New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-19

reed tie contrary hey we're sctvs IN ssss:ins tie
rJured; After The JaY ecacesson ssw several per
tols :rob. sf ii. esdsAvsfisR TO pull tse osll
Io,e; the jsr proiueed gr.s. sa' suors the pas
tIsse eat on the The tide OF ne csf aud :n ought
Re ob.h ucficn {, be on ,sst sde.
Eiss.d ". Gill deposed-I reside in FA'heH Coun-
y Ohio; vas u the sfxr OF the train, And in the
ar.r par. Of TIE car; I cbserved the eN was Of he
,rach and sene dl,1n-e before !. :E'ned over;
wss l,i,g down ~ the lime; go, up sad cs,.ed ont
,rst ise car OF heard no remark among he pee
,epgerr .hs. he speed unusual, bat thought We
w.r. guipg f.s; DO not hnos ne cf the ssci.
cent sIcsp, from nesrssy; l do DO: think tas u.in
vas rupbipg fsser than previously; eit tae jar or
corc1ss,p do net think the car 20 chance % rlo
rore then rlbdred yards before :aYnrg over; can
rot say whether the car turIed over more than once
Isssc Levi. Pes. eIsuinsd-My residence Is at me
Institution for The Deaf and Dunb il Ne~.Yorki
VS. on the train last night; the scciiert occurred
rear this village; wss the after car; there we've
e'sh. pers:rs in my charge; experienced sjr, and
then perceived that tue car was fscg ss If down 81
tubsI km.nf soon found myself at the bottom oitae
bark; ! WAS citing al the lefe see Of the car !
ladg.d at tie nomer. .hs. he obstruct1n vas apps
,er,y upou the outer side Of the track; took re
n. pe 10 ascerian the Of disaster except ord-
ssiy il Quy; il seemed to ne that tas spsei OF the
train vas fearful much more rapid than previously
| am Lot q competent judge o. railway speed. but
iufsirg a. d., tie rate vas % much as forty miles
per ho1r: | observed nothing unusual in the RAINING
of the trsn from Jersey City % Oisvle' one Of he
ua:es under ny charge was severely Gu, sooai tae
h. sd but Is NOT il danger; they AL excepting cne,
were n ore or less injartd.
William Ms1or deposed-I wac re engineer upon
the express train lss: ngh.i ee: Jersey City on sme
and ran through % neX as co1ld or il; failed IN
time q. MddAtowp; / wss detained by to. wheel
we were detained sone five n:nu,ss OF esvicg Ous-
vile We were come eigh. or me minutes late; we
we're dt.xned BY exsul.riog .he wheel siler esvog
here and coming down Ia mountain, III hsif or quar-
ter Of mile above the Shin Hollow sts.ou, t-t an
obstruction, ss though had struck tie; Eostle1s
s,pns, 10 bresh erd tner fe. another jerk, s.ronS
enough 10 Jerk u dc Tr upon the engine; lstoppeo,
90, down ,fsm the engine then looked at my watch,
sid fouro il three MINUTES % clock We nsi Isit
Orfvie es snt nine minutes s'ter tae sne wnicn Is
S:35; IL IL a5ou. SIX miles - tSe place OF sccidert
frsm Orsyills; sf;er looking at my eogne found
two care mssirg fram the tram l naked up
ill signsllsd by Mr. Thoupso to stop found ,he
cars down the bank; f.st felt The jsr and then gave
the sigma after tho. the rope parted, but cad dis
covered e-msthirg srorg before the rope parted we
ron from quarter to hslf nile after first discovering
tina. was vrorg at The tine Of the accident
wss not exceeding 80 r1iles ae hour, hsve been az
epp;reer On tbs, train in the ntgsborhood of twenty
nonths; do not kr TOW 1por which car the brake men
weIe; their are kl,tneI DUN ard Norris; alter
backing down 70 he wrecked care We went at once u
wo,k getting out The passengers; ssw three dead per
sons Iypg tnere did not see them tsker cut; ssS
t1e br ken rail- did not zee the pieces, but saw me
vscsncy wbere piece o: the rei Tss ol; there Has
sn engine standing the breach OF III +. II. Thomp-
son vas cur condl Tor.
Rvs Jlror-Tbe .bird car from the engine hsd tae
rot wheel; it was in .he forward truck; we were
running straight track; we had ydst
left the curve; had not been requested oy the Con-
duc.cr 10 axe up sIy lost tne; had made up some
Of IT, but Lad made It al on the o'her aide Of the
mountaiL; brought the tran TO stand jdst about
at the wafer tank in Shin HoloS; lgave three sigGss
to brake; gave tie fret a. the instant e, the ysrk
then another when ! felt the second jerk, AID the
last while pretty well fla ked stopped the train as
econ as po.s bic; I co1d not have done it sooner
thought my engine bad broken down; have never
broken rails below but never knew Of one on the
mountain; the general condition Of the track between
here and O.svnie i. good; j.dss of the speed q:
ring, and by the motion of the tram
three brskemen i consider ia complement for that
trsin; il lie sl we ever had the after brakeman is
tbock 20. resulted from something b:oked in my Ell.
ere; lad sigpsed before tee bell rope broke; did
not the condition of the rail after VS. passed do
net tbirk my engine broke he rail- ! think the train
that pssseo do esd o. Us cracked off, that was
q eight train arriving here 81 or Oh think i is
No. l. Of Pier mont. DO no. know what its time IS at
Shin Hollow We ave allowed % minutes to come down
from Oisville, snd 2S ninrtes to 20 up to Otsvie;
when the accident bsppe5ed was going faster than
fIon Otisve 10 tie top Of .hs sio, bu. sooat
the s.me rate SO toe rest Of the way from the top of
.be mo untain down 20 sam Hollow; my opinion
is tbs. % minutes between O:;syle AID
Port Jervis s cafe time % t.ave .as distance 10;
that thirty miles an hclr down thst mountain is ss's,
o. safer than many other portions OF the road the
train sst night did not rEn any faster than usual We
are gsnersy up to tiue 8. Otisyls; rail has more
pressure upon It AID s more liable 20 bresk under
high speed than low one; the engine was reversed,
ard the train stopped ard he.d 10 tie erglue oy
the brakeman; Do rot know that 1t is the dIty OF
spy person in the employ OF the Railroad Compsny %
wstcb the track between trsinsi set my ws.ca emu
compsred il with the cond ac.ors; it varied ron his
half minute which allowed IL my cscuistons; Il
ia urutusl for rails % break at this sesscni host!
vsstheI ususlly is the worst.
Julius +. Ps,kess dspoted ss folows-l reside IN
Por. Jervis; am an eng neer; was on my engine
last evening, following the express tram ron ots'
Vile: left Osvle thirty -four minutes behind tner
time Of leaving; in passing down the mountain dls-
covered the wreck of the carr .he asgmsn Of the
.xpre.s train stopped me- and foun1 .he rail broken;
iu,t az got TO the wreck the whole Of the rail was
dpaced; found no person st the breach ofthe ral;
cannot SOY how many pieces there were of the rail;
saw one piece abcut two feet long; my engine
stopped right in the hole Of :he brescn examined
The fracture Of the rail; IL appeared 10 be ffesn
bresk: | cannot cay whether Conductor Thompson
had been at the broken rail- saw him at work o. tne
wrecked cars; he gave me orders TO 90 down ana X.
help. doct 70, &c; l care TO Port JervB WITH lne
express; procured physicians and other essls snco %
and return ed to the wreck; saw the bodies Of thres
men dead q. the wreck; have seen the ssme oodies
lvirg here at tho station house my regular tram ou
on this division the night express; We are n.osuI on
time at O,isville usual rsts from OtsVlls " .L
place thirty miles the hour; at this season OF too
wear and in tie pre ser condition Of ne road. the tine
slowed betwe cen here and O.svie is enough tDuAvs
il safely from eli my knowledge OF the fscts tlioA
the train last night was stopped a. soon as Pseoe'
from a my knowledge Ct the facts Of this case ".
Il. Shs ha