New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-19
Mn. srAvAss, No. 60 P.ci6c street, B,cotbn, and


+. w. GIL Of hlers Port F.aGeh Couoty,
Oh 0, wac ver. badly bruised and cat 40 Iut tas head
snd Shoulders He is still detained at the Deia vsre
Houre.
Tie Rev f Is. PALMER, No. Is Poplar street, De-
ton, slightly i'jursd only left on he following day.
JoHS ARssr, Emirs, Director o! the Enc r ,l-
road only slightly injured; eft for home pexr dsy.
Mrs j. l.. HILL, Portland, Cnsa,Anque Co., y. y
slightly mjwed left for bou- Oh Friday.
Mrs ScoEIELD, No. E6 Franklin sLrset, Nes-Yofk;
recovered.
ST Hesdley, esq Assistant Piesden: Of the r al,
reached the of d-sster the orLos After the &C
cdent aud has since NAMED there using every effort
to e. cure the comfort Of the ured parties On St
uIdsy lie employ ed DR.. S,yrs visit a.! the mi ired
WHO remained in the psce for the purpose Of sscer-
tsinrg the nature an1 extent Of the Injuries they had
received.
THE COROSERs INQUEST.
Oyonse County -Minutss Of the testimony ,sten .hs lsh
c"u; ucan. tne ash. Il
Robinson Harvey Wood pnon uuk.o lying at the S,on
the Fo~ler House, supposed to be - Browne.
Abou, 9 o'clock on Fiidsy morriOg q Jury was i n
psnLeled consisting Of the following named gentlemen:
Dr. J.hn COnllin A. H. Peck Benjamin v Baird s.mqel X
Oliver O. Tiest CIomwe B. Travis. j. Van Drrep Phip
Lee AID Francis Marvin
TESTIMONY.
The following test mony was then sdduced:
Phipeas II. Thompson, being duly sworn, deposed
o. folows-I am a conductor On the New-York aud
Erie Railroad was conductor Of express train last
re; between Otsville sod this place Port Jervisl sc
ran over broken rail- and tso CEN were thrown from
the track il happened about quarter of mile east
of the Shin Hollow swcn; he two csIs went off;
it vas e. 6 So $3.50 " Ia. l should think the per-
pend;cusr hight Of the emb.nkmeDt WAS as much as -
fet the csrs rolled mu n as 60 TO 75 fee, out from
| the track; Ny train about nine minutes behind
time; we we're travelling about 80 miles the hour; the
fret indication Of accident was fee ling aJ.rk; at the
ssme time heard a signal TO brake; put on the
brake Of the baggage car thought the forward truck
Of tbst csr wss n the track ia abou. half minute
ftlt hard Jerk aid the train went smoo.hy till she
stcppsd; after the train stopped | went back
about qusrt. Of mile sno found 40 cars down the
bark; l made an examination as went along, ana
found tie two Csrs mlssng from the tram; went
about Lsf wsy, gave my lamp TO q brakem 30 to sig
nsl sDy approaching traiD retained 10 my tram and
backt d it sbout hat wsy TO the wreck; found the
two cars down the bank, and the passengers makiag
much noise coDfasion; the first saw had none
billed in IT, but uany burt; that car ley on ts side,
badly broker this nsxt to the after car; fouod
po dead in this car, but many wounded; do not know
iCwmaDy Dor who, except Mr. White; the after csr,
which went to sfterwsrd, lay bottom up and badly
broken; there saw two men lying dead, and after
word ssw four in that oIe, killed; they were carried
up to the track, where sew the four the BODIES OF
OF those lying the station house are the Same SAW
there; 90 not know their names: got the dead
bodies treether-fCur were ell l ssw-and brought
them to Port Jervs; the bodies OF the three men now
at the station house are all L Jaw at the wreck
wsh TO correct the statement that saw four at tae
wreck; the fourth / saw after our arrival at Port
Jervs; broken rel was the cause OF the accident;
Judge go from toe fact that went back for the puposs
Of making en- examination, and found the rail broken
W feet broken out; the rail Wos Uionoh
on tie wet aide of the track, outs,de there Is
double track along there our table calls for speed
IF 70 miles at which speed, about, we running
if an, ,thne, we had lost minute from OhsviIe; we
were not running TO make up lost time; We lett Os;
ysle miLute late We have % minutes TO run III
miles, from Otsvie to Port Jervis; we have II min
ntes 10 Shin Hollow and Is minutes from Shin Hollow
TO Port Jervs.
To Juror-I think the rear car went down side:
ways that is, parallel with the track the osheI had
swung some. , r.
To the Cororer-The after car / think had run off
the track about fifty feet; think the rear car ran oil
first, and along the track as much as htty feet,
sLd pu led the second off, when It left the bank;
II care lay IeaIy 100 feet apart when found them
| do not think there any cisconneciion OF the
tram previous to the accident; the road was IN good
order at tbst point; examined the rail; wa new
fraetule and the ir looked strong and good do
not thin the second turned over but the rear ons
mig bt have tuT twice; We lost six minutes at
Mddletown and two at OGsville we had warm
ouusl at Oisvile, aud stepped there to Tx II; have
we bad cars in the train. five passenger and two
bsep, ge care Ihave seen similar broken rails to this
We lett Otisville ct 49, the accident happened at
S:56, about Elk rnies from Otsville.
jones Lsddr, being sworn, deposed as follows-l
retde at corner Of Eighty street and Tenth ave-
nue. New.York was on the train last evening; Twas
in the after car the accident happened about twenty
mil utes before our arrival at this place. we came on
slowly otter the accidert identify Of the bodies
lying at the Station House. who was killed in that train,
as George w. T. RObinson who resides with me; he
was my son.ir law: have seen the body; it is num-
tered T; we were 10 conversation Q moment prior to
the accidents do not recollect the incidents OF III
cannot tell how got out Of the car; as soon as re-
covered saw this bsdy brought up the hill to the
tack; then recognized it; Mr.. Baggs, VIII, is now
lying ursd a. the Fowler House, an acquaintance
had NO sppIe Of the accident ct the time OF
the occurrence; remark was made just previous to
TIE accident that were masking good tme, or speed,
which was not the case before thai; it was thought
that we were going slowly some time before that;
saw two or three other persons who appeared to be
dead, and many others wounded and dying; l do not
reso gnize any o,her of tie bodies.
John McAllster of Port Jervis dsposss - fol
lows-I was on board the nishte1pres train from
New.Yoik last night; was in second passenger car
from the front; got in the train at jersey City and
came from there in III nothing of Importance happened
to the train up to Mddletown at which place We were
detained by hot journal; think We stopped there
from five to ten minutes; we stopped at Otsvie
mir ute or two from there TO the top Of the mountain
we csme st the ususl rate; We stopped some where
about Shin Hollow thought We had reached Port
Jervis was partly asleep; got up and went TO the
after door, mqui'ed and found that we had not got TO
Port Jervs; then -four that part OF tue train Vas
gore cannot tell who informed me Of that; the train
he'd then stopped; got out and went TO the rear OF