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


bier de on the train; when At home reside IN
| Utca LcAms county, Otio; Mr.. Er1, Tlnsr ant
three children we're in my g sse; tney reside .. NJ.
| 299 Ninth avenue, New YORK. the youtges, e,id
iil'ed have tie booy a. zoe Fo~ier Houss st
tbe line Of the accident vas swske; were g5rs
fast; tsice rss startled a. the spsed; scd
Dvolubary sfar'ted to my f,.:; After ,ls,
tran ran eaeI Iy upu felt It jar, sn1 :hen
VI jsrs; abd then the went over; mex, foand
u,yfef At the bottom Of the eubsbkg,ent under t.s
css; cannot ncgs Of toe speed; rave no IDEA which
car left the us.k ir.'; thought hey ssre rucung
si high spe.d out hesrd no remarks OF .ls, KIDD
Ink wher ! wen. Ito TIE car ava Little o,y
lying By the sIde of the child VI Me- Tarrer, apps
Teitly dead saw otosrs apparently cesn, bat 90
rot recogIize any Of tno.e lying IN the Fowler HOcse
or stat -bopee taose sev excepting the chili
BY juror wae s-Sr'ed = my .et oy .hs vsv-
ing motion of the ear occssi51ed By the speed his
tpeed s.ttd several minute; me hrst 1c sion Of
something vrrg vas q very severe jog or Jo, then
several ID tuccessiop ard then tns car went over;
csIpot cay whether tee vent more than
cree pot sc were sit;ilg near ne center OF ,hs
car occupying two seats, and being face 70 fsS-
had Gallo IN my zap; Mrs rurner had g chii il
Ter lsp aud the little boy was scieep by the SIDE OF
me.
Adsm Ray, being sworn, dtposed IS follows-l re-
eide in Bipg hampton, ~ Y; wss in the exp-ess-
train sst evening an accident occurred 10 ihs. IA Le
here; NY wife died in the car s.:er the accident her
body row lies Of the Fowler House, l sav mac snd
an il faLt aso dad ssw them alive in The joe.
before the accident; my wi'es nsme va, S,.s5 Ann
Ray her age 80 80 years; ate died in Consequence
Of IL iurss received 10 the after Of the trsio eI
ptiieIc.d a sudden ,r q mooeLt or two before the
car went over thought were RAINING a: danger
ous fpeed, and made hst remark TO my wife; tEink
that railroad men would call 'ne speed q. which We
were iuin AZ from % 70 80 miles the bOuri sm
/ nA
jar he hr,t intimate OF toe accident; the speed
after leaving Otisvlle much faster thsn prevous
remarked 10 my wife that thought 1t va. do w
grade; went own the road on Sunday isst, and
think We then Tsn faster than last gh;; by this
mes the whole triP>hrough.
Avery Cool NJ. ID DEP posed SIS 70 lows-I reside e.
Otisvie, ard sm a practciDg physician l wss 81
Shin Hollow ast even ng coon after this oec irence
was not on the train; on my arrival vt the Locality,
found two cars off the track ard down tie embsuk-
uent; cav three persons dead soon after go. there
they had been tsken from the wreck; j proceededto
sssist all could slso examined the broken raj with
Mr. Thonpson his testimony corresponds with the
exsppstion made could zee nothing but the broker
rail to cause such d ac,ilebt; the bodies lying here
are the same saw lying at the ps'e OF accident; the
cause Of George w. I. Robinsons death WAS ffsc-
ture of the os rontis probably by contact win slme
hard substance; have also examined the body OF On
unknown pereon, supposed TO be - Snui,z, an1ls
beIed No. - the caues Of his Death was ipJur upon
the heso face, right gron and an important injury OF
the stomach; have slso examined Harvey W ood OF
Wits boro, Pa; the OF his death .sa injuries
about the head, region Of the bladder and the righ,
bp; have also examined the bodies lying at the
Fowler House, Margaret Jane Turner, child sged
about nine months; the il ares upon the heSd and
the left temple would cause her death; Sarsh Ann
Ray, oolood woman; her desth was cansed 6y ifJa'
ries about tne stomach and abdominal regions;
small boy supposed to be named Brown, about four
years OF age, mad his skull badly fractured, which
caut ed bis death.
BY a Juror-I have attended several persens who
are seriously injured; had been in this villsge yes
teidsy, Snd VAS on Iny return to Ousvile on the
stock express trair left here about clock p. m;
think we should have passed tbe express Galn IN
Shin Hollow should judgsthat examined the broken
rail about hour three quarters after my ARRIVAL
at place all the bodies lying here came to their
deaths from the effects Of luIies sustained upon the
train last evening" the rail broken had the end toward
Shin Hollow broken of did no. examine tne 1e1
ture Of the IRON think the chair OF the Tail was o
the one b ken wss the outer ran OF the outer uacXi
there was engine staLdng directly over the broken
ralI whtn cav il, which had rived from the esst
which hsc followed the express tram; the ground s
not eIy steep opposne the place OF accident ana 10
ite iuside Cf The Ieck / tbDk lhefe Is an h'shk
mtrt on both sides # the track.
Cherries NJ. LswreEce deposed as folows-l reside
in this village, and practcng physician vas a.
Shin Hollow lsst evening after the accident; say sev-
erai persons de ad and wounded did not know them
cav two or three men, two children, and one wonsn
dead; saw some Of the bodies placed in the cars aud
reccg iztd after they arrived in this village; have
e1snired them at the Fowler House; they are the
tsne saw at the place Of accident; Margsre. Jsce
Turner he's very severe scalp wound; discovered
no acture; deemed that conclusion OF the brar
caused her death in consequence Of pjaIes received
by the accidents Sarah Ann Ray came to her desth by
a blow upon the ttomsch and DO ssls; the death OF
,mal bov supposed 10 be named Browne, was caused
BY extensive fracture of the skul; did not examine
the track at the place Of accieent turned my etten-
ton TO the care Of the injured; have attended sev
era who were Injured all those lying at tue fowief
House died in consequence Of injuries received on the
train. -,
By q Juror-The after car, ! thought had turned
con pletely over and was lying bottom up the other
was n its eide.
Charles Hardenburgh deposed as follows: ] an
prscticrg ply scisn residing in this village; was here
when the bodies were taken from the train have ex-
amred tae bodies of Sarah Ann Ray and sm 81 boy;
the former think, bad received come injuries about
the stomach and bowels, which caussd her death the
child was Iiwed on the head sufficiently to cause bis
death.
On motion Of one Of the Jurors the Coroner and
Jury then proceeded to the place where the accident
occurred for the purpose Of examining the condition o!
the road. rail- and position of the wrecked cars, &c
The evening seesion was commenced G ] O'Clock,
continued until about 81 o'clock when further proceed
ings were adjourned until oclock Saturday morning
Ed. G. Prime deposed as sfoliowa-l resde in New
Yoik City; was upon the train last evening to which
the accident happened; as we were descending the
mountain and about FIVE minutes before the accident
occurred was conscious that we were going at
fearful rate; started once or twice viii appreheu-
sien that some accident might occur then felt jerk
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