The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-14
TIE RAILROAD TRAGEDY.
Shs Particulars Of tic Recent Calamity on the
New York Central Railroad.
the ROIIENNESS or TIE ShvQuoI BRIDGE
cgLPApMlrY OF TIE COMPANY,
&C, &C., &c.


.a.re az he Ssnouo Creek three miles west OF tics
ne Cincinnati express rom tho west, due here at oio A.
ma ma he .reght len hee for the West a. 10
were psSsng the bridge over the creek AZ TIE
yielded and the forward carof the later Was
the water, and the second thrown
tc Of NJ he engine ami tender HAVING crossed safely
me engine, baggage car and passenger coach OF
The express train had passed us the bridge broke;
tls forward part Of the second coach struck against the
xpzents and the hinder part elevated above the
fhre coach, which ran under II; the lest coach Tan
thrprgh side of the third oosch and completely
Srtsea for the space of twenty The scsdent has
kesn attributed 70 the breaking OF tie the rst
ear On the fregh, a but from the APPEARANCE 0fne
the sE.oers.
The msin centre stringer, a. the point where the
bresS apparently originated, thoroughly rotten On
thx the weight of the passing trains mainly rested
ercs q The tiuoers needle beams boted
theIecn The bridge was only three years old and the
external appearance Of the wood work voua lead to
eeheve that Was srong enough to bear W weight
1si could be placed upon H. wac thityhye feet IN
ieAgth, and bat ten feet above the ws;er.
There about Ave hundred persons At the scene Of
the disaster this rornnl-men, women and little chi-
essrdrswn hther by at natural curiosity End love
esestnent whch attract crowds 20 witness The eIs:a
1n Of maefactor OF coarse each hal MS tseory as to
shs cause Of the disaster, bat the general opinion as
srribed TO unsouBdness OF The tmbers OF the bridge
when our reporter arrived there, ell the killed and
wounded had been removed 10 this city and to Whitesbo
TO, tho sight presented then appYoxmsed su
aenty horrible enable TO realize the terrible
ssene The time OF the catastrophe. Cars heaped top
Of each other, end high in the air the other in the
water. fragments OF the wreck, iron, wood, gxss-here
md there cots Of blood-scatered or all sdes-were
gate enough for without going into examination OF
fractured skulls, broken limbs, prouding entrals and
okug upon the CHASTITY victims Of sudden and horrible
death
fns locomotive Of the express Nrsin immediately after
he accident proceeded TO Utica with passenger
convey the killed and wounded to the city. Rumors
surrent msgnfyng the extent Of the calamity, and ia
instances fixing the number high one hundred
The intense anxiety msnisested until after the
arrival Of the train, when the probable number Of killed
ascertaned to be much smaller than the exaggerated
rancrs had made it, Almost every person in the train
r1fercd some injury
Mr. Moore killed by fracture Of the skull causing
y compression OF the brain. He nseusible. gen
neuAn who helped 10 take him from the car informed
reporter than when he raised him he said this man
. dead" and Moore answered, "Nc / am not dead. -
These the only words he uttered He identified
BY hk baggage check. Three dAguerreotypes Of young
nesses Of his daughters He WAS mao apparently about
- years Of age, and probably an IrehmAn.
81 p human Of 9s . bad u bis s
wss nken by Marshal Hess, and depoeted in the City
". q. Sharp (kiled) injured June last by an d:
rdcnt on the Erie Railroad at Tip Top summit, by which
he suffered for three months from alta :k Of paralysis
Mr. ". II. Perkins is well known TO many Of our ct-
1eue. Be IA . member OF the firm Of Smith, Perkins
Ce extensive dealers in groceries, state street. Rochester
Mrs. Wheeler rescued by Mr.. Cox, Of Auburn,
injury almost miraculous. Miss Wheeler has
soeton Of the accident from the time Of the shock until
s0e iernd herself sitting on the bridge. Her shawl was
Oar CITIZENS assisted in taking care of the wounded
Among the first persons who visited them the good
.ers Of Charity who took charge OF the children OF Mr.
hAck.
hr Bronson and kind hearted LADIES' the Nc
Svesor House were unremitsing in their OF the
voanded as were Mr. KcIonaid OF the Northern Hotel
and Mr. Psun, Of tie Deerfeld House We noticed als1
nessrs. 8. NJ. PeriDe, j. r. Seymour, s Ba-rrger, a.
kaTson and others aiding In this rood work.
We believe ell the physicians the city promptly IN
ssnSance ard devoted the entire day the OF the
n attendance ard Rev p CAraher and o,ner clergymen
were present 70 oer the consultations Of religion 70 the
me express behind time, aud the passengers
cay that going the Of least sixty les
ssr. We think, however, that little reliance can be
placed upon the statement as 10 the rate Of speei
nr. z. p Huboell, Of New York thals from the quau
nty q blood spaiteres that elderly man in The sea: in
,rsot Of HIM, was killed Probably this was the man Sho
Three Of the vounded men Mcdonald, cisely and Non.
roe were brought From Whtesboro BY the 20 train tls
, n. The others are no; in condition 10 be removed.
Croper Roberts at the Of accident The Jury had
rot returned when we went to press.
Mrs Ferkirs was expected 10 arrive BY the O'Clock
IRAN this afternoon. She niece OF Dr. Pomeroy OF thls
aty. No hope entertained Of Mr.. Perkns recovery.
~ "a ~, 49, so,d =, go yoc,,.-r an \,
feared thai his body buried under the ruins OF
the cars There hope entertained that he may have
wandered some where 10 The Vicinity conducor Ward
has vague impression that he . boy roaning
The sed after the scsdent Isace found dead IN the
crets
ne following version Of the occurrence was obtained
by reporter from MAJOR Priest Assistant sapsrin,sn
scot, who ws on the accommodation train at the time
soeches. while crossing the food bridge SsuguOt
srees about mile east OF wh.sesooro, broke axle
the baggage but crossed the bridge aud
sscoad bridge across Pail Factory creek which
hcr cause spread apart north AMI south Al ths
ss ne oasse WAGON o.. Tue a1 sss d Wan
p~ssea the bridge Into the cenre Of the Cncn
ssr valn, throwing the coaches or the track car
s<rcss the bridge, and pitched down the bank the hind
sDs rSrntng INTO the rear end OF the second car.
Prom the tca Observer Nay IL
hsch tran vAs on It's proper track, aud gong nj fall
s<her safely. BY accident. however track.
oe ccge or the trucks the baggage Of the down
ksn Vas thrown Oh the track and instantly came o,o
ecisson with the freight Of the UP train The pas
sesser train Of brought dead stop, aud
tho consequences torr. Inc baggage scraped
aFaLsi the freight until side O; torn
pletey oc, out n succeeded IN passing the bridge The
trst passenger car, Immediately foiloSrg. also clesred
the eroge but thrown OF ia truoks by the ooncns
son ana lad TAI across the track The inside Of the
vss demolished and the passengers bruised bat By
asrfel good fortune not one was killed or dangerously In
rhs ,scopd car which had Do, cleared the bridge.
ffrevn BY the corcussen OF the and heading
sto the stream, striking re forward end directly sgaus
Ne eastern stone abument OF the bridge With the ful
meBentum accompanying aspeed OF forty miles hyur
1hs forward part Of The shattered INTO splners,
and rresenied the appearance OF having suffered from
sryssos 81 gunpovder The condition OF the pa sepgers
hs may be better imagined than des.r bed. Many
were killed outright and others fatally IN ured Tho scene
aesof bed heart rendug aud terrific the isst de-
gree lie Third car followed the sDnd and sty
On tsp Of ~ striking the sbuimcnt the same vsy. aud
forward end pitched INTO the creek
The cars lie broken and piled up another high
~ the telegraph wires, presenting a scene such ,he
seeft railroad declare thev have never witres ed
before. The BRIDE 10 broken down and impossible
The inns learns from lady passenger the Cncin-
sst express train that the sCdent Of the most
Appalling nat the N nd conceive Of When the bridge
proke the passenger piled the other,
snd w@ necessary 10 pull the people out. When she
res<hed frd the frsi sight TIA, met her vision wss
ire DEAD bOaes Of two children Of about Eve years
the bodies % three four dead person. and numerous
" i'm H.r
help.
Ure female, this lady says, was hanging su.rendel by
her feet from The bridge cur informant aids that wa.
~hch held tie unfortunate female a. in vice before
her lower limbs could he extriosied.
TIE CITAsrRorHE.
fFrom the ttos Herald, May III
The Cincinnati express train, due here AZ % A H. was
little behind time AZ whitesboro, and passed that
station several persons who awaiting the arriva Of
ne u train for toe West observed toe
high rate 81 speed Both trains reached the fatal bridge