New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-19
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:hs ey. ning Of the 18th Ds near ere several dead
bcdes were brought 10 this place AFTER the accident;
DO 10, kno~ ssy VI = peF:os' who we're h1td taste
lrcw him: We have found amocg his effects soma
rsmes in ocohs, and suppose his name to be John
81 ulfz Of Buffsio this uunk tp-eseat) il the ore
claimed by tie check found upon his person; tosse
ELECTS shown rere also taken from his body viz: a
ticket gcod on tie Newly pk and Erie and Corning and
BnfIaio rosds from New. York; portemonnas con-
tsinra 81 81 bunch keys and oher small articles;
! directed Mr.. Bord 10 sueed ana a:sist thcss ~no
stipr ed ard lad out the bodies; he did go and
ceived what e e.s foutd On the oodss tbs a.
cident occ..rei.sbout FIX miles wes, o. Otsviue;
have viewed the groucd; the accdens took p,sce on
tie Shin Hollow lIe should think the emosak neat
40 feet high the trscs is IN good orser; there Is
.rackuss er who hs. chsrge; bis duty s 10 20 over
the track ard ct his assscan who goes over tue
track csly and makes necessary repsnsi !, - tne
cuty Of tie tackn.n 10 wax over the track Two or
three times sdsy atrsn had passed over the toaa o
the acciceI. about two bours ard hall prevlous
neersia1d that the track has been exanred 10 tue
interval the pne sllJred 70 run bstTeen Osls
vile ard Port Jervis is 20 minu es-l-a mics
,Ee express rsln on that esealpS was
few minutes late q, Otisvle; l made inquiries, and
went yesterday osr at day break to the ground;
.ne two after cas of the train appeared TO have been
thrown from the track by broken raiii founo tne
pieces OF rsl at the spot rew oce hsd osen pu, 10
tie place; examine the roll it had the appearance
Of having flaws in it, but the fracture vas newi the
h4we could net be while the rail VS.. whoe; e1-
sntd the texture Of the iror; cannot tell lie qusiy
precisely; That carrot be done without sctus test,
but Judge from the manner in which the rdll Was
bIo en- 20 pieces that the metal Was brittle
there we're Elk killed snd ab )u. thirty wounded.
BY q Juror-Had tie walker found the rail broken,
his duty is instantly to stop all trains and give instant
notice; tie train was elegrsphed as leaving Oasvil.e
minutes late; the general instructions OF the rosd
allow any engineer TO make up lost time hen it An be
doIe safely; specsl inst Is furnished Tor tbs
particular part Of the track the average speed Tor the
N. l,,,.a tba hnur ftfsyan "a
10 slight in Iurnpg 80 40 mics the hour IN the dan
ger; an engineer is instructed to use Judgment in
rurrpg 10 go slow ct curves sLd brdges which gen.
.rally cone at % miles; tie extra 70 No. freight
preceded the express George Morford, conductor
tave regarc ed 80 miles per nour cafe speed over
this portion Of the track; the liability OF breaking
rails is greater az speed OF 50 mles than slower; the
express irsirs brssk rails than the slow trains.
Jsues Collins. being sworn, says: sm in tue em.
ploy of the New.YoIk and Erie Rsilroad Company;
am the foreman the track aui have charge of hs,
portion OF the track on which the accident occ lrred
had been ever that point about 20 minutes past
NJ. ira. was irnuedately after the passing Of the
freight No. ] raw nothing wrong in the rails my
business 20 examine the track imme dately after the
passage Of trsn and If anything Is wrong to attend
snd make i right at once cav nothing like broken
rail at that time the road is in good ordsr q. that
place; | exsmned after the accident, and found all
right en- the track except the broken rail; arrived 81
the accident at 0 called at 10 o'clock the ra'i
on the west eide broken in SIX or seven pieces
examined the pieces and the fractures appeared TO be
all new; put rev rail in It's plsce; three miles
from the place and was notified by the sgmsn of the
accident; the track 10 examined dsily twice, &C me-
times three or four times, aid at night.
ByA Juor-No ties were broken before the acci
dent but one was at the time came To the break in
Is nipuies in band car; the rail could hardly have
bsen cracked without my noticing It; was 10 S,in
Hollow aud at work and went up immediately after
tte frsight train psssed have worked for the COM
par since 1919 there is couble track along there
4 fraTk AZ n ina la
Eas.eIn n bouI track has got new irou on examine
more carefully tee Western. bound track, because toe
iron IL DID, and more liable 20 break this rail was on
the Western bound track which broke; the cham on
.he west tide Of the rail wss brokeni did not get TO
the bIt ak until after Parkers sneino got tnero wnen
get there ne engine WAS standing on the broken rail-
the pieces Of the rail had been taken cut TO one sde
piece Of the rs wss do among the wreck OF the
ca's do not know hov 1t got there.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
The Jlry find that Geo. w. Robinson, the urknown
mar, supposed to be John Schulz. Harvey Wood,
Margaret Jane Turner, Sarah Ann Ray, aud small
boy named - Brown, came to tder death by jufies
rece ived in the after of the night express train of
tie New York ard Erie Rsilrosd, which rsn of the
track, and was preciptatsd down high embsr kment
the everiug f the l5si of July inst at about the
hour # ocl ck and 53 mtutss six miles east Of the
Village Of Port Jsryis. The SAID above named per-
q M csDe TO their death by the Aforesaid
ally, accidentally, and by misfortune, and not other
wise Further, from all the testimony bsf)re US and
persora insps con Of the ground it is our bsef that
the cars we thro from be track in consequence Of
broken rail- sgsiust which ordinary care ard fore.
SIGHT the part Of those in charge OF the train could
not gusrd. Signed LEBUs s. HARDIsG, Coroner
JoHS CosELIS, Foreman.
THE BROKEN RAIL.
With regard TO The cause Of the accident and whether
the Erie Rsrosd Company their agents are in any
use snswerable for the result, there Of course
in all such cases, various opinions entertsoed From
,hs nature Of the testimony elected before the Coroner
the JuIy probably would not have been justif ID 10
rendering different verdict; but We contend that the
investigation by the Coroner WAS not what it ought to
have been especially so, when !, Is borne 10 mind that
he was informed Saturday morning. few hours only
before the Jury resssembled, the, it h.d been sd-
mted to bis informant, by "a gentleman in the employ
Of the c. cmpaDy that some rails Of an inferior quaiyf
iron laid in the vicinity or section OF the road
where the accident occurred. Neither the gentleman
alluded TO, nor any other was particularly examined IN
relation to that pott. Nor was any portion OF the
broken rail produced before the Jury; and, although
gle rsi OF twelve feet long broken into seven
distinct pisces no evid:nce was elected from any of
the witnesses in reference TO the appearance OF the
rs where broken except that piece about two feet
lorg was broken off, and there the iron seemed to be
as sound ss usual. No inquiries whatever were msds
ss to varieties and qualities Of iron used on the rosd
The Jury, Of which DR.. Conklin was the foreman,
appeared to be On intelligent set of men, who desired
to perform ther duty without fear or favor, and had
they possessed the knowledge communicated to the
Coroner relsivs TO the alleged inferior quality of iron
ased in this pace, we were assured tha thorough
iIvestig.ion We ud have been made upon that point.
To th< Fd,sg~ af tn, " Y TytbunS
SIR: According to the testimony Of the engineer,
ths Erie Railroad slaughter might have been almost
ha had bad the Of nrQmQtly