New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-26
RAILROAD RECKLEsSNESS or LIFE.

T. n. Editor J The NJ u Tribune
S,R.Ivish TO make public through the medium Of
your widely scattered sheet act Of reckessness on
y part of the New.York and Erie Railroad, which
,ook MIA "a AT the Great Bend on Monday, Nov. To-
Were il the FIRST aud only of the kind 1t might
possby be passed over in silence, but the writer ha
been eve witness TO similar scenes at the ssme spos,
and /, ia but shor time since that the same wicked
haste caused the death Of lady passenger, her head
being completely severed from her body In the IN
stance TO which refer above, party, consisting OF
gentleman, two ladies', little grl ana osoJ, VIE
returning from The West. Wishing TO take anotass
train at the Great Bend they were prepared 10 step
out when the cars stopped. The gentleman got OUT
with the baby but the mother had her loot fased
step on the platform the cars started She was
v tb,ovp backward On the steps OF the where ssvs
raj gentlemen caught and held her-fortunateiy, ,
saw. Sir fortunately for the propelcg power, as wen
ne Tor the lady and her friends for, had serious aoci-
dent happened to her as certainly as there law OF
"s'o veVS pa. sv,,os
TO s fullest extent. Every passenger sprang to his
feet, AID cries Of shame shame infamous pull the
"rope pull the rope r. echoed from all. At that rope
hard close TO and pulled with all force, which caused
70 eight slackiog Of spoed that about half mile
from tie depot at its least speed the mother nped
from tie train and though they seemed to move sim
utaneously the other lady and the little girl, who wN
kin ly sra.ched up and pu the ground BY gesils-
man near, were left several blocks apart. The kind
srane set the child down and spraDg 70 the iron ra
which he caught and after hopping from foot TO foot
mercfuly gained the step but be beard tbstks
of the LADY he had gained the stand or the ast
word had left OF lip be far beyond the reach OF
her voice in his flying car.
Such infamous recklessress Of human life and limb
might do Sir fer the present state OF the Est where
men are transformed TO human hends, but surely DO
not belong TO a Christian community.
would only add that the Delaware end Lsckswenne
train, which had just stated, backed up again and
waited the hasty arrival OF the nearly murdered hsv-
eleTs Az ACTOR IN THIS NEAR TRAGEDY.
We print the above exactly as it reached u.s.
adding only the expression Of doubt that the
readiness of tho passengers to step out and their
celebrity in so doing were quite 30 decided ~ our
correspondent thinks they were. We have oftea,
in travelling, remarked tina. persons who were to
leave the cars at a station were not sufficiently
mindful that minutes delay on their part might
cause the loss Of an important connection to hun
dred fellow passengers. A conductor behind time
must do the best he safely to regain his proper
position, and passengers should do their best 10 help
him. But safety must DO primary consideration,
and any conductor who starts bis train from sta
ton without giving adequate time fox those who are
there to leave it. is guilty Of grave misdemeanor,
which should be reproyed By the public and pun
ished by the courts. Ed.