New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-08
- from, Fifth Pas>,.

. .,,,e s;onals &C.; the cOndirt"r
~ ard at W. Mackays request "e W.
-, a.. ..cc,ud tive 10 look after the Nispais' ~"
''' - csne Jack again the second ur' "'' '''
s.'.o,. rer, all right, and he thong"t '"''e 'V'''
W. ,,r,rr at all; Mr.. Mackoy also sent "'S" ~
-. senrward with signals; Mr. he-h''"
,-,.;, ,bere could be- no danger, tor ne h"'
800 his signals correctly, ana ha' "',o P'' ~
.scsIo.. m, the track; few minutes aI'e' "e nea
,,.>.his.les of the approaching ua'"' my
.....;,,, ,bn,c times perhaps hVe very ""'" "'''
90, he heard the trans co"N 'oso'"'''
:. .,oed;sfely went 20 the sp"', aho "''iU 'l'
- he saw one Of the engineers oea'i
I..a.,,s yas Geo. HAYWARD; according To the luie'
81 e road the trains TO follow each other not less
A. Oh miuutet between each other, ana M"ck"y
.,rks that there was 20 OF - minutes between 'he7e
two trains. -. 80, 90. a.:
NJ a ". Burugame-Is a fireman got on 'h'S
..copd train down, at Pcughkeepsiei they had no
a,ed time Oh which to run; there were extra trans;
,.s pouohkeepse at about ~ o'clock; they hfS' "e'u
Me ,orpedoes explode the engineer toid hih 10 loon
ant for himself; dose not know whether the oiak"s
we've down or not they did not see the s'S""'' 'h
,b;n ~ O, 25 rods Oh the first tram; II was iiPo7-
A 10 sion the train at that distance ne oia "ha' ne
.cuh 10 stop the engine, and the conductor ana the
engineer Jumped of the train; the frSt man ne "a"
.eer he rrnped was the brakemas, who asked nun Il
H. .av no red light he said No, that was t'e hS'
~ had seem" the brakeman SAID he had Deeh oack
about a mile or more Mr.. Burlngame is gooo oeal
bruised but not severely injured
Jobp C. Gordon resides at Greenbush, baggage
,..s,.,, xas ON the last train last nght il wa II
scIock and 81 minutes when the aocldent h"ppeneo'
~ NIGH, he ran the extra train, and was conductor
a., 9TH lef nm
:, n o'cock and-JG minutes p M. he was IN the rear
Gar Of the train aud did not see any signal at all I'll
ahev cot within twenty or twenty-five yards ofthe train
tanding at the depot he does not know whether the
train had any notification not AT about O'Clock
Che Jury brought in the following verdict after hall an
hour or more:
"Tbat Geo HAYWARD and j. Is. BOSWELL came 10
Sheir death the 9TH Sept. 1888 from collision on
tbe Hudson River Railroad. And that the said col
Eon yas in our opinion caused by neglect of duty on
he part Of Samuel COckman, brakeman on the said
road or By noncompliance on his part with nstrde-
Sons given him by the conductor of the train standing
af Fsbkill depot
They also censure the company lack Of assistance
n working the road in the night time and not having
proper signals, &c.
SCENE OF THE DISASTER.
The scene of the collision defes description; every
Ming in the shape OF locomotive or ear seems to be
completely destroyed and torn up in small pieces.
Locomotives cars cattle hogs and sheep, are mingled
In the greatest confusion The first train which came
Sswn was train Of IS cars loaded with cattle, &c. II
stopped on account of the Journal getting heated with
~ rear car abreast Of the Fiskl Landing Machine
Ak0p. At this place there is quite deep cut, the
rocks on each side being 80 or 40 feet in hight. The
second train which came down had two locomotives and
q cars also loaded with cattle sheep aud hogs. This
Fan, not noticing the signals sent back to warn II,
came rushing at fearful rate. and dashed into the
sther trsn demoshng after ear, aud piling them
h heaps top Of the other, killing and crushing
she cattle, mixing them into almost undstinguisha-
kJe mass Of locomotives and cattle. AT the end
- this machine shop there was u chimney five feet
square and 60 feet high The locomotive of the last
train striking the of the other tram, were
tarned from the track and driven up the rocks entirely
destroying the ohnAy and hnrs'i"e thro"eh the @nd
Of the shop as though il were cob house. The
Iscemotives were piled ON top Of the other,
ill they reached nearly to the top of the buildings the
.s car Of the train standing the track was forced
m in front of them and bodies of cattle were driven
khrough into the second story of the shop Nothing
but the large size of this chimney prevented the loco
motive from demolishing the entire shop. The mass
piled up against the end of the machine shop reaches
the second story and is composed of the remains oi
She locomotive, pieces of cars which are torn into
shreds mixed with bodies Of cattle sheep and hogs.
Several hogs orawled out from under this pile, SEEM
ingly quite undisturbed. Cattle and parts OF cattle
vere strewn all along the track, and We never wit
pessed a scene of more complete destruction.
Mr.. Hayward and M. Boswell are the only per-
sons killed; the fireman. Mr. Rowe, is very severely
soalded, and lies in critical condition at the Myers
House. One was torn from Mr.. llaywards body,
and he was much bruised; he leaves wife and
two children. The body OF Mr.. Boswell the
arsver, is SO horribly mangled and crushed that
h Ia almost impossible 10 recognize any sem
hlance of humanity in it. Some others are
somewhat bruised, but not seriously injured II IL I'M
possible at this time TO state the amount of damage
done to the road the value Of the cattle destroyed
Ar. Sloan, the President OF the road, and Mr. Cohen
Ae Superintendent, were soon on the ground, and a
large number of workmen have been employed all day
clearing the track. that the regular trains have suf
1r,ed bnt little detention on account OF the accident.