New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-27
HARLEk RAILROAD ACCIDENT

The Millerton train, conductor Bsn;s, which IsN
Eew-York At o'clock Wednesday evening, met With
On accident half mile eonsh Of Williams Bridge. from
which the escape Of the passengers, without loss Of
life or limb was wonderful. IL s wonderful, too tbst
the accden. happened upon the very spot where several
men were slaughtered few years since on The ,.ms
cause.
As the train cape round the rocky point On sbor4
curve, the engineer discovered couple Of hefsr. co
BY the track and before he coad check the sosed ons
Of them jumped upon the the track directly IN from, a
the engine. Instantly the alarm blown and brakss
applied, bat too late 10 save the train the eEgas aef
dragging the animal roos passed over its bodv
without leaving the track, bat the tender was thrown
of and the baggage followed but fortunately aaek
when about half way over, leavOg the passenger cars
safe upon the track. IL vas moe, fortunate essos
the embaDkment where the animal was firss struck
being high enough 10 have rolled tse whole train over
and decent the bad once Left the track
The alarm and application of the brakes wasso proupt
that j. saved The uaiD, and undoubtedly the lives Of
many passengers. The tender and Baggage car wsrs
come What smasbed, and for moment tnsrs was soma
Danger from the upset stove, but the promptnes Of
the bsggage.man prevented that from setting Ere 70
the car BY pitching IL overheard There were aboat
dozen snokersin The half upset car, who were pretty
rudely pitched about among The trunks aad market
baskets but none of them we're hurt. There was ons
bright little boy in the baggage car, whose friends FOE
moment were very anxious sbont his safety and m.
oured 90 he or. ut out Of the debris On, EDDIE are
Won hurt % How cheerfully be answered: " Oh, no,
I'm all riebt-but I've lost ny cap. believe tae old
stove went right over me-
We eat looking out Of the forward end of the for.
ward passeneer car when the accident occurred, and
had occasion 20 admire the GOODNESS of the conductor
who spraDg 10 q brake and stood to it until it wa
wrecked under bis feet and the platform tiled 70 an
,ngle Of IS degrees.
There was commendable promptness on the part OF
the brakemep, who spraDg for their dsngersgnal fASs
the moment the train sropped, for there wa New
Haven train inst behind u.s.
The engine ran up che station, and sent down nen
and tools on band car, and with hours delay, tho
wreck was cleared, and the track repaired, 20 that
trains could pass by showing our cars ahead up TO
switch where part Of the passengers took the Whits
Pains train and Others after few minutes delay,
went ahead In the same cara with engine eegraphsd
No from the city, 80 that all got home TO late sappsr
instead of going to very cold bed by the roadside
= Now, one word as 70 the cause of this accident,
as well So Of many others 1t comes naturally "a
one of the fruits of that shameful practice, In
.hickly settled country like Wss'chsstsr County,
of turning cattle out upon the pnblic roads, from
which they come upon the railways, TO the great
danger of the lives of thousands OF passengers who
must travel over them and to the destruction Of more
property annually than all the Prowing bruses arc
WORTH to cay nothing of the inmsDse cos. Of fencing
Turning Gait upon the highways to steal living Is
and should be by law made crime. IL Is full tins
that had new legislation to abae this insOlerabls
cattle nuisance. Railroads. instead OF being compelled
to pay for killed animals, should be paid for all dam
age by their owners.