The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-13
Frightful Accident on a RaiIrond.

Ihe telegraph yesterday announced an accident
on the New York Centgal Railroad, about three
miles east of Utica, caused by the breaking of a
bridge over squort Creek. The New York Tribune
of Tuesday afternoon, has a few particulars. IL
says
The accident occurred to the Cincinnati Express
train due at Utica as,6:4Q.
1t was somewhat behind time at Whitesboro'
ana was coming up at high rate Of speed when
1t met on the bridge over the Sanquoit Creek the
Utica accommodation train for the west each on
It's own track.
The engines crossed the bridge, but as the pas
senger of the express and the freight cara nf
the accommodation came upon it, the north side
gave way. preclpitating the freight cars into the
creek, pllIng the passenger cars above the
other, ana spilntering the platforms and seats TO
atoms AS the cars struck the abutments
The persons injured were all on the freight
trHl1. The passenger the accom- modation
did not reach the bridge.
Different stories told as to the cause of the
accident. One is that an axle Of the express bag
gage Car broke as it reached the bridge aud thus
threw the trains together The other attr ibutes
the casualty TO the rotteuness of the tmbers OF
the bridge.
Major Priest, the Local Superintendent of the
road, happened to be oa the accom- odatiou train.
lie at once dispatched a sufficient number of men
TO the relief OF the sufferers. large number OF
the wounded were carried to Utica
Others were cared for as Whitesboro' physi-
that could be to relieve their suferings Seven or
eight persons are already Dead aud i've or ak
others are barely alive The injured number
forty.
The killed are-H. Moore of Rising Sun, Ia,
mead crushed, has since died. two children of Abra
ham Mack, OF Cincinnati: an unknown man. living
i'll the baggage-room at Utica an Irishman. aged
apparently about 60, his head is entirely iammed
III, and he eeems to have died Instantly; "A negro
whose legs were cut off; al infant child Of Kari
Hover, OF st. Louis.
Among the most seriously injured are
James Ward of Schenectady, conductor of the
train badly bruised, but believed not daugerousl, !,
" IL Perkins, grocer, of Rochester n Y-yer,
badly hurt abour the head and chest and proba
bly, will not recover Walter LII Shube of Rome
RIchIand County, Ohio-injured about the spine
but 1t ls thought not dangerously; NJ Bailman, OF
Cinclnnatl, very seriously injured about the head
and chest: arm also fractured il is feared she will
not recover; 2 Tucker of Dry Ridge Grant Coun
ty. KY slightly injured about the shoulder and
side: George Colt. OF Columbus, Ohio, wounded in
the leg but not seriously.
The following are from Louisville, Ky: CFDu
she, a lad 10 or 10 years OF age, about the head
slightly Mrs Schenck, arm and head badly hurt
and Miss Aldr;ch, slightly bruised.
A Cobb, Of Yorkshire, Cattaraugus County n
I. Slight cut Oh the head and shoulder severe !,
bruised.
Mrs. Phoeven, residence not ascertained, haG
about three inches of the scalp torn off tooth
knocked out, and is otherwise seriously injured
Faint hopes are entertained of her recovery.
Karl Hover, of st. Louis, bound for Germany
was pretty severely bruised.
lie was accompanied by his wife and little child
The former is sumew hat bruised aud burned. The
latter an infant child of some two years, was bad
iy burned by the upsetting of the stove in the car
and will not recover (Since reported dead)
5. NJ. Allen, President of the Niagara Falls Cana
Company, slightly hurt; K. ". Bulkley and sister
Mary, of New York. slightly bruised; Mr.. Bicknell
Of Rome, pretty badly hurt.
A lady from Kentucky, name unk nown, is bad
ly wounded, and probably will not recover.
Abraham Mack, wife aad six children, were or
the train, all more or less Injured two of the chill
dren are dead. The parents will recover. Jose
phine Horbier, a young lady accompanying Mr.. and
Irs. Mack, was badly hurt in the head
David Levi Of Cincinnati, has bad compression
OF the ribs but will probably recover; Raphael
Boronan of Strasburg, Germany, has fractured
lex aid wounds in the head; John Wallace, OF
Eagle Harbor Lake Superior. neck hurt; John
Monroe, Of Greenbush, hurt internally on the left
side; Hugh Lslay, of Minnesota, (bound for Do
ver n H., head cut open badly; the scalp torn of
the forehead and eyelid cut nose; Mr.. Yates OF
Fulton, scalp loosened, but not seriously injured
e. +. Knowles, of Sanbornton Bridge, N. II, terri.
bly, bruised about the head he is now deranged
aud can hardly recover: the wife of Michael Brod-
erick, Of Boston, had her scalp completely cut
around; her husband and child, Oh adjoining
seats, were not injured; Mrs. Mary Batchelder.
mothcrin-law of Dr. l.. ". FasqueIie of St. Louis
AlChlgan, hurt across the neck aud shoulders, and
internally; John Mcdonald, of Morris, 0tsego
county, badly hurt about the head and right arm
but will recover
Many others were more or less bruised, but
none so seriously as those above mentioned.