Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-07-23

astt occurred on the, New York & Erie Rail
oad on Thursday evening Of last week, some
six miles east Of Port Iervis, BY which six
persona were killed and thirty-one wounted'
some fatally. 1t was caused BY the efeak.
ineszu f 4 rail. There were six passenger
cars and she baggage car composing sihe
train. The FIRST four passenger Cars passed
over the break in safety, the last two Hew
the sFack, and went dvwB an embaoknent
some 90 TO 90 feet in height. All the Allled
ami most Of tho woaDded were IN The last
car. z ~ 81
Mr.. Prime, one ofthe editors OF the New
York Observer, describes The accident ihas:
We left New York in the 5 o'cieck p M.
traia, came on safely and pleasantly unili a
bout II o,eIoek; when descending the heavy
grade ON the west side of the SaaH aagunR
Mountains / d perceived that we were nloyIng
at afearfui rate thatI started oEcs or
twice with apprehension. knowing hat we
were on q tseasy descending grade. Vita
in tive or three minutes aitsr my leafs be-
came thus EXCITED, l felt a conclusion As It
we were funning over a slight sbetEaetsoD,
Some little remmo:ion easued IN onf cas-
which was The fourth FROM the rear. a s'g-
mi was m ade to the engineer as soon as Pos
si6le, but we had ran . mile Of more neiors
the srain vas stopped. We 5000 lopie snal
two cars had been detached from tse tfala.
We ranback With great appfeheRssohs aad
Oh. worst fea:s 9eEe mora than reaiszed,-
The last two cars had been hurled down an
embanksnens forty feet,and were evtarsetetg
demolished, The groans aud screams Of
the injured broke fearfully upon our cars IA
the Stiffness of The sYening. Inc were
under the wreck and stEewa arouna the
scene of the disaster IN a~ful confusien.-
The moon was shining feebly, ano BY us
light and that Of 8 large fire which was sooa
kindied, the wrecksofdhe cars was Eenloveas
sad all that were iivias wefs rescued. =
Three hours were spent in ge'tiag the sui
feriEg afota beaeath the rims ot the care
and znp The ~eRhankmens, when, with seven
dead md Shout forty Gnore OF less seriously
Injured, she N melancholy train moved IN u
Port JefYis. aEs saaa* bas-mszs
Amone the injured, are Professor J l..
Peet Of The New iork tnstitatioa for the
Deaf and Dunab. has wife and child. bic wsfsss
sitter and several deafmuies. One ofth most
heart rending inridenis connected with this
melancholy occurrence was the screaming
of the deaf mutes, @hieh c0nld be heard 9
long distance. andswiich grenely aggravated
the horror of the seenes SIS gas -awsa
When I reached the car | heard ? familiar
voice, and nsking my way toward 1t, step
pedin the darkness upon a dead MAJ |
eooR reached Profs Peet. and iound him sup
sorting his ~ise's. hesd- B 9TH were ignD-
rant Of what had become of their babe or OF
sny other member of their party OF tent
Heard a childis vofce on the other side efthe
car. aid rasting ArosBd towards 1t, ssked
enc wfse had taken itup whose ehdd il was.
The mother frantic atty exclaimed, .IIissmy
child" and psssssd-it to her heart as it a.
fraid | was abeu, to claim it, ] soon found
the child OF my trieBd, in the arms OF a per-
son who was Carrying it up the embankment.
The babe was only slightly inferred. II was
asleep on the seat when the cars were thrown
off the track, and No one could tell VIII ere it
was found.
Duriag AL the long hours that we we're
soiEne to get the sufferers from under the
ruins, and up the embankmeut To the cars,
parents were calling fransically for their
children, aad children for their parenIs.-
Oae mother had her dead child brought to
her. another received her living babe with
ecstatlc Joy. Another beautiful young moth
er, unininued,I saw, by the light of a lamp,
holding tenderly in her arms the mangied
form Of what was just before a beautitul
child. One gentleman who was with me
who had labored without faltering from the
6rst gave way at this sight and was overcome
He had helped to carry the dead and wound
cd up the embanknient. but this was too
much for the strong heart of a man TO en-
dure. @sa go
Directly in front OF. the seat which had
occupied sat a refined and delicate young
lady, who. l afterw ards learned, was on a
trip tothe Falls. AS The helpless but still
breathing form OF the only injured colored
person was brought up the ~embankment,
she went up 10 her side, bathed her head and
famed her brow, aud spoke words of encour-
agenlent and sy nparhy TO her until her ear
became ~insensi5se. sShc died in our car soon
after We left the sceue of the disaster.
HANcINs IN Fus--SrRARGE CAsE--The
Hamilton ntelligencer Of the :4th r~es&tes
the following singular case ia Ha,ler coaaty.
in which ! uiaa hang i~s4eiself il. fun and was
hung In earnest:
a revy sad affair tsanspired At Princeton