New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-30
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

| TWENTY Or THIRTY FEESONS ISJOabD
| Tie lancaster Dolly ErPrsss OF Monday ever ~
| contains the following:
most terrible accident occurred on - HGrs-
bnrs Railroad on Saturday afternoon whi,h resulted
in The injury of large pnmb,r Ui pSssengrs, msSy o.
them stfOusly The train which let TIL CITY aDos'
O'Clock proceeded wit 'out bindrance rntll .ibn
shout four mites Of Midde'own, when raj oroHe anc
after runprg about dhy yard. OF she trses, zoe I.-
! SINGER car vent over an emhankuent aoeu; ~ Zee;
high. rolling over and over, and andos 90 ne Ieyei
With tetfb crash. We have beSn able 20 saT TIE
ran cs OF ONLY q few Of The injured.
Mr. John GsIViE Of Reau.town had oOL % kSs
brobon aLd biz back severely inlGSd. his RJaIee are
90 ,eyere that be IL Mt expected 10 survive.
Mr. John {. Zell Of this city WAS the nen severely
Injured lie was dleadfully burned about ths hest
a6d face by the stove vpseng III the oyertGrning of
TIE car and the bot ooAls falling upon him. Tie was
fortunately very itiCl y dressed, OF his DJHes mast
| have beer iatsl He hsd '~o costs and shaw Gu,
the latter h,irg lie rally burned no and h.s oyercoat
was ri6dlec in holes by The me- No Ien Was brought
! home in a sleigh GU Saturday evening, and pseeS
rrder II, modest care Of Dr. Jhn l.. Alee, jr has
injuries though severe and eain'o are no. neess~,y
dangerous Oar informant states that a. soon as NJ.
Zen could exriCste himself iTCm the wreck, i0geffal
of his iulles Re sIsohed up child iEon i:s motfsE
ard CARED /, TO place OF safety
Mr.. Henry uayts late CT The beisJoR.s WatchH3s,
wss severely il iared about the head and ar Ga
James Csmeion, formerly OF this city, AMI NJ Rus
sell Pasieeni OF tie LeEistown Bank. we're also
smoDg tie Ia jOr,d.
this catastrophe BIT se believe the above oan -
far as it CCts, is substantially correct.
The same paper describes SVery singular a'aaen
on The Columbia Railroad as follows:
This motting about | O'Clock irigh.iul scciden'
ocTnr,sJ ON the PilsSe lphia Raroai near ChrsiAna
which rcsud in the tmolticn NJ The two passenger
cas- bel uCirg ~ The train eud the inlu-y ~ TO OF
three ladies who in the rear car-one OF them
seriously.
The particulars az We have learned nom from
ra>sercer are as follows: TIE Express tram, which
iet Philadelphia lss hight at II o'clock, came on as
far IS Paktsburg without anything OF note occurring,
where thew stopped 10 wood and water. lhe ualn,
composed OF a baggage ard two passenge. cars,
was drawn by freight locomotive, the recent sto-m
having dissrrsnged the schedule which assigns par
,icu a. locomotives to each train. After they len
| Parkcsburg srd had proceeded, informant
THINKS not more than mile the PASSENGERS inferred
| fron peculiar motion Of the that they we're %
The track and It subsequently discovered !ha, his
| inference was correct
lhe cor du,tor drew the ropes attached 20 the sigr.l
bell SO violently that broAe, bet the esgneer either
did not understand the signal, or paid no ATTENTION
| to Il.
| On the train went wbizzing over the snow tack.
now and then humping over an exposed er0ss tie on,
past PenniDgtunvlle round the curve and over ne
bridge ~ ChTtiars, until about nan mue us sl9e,
| the ladies car became detached and oapszed. 90
stll the seam.hose Raoped IDENTIFY pleased M me
feat of Tairc aiding wth at the use OF ras, AMI no
doubt In love with the driver who gave HIN 0ose rein
without ever looking back 10 zee whether bis train
kent up until about half mile from the point where
the ladies became detached, the second ear aleo
wen, over breaking the coupling and smashing me
rear end Of the all to pieces We forgot 70 INQUIRE
yhtthe the stopped even then, or whether ne
cot stopped at ALL but trust IL will be The las John
Gilpu race he will be allowed TO ride, with such val
liable weight TO carry unless he can give more sat
isfsc,ory explanation Of his conduct than We can
hypoihecate for him.
The mo Il singular feature Of the accident v tina. no
lives were lost ard but few persons injured: Oae se
count states that but lady was in ured -anothss
1 a.. kntAh xanAGr d
| All were not manned or killed The truck wheels and
other fragments of the broken cars were scattered
along the track for the distance OF mJe- cars
being almost entirely demolished. When y wS hrst
discovered that the we're OF the tack the paseen-
gers were in Lreht eer and all rose 10 their feet bot
they passed so smoothly over the Cbrisians bridge
that they conCudoG they must be on The u@cg, ana
had jut fairly seated theInse - when the ,fah cane
upon them.
The ears il appears were thrown of the teek BY
the break ny of u rail, aud the train mus nave run
sbout four mhes before the engineer discovered Ia
apythirg was wrorg The passengers wcnt bach 20
Ckrstians routed up the landlord, who hsd nrts made,
and did all IN his power to maze them eomor'soe;
Conductor Delaney came on 10 ms cry, procured
another car returned 10 the of the disaster JUS.
"a the passepgtrs bad finished good breakfast, and
brought them on 10 this city.
ne Hay,t,Gsrg Daily TslgraDh contairs the fo-
lowing additional particulars in regard 10 toe brst acc
cident reported above;
Away train of cars drawn by two locomotives,
day last 10 open The road between that city and cur
borough for the regular mail train from Philadelphia,
when about four miles from Middetown, w@ thrown
from the track by the breaking Of rail- and precipi-
taied down twenty. foot em6ankmen' causing
general smash az. The train consisted OF the s'ore-
said two locomotives baggagecar and tso pa.scn.
ger-csrs which were filed with passengers who had
been storm-stayed at Lancaster. From the general
appearance of the wreck Of the train, IL ws q, srt
Supposed that large number Of passengers had been
instantly killed. or at least MORALLY wounded but
upob n moving the ruins and collecting together the
passengers, this was found 10 be incOrrcc'. We ap-
pend list of the mott severely wounded.
man named Garland, residing near Lancss,sr, had
both OF his legs broken. lie Is now lying az ksnasas
Hotel in our Borough and DR. Rutherford, tho ssend'
ing physioifn thinks that IL will be Deccsary 20 ampa-
tate O ie of the legs so severe "a the fracture.
VIM Foltz the dispatcher Of the railroad, received
a very tevere sprain IN one OF his ankles.
Col James Cameron Of Lancaster, brother o. Zen.
Simon Cameron, very severely injured ab>ut The
face and head. lie is stopping at Middletown
Kirk Few con OF the Superintendent OF The harrs-
burg aud Lancaster Railroad, was slightly wounded In
the face.
plumber IL other passengers received slight tijcres
No blame whatever can be attached 10 the OH ss hav-
ing charge Of the train at the time OF the disaster
THE HOVERNfyR.