New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-22

them On IN who should have possession Of this bit OF
ironow the brakeman and then the conductor secur-
ing il for alternate moments
bvstader says that 10 the ear fell into the chasm,
cries and shrieks arose, mingled with and continued
esr The noises OF the water and the crash ofhe falling
train.
The passenpers consisting of three ladies and four
teen men, who as remarked above, had been more or
less iostled about, climbed up the ascent and
emerged through the rear door, having sustained little
inury beside the fright Il at in one case lazy
had one or two teeth knocked out Meanwhile the
three unfortunates in the little smokingroom were
screaming for help and seizng by turns the anchor IN
the roof couple Of had been brought from the
schooner close by, and hole cut through the top oil
the room which gave the men little air, or possibly
thew would have been sutocated. But the iron was
too obstinate material and the position OF the AK
welders being too dssdvantageous, was thought, TO
allow hole large enough for egress to be made before
the men shoud be exhausted one Of the Windows Of the
car said o have been two three feet under water
was broL open by the brakeman and The three men
successyely passed down and crawled through IT, be-
;pp picked ND NJ once and either taken into the Pater
son cars or TO the house of the draw-keeper Mr. Par
ker. They are believed TO have been III the water
from fifteen 10 twenty minutes. Que had become
crized and il was with difficulty that he could be re-
strained FRO n Jumping back into the river.
The engineer according 20 his own account, went
down with the engine, one band holding upon the
"throitle valve" and the other upon tho "reverse
lever" He knew that the water was from % TO 80
ct deep and when something struck him heavily upon
the outside Of his hip he fes certain he should be
crushed within second But he did get ont and rose
TO The surface about 100 fee, dinant from the spot
where he went down. Swimming about, he observed
rope that SWING from the top Of the draw lie got hold
Of the rope, wound il about him. and finally succeded
in crawling up on portion OF the pier that uted ont
and formed little shelf. Here he lay quietly until he
saw that the men had been rescued from The car when
he shouted fJr help liz was taken, in nearly frozen
condition, into Paterson car, where his frozen gar
ments were stripped on he war put into others which
were vounteered one article by passenger and one
by another and propped up on cushions before the
stove. when offered some brandy he said he never
drank any, but would on that occasion.
The fireman, Theodore Van Buren,, was missing IL
appears that he Jumped into the water just IA TIE en-
gine rushed over the draw, swan round for lew
mir utes and was taken on board water craft where
he was found before fire just he bad got Irety
well thlwed out.
All were saved The engineer was injured more
than any one else but lie r merely bruised huie
about the bands, and received Ge6b-wound on the
outside Of the left nip He is at he City Ho-pi-
al Jersey City attended by DR.. Quidor and will be
able to be about again in the course Of few days
The escape OF all these passengers from death or
even serious injury, about M miraculous no my
thing on record IL q nearly ~ feet nom the door OF
the bridge to the surface oi the water; the water az
feet deep, with sof, niry bolton, into which 1t u
though; the engine has sunk frsm 10 TO L. feet Yes
teIiay the snow storm prevented much being done on
the pcene Of the disaster. Some contrsclors were on
the ground however, and probably a plan VIII be
adopted to-day to take up the engine. Al pr-ssni H.
II corrse ob-true,s navigation
That the paeug,r ~ were all saved Is attributed 10
two causes; First, the material Of which Inc car wa
made. Had il been a wooden car, II would probably
have broken into two parts splitting out nearly all TIE
| spllnterng disbers brliing and crushing portion
| Second the large windows Of tho car, which alowes
tho eeresI Of the three persons in The smoking car
Il If quite serious loss The HaokcnSack and New
| York Railroad Company, the engine and car were
new and superior 10 any otlers on the rad, the TWO
! cher locomotives icing much smaller. The engine
and Car COS, about $40 co., Tie road has been once
before unfortunate although then i. not the fault
Of In conductors the train II contractor On the road
running into hand car and killing couple OF men,
Though The present accident happened ON bridge Of
the Erie Railroad about seven miles from Jersey
City,, the Hscken.,ck is branch 81 the Ere, but
an independent, local road running part Of the dis
lance on the Erie rails, but owned principally in Hack
ensack and constructed with the special view Of tene
| htting that place.