The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-11
ACCIDENT ON NEW nAvrN RAILROAD.
twenty Perrous IoIurel

The trpin that len New Haven at 6.A5 0clock
ycst rdi y morning met with an accident about 10
o'clock a M, between Sevent, sixth aud S'venty-
seventh suces Four passenger cars wcro hro yn
with great yioleue5 from the track, and nbmDor
Of passengers were badly injured.
ltapp,ars tha. the train, whi,h was drawn hy
tWu ~ Riuts, was moving az rapid rae when
the fourth car came in clntact With dOfect W
Tall, aUd was brown, WITH three 9th rs, from she
tTrtk. Ouc OF tnC cars was uurOOted, aud OOm-
pletcly demolished, and the others we're con
siceTsbly damaged. Captain II TT OF the Nine
tteuih Precinct, and Captain Hutchlngs, Of the
Twenty third Pr cnci, we're promptly oh he1d
with platoOus Of police, and with the railroad
men and Others rendered speedy Assistance W the
sufferers.
Upwards Of twenty passengers we're more or
less Injured. The citizens in the vicinity rendered
all the assistance in tbeir power. Coroner Ran
ney ana DR.. freeman dressed the wounds aud
applied resiOratiyes 70 those who nee led their
help. As as the officers OF the road heard of
the ACCIDENT they sent up train g convey the
wounded to the city. Al noon the track was sug-
ciCntly cleared to allow the waiting trains 70 pro-
ceGd on ihtr journeys.
In the Twenty first Station House there a'e
satrhels, bracelets, gold spectacles aud o hor
valuable articles awaiing the orders OF their
owners. gentleman, who lost god watch,
bad u restored to him by Il boy who found iL.
Mr. Nichols, the conductor, and Mr. Armstrong,
OF the post-Utiice were very active i'm their en-
dtavOrs TO relieve The wounded passengers; car
raees were readily procured by all needing them,
ana all the injured were sent to their homes or
made as comfortable az possible In houses I'm the
neghboTbOOd open TO them.
The following Is the most complete list of the
unfortunate sufferers that our reporter could oD-
Mr. Il. T. Nichols, orNew York, scalp wouad and back
Georre B, Nich6s, OF newark, ear and neck cut bya
n Peunnold, of Black Rock, Conn., slightly iuured In
Mr. Marqusnd, OF Southport, Conn head and arms
Mr. Lewis, Of Southport Conn cut across the face.
hr, joseph BarIam Of Back Rock, Conn, cut aud
htac bruised.
Colonel ren,h. OF Greenfield Conneeicu, member OF
Maor- General Buer's stan. )wOundeI m the heal.
soldier uaine unknown, cut and bruised dangerously
lis hie Is despaie OF.
Mrs. TAI. of Ecfwsik, ohm slightly ipured was
able 10 proceed on h. Quincy.
ldred in the head ana dclrious at tho time
our reporters Wit She was on her way Cohoes in
Mrs. Goodwen O fCohocs wife Of Union soI her now
prisoner dangerously inju the bead and arm Sie
hau AN infant with herr the infant scAoed without Injury
They stopping at hrs Koerners Of seventy
Dr. Birch Of NorSalk, Conn., cut badly in the head and
lam, by bruises in the limbs.
Mr. ewstsr Of NorwalR cut and bruised about the face
and hands and huIt IN tho spine.
Nj c. Rley; ol Norwek Conn, bruised abou the
Anna ana Richard Osborne of New Canaan, Conn,
Mr. samuel Bosw.ok # New orb, sligrty wounded
Mi Dauchy Of kidgeHe d Conn badly wounded In the
head he was taken TO the bellevue hospital.
In one Of the cars Mr.. Parke Goodwin Of the
ErtHiBg Post, and Mrs. Goodwin, were thrown
from their seats, this car was overturned, and the
pastei gers thrown into promisCuOus heap,
several were wounded and blood flowed freely.
Mr. Goodwin released himself from the struggling
mass thai had faleu upon him, and tbrusting his
head through the veutatOr, called for an axe
and ladder. Help soon came and the sufferers
were eNricaCd. Mrs. GOdwn was consderab
injured, but she is now doing we'll. Mr.. Goodwin
was slightly bruised abouB she head aud face.
Mr.. p. L. Bnrnum was on the train, but escaped
without injury. Mr.. d. Scott, of Philadclp phii,
was severely injured In the head.
The rail which caused the accident was broken
in four oiferent places. Ii Is supposed that the
Ties under It were TOO far apart; instead OF two,
THREE tits Eave been placed under the new rail.
Fortunately there were no steep em 0ank ments in
the immediate neighborhood of the disaster. II
there had been, undoubtedly many lives would
have been sacrificed The engine and three of the
cars pas. cd safely after breaking the coupling. -
n. y. Times.