New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-04
ACCOUNT OF MIR. L. T.. LEWIS.

Mr.. F. F.. Lewis of Genesee was a passenger on the
H. fated trair He riding in the front car, toward
the rear end We take his statement as related to Us
in q conversation al Stanwix Hall.
As the cars went on TO the bridge, Mr. Lewis re-
u embers distinctly feeling sort OF lar or JERK Fh IN
gave him the momen'ary impression ina, soIneta''s
was vrong ou, before the thought could form Itself
distii city IN his mind the crush came Mr. Il. sud,
deply ;et the car pungiDg DOWNWARD as were, ana
f.llIg to pieces The second car plunged under the
first and tore ont the sides aud bottom. MI L. was
thrown violently forward head first, striking, "a he
supposed sgainst the top OF the second car turned
and fell to the bottom, or the top Of number OF
persons
For an instant there was not the slightest nosc-not
sbiiek of terror or grosn Of pain. SO Instantaneous
was the destruction that every persons energies APP
peared paralyz zed The first words that Mr.. l.. remem
ters hearing, for he was himself, If not stunned,
entirely b.wildered were delivered in a very calm
voice ard were Say you at the top, get of just as
quick as you can won't YOU a. II this was toe sIg-
na for recovery OF consciousness, az lmmed itely
followed by agonizipg shrieks ard groars, and loud
cries for help.
speedily possible and the fret person be recognized
" 81 MI Cooley, the conductor He had been thrown
violently forward the eLtire length of the car and had
crawled back TO where bis wife, her mother and child
had sat. Mrs Cooley and Mrs. Cuyer lsy apparently
in the position they had occupied IN the car. Their
fee, were up and their heads and the upper part OF
their bodies were buried in the wreck Mr. Cooley
sunk almost help by the eide OF his wiie whom De
pulirg Row beseeching assistance for her, and noT
calling pitsously upon her name and beseechng her
10 rise and save berseh.
Mr.. L. feeling faint and sick at the stomach, made
his ~sy to the Waier in which lie ba,hed his npes
ard wrists A. he did so, two gentlemen badly cut on
The hf ad rushed 10 bim aekng II they were danger
ously hurt.
he advised them 10 wash their wounds in the water
which they did. lie then returned TO the wreck aud
made 10, Mr. Cooley, who still pulling a. the dress
,f bis wife although almost helpless from his own
il lures lIT. l. raised him and begged him to let him
tsle bin ashore, but Cooley only replied by begging
bin to help bis wife. After some difficulty, aud not
yihott being compelled TO speak hsrshly TO him, ne
succeeded IN getting him out Of the wreck and got
him on the bark.
Mr. l. ard others then went and got out the body Of
Mrs. Cooley, ard bore il ashore. Ipey discovered
that both herseli and mother qate dead. Tae
Child, al.o much j. ured, also taken out OF the
wreck NheD Cooley Jaw the dead body OF his vile,
be threw himself upon ii shriekirg terribly on, my
w,e-my poor wife and II was found impossible TO
tsar b IN ficm the corpse. His sgonized grief was
beariTeJdpg to behot.
Pat !, was necessary 10 attend 10 the wounded aud
suf.rt ana all who could render assistance repaired
10 II wreck. An this the work OF but few
irutes When Mr.. J.. got back, he found lady WITH
three children ali OF whom were bruised, bu, ap-
parenily othersise uDIiured whom he helped from
the iulns. The wife and son OF Col b. r Johnson
were on board and unbut, and Mrs. johnson acted no.
bly, in rendering ed 10 the wounded, setting az exam
pe of energy and Judgment but seldom found IN such
exciting sceres. man Of large size was 40 tisntly
wedged in that it necessary TO use pelees of tie
wreck 10 remove The beams that condned him; yet no
bones were broken, and bis injuries were only from
bruises and exhaustion.
After all who eoud be helped were got ou,, Mr. l..
rtr for bep bu. being unable 70 ascertain even nom
the CONDUCTOR which tue road TO take, he went 10
direction opposite 10 Scbsg,icoke. lie soon came
10 farmhouse and making his wsythrough ted OF
wheat appe sIed, covered with b0od ard art, sh1
vii ihout a hat 10 the inmates. The femei.s were
aaiu cd and aej but he coon made them understand
that be was harmless ard tha. their services were re-
ouired They repaired 10 the scene OF the disaster,
aLd ss soon AZ Mr. L. found ne was on the wrong road
re reiurred 10 the wreck. Assistance soon arrived
from Schs chticoke and nothing tha. could be done or
the sufferers neglected.
From The Albany Ereairs brTHd,, AH7 j.
The bsgyaee.c.r was broken into fragments and
three OF the four persoIs il /. were killed:
{. Plympton, mail agent.
DAVID s. Russell, express agent.
Charles BeItbeong, bsggageDan and brakeman.
Thouss Mccormick, ne1sboy, was also II tais car,
but escaped with broken limb.
There were fcrty passengers in the hrst passenger
car four of whom killed and all but one or tEo
of the others more or less injured. The cA itself was
broken into fragments. We have been able to get
he ranes of ouIy three Of those killed IN this car
In the second passenger car which was mNhe0 CO
a. schsrhticoke1 there weIe bu. eight persors, VIZ: