Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-08-12
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this city at 72j p. NJ, while passing over
the bridge which spans the Tomhannock,
was precpitated into the creek below, dis
lance Of twenty TO twenty-five feet. The
water was about six to eight feet deep. Over
thirteen passengers are reported to have been
killed. The following are the names, as far
as they are known, Of the killed aud injured
Killod--Mrs Schuyler of Albany Mrs.
Cooley, wife of the conductor Charles Bcr-
thelon, brakeman, Albany Charles Plimpton,
mail agent, Vermont; David j. Russell, ex-
press messenger. Albany; Patrick Connolly,
trackman. Greenbush.
Wounded--G. s. Cooley, conductor, Al
bany, badly; Thomas McCaruck, ncwsboy,
right leg broken and otherwise injured
Michael Flannery, Troy, passenger, head cut,
chest bruised, and supposed internally injur-
ed.
The engineer and fkemon escaped with
slight bruises.
The accident took place about one mile
from the village of Shagticoke. The moment
the train struck the bridge the structure gave
way. The locomotive, however got across,
and became detached from the tcnder The
latter went down, and the baggage car and
two passenger cars followed.
The first passenger car went down on the
tender, and the second passenger car ran into
and keoled it over.
Most of the dead and wounded have been
brought to this city.
sEGoND DESPATCH.
Nine dead bodies had been taken out Of
the creek up to / o'clock last evening, and
twenty persons were wounded, while it was
thought moro dead bodies were under the
track
The following are additional names Of the
injured; John lesson of Quebec badly;
Arthur Forbes of Bytown, Ontario Co.. bad
ly. Charles Perry Of Caromont, y. II. ; G..
r. Prentice Of New York City j. c. Payne
of Dayton, Ohio; W. S. Harms of White
water, Wis Thomas Talbot and w. j. A.
Fuller, of New York city.
DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT.
THE OFFICERS or THE ROAD cENsuBED.
ALBANY. Aug. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
particulars of the railroad accident have been
received The train consisted OF an engine,
tender, two baggage cars and two passenger
cars. As the train nearcd the south side Of
the bridge, the engineer felt the bridge sink
! ing under him. lie instantly threw the throt-
| tle-valvc open, and with mighty strain the
machine pulled, banked AN instant, and then
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baggage cars dashed into the chasm and were
crushed to atoms, the tender falling upon the
wreck; the two passenger cars leaped in
upon the others, the rear end of the last car
resting upon the abutmont. The shock of
conclusion was terrific. The passengers in
both cars were hurled violently from their
seats, and cast together in dead and mangled
heaps at the ends. which went into the water.
T.. o
or only slightly injured, got out from the
wreck, and by every means in their power
devoted themselves to the rescue Of their less
fortunate companions. Word was immodi-
atey dispatched to Schagticoke for help, and
in few moments the citizens of that place
hastily providing themselves with means for
administering to the necessities of the woun-
ded, fastened in great numbers to the spot.
hand-car was sent to Albany for help
and fires were bulk Of pieces of the wreck
and such other fragments as could be pro-
cured. A great number of lanterns had
been brought to the spot, and then began the
melancholy task Of looking for the dead.
In addition to the names given in the frs
dispatch are the following:
Killod-Howard Wright merchant of Al
bany he was the only passenger killed
Dennis Cahill Of Albany. an employee o
the road, wounded John Tyson of Quebec
a ship carpenter, on his way to Newark, \
j., where he has friends. badly wounded
about the head and breast; J. c. Payne o
Montreal, severe cut on the head John by
er, engineer, Of Troy, slightly injured Alex
ander Forbes of Canada, bound to California
very badly injured Charles Perry of Glare
mont, n. H., one foot badly crushed Thorn
as Talbert of Rutland, Vt, severely iniure,
about the head and legs George +. Bake
, of Albany, compound fracture of the leg
]. j. Williams of Catskill, y. Y, badl
, bruised j. B. Baglcy of the firm of Mon
teith ~ Bagley, Albany, slightly injured
John Borland Of Montreal, slightly injured
w. j. A. Fuller of New York. shoulder frac
turcd and badly cut about the head Thoma
q. Heron, laborer, fracture Of the hip an
severe cut on the scalp; Hiram Buell. q
Schagtcoke. collar bone broken and other
] wise badly injured.
We were assured by DR.. u. Lyon, an at
, tending physician, that the wounded woul
: all recover.
= Conductor Cooley. whose wife and mother
4 in-law are among the killed, was conyersin
with them when the shock took place. Mr.,
~ Cooley had her babe on her knee. Mr. {
seized the child and chung to the window
h while his wife and mother-in-law were pre-
n ciptated into the forward end of the cal
4 which was partially under water, where the
=, were drowned.
. The inhabitants turned out en- masso to tn
. assistance of the wounded and no exertor
# on their part are wanting to render all tn
q sufferers as comfortable as possible.
Coroner Madden of Troy held an inques
+. on the body Of Charles Plympton, which re
3 suited in the following verdict That tn
=. said Charles Plympton came to his death froI
l. the injuries received by the falling of bridg
n on the Albany, Vermont and Canada Raj
y road, over Tomhanusck Creek, while engage
on a regular train of said Railroad as ma
4, agent and as said bridge was in rotte
e and unsafe condition, the jury believe tha
those having charge of said road should
~ highly censured,
- How / STAND WITH THE WoRLD.-A
4, two o'clock p. NJ, on Tuesday last we cor
= versed with Mr.. Charles Plimpton at tn
: Post Office here, where he, in commo
. with five others mail agents, daily registc
v their names when on duty. On this occa
i sion Mr.. Plimpton was busily engaged fgui
INC with blacE load ,onnI and ,vhan =,