New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-25
THE LATE COLLISION ON THE HUDSON
RIVER RAILROAD.
CORONER,S INQUEST.

son River Railroad was commenced ON Monday at
o'clock, at the Town Hail. at Yonkers. The Proseeut-
ing. Attorney ofWestchester County, VIM. H. Pember-
ton esq., conducted the examination of witnesses before
Coroner VIM. II. Lawrence. The following are the
names of the jurors: s. ID. Rockwell, bank clerk,
foiemsn; Bailey Hobbs, merchant tailor; Arson b.
Howl merchant; NJ. N Wisewell, Principal Of Acade-
my; Mathew A. Bolmer gentleman; Isaiah Anderson,
harness maker A large number of persons were
present at the investigation. We give below the sub
stance of the evidence elected:
George Simpson, sgom-Wa conductor Of the Albany Ex
press time the coion have been conductor ON
TIE Hudson River Railroad for eight years. left Albany the day
Of The accident a minutes past 10 ocOcs h. s Sn slHs
ing detained by difficulty with the entne the collision
the Scarborough Stations my train standing still the
track at the time having stopped for the reason ABOVE
man to tell Hartley the brakeman the back
with his Gag the also went myself to the rear car and
haooed him to the then returned TO the
front with for nine fares from Sing Sing to
Nsw Relative ist to od e sOt of the TAIN and seeing that
Hartley had not gone to the curve, aher him,
IS wards from my train Hartley being about the distance
ahead Of me, the TAIN came round the eeye my
very rapid speed and ran into our train with
ears on our Train the rear entirely demolished and the
bumpers nearly all Of the broken signals are stationed
i signal man quarter mile south Of the place Of the acct
dent and another at about one mile NORTH At Scarborough
after left Sing the speed Of the train is
from thirty forty miles an hour SHOULD thla that s1C nos
the asgman had time 20 go hall mile alter d S
IaSC 90 run we're Hsy up your esEss can't ten how long
alter gave these directions before after him od
collision with your train A. Well think they could have
stopped in done much damages they had
patent breaks and light train; had my train baggaseman
three brskemen the engineer and fireman. -, ,
on. A. The cause Of it was the ssma going enough
bach and the Sins Sing train tanning more spd rae man
have been ssckened more than was there was double track
Tune place o. e % - he, the sins sins rain
must be very near me- brakeman had abundn Of time to
the business OF the conductor that the sguaman
back se 9s % on Of Se samp speed
Joseph H. Leaper swom-Resde at Newburgn am lawyer
Sy Ss h in the but
standing outsde the time Of the coson about 90 iee
got the hsgman who was then about 10
feet from the train when he bad got about 20 o. .ne d0n
he standing s should think was
came in sight took out my watch aud that Sing
Sing trim would be coming soon put my ear to the set and
the ,sms9 and told him 70 60 on o. would take the sg my
sight have no doubt that the assmsn had time to 20 to the
twice after train stopped before the Sing Sing train
gsn back to the he did not than 20 feet
from the before hs r. 0s . one u When the
hagmsn said 1t onehoTte train and be easily stopped
spp s train not think there was time enough Tor the
Sing Sing be brought full stop after in light
train reversed little ssckenns OF the
speed the time the engine int appeared around the curve
there shT whistle and dense black smoke from the ap
preaching locomotive.
engineer the Sing train the time OF the col
on left Sing Sing O'Clock and 81 mnutes we had on our
jumped oil the engine when about two ears length from the
curve then saw the smsn who was about two hundred
feet rem the Express train immediately reversed the eagne
applied the patent brakes told the fireman 60 OOk out" and
then jumped from the engine round the curve speed
oftwen miles hou going the rate Of fifteen
qued distance of thousand tweve bundled feet stop
& nike and running at the e we wes hs Sa nj.
sOn took place h agmsn ought to have been on the point Of
back train did not stop after leaving Sing sg previous
the COLLISION alter the cOiOa looked = my engine and found
the Ve ke CS ss % u We . use d ns
could bring de stand in going distance
OF twelve hundred feet when the train running speed
Of the Express train before leaving Sing sng
rections iom any one TO proceed cautiously
River Railroad have been the road eight
sneeE Of the Albany Espres. train at the time Of The sscde9
that connects the boiler with the cylinders had stopped twice
occurred all the stoppages occurred IN distance OF about
twenty-five miles; the engine came from Lowell Mass was
weeks accidents the engine had been running to
my knowledge about six how much longer don't knows
with be twelve fifteen years
the collision occurred opf TO live minutes after stop
Pd IN Soa s % n % dnce OF
rods think that train Ike Sing Sing train which into
provided every at his post dexpecting collision
could be stopped running the distances the
Dreamer brake train have used about year, It
used the same as they before the introduction Of
IKE b an s s. S ssc ns ~ Other
times this fact not an indication that the engine has been re-
yersed. . =, 49, 49,,
The Rev VIM s. Mikels, swom-Resde at No. ia West
Seventeenth street NewYork pastor Of the Sixteenth
Ise Gs e train S te ms Of the Snt when the
collision occurred standing ousdes few feet from ne
train
the whistle was blown as soon as the engine came rSan
the curve and thought could perceive slight aesng me
way between the tram and the curve think he was
still when the Sing Sing train round the curse
should not think oyer minute after the engine rounded
the curve before the collision took pace got out Of the car
Michael Egan sworn-I am baggage master the Hudson
River Ksrosd acted conductor the Sing train on the
i commenced serving conductor two day. biCIe the
sscden bad frequently acted as conductor before we e sing
:osse than usual white Tag was displayed scarborough
Sn e passing should hns We Were sboat 20
Ss ans sas the "S d also & ~ PATENT
brake there was only brakeman on our should
think that than half minute elapsed after turned
the before the collision took place received no inmaon
Sing Sing any person belonging to the train that
coed cautiously was standing aisle leading the bag
the time Of the collisions no passenger was injre
the ring Sing train could not whether the engine Of our
The Rev. " ST. Hubert swornAm Pastor Of the Reformed
Dutch Church Yonker the Sing Sing train at
the time the collision the tIsn left Sing Sing at about
collision having had my attention arrested by some persons
jumping from the train IN which wss IN an instant after the
collision occurred did notice any sackenng Of the speed
train did feel like that usually expert
enced when applied the wheels into the
Express train apparently at full speed.
Robert Hartley EwonWas brakeman Of the rear car OF the
Express train the day the accident when the collision took
place up the road with flag think the Express tAn
minutes when the collision occurred started
with the flag about minutes liter stopped John Oen
the head brakeman orders rst he came to the
and sad, You'd better back with thai hag
started off, and went should think about 200 yards or two
The way the when had got so FAR the
Sing Sing train coming they coming at what thought