Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-08
FROM THE WEST.
=, The following reports have been furnished by
he Collision and Loss of Life on the Camde n
md Atlantic Railroad.


ing collision took place on the Camden and At
lantic railroad twelve miles from Philadel phia,
attended by the loss of three lives and the injury
more or less, of between fifteen and twenty per-
sons. The following additional particulars we
find in the Philadelphia papers of yesterday:
IL appears that the express N excursion train
which left Camden at half past four in the after
noon, proceeded at its usual speed until II reac he'd
about half way, and below White Horse Station
twelve miles from Philadelphia, when the pas
sengcTs were startled by the signal of "down
brakes, and the sudden and terrific crash caused
by the collision of this train with wood train
coming up from some point between Atlantic CITY
and that station. The locomotives Of the two
trains were completely demolished the baggage
Car and tender of the express train were broken
up and driven two-thirds through the first pas
senger car. The wood Of the up train were
piled upon another, distributing the wood and
portions OF the wreck in every direction. The
accident occurred at "a slight curve in the road
and the engineers, when they saw each other, at
tempted TO reverse their eng ines, but too late
Nearly all the victims We're officers of the road
and among the passengers W.T. re many we'll known
Phladel phianS.
The killed were Mr.. Donnely conduct tor Of
the express train ; Mr.. VIM A. Siner, brass foun-
der, residing near Fifth and Brown streets, in
this city, and a fireman of the express train Mr.
Donnelly fingered about thirty minutes before he
expired. He was frightfully injured, yet re-
;nrined conscious to the last. He was attended
10y medical man who Glanced to be upon the
train, and also by Mr.. Brodhcad, the president of
the road but the only syllables uttered by the
expiring man were the words .Who is tn
blame?' Mr.. Donnellv was 26 wears of aye and
had faithfully performed the duties Of his posi-
ton for many years. He was accompanied by his
wife and child at the time of the casualty
Mr.. Siner was also fatally injured. At first il
was supposed his injuries Were not of a serious
character. lie was brought to Camden and placed
upon the ferry boat, but died before he reached
The fireman Of the express train was instantly
killed. He dreadfully bruised about the
body and the flesh was entirely stripped from the
S9neS , o. ms s ,eg When his body was taken
scented a most shocking spectacle.
Mr.. WIN: smith, formerly member Of sc.
lect council; Mr.. w. ii. Bailey, of Philadel phia;
Mr.; :. Lowe, Of Washington; Mr.. E b. Wolf,
OF Philadelphia; Mr. James German. Mr.. Massey
Mr. haywood, and a lad, name unknown of
Philadelphia, were trifiingly injured. Among
}. NJ Scott, Esq, and John CLAYTON, Esq
John Brodhead, Esq, president of the road,
was among the passengers, and escaped very mar
rowly from sharing the fate of the sufferers The
train numbered among its passengers all the en-
ployees OF the road, who had made up an excur-
sion party among themselves. The entire pas
senger list, including these, was about hund red
and fifty.
The train consisted of locomotive tender, bag
gage car, and three passenger cars. The passen-
gers in the middle car hardly experienced the
shock, while those in the rear car were thrown
into the utmost confusion, and the seats broken
up. Some Of the passengers in this car were
seriously wounded The wood train comipu nm
had Passenger car attache to the rear contain
shock OF the collision. The engineer was the
only one on the train who was hurt
The Ledger announces the arrest of r. r
futile, the conductor Of the freight train, and
George r. Brooks, TN" fireman The coroner:s
jury is to give the whole matter athorough inves-
tigation. An eye witness of the collision writes
to the Ledger:
The first person we saw was the fireman.
whose body lay among the bushes, with the head
almost severed, by long and deep cash from
his shoulders. The engineer Of the down train.
seeing that collision was inevitable gave an
alarm and jumped clear Of the falling mass
around him, but the fireman was caught amid
them, and no doubt was struck by piece of iron
from the locomotive, aud thus killed INSTANTLY
DOnnclly, the conductor of the express train
was most terribly mangled his legs below hi,
knees, We're actually torn and mashed into rib
DonS OF flesh and muscles He bore his apony
with great fortitude, and seemed more anxious to
know 'who was blamed" A scene occurred
here that brought tears to every eve. The poor
fellow had his wife and children on the train for
a trip to the ocean. The poor woman was in the
third car with her children, and, as she came
near the spot where her husband Law bleeding and
dying unknown to her, she suddenly recog nized
INN, threw her arms around his body, and fran
tically entreated @ MY dear William'S to sneak TO
her DR.. Pltney, OF A bSecoin, whose activity and
Kindness to the sufferers entitle him to the warm.
est praise, dressed his wounds, and used all pos
side skill III has efforts to him, but in vain
as he died before we reached Camden
The down way train, coming about an hour
behind Us, took all Of on board-the dead,
wounded and northumberland after several tedi-
Gus delays, prudently made to avoid meeting the
excursion to start down at O'Clock. Wab reached
Camden about half past o'clock.
After we got aboard the ferry boat the injured
were carefully carried in, among them Mr. Siner,
who, immediately after the accident, seemed by no
means seriously injured. When we were about
to start in return Mr. Henry Rood and our infor-
msnt assisted him on the train, and he walked
without much difficulty, but seemed to be getting
weaker very rapidly. He was still partially SEN
sble when carried by some Of his friends on the
boat, but before we left the wharf still deeper
shade Of gloom was thrown over all as it passed
from man to man that he had just died among u.s.
His family are occupying cottage at Atlantic
City, and he was hoping soon to join them. Mr.
Siner was a fine, athletic looking man.
The persons who were most seriously injured
Were all in the front car, and fortunately all the
ladies escaped
The decided opinion of all at the wreck was.
that it was entirely the fault of the cond and
engineer of the up-train wood train indeed.
no one there or at Haddonneid seemed 10 tbint
otherwise. There Is no doubt the unit ain was
behind time, according to the road time table, at