New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-04


sCme tn past, been deemed insecure, and tue COM
p.ry two wee * ago bao ce'nmerced to rebuild II, and
il would have been rt built in fe dsys The epg;.
dreced to move cautiously over il, and II
the brskep had promptly responded TO the enei.
reers whistle it is possible that the terrible ca.sstro
phe would not have occurred.
CoRONERS INQUEST.
Upon the arTlvs Of the btoies 10 Albany, Ccro ner
Dean took pos ssiop and TO hold an nest
TIE following persons were summoned as jdrors
G. S. Case, JOIN Cbriser, David Prest, Henry Nc
Cot,er Alexander Lawson, Henry Evans, Joseph Mos-
GER Truman H,bbard.
The er gineef ard fireman were examined The en-
gin.er, Mr.. Charles A. Jopes, being sworn, ssys-The
train left Schsgtcoke at 62S oc OK last evening that
The accident occurred about three quarters I1e from
the above station and tie train going at the rate
Of about 10 miles hour a: the time of It's occurrence
lie states that is customary to slack up woen crns
il bridges but in this instance the brskesnen tied
h. break up and be obliged to whistle for brakes
He SAYS that ~ the engine crossed the bridge he
felt it giving way, and the do~nward inclina-
ton of TIE tender threw him back~ard
He had bold Of the ihrottle lever at the time, aud IN
falling backward pulled it entirely open, giving the
engine full head Of steam which caused the locomo
tive to lump forward and clear the bridge. Mr.. jones
stated that ne spoke to another engineer named Dyer
son time sirce, and asked him what he thought VI
the bridge. He said there was something wrong about
ter abt ut the matter, bat received 20 satisfaction
Timber he'd bsen got out for rew bridge, and was On
the ground at The time Of the accident.
The wress reported the bridge as beng unsaie,
about wear ago, and il repaired. Juryman
stat ID that he Lad often heard the bridge reported un-
Edward Buns the fireman, corroborated the teeti-
mony Of Mr.. Jones IN all its important points.
fBy Telegraph
Troy, Wednesday, Aug. 3 1883.
Nine cad bodies had been taken out of the creek
ND to II o'clock lat evening" and twenty persous
were wounded, while it was thought that more dead
bodies were under the wreck. The following are ad-
diiional rames of injured:
John Fesson Of Quebec, badly; Arthur Forbes of
Bytown, Ontario County rot badly; Charles Perry OF
Claremop., n. H.; G. X. Prentice of New-fork
City; j. C.. Payne Of Dayton, Ohio; w. s Harris ot
Whitewater. Wisconsin, Thomas Talbot Of New-Yoik
City, and W. j. A. Fuller Of New-iork City.
sTAIENEST or MR.. FULLER.
ScH,GHrrcoKE, n Y, Wednesday, Aug ,, 1889.
The 6 o'clock down train Of the Albany and Canada
Railroad broke through the Tomhannoek bridge, one
mile FROM the village of Schaghtcoke.
,anrot say how many are killed or wounded, ex'
cept that have not seer single man who has es.
capped jury The water is about three feet deep at
the place where WAS taken out, and the river has
rocky bed. The man beuesth me was drowned the
man on top of me has bis leg broken. Isee ened to
have escaped without any broken limb, although l
bave received a severe confusion on the back OF my
head and fear my left shoulder is dislocsted.
Although have some abrssions Of the skn in vari-
ous places and my system is !smed considerably,
hope to come rouId all right in few days. | am
comfortably cared for at the Scbaghtcoke Hotel.
have been wholly unable to ascertain the names Of
any persons killed or wounded but | ssw frightful
number of bloody heads about me in the bed of the
river The bridge is single span Of about l0s feet
at height of IS or 80 feet above the river. train
has brought up the killed and wounded TO this place.
/ dictate this dispatch in bed.
ALBAsY, Wednesday Aug. 3-ll} p. m.
The train consisted of an engine, tender, two bag
gage cars, and two passenger cars. As the train
neared the south side Of the bridge the engineer felt
the bridg sinking under him. He instantly threw
the tbrottle-vave open, and with mighty strain the
machine puffsd, baked an instant, and then bounded
clear Of the fslling macs. The two baggage cars
dashed into the chasm, and were crushed to atoms,
the tender falling upon the wreck. The two passenger
care lesped in upon the others the rear end of toe
last car resting upon the abutment. The shock OF
conclusion was terrific the passengers in both cars
were hurled violently from their seats and cass to-
geher in dead and msngled heaps at the ends which
weLt into the water. As soon as possible, those
who were unhur or only slightly injured
got ont from the wreck, and by every means
in their power devoted themselves to the
rescue Of their less fortunate companions. Word
was Immediately dispatched to Sctashticoke for
held and in few minutes the cuzens OF that
place hastily providing themselves with means ior
administering to the necessities Of the wounded nss
tened in great numbers TO tho spot. hand car was
sent to Albany for help fires were built OF pieces OF
the wreck ard such other fragments as could be pro-
cured: great number Of lanterns had been brought
to the spot and then began the melancholy task OF
lookiIg for the dead. Ia addition TO the names given
in the first dispatch, the following: Klied-How-
ard Wright merchsnt Of Albany; he was the only
passenger killed Dennis Cshil Of Albany, empioye
OF the road wounded. Joon Tyson Quebec shit Sar
penter, On h,s way TO Newark, n. j., where he has
friends; badly wounded about the head and breast
J. c. Payne OF Montreal severe cut on the head John
Dyer engineer, Troy; slightly Injured. Alex FORBES,
Can ada, bound to California, very bacly Injured
Charles Perry of Claremort, n. H., one foot badly
crushed; TLoma. Tabest Of Rutland, W., severely
Injured about the head and legs; George f. Baker Of
Albany, a compound fracture OF the leg T. T. VIII
iams Of Cat kill, n r. bruised badly; G. ID. Bads-
lev, Of the firm Of Montea,h & Badgley, OF Albany,
slightly ipjured John Borland and wife Of Montreal,
both slghty injured; w. J. A. Fuller of New York,
shoulder fractured ard badly cut about the bead;
Thomas o Herron lsborer, fracture Of the hip snt
severe cut on the scalp Hiram Buell. Of Schsughti-
coke collar bone broken and Otherwise badly ured
We were assured by DR.. z. Lyon, an attending
physiciar, that the wounded will all recover.
Conductor Cooley, whose wife and mo.ber.in-law
are amopg the killed was with them when the shock
took place Mrs. Cooley had her babe on her