New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-10-26
The new york Central RalIroad disaster

The New York Central RAILROAD Disaster.
From the Syracuse (N.sY.) Journal Of the 10th, we
extract the following particulars Of an occurrence of
which we have been apprized by telegraph:
The mail train from the west due at this city about
s o'clock last evening, met with a sad accident at
Beaver Meadow Brook, about six miles from this city
The heavy rains of yesterday had washed away about
eighty feet of one side Of the embankment near the
cuvert at Beaver Brook so that the rains of one side
of the track spanned a gulf eighty feet. The train
rushed on and the engine, baggage car, mail car and
four passenger cars went down with tremendous
crash into the gulf The engine was the "Quick-
STEP" and was completely demolished. The tender
and baggage car were also badly smashed. The mail
car was broken up and partly burned The mail bags
were also nearly destroyed. Three of the passenger
cars went down the embankment perhaps twenty feet
and are terribly broken. The fourth passenger car
remained partly on the track. The condition of the
wreck can be readily conceived from the following
graphic description kindly furnished us by VIM q.
Mchasters, Esq, who this morning visited the scene
Of the disaster, and made sketch of the wreck:
The scene at this catastrophe beggars description
Viewing the ruins from the east, the mail car bottom
upward is the first object and it lies several rods
ahead of the locomotive, over which it must have
passed. Alongside of the mail car is baggage car
lying on the side, literally smashed to pieces. The
first passenger car lies just behind this upon the
side, considerably immersed in water. Miss Brown,
who was drowned was in this Cur, and informant
has conversed with the lady who sat in the seat with
her at the time of the accident. and was unnjnred
The second car stands at oblique angle the hind
end upon the track The third lies parallel with
the track several feet from it, its fore end smashed
nearly through the side of the second car. Here is
where the landslide took place-the general giving
away of the earth causing the accident. The fourth
and last Of the train stands at angle Of thirty
degrees, pitching downward, with its hind end upon
the track All the cars but this are nearly an abso
lutte wreck their trucks lie scattered about, and
there not vestiges enough of the locomotive and
tender left to recognize them.
| Among such mass of ruins, where some sixty
passengers were buried in the darkness of night and
Storm it is almost miracle that so few were injured.
| Mr. Chittenden, Assistant Superintendent, dis
patched special train to the scene.
1t is said that the first thrown square across
the track, and the second plunged directly through
its Sides but passed over the heads of the occupants,
who escaped being instantly crushed to death.
| DR.. Shpman and brother took medical charge of
| the following persons:
Clinton r. Bronson, New Britain, CT, agent for
Townsend & Co.'s Agricultural Tool Mandatory, N.
| Y, was fatally injured. His abdomen was cut open
80 that his bowels protruded. He manifested re-
markabe GOODNESS and bravery. He was found sitting
the track, holding his bowels in with hand and
protecting himself with an umbrella from the pouring
storm with the other. When told that his injuries
were fatal, he gave DR.. S. some statements of his
name, occupation, etc. and requested that choroform
might be administered to render him nsensbe to the
| agonies of death.
| Mr.. De Forest, New Haven, CT, badly hurt.
His left arm is fractured in two places, and he is
otherwise badly injured.
Peter Bettinger, extra baggageman, lives on
Washington streetseriously hurt. Both collar bones
are broken, his ribs fractured, and he is otherwise
| badly bruised.
Mrs. Lizzie Franklin, Warren, R. l., had her ribs
fractured and her spine badly injured She is con-
| sdered to be in q dangerous condition.
John Ogsbury, PAMELA, Jefferson county-severe
confusion on the arm, and several bruises about his
| body.
The following persons were placed under the medi-
cal care of Dr. Pease, from whom we obtain the par
| ticuars of their injuries
| Patrick Nolan, baggageman, lives on Marcelus
street-very badly injured. His thigh is broken
twice, his shoulder broken, and other injuries. 1t is
hoped he will recover
Mr.. Hodgenan, fireman, lives Water street.
His arm is broken, and he has sundry cuts on the
| head and face. He is doing well.
Peter Hess, passenger, lives at Durhamville. He
has severe cut on his head and is badly bruised all
over. He seemed utterly regardless of his nju-
res and rendered valuable assistance to his fellow
sufferers, refusing to have his bruises attended
| to till the others were relieved.
| T. Caldwell, from Indiana, has severe Commissions
upon his limbs and body.
| Samuel Blum, New York-head and face badly
| bruised, not seriously.
Charles H. McMasters, Mail Agent-badly bruised
from head to foot. He is brother to Mr. William e.
McNIasters of New York. artist, well known to our
citizens. He thrown several feet from the ruins
of his car, and remained for long time insensibe.
When consciousness returned, he saw his mail car in
flames, and his first movement was to the only
letter bag that not consumed, from the ruins Of
the car
Mrs. Sarah Ravens, Westmoreland, Oneida county
She was in the first car bruised about the face and
also bone of the right foot fractured Mr.. Ravens
was also on board, but escaped with slight injuries
Mary II. Bate, an elderly lady from Toronto, G. W
Considerably bruised. No bones broken. She was
rescued from the water.
Mr.. and Miss Mullen. Not specially injured. Did
not learn their place of residence.
The following additional names have also been fur
| nished:
Miss Brown of Toronto, c. W., was found dead in
the water 1t is supposed she got out of the car-wn
dow after the accident and fell into the water and
was drowned.
| j. A. Beale, Peru, Indiana, lawyer. Had his eye
| badly cut and otherwise injured.
Rinalder Haslop, engineer. Arms very badly
scalded.
Gustavus Bronner, of the firm of Bronner & Bros.
| of this city, was on board and slightly hurt.
| GIDEON P1LLow.-The ridiculous egotism and van
ity of General Gideon otherwise Leonidas) Pillow
have again become targets for newspaper jokes ant
jeers all over the country. The Mobile Mercury ha: