New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-04
.rcInrNT ON THE ALLEGHENY VALLEf
HCSiO RAILROAD.
, YOUNG LADY INSTANTLY IkNIilnTn klLhETyn, A'
a ASTWFNIY- NINE PERSONS lNJcBSh

L" 80, TIE PirsJureh Dfpateh, ST. s,c;dsnt
O, Wednesday evening q neIy .;I,osd between
bsppsrsd on tte Allegheny Nahey hn S.Tn Of Caleb
TTfon and Jos nstops StatoDs, on on l.e mills from
HU~r nv. - pr Township, about fourteen i"N''
tns e.. -n,ess train, due In The city apTa. f,r
.a.cSsd "a extra car from 8 siding q. t,ks About
the o"s into the osr. After passing Johns
te.s sa,ico, ard while going rouoo on nile and
20 crtticz cn the bank of the river aoeu. .hroayo
h.n frou Hult.u Station tbe rear csr "as IT, ~ a
go the irsCk The coupling having broken; tnS oa
80 nrsc,yitsted down al emoankmenl Vi o.eu e.y y
ss, an literally smashed into rag penS' O.,
90 eve oEoe or twice, the car iodseu ni'
srs. for bushes aod rocks, but stai'eo asau quo
ses ever the rugged dechvlty almost 10 she "e'0i
s05s'i,6,,o,ibsbls scene followed. The passengers
,.s.Is5 fen benta.h the fragments. ana hHea tne
air v.b shreks, grosns and ianentsions. apous "
- f,s, fToIn The track lsy the Dufilased corpse OF
~ Kircaid daughter of J. L. Kincaic oil me rrst
W.,dI vbo Il supposed TO have been killed by beng
,hrovn out Of the car. Tne passengers OF tne otno'
,,is let thsu aid n alevsting the Wants OF lne IL
;gTsd yh.le the body Of Kiss klachd was Pisc9u IL
TSs trs,n arrived at the depot, in the Ninto ward,
q, shor. ~ o'clock The news of the accident spread
though ths city rapidly, snd the grestes' Anxiety "as
Usriles.sd VIXEN il becsme known tbs tne persons
iriureo ysre principally those who were returnhg
srcn tha Tayentun esnp-meeting. Conveyance'
wers provided ard the injured conveyed 70 theif TO-
Tbs bnSv OF Mis- Kincaid remained for some time
ST the depot, where an nqofst was helo Dy Goiouo.
AIs1srder II then conveyed to the residence OF
Hr KiIcsio on Liberty street, near Third
Ire Coroner impsnoeled jury about 10 o CLOCK,
sd proceeded TO examine seyerai witnesses the SUBJ
a.pcs Cf whose testimony we give below.
George 81. Alexander, conductor, testified that the
,,sip was o. tine st Johnstons S.stop, and was rum
1ry al usrsl speed after collecting tickets, he took
sess besics tie Rev. Mr.. Russell IN the middle car;
k,r& (oU do han hn (alk
p,nblirg nOise, and, suppospg something wrong, he
,p,srg 70 the beI rope and pulled III the enginser
rbi,t.sd, the brakes were applied, and the tran was
yapped he tDep ran out OF tue car, and along the
,scs about FIVE rods; he the roliog down the
b.sk; hs made inquiry as TO who and bow many
ysre Injured, but could get no satisfaction women
and Children were crying ard the greatest alarm aud
oorfu,on existed the car turned over, he thought,
but twice after tnrnirg over once it lodged against
,ous bushes, renamed about minute, and then
rolsd ever secOnd time; he ran down the bank, and
ssy Misc Kincsi6. lying apparently dead with her
head upon rock; she was killed before the car
turped over the second time; saw, perhaps, dozen
or u ore persona holding their arms and legs, as II
urch hurt; the father and mother of Miss Kncad
v9s in the car, and were injured the road a. the
pOint where the casualty happened is eide cutting,
ard tbs track curves-sbout thTee-degree curvei
tbs accident happened at 10 minutes past o'clock,
The Rsy. G. B. Russell was in the middle car He
brhed tnst about twenty five or thirty persons got
hto the ard car at TsreDtum SLaton the train seem
ed to bo running at the usual speed; the conductor
toos eeat by him, after the train had passed john
sor Station in about two minutes after they felt
sudden jsr; the conductor looked up asked What's
that aud Immediately pulled the be-rope; the
brsaks were Immediately applied and the train was
stoppsd very soon before the train fully checked
he neoeo the swerving toward the river and
when tie train stopped it was out Of sight, the con-
dueto left the irsn ard ran along the track for about
Eve Iods witness followed the conductor, and when
th,y cot 10 where the car left the track they
I,i.o ar frap
bse Of the hill, eLd at the waters edge and the
DOORS ssss, windows, &C., were lying about every
where; among the rocks and bushes were number
dpenons, apparently much irlured the fret bo1y
M Russsl saw was that of Miss Kinesid; an old
gsserps the young adys father was seated near,
sih his hand upon his head lamentng that his daugh-
trv dead; her head lsaid the witness) was lite
rally mashed in, the poor old father endeavorng to
ps.s with his hands the protrudDg brains, which
Wefs bsspa,tele ed about
Mr.. Russelps attention WAS next called to quite an
old lady whose arm seemed TO be broken. She was
taken care Of He next went to the track to srtan
hpossihe what had csussd tie to be thrown of.
The track gave indie stlons that the car had been
dragged come distance over the ties. He discovered
pat ofa "brake," which he supposed had fallen on
the track. This he thinks was the cause of the acci
dit the fragment ofthe brake being sufficient TO
ilfoy the car OIL He looked In vain for any other
Cspee. The rails were in good order, aud the curve
dthe ROAD by 10 means as great as some they had
pevousy passed over. lie called the conductors at
isron to the broken brake Stating TO him that it
was the only assignable csuse Of the catastrophe
nan was cent back with light to warn coming
tsic.
Robert Atcheson. engineer testified that the sohed-
ne time a. Hutton 5 alton wac l5 minutes past
O'clock. The accident occurred at III minutes past Z.
he oooSorated the testimony OF the conductor as to
the prompt stopping Of the train, &c.
ALBEIT Herr, fireman on the train, and Michael Dr.
yne passenger, also gave corToborsting testimony.
AT IL o'clock the Coroners Jury rendered verdict
that "Miss Kiroaid came TO her death by the acci-
dental throwing of the track of the car OF the
"Expiess train of tho Allegheny Valley Railroad, be-
".wes, Hulton ard Johnstons Station, in Plum Town
"ihip On tie lst of September, 1885,
Below We give list Of the injured, which We OBJ
taptd from passenger on the tram
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
John Rockerby-skull fractured.
joseph n. McCreary-arm broken snd otherwise
sfiously bruised Townsend street, Sixth ward.
Mrs. kcCreary-arn badly injured.
SLIGHTLY INJURED.
Mr.. au6 his. Sames I. kiDcsit, Liberty street, near
Rno
M. ana Mrs. Robert Donaldson and sop
Mr. sra Me. John Cowel.
NJ ard MS John 4. Shidle.
NJ. ard Mrs. james Wright and daughter, Frank
nsreet. Sixth Wsrd.
hr. arc Mrs. III. Lohmsu.
Mr.. ard Mrs. Meyer.
T.. Hsz slton grocer, No. 90 Liberty street.
DIR. JOIN Perc chuent and lsdy, Allegheny.
Mrs Kaufman, Clark street, Sixth Ward.
Rev. Wm. Lyuch and lady, Salem, Ohio.
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RAYTI INVITING THE FREE NEGROES
OF TIE UNITED STATES.