, 1862-11-20

EriEltfi12 Railroad Acc1dcne-Tiraca-
;ossS Escape OF s Passenger Train
E1ern.s:s. ct an Engineer.

tFrcn the Pittsburgh Gazette.1
We have s1ready noticed serious accident
Th;ch occurred on the Pennsylvania Railroad,
on Friday night last, of which We hud the
which left this city On Friday afternoon, was
detained nearly IN hour, in consequence Of
the western trains falling to make the coauec-
tion. Everything went we'll until rheJ
reached Lilly station, eight miles from Cre5~
SOD, where the train Was stopped By the an-
uouncement that freight train was off the
the track some two miles ahead. The passen-
ger train was drawn over the mountains By
tEo large locomotives, aid in front Of the
passenger train Was very large freigh. train
standing On the track on high grada. Il
was drawn by a very large locomotive il 'front.',
AID another OF the same cl2s5 was pushing it
in the rear. The front locomotive had becu
detached from the train in orier to aid the
freight train ahead Oh the track, aud the rear
locomotive was also detached and taken down
the grade in order to shift 1t On the other
track While this process was going on, and
when the Iear locomotive Tas nearly do7n
the grade, aud in front OF the tyo Ioc c,lnosiyes
drawing tie passenger train, the engineer d
the backing locomotive, Mr.. Powell Sharp,
discovered that the whole train T:'s in rapid
motion coming doTn tue steep graie on his
locomotive, and the cars i1lsi with passengers.
Ile reversed his engine in an instant
and rushed up the grade in order 10
neet The freight cars and stop their
descent If possible Iu this he WAS par
italy successful, but after . slight check
Of the freight cars the whole train came down
On the passenger train, deulalishing the 1oco-
motive With which Mr. Shsrp had checked
the tfaiu. and also the two locomotives which
were drawing the passenger cars. Thic pc-
CURED about II o'clock or Friday night, in
tie midst Of the mountains, or rather viii
derress, and the scene eau be easier Imagined
than described. The passengers in tue :ylin
mostly asleep iu the dead hour of the night,
Eere thus suddeals sroused aud thrown from
their scat violently, and Jet wonderful to re-
| late, few of them were cnlT scratched ab out
| the face. TEese injuries were mostly sustaia-
| ed from the irons which are placed on the
back OF the seats on which the passenger rests
his head
| Passengers in the train relate that the de-
| struetion of three locomotives WAS almost
complete, together With 8 large number OF
cars.
The passengers on the train drew up 3
paper, complimenting the engineer, Mr..
irg at the risk Of bis Own life, saved the
trnin from fatal collision, which might hare
| resulted in a ffightfu1 loss of life. A col
lection Was also taken up, amounting to be-
tween $500 sud 5000, with which to pur-
chase htr. Sharp a suitable testimonial. The
| paper was signed on behalf ct the contrib
ufors: By one MaR from every state repre-
EeDted on the train az follows: F. n Ewing,
Chicago, Ill; Brig. George P. Meredith, Ind;
J. H. achoepbereer, Pittsburg, Pa; Hermau
Bekum and R. Hongh, Tenn; George Coll.
yer, Del; Jos. c. Dickenson. Mo-; Eoan Y.
Kimball. Nass,; DR.. ". R. Evans and Hun
Samuel LEsk, KY-; Charles Wilson, N.
". Smith. Cincinnati, Ohio; James C. Baker
Ihwa; r S. L7m:noE, Cal; 81 W. Cerns;tG;:s
NJ. D., Wis; J. q. Connoly, Wheeling Va
Lieut.. 1uztus DsFlt, Vt.