,ength The Passengers were terrorst'uck at the
slock, ,Leir fears beng greatly heightened doab',
by the memory Of tie many shocking accilen,s shoh
have 81 lste occurred.
IL fr,t tusine. was 20 grope amid TIE darkrcss
erd '.as fpr the ured or ad Ncle JtiHy 10 hand
ieat,,Hs en- he train.
The fI,men, Nj JoHS Fow. taken ont rom
beneath potion Of the baggage car O7e leg vas
DIohor, ana he was Otherwise badlJ bruised.
Mr. JosFrH BALL, the mail agent was fornd
ms'l Ger. lie was severely cut 10 the head and his
let leg wss b''y cut srd ammed.
N'r ArrAN SCHv>EN,s, O passenger, was in the
mail car with M Bal at The time Of the accident,
and lie was found under SIR Bal with an immense
weight upon his body, which WAS found to be bsdy
c.ushtd II wss iesged that his woundi which seemed
i,terel, would prove fatal.
Sevcal passengers were more or less Jared, ard
one mf y, whose name wds hot reported seemed very
mleh dofaueed in nird.
There were between three and four hundred psssen-
gers the Ian, ard, singular to ssy, there was not
a regular phy ysic among them. The rearert that
cane to it wss dentist, Who I'D toe best he could.
TIE conductor, Mr.. jeremiah Smith, sen. im'nedi-
aty TO Phlade phia and procured another train, winch
arrived about O'Clock on Wedneadsy morning with
seepp OF men. l. was then aimee that most Of
the baggage belonging to the passengers was so bsdly
su ashed end scattered that it woud require he ssss.
snce of daylight before it could be coect and fDr.
waIdsd
II e injured were brought on 10 Philadelphia No
beme wbaiev'r can be etleched 10 the conductor or
engineer. The Company sTe censurablo for slowing
81 81 gpe to un with euch mierabe "cow.catch-
r AID the owners of the cattle that obstructcd the
road a.e guilty .or slowirg them to at large upon
the Ialiold
TIE e.cape of so macy passengers without serious
iniu.v is wondc.u noetd. rhe passerger5 on that
,,sir. for y Is city arrived Ncdn, day morning n.
O'Clock 10 orc Of whom We iadobted for the
above eccount.
F,e,a The Philadelphia Bniisia6n.
About II o'clock l,t b;olt, ijent that was
nesr b.irg stter dcd III tre mo d ssirous cCne-
euerce occo I'D GA tho baltimore Rho d, two mites
end a .e'f below GrlJ's Fay The engine Of the
in wrch coming low ird The city ran over Two
coss te'o, gin to Charles Cioiheil that upon
tie track, eEG smo-t..e entire train was Instantly
,okId
T.c ,CciGon occpirtd on tnbsIkment. The 10.
con olive w"s iorwn hon the track, md puLgng
ito the e2h in the bapk, u stuck there helpless
week. Tie engine wes uuch broker. The msl and
oi the r1ck II broken completely TO pieces:
IstFs were hye gjrsger & e3' IN .Ge c ran d ,dese
wee nore or Jess broken; t1rec Of ihom Were COM
rlereiy spiLterod. T,r fYrcu ost pascn
diivei ITO &c mai and bsggoge car to.hng in the
Ioor of tic laii Ter srd tlro.Irg the roof OF.
II was at first thought that sleAt number OF perons
must inevitably b. kieo OF baoiy wounded, ana the
uiIost tome ton ,x' ted for iime. But as soon
oIder ccu'd be rCstoled and ise passengers who
were gied in the wreck could be exiflc.ted it
was esc.naiued tlat 90 passenger had sustained any
injury .eIi0us thar few important bruises.
j, In Fov, the femdD, had OIe leg frlciured;
Jos, ph S. Boil tie Mail Agent, was badly bruised,
tlG Abioham Schoeinap, hom Soath Cenden, who
was il the nah car with the Agent, considerably
boaeS The sne.Is .espidd pd sl%o,t ",.hSst S IN,
4 q
con eiiod to- wait FOR tne before means could
| be rrocuiec to bring item oa to the city 49,,
Woo Wa ent up to he city rs Go01 as possible,
ord about O'Clock tain Of carr wss sent down I'd
the cere cf tie mislap. Dr. nenry Y. Smith sent
down with the c,s thet gentleman and DR. llar-
III # EauC htenced the wants Of suoh as needed
Z eiI ssIycoe. Lieut. Gilbert arc detachment Of the
iIst Wand Police, $50 repaired TO tbc spot aud
sisted n ceaIg away tie w,cck, and IN gettiag the
mails GId ne baggage together end upon the raG.
TIE latter did reach the city until rear Wight
flis Du1iug. There were pioblbly one hundred and
Say pasfenge1s On the ein, and the escape Of the
VI O.c of II, tE'e- te C,cUm .tanccs, Is almost
u:.et lous.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
S..ce the s'oye was in type We tsye received the
c,l!owlg .elguvc to he soc dent:
CffICr TInLAtILPuIA WI aiYCToS AND BALTIMORE RR.
Co PHnADELFHIA, Aug g. 1856
r. re T6i'cy of Tie PhhlreIhia Bnhei,ns
Ire uCdsion taD pawn. got IN sepd you he re-
La4t - ia1 rs the d.s,ll road. Owbrg Tho
.rs 3y gsaheI u has been short for dsJs,
rd 'te fe,e DE- ro-d 20 ftsd where The
Two slowed from pasture lot, AID laid dom
.cE, We Aot r.icc'td uLtb Tue tis were uPp
ffr
lie epue corsd,i broken, ard thrown on the s1o
e ile rCgt. 4 t'rctr,rs car tna a ans bHf ~,
eIe btd, bscneT j.. men had lea Ofo@sA tS M
.s-f toIti'-fsi5 l.u se5, but b. fefonJ ~
With hin, fut rot Yssserf>f, VS. lntsrn- 80
Ror f he ssretrs we're Tue usek wss 10 up, ou
q WI toon be repaired. 1te Gown tran Afl Pas's" "' ~
,, sboul eu l. fts eio'e s.d p" e~'"e vi roN
Your St, ~" ''
PEI CHsRLTs ORAFF.
F,rhI AccIDENT Al LAwRLNcL, hA"''~.- Da tie
-, h,Io ma,. named Henry t,f,cp Ln