Newbern weekly progress., 1862-11-08
Accident on tho BaIrigh and Gnsten Rail-
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The Raleigh estate Journal" of the Goth
furnishes us the following particulars inin re-
gard to the lriebtful and fatal accident on1thc
Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad last Tuesday
morning. which has already been briefly men,
toned in our columns
From whatws can learn, It appears that
after the morning mail train had left, On engine
and two gravel ears started out from Raleigh.
On reaching Huntsville, the engineer resolved
TO run through to Forrcstville, intending to
make that point at which to pass the accom-
mediation train coming South, and dashed on at
a rapid rate. On nearing its destined point,
and whilst dashing round short curve, 1t came
upon the heavy accommodation train, running
at speed of about twenty miles an hour and
down grade.
The collision was frighiful. The force was
such that, we are informed, the engine Of the
gravel train was forced over the engine and
tender of the accommodation and into the first
car of that train, dashns the passengers vic.
lent'y to the back Of the car and through its
shattered sides and windows. As we have
stated, three persons instantly lost their life and
fifteen were wounded. The engines are total
wreck and the cars are terribly smashed up.
Drs Mckee and Hill of this city, on hearing
Of the accident, Immediately departed to the
scene of destruction with special train. On
their return We hope to obtain full particulars.
We learn that the accommodation train was
little behind time when the accident took
place, in consequence VI having to wait for the
up mail train.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Since the foregoing was put in type, the dead
and wounded have bean brought to town, Of
which the fpliiseNiag list has been furnished US
by an unknown 'fiiend himself, we believe,
apassenger on the Inflated train:
- Nesbit, supposed to be from Concord,
N. c.
Lieut. Clark. New bern,N q.
j. J. BeIryhill. Charlotte, n. G.
Thomas Roland, Stanly county, N. G.
WOUNDED.
Col Robert Mowman and son, New berry, s.
G very slightly,
WD Kcrwip, Darlington District, S G, slight
y.
Sergeant Hardy. 59th Regiment, Bertic county,
NC, breast bruised, not seriously.
VIM q Templeton, lredell county, contus.
ion in the face
Andrew Wright. Granville county, left leg
broken
Mrs Jane Haywor,h, Davidson county, C,
badly bruised, no bones broken
Mrs Eva Rowland, Stanly county, G..
left leg broken
Roscoe Barras Pollocksville, Jones county, N
n hroaet hruiRn1
John A Bahas, ditto, bruised in abdomen, not
serioutly.
Alex q Barras, ditto, S years old, hip and leg
bruised.
William Moore. High Point, N c, arm slatter.
LII Conrad, Davidson county, N c, left foot
cut off /
Albert Ellington, II, 'erson. Granville county
N c, both legs broken below the knee. /
Dick servant Of Mr. White, Louisburg. N C,
ancle bruken4
Henry, Brakesman, servant of Major Vass,
Treasurer of The Il. & u r. X Company, legs
bruised.
Several others slightly injured.
Lieut. CLARK was son Of Col II Clark. Of
Craven county. and Was an officer in the I'd Reg
iment N C Troops.
Mrs Roland who is mentioned among the in.
that she left home accompanied by her father.in.
law, to visit her sick husband In an army hospi.
ia, but found him dead. She wns returning with
his corpse. and by this sad accident her father.
in law vas kRlsd, and she herself terribly man.
sled. Drs Fi!l anl Mckee. Of this city. put
her under the influence Of chlorufurm and ampu.
ta,ed one cf her legs. Tuesday evening about
four o'clock Previous TO the amputaion she
bore her pain with more than human courage,
owing, il is said, to the genuine Christian piety
for which she has been 6isn. .uishrf
We visited the Mcssrs Barras mt MIR Cunning.
hams hotel In this city, and were gla to find
tlem sitting up and conversing upon their provi
Dental escape. II no, internally injured, their
wounds are not serious.
Charles lIplicman, the engineer on the wreck.
ed train. is universally acquitted, as far as we
could hear, Of all blame. BY waiting for the
mail train going North, at Wake Forsest. he was
detained fifteen minutes behind schedule time,
md as soon as that train passed him, he started
hs tain for Ralegh, not expecting that any
o,her train would be on track. But Sidney Hin,
ton, engineer of gravel train, started from
Huntsville Immediately after the mail train going
Nor,h. which had passed Hulleman's train nj
Wake Forrest, Of course to reach that point be.
fore Holleman's train could switch of on the
tack. Buthe was too late.
As he west round cuive about n half to three
quarters Of 0 mile South Of Wake Forrest Station
lIolleman approaching him saw the white smoke
Of his engine and Immediately blew his whistle
and reversed his engine But before this could
he well lone the engines were almost in the act
Of fcoidine, snd the engineers saved then lives
by jumping of. The engines met and plunged
into each olher with fearful crash, where they
remain so fastent d together that, some say, they
can never be disrntanged.
The tender of lIcllemtn's train was forced with
bound over the ladies car, passing over it in an
angular direction, and smashing everything to
atoms. The terrible suffering and loss of life
which we have recorded is the deplorable conse.
qucnce.
We have only 10 add that we heard /, re mark.
ed by passengers, that II but one freight car had
been between the tender and ladies' car, this
awful catastrophe, in human suffering and loss of
life, would have been avoided. We saw Mr.
Lindsay, late Of Norfolk, who saved his life by
insanity falling down'on the floor Of the coach,
at the same time dragging boy down with him,
whose life was also saved, We further learned
that in consequence of a consultation among the
surviving passengers about Furnishing Hinton,
the engineer, that gentleman has not since been
seen. Weean only say, in behalf ofthe public,
that as lie was running out of time, and as it is
said, contrary to orders, he has incurred an
awful responsibility.