New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-11

RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
AN EXCURSION TRAIN IN DANGER.

From, tie Chicago Pres and Tribune, Ju"eo go
On Saturday eVenu < aet about eighty OF the c'f
..rs az (,bicnpo who had been on the excursion 10
Cincinnati started from that city IN the indianaPohs
and Cincinnati express train, bound homewa Every
thing welt smoothly I'll about u O'CLOCK wheh tne
g.rs felt severe shock, and most disagrea-
81. iar,ing sound followed by slight tipping over VI
the cars when the train came 10 full stop Inc cais
were off the track and Oh examination IL was louhd
that some miscreant had placed two logs OF heaVy
peees N timber right the track tue one about
ien rods apart from the other. The hrst Jog ala MS
work. the other being LETT untouched Fortunately,
and mort wonderful TO record, none OF the passengers
v.re injured The engineer and hremen were tnrown
several rods from the engine, and were somewhat,
though Dot seriously injured How they escaped Is
miracle for the engine vas completely stripped, and
landed IN the Ditch perfect wreck.
After il was found no was injured the passengers
met IN council to investigate the cause OF the a;cient
and upon evidence furnished by several parties VINO
lived an the neighbOrbood. suspicion was thrown on
man AIMED Wnam Ford, who lived about Nv" huo-
bred yards from the place where the acciaehl
II apossrs that short time previous he had Two
calves killed by train, and ever since he mai threat
eIed to be rev.nged. II was also suspicious tact,
thai while all bis neghbors came down TO the Track "a
soop as they heard tine crash he did not make his ap
psarance After consultation, II was Thought al
yisabie 10 send for him to come down, Ia assist IN
"releviDg the snferings of some parties who were IN.
"iared but he informed the deputation that he could
repc,r them no assistance. 1ney asked HIN Tor an
AZ 10 cut out the engine but he replied that he had
no az" This deputaticn returned, aod another and Il
larger one was sent t. bring him down. This time he
consented; but not before he had fully armed himself
and another man who worked for hun, with re-
yoiyers and knives. A few questions were asked him
about the logs found the track bat he gave Re- sat.
ifactory answers, and proceeded at once I" try aud
prove al abb by his man. Has equvocatlons and re-
ph.s rot being satisfactory, upon given signal, the
men were secured and their pocket. searched. ln tue
breast pocket of Ford was found a sx-shooter, fun
loaded and on his man were found sng.e- oarre!ed
rifle pistol also loaded, and bowiekniie. Among the
oars
The men the spot, but as no one was seriously IN
iured was decided TO take them 10 Indianapolis AMI
lodge them in jail, where they were lett III tne
morning.
The Mace where the accident occurred WAS shout
sorty miles or the other side of Indianapolis. As soon
as POSSIBLE information was sent to inGanspoh wneh
new engine and cars were dispatched immediately 70
the place where they arrived about u o'clock "n sur
ike Batapia Herald of Monday says:
at his morning. as the $3.50 emigrAnt tran on the
Buffalo, New-iork and Ere ksiuoaa, was vIosslns
Liberty street in this village II ran over the nght n
of John White, an employee OF the rosa, VINO was
wing alongside the track. DE-. Hanson anputateo
his arm t,s morning, AMI the uniortnnse man Is o3ns
well. Tao freight train, wnich soon ionoNeu, "neN
near the came place ran over COW, hhiS my ahi-
NAL and th-osiny ons Of the cars from the track -
On saturday night last, about y O'Clock, sdSing a.
tempt maoc 20 fire the depot oil the buuao, Ne~'
No'k and ErIe Railroad, al A,ica. ou1cn OF vase
sa,urated with oil, placed behind the wa'ef-coNc
door,. The FIRE had made good progress before eelHS
discovered DC, Was promptly put out by an employee
OF tha. Tosd.
An accident happened on the Grand Trunk Railway
an Saturday evening, through which four persons los
their lives snd fifth badly ured that 1t Is feared
b. calao. recover. Five lsboring men lc!t Cob0IrS
late in the evening to go TO Grafton and were proceed
ing along the railway two thiee Of them being II
ban1 car % the Graen Station, when they ran
INTO nv az engine. -Four Vi the unfortunate were
killed elmos instantly, and the fifth wounded in
~ q shocking manner that his life was dispdred OF
80, ~. last secoants left Cobonrg-to which town
,hs BODIES Of all the unfortunate sufferers were con-
.sveS One OF the psrty is said 10 have landed AZ Co
bcsg only ths. day having jas: arrived from England
w" W." F'o lTcycI.c isseer, JuIs :.