New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-17
FRIGHTFJL ACCIDENT ON THE NEW
YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD.
,sr ov TIE KILLED AND WOUNDED.

The fact was unknown to either the engineer or con.
ductor of the train, and while coming along at the
usual speed the locomotive into the stream and
fightful breaking sp of the cars instantly ensued.
We indebted to the telegraph operator of the Cen
tral Road for list OF the killed aud wounded as fol-.
lows:
Mrs Brown of Toronto, killed
Clinton Brownson, Westfield, Conn.,, fatally
John Oaksbury of vermilyea Jefferson County, rib
broken.
Samuel Plumb of New. York, slightly injured.
Lizzie Franklin, Warren, X l., rib broken.
Patrick Nolan baggage master, badly injured; his
legs and shoulders being badly broken.
p. Pesttinger. emigrant baggage master collar bone
broken.
r. Haslup, engineer. bruised and arm scalded.
Fireman badly bruised.
Mr.. McMaster, the recently appointed mail agent
was badly bruised.
Mr.. De Forest of New. Haven, Conn.,, arm broken.
The dead and wounded were conveyed to the Globe
Hotel at Syracuse where medical attendance was inn
mediately Obtened and the utmost and attention
paid to the injured.
We have since writing the above, learned that the
portion of the road earned away was high embsnk
rDent, six miles west Of Syracuse. 1t was caused by
heavy rains, and the rush of water through deep
cut made through bill upon which the track was
laid The train was precipitated down an embank-
ment Of twelve feet into pool or stream Of water six
feet in depth. The were badly broken, and one
of them submerged the depth Of four feet
the flooring.
The night was dark aud rainy. The place had
never given any indications OF danger, and was all in
order Just before dark. The train consisted Of an en-
CINE baggage and two passenger cars.
Miss Brown daughter of George Brown, editor Of
Tie Toronto GloJe, was drowned p the cars. She
was in company with her father route for England
He escaped with few slight injuries
Clinton Brown son. who was reported fatally injured,
has since died.
II is feared that Patrick Nolan, the baggage man,
cannot long survive the il juries he has received.
We have been able TO learn the names Of only eleven
persons who either killed injured, but we learn
nom varous that others slightly bruised
and MANNED but we were unable to learn their
ACCIDENT ON THE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
SYRACUSE, Friday, Oct. 16, 1857.
terrible accideit occurred on the Central Railroa,
asst evening, about O'Clock, Beaver Meadow
Brock, six miles west of this city. The accident was
caused by the washing away Of about eighty feet OF
the embankment. The mail train, consisting Of one
baggage car mail and four passenger cars, were
all, excepting the last car, thrown down an embank
e Mt of twenty feet. There about sixty passen
gers aboard the One passenger, Miss Brown oi
Toronto was drowned Mr.. Bronson of New-Britain
Conn. had his bowels torn out and died to-day at the
Globe Hotel. About twenty Of the passengers were
Injured six of them seriously. The locomotive is a
perfect wreck. The mail was burned, as also the
mail bags save one, which saved by Mr. Nc
Master the mail agent.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The accident last evening was the most disastrous
that has happened the Central route for many years.
The cars were under full headwsy, and as they
approached Nine Mile Creek Station, between War.
ner Station and Syracuse he engine suddenly plunged
of the track darting down into the creek, some fifteen
or twenty feet. The couplings apparently broke u-
stantly the first baggage car plunged over right on
the top of the engine. This folio wed by the mail
car and three passenger cars, all of which took the
fearful leap, one after the other
The cars were all well filed with passengers, and
the catastrophe was 80 sudden that only one shock
was heard above the noise of the wheels before all
were hesped together in common ruin at the bottom
of the gulf The last only remained on the track,
and those fortunate enough to be board that car
risge instantly eaped out and went TO the rescue Of
other passengers. The scene presented was most
awful. The mail car was turned bottom up and was
found to be fire. having caught from the hot stove
The first passenger had turned on one side, with
the front part buried in the water of the creek which
had risen high in consequence of heavy rains In this
car Miss Brownof Toronto, daughter of Mr.. Brown,
ate of The Toronto Globe, riding After most of
the passengers had been got out of the ruins one OF
the persons searching found shawl which he pulled
out, discovering human being, and he then with the
aid of Others dragged forth the body of Miss Brown.
She had been drowned in three feet of water and from
a confusion on the head she had evidently been
stunned in the collision.
The second car was turned broad side to the train,
and the third cur through the center of it, cutting
Il nearly in two The third car ell smashed to
peces the passengers being crashed together in one
mass. Here Mr. Brownsop, Of New Brighton, Conn.,
sst and his bowels were torn open by splinters of
seats. Some slivers of mahogany were extracted
from his intestines by the doctor day. His enras
are literally cut to pecemesl, and although he still
lives, his recovery is impossible. He is man of iron
build and strong constitution He crawled out OF the
ruins on to the track literally holding in his bowels by
his hands.
Fortunately the third car jumped so high that it
went through the second above the heads OF the
passengers Had il cut through little lower, several
more would have been killed From the nature OF
the accident and the complete destruction of the cars
il is miraculous that out of sixty or seventy pas
sengers, no more were fatally injured. There were
several narrow escapes Of passengers. Mr. Ogsbury of
Jefferson was in the Sc ond car, and the whole wood
work not one foot above his head splintered TO
atoms.
Here the line ceased to work. and consequently
eve M the particulars OF the accident or the uemeS Of
the inuredl.
WAsmlSGToN's OPINION OF PAPLR MoNEY.-The
following letter, written by Gen. Washington more
than seventy years ago. the paper or bank currency
onas.;cp will hs read inst nj w with mora .han oIdin.