New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-09
The Keeeu, Western Railroad Accident.
C-ycIy,Arf ThuF-ily. Jan. !. leGi

& NtiNhA4f, thursday, Jan. 4, lrifi
An inquest was held 70 DAYTON, Ohio, upon
tie body cf Mrs. Klppencer klod ia the recent rail
road accident near tlat place and WA concluded to
day. The verdict ofthc jury was thls the deceased
came To Der death through The negligence Of samuel
Stevenson. tain dispatcher in nn knowing positively
that train held 20 Carlisle before giving another
ihc right q road against H. The Carlisle operator Vas
difmisSf fo-d-y.
Iron ~ CneiqrsH Eagai,,r Jan ..
on Yesterday morning tho fgst collision chat has oc-
CURED the Cincinnati. Hamilton aud Dayton Rail
reed took place six miles south of Dayton and two
miles north OF Carroon. between the mail train Potter
Conductor. bound north and tho Toledo express sand
ers Conductor bound south Roth trains were ont 81
the gular card time. bl the mail train was entitled 10
the road thirty minutes being the ru az the timetable
for the truu bound north 20 keep within. When more
,lau thirty minutes behind tine the train becomes
Irregular and must keep clear q meeting trains unless
otherwise ordered. IN this case The nail train had lost
twcnt three minutes upon ann al 40 Carlisle and tue
Toledo express was hity i've minutes behind 20 Dayton
and waiting oIiers what 70 do.
Tho train dispatcher at tho dcrot IA this city tce.
CRIPPLED tue operator AZ Carlisle ~ know the where
bouts of tho mai train. and received ~ answer ,het Il
structed he operator 20 tell Potter e. "hod for
ofders and toegraphed 10 Sanders AZ DAYTON 80 come
On t0 CaIr"u lnd there meet TIE upward bound tram
Sanders o.t Immediately with his trln, 0n. toe oQcr-
ntor WAS instructed o tell Potter 20 meet tc downward
bound trgin 40 taroton.
The operator replied that Potter had gone and ;here
being no other telegraph stations between Carlisle ana
Dayton. no further dispatches 20 il0 two trains could
po.sbly reach them Potter, having The right Of The
road very properly proceeded from Carlisle through
carfcon IL which sta ion he Was stll within TIE -
minutes. Sanders, In leaving Dayton WGs doing 50
under ordo bat the operator, who replied thar Potter
was IN the side switch when be- not must neoessa
riy bear the responsibility of the catastrophe, II rhe
proof upon tho investigation sns, aius tie abo1o state
mont
rha train ooded two miles beyond Carrolton on a.
slolt curve situated between Postum Bridge and tue
VII tk The TRAINS NclD not seen by the engineers
until thoy Wcgo within very few rods Of each other
The two locomotnes-,JDhn y. Ellis and Carlisle
struck each other with great violence and tie latter
being tle larger " the two mounted on top OF The
Ills. both engines complete srecs. Tho damage %
the cars b. nso Nciy considerable hut 90 what extent
we vere unable 10 learn. Two peIsuns-Ih0ma8 Davis
baygage -mlster oi thc mall tam. and Ars. Kip
pe1gor u Lma on she Toledo cxgress-woro killed.
and some ~ others were injured " burns, broken
limbs. cufs bruises. Sc.
The following t. "a list Of The casualties;
.hofnas Davis hssslo MASTER stdt Greenwood u. South.
ard engineer niurod on the bead john 2. Collins nter
stiy wounded Mrs Kline OF Spsnghet slightly wounded
George Stebhns slightly wounded james \. NJ orssn. UhrP
lD l9n o. " t. both iess fractured Jmnse ~ lnrlar go
lruhn Grove, sshfly; beoro Trent, bod s@ broken;
Simon l.. ue,ulUeh, slightly injured, Mfs. Mary AcA,i
Joir.1r dsrrr1lsvs Jo'u Keith ,Ertrsr. ,r broken
Nn.iiss Kinney. slightly hUatcl !. H. i.ey, rs broken
Srs. hcms OF fq.a fsat, injured 4ir. Mcgee Alace
da.ccaicd hip; r. g. Andeulu. s-hty rilreli Ssn'ue
Hampton 81 Virginia. broken leg - u. Line ol Sydrry
tG-'y injured = W. Aiur ~ dHtr. siriHy iuuTad D.
G. Michael Sydurv, burned shout G.. r.. Hutton
". - uey, slightly inlseai Ain ~. Hgerg.r Of Linn.
Rou.c Toledo t'Qy Jacob Steiner. Cincinnati lex i,sc
tirtii seI.t g. ". Nufcihsr, lrs fractured ana bodily
..fuedi u Willard Dayton, slightly MIS-, Mar.e Aluisny
Nashville, slightly Richard Haley, 81 H. ;. A, slightly