New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-21
rErrrR FRoM MR. Fn1p.


connected with ry great afHctian may prove urcfn' to
ethets IN tine az ike peril, beg leve to s.ste them
fs,lv and fify All p. M on he 18th, the lady who,
se,rs preyoisly had becosse my wife. with myself
snta .x i,;lris took DE 5swn train 4 Rhinebeck,
sr,. time amer leaving FsSST, webegsn to be aware
of daiebity in running she train, by long stop be-
toeen ftaticps AsweNsre seated ~ tho rear car,
could see all the steps tsk-n for warning approaching
rans and a. the rst sop feeling some anxiety, twent;
upon fro rear platform and seeings stout stand
inc resr, with an cffeia air, ssked him how SOON
any oer down u Am woud be due. lie voucbsaied me
no reply; but on sny saying tket dangerously
near curve that Shut ont al view OF the track De-
'ybn5 he said; Don't you zee the mas with the
= signal there-he has SeHsled back to three OF Tour
This resssuyei me, and tkought little Of i when
we again stopped for ten inmates or moro although
had ohferved that we had been moving soms~n@
slowly On fAe stopping OF the train for the srd ume
friend named Mort IN sa n front OF me my wife and
myself sat toeethes with fhe seat in iE turned back,
and our ftetsapon the c0f4 ion
Across the aisle wero Two persons OF very pleasing
anreara,ce apvarently geDtlemin and his wife, oc-
ci,pvrg tSSo sests Che gentleman sitting ON The
one turned backward What the position of the lady
ives lesnnot tel bat che Gentleman haa his ieeI,
the car am particular in relating tiIsse minulIi 2s
they are important facts in relation 70 their injuries
Soon after the train stopped Went upe1 the rear plat
form sud tnRI We were sthnu1uH sADVu1 ib"v"
feet from arp Vurve that completely bid the track
beyond AT about 60 feet beyo I'd the platform cav
the stout man who had refused he information re-
sardine the nearBTes Of the down train, standing or
idlng with a red flag Occasionafly'he would make
few ssps forward shaking the rag.
Either nj this time or after issw person ap-
preaching BIN, whomd have learned was MI. Leeper,
Police Justice az Eewburgh and who saysthat he then
told The fa2msn 20 give him the tag and he would go
10 the curve himself. Mr. Leeper else says that he
beard the conductor tell the tegrlsn, two or three
tnmAh II aDNH q NH mi
,plinsinQ d.>gn, asked what il meant, when gem
tienap, who thad observed to be familiar with the
officials answered that i was the mp traip, and Of
course running the other track. i remarked that
the fiss an ought TO he on the crpe when he replied
that he could hesseen by the next Aagmau, which led
me TO believe that one was stationed further round
the poiIt; but have since learned that none is
stationed this dangerous cuIve. Sill mnch alarmed,
I went forward, with the intention of finding seats
further removed from the DANGER and at the door
of the third accosted by the conductor, who
demanded INV tickets.
i said "Couductor we are very this bad curve,
" and the sigDlnan has gone bat little way from the
"pJAtform" He answered somewhat shorty,
There are flags Tor sgnas) enough" lie seemed TO
be in much perelexity about collecting his tickets
while passengers were leaving the cars, and here
think was Conductor Sim psons great blame that his
attention shoaid Ss diverted by trivial matter from
setting that the great plumber OF valuable lives In
trusted 20 his charge rate from approaching
train which his watch would have told him was due
that spot that very minute Far be il from me, at
this time, while stng by my dead WIFE, TO cast blame
numerically upon any one, and especially upon one
whom am inioImed has 50 carefully mana ged his
trains SIS 10 have hitherto avoided accident But can
not overlook the as that had he az this time gone to
the and compelled the fagman TO run 10 the curve,
she whose body am now going TO my IL the grave,
would be living still.
found no seats in the II nd car from the rear and
ther.enered the second, by which time the conductor
had nearly passed through. In this car fepnd one
seat occupied by two ladies with tAer feet and feeling
unwilling TO ask them to give II up, got down from
the rear platform u the conductor did and seeing
him 20 to the rear followed, and him
ming. and the hsgman, who was at this time two
three hundred feet distant runniDg and waving his
nag In an instant a train swept round the curve NJ
such dreadful speed that SOW at once there
room Jor no 1e.
lhae but just time to spring across the track and
few feet mp the bank when my life died within me- az
the cr which contaiDe my wde melted like wax from
my sieht The locomotive had ai4l0st disappeared
within H. snd WREN L reached il a long time elapsed
before could realize where the in which my
wife sat, managed 10 catch the ledge OF window,
and Gus aimed by by ssnder was able TO reach IL,
and when, AZ my request some person or The ground
bed broken IT, ] crawled through upon the engine
1he wreck was lighting up into bright flame, and
amid the smoke saw thet man was helping lady, |
mueh maneled, through the window.
After aiding him until be was relieved he left aud
stepping across the face OF who complained that
his e5s which fast in the mbers, were burning,
IcauRht light Of the dress Of my wife. The smoke |
had now become binding and sufocatng, but bending
close down 10 the wreck which filed about one-haf
the hight of the ear, soon became able TO see the
beautiful face sought now bloody ana dist0rted With
pain. Afier tearing away the rubbish that confined
her limbs against the front Of the locomotive, found
thai by tearing her oress able to raise her, and
shouting for help, WAS aided by the same man, /
think whom h before assisted to- carry her through
the front doorway, which had in the ine8n time been
beaten IN. Whoever he WAS, may God Almighty bless
him. Though all were an&ious 70 assist, almost all
seemed Iaraiy zed by terror Subsequently, hole
ert through the top and the others removed.
Bosh nv wife ard the gentleman have mentioned,
who bad ibeir feet upon the cushions before tem hod
tier legs borr,5lg broken while his wife and Mr.
lforsoa escaped with com parayely slight bruises.
: Nav SIR j have written this long statement 10 eX
bibH he fO8owiBg facts, which, remembered, will
srase some good 10 result from this dreadful disaster
&c fnSsge OF which viii be seldom absent from my
waking sleepiDg hours, until shall find that sleep
that knows waking:
T. VIXEN train halts ongsay for over three to five
naiipies between sationsnsst on knowing how soon
= train is expected on the saIDe track.
Al vau cannot obi Gin this Information, see flag
MAJ, las red fag or a red lantern not less than
quarter Of nnik beck. e.. 4
q If y.siessuos be satisfied Of either Of these par
sisulafe i5nidedssiy lessye the ear you shd yours,
ever "a the ekpen5e OF walking to the next cation,
and the loes of your baggage.
- Never sit with your feet propped upon The oppo
ste euebioD, as in of collision your limbs are
driven against the seat and almost certain OF being
broken.
With the hope that you and yours may never wit
pees sight 20 dreadful be affected BY its results
aud with the earnest wish that what have said may
be Of use 10 some, in the presence of awful peril
remain very respectfully yoSgTs 40 n, v,v1n
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