New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-19

X.
The New York papers publish full dispatches Of
the frghtful railroad accident which occurred on the
morning of the llth on the Central Railroad, about
three miles from Utica, N. Y. We extract the fol.
lowing:
Utica, 1l.30 p. M.-The following are the dead
up to this time A. Moore of Rising Sun, Indiana
Daniel 5. Brayton, of Phelps, Ontario county, New
York two children OF Abraham Mack of Cincinnati,
one girl aged IL years, and the other boy aged 6;
John Fitzgerald, of New York, who had been to De.
troit on visit to his sons VIM. II. Sharpe q coored
preacher Charles Bettman, of Cincinnati aged II
years. His body was found in the Creek just before
dark -
The bridge on which the accident occurred was en-
tirely rotten several of the main beams on which the
track was laid being found decayed all the way
through.
CURED through the voluntary breaking OF these tim
bers by the weight of the two locomotives passing
over the bridge at the same time. The greater por-
ton OF the heart of the wood is like so much punk
and the wonder is that the bridge had stood SO long
ihe smash is most terrible one, and the ruins
convey vivid impression Of the horrors of the dis
aster. Between the stone abutments Of the bridge
is space Of thrtytwo feet the ordinary length OF
car Is thirtyhye feet and the depth to the bottom
OF the creek is nine feet Three entire cars lay length
way, crushed up like telescope between the abut.
ments OF the bridge, thus occupying a space of but
little more than the length Of one car.
The hrst and second cars cannot be distinguished
one from the other. The third car.s entirely demoI
ished, except about one-third OF the rear. On the
sides OF the cars and the tmbers of the bridge are
| frightful stains of human blood
Udcd, IL O'Clock, Bidnight.-A child on the other
side, injured by this accident, cannot live out the
night.
One young man at Whitestown Station is delirious.
small hole having been driven in the top of his
head. He worked for some time to rescue others,
without knowledge of his injuries, until he became
delirious. The name marked on his shirt Is G. C.
Knowles and his residence is supposed to be in New
Hampshire.
A. ]. Yates. the canal contractor at Fulton, is
among the wounded. and badly so.
Utica, Tuesday, a. L-The Coroner's Jury to-
night examined Benjamin Etoutenger engineer of the
up train, whose testimony shows that both engines
passed over the bridge at the same time. He felt
nothing until his engine got the west side of the
bridge, when there was suddenly jerk, and the
tender broke short off, He then looked round and
saw the cars pling up in the creek. The engineers
have orders not to run two engines at the same time
over the bridge at Rome bat no such order any
other bridges Both engines passed over the bridge,
and remained on their separate tracks
Charles Champlin, of Yorkvle, was then sworn.
He was at the OF the disaster Immediately after
1t took place, and helped to get out the dead and
wounded He had heard several persons talk within
three days past Of the rotenness and Insecurity Of
the bridge and predict an accident there.
George Baylis, justice of the peace OF Whitestown,
deposed that two weeks since he passed over the
bridge and was struck by the rottenness of the wood
Many OF the beams were of bastard elm, apparently
unfit to bear their weight. He had stamped his
heel into them by the side of the rails and found
them perfectly rotten. This unsoundness was SO ap
parent as to be evident to his eye while crossing the
bridge. He had mentioned the fact in conversation
before the accident. aa-e
The inquest adjourned at II P. NJ. till P. NJ. to-
morrow.
The theory of the railroad employees is, that the
axle OF the baggage car on the down track broke,
and thus caused the accident. This is DESTROYED,
however, by the fact that the baggage car was over
the bridge when the break took place, well by
the evident rottenness of the bridge.