The New York herald., 1864-11-07
FIFTY PERSONS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
sAnEs OF souE OF THE SUFFERERS.
Particulars of the Late Fearful
dent on the Lafayette and In
dianapolis Railroad.
Another Accident Near Chat
tanOOga.
FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED AND FIFTEEN WOUNDED.
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tho last nights exprcss from Dunkirk this
iug ran of the truck this station consequence Of
tho mspiRcement o. switch. The engine baggage car
aud passenger oars were thrown down embank-
mont.
The fireman and passengers killed, and
number wounded among the killed was Thomas
Clark. OF the New York Post oflcs
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Mr.. +. j. W. Barsman, or tho Columbian Marine Tnsur
Company OF this city, passenger The traiu gives
Us the following paritcuars-
Tho train consisted tho engine tender baggage car
passenger and sleeping There sqate
short Cd.coon station, and ths switch had
been locked the wrong way. The engineer dscoversl
tho error ard inuediately reversed tue cnpine 1he
sudden raaconary movement threw the engine from tae
track, down the embankmen, which is there upwards
OF forty ce high dragging the touder baggage car ana
two the passenger otter It, the passenger
being broken uto fragments aud lying ono un t"p
other The third passenger carried partially
of tho track down tho embankmont. but not broken SO
badly the others 0ne sleeping wai also partially
t,irown from the track.
The following is partia, hat OF the casualtes:-
mr. Clark A,cnt in the New York Post cmcs Depart.
moot
| Arthur j. Bach, machtpst, Of Port Jervis, n X
| Fireman rsrrager, OF -tockport, New Yo,k
-- Griod', soldier belonging TO tue la3d New
WOUNDED.
Robert ns'e bribery township, Pa, thigh broken
Charles IT, Burr, ca. T.. l3oth N. Vols.
The eugioeer OF the train, seriously.
There woro also forty Others whose not yet
known. or these number hayo boen dangerously
| Injured.
! Under the debris could be \ number Of bodies
| which had not yet been released from the wreck.
The Late Railroad Disaster In Indiana.
| ANOTHER WHOLESALE MURDEa-vsRDIcT OF THB
| crRoNER's JURY DECLARING THK ENGiNE DRIVER
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EMPLOYING MN. EvC
| [Erom the Lafayette (Ind Courier, Noy L.
One or the frirhtfu accidents IN rho annals or
railway travel occurred the aia ard Indiana oils
road at nitylve mmatcs past three &c ocs yoscidiy
atcrnoon The regular Cncona.; express, due here It
four O'Clock IN The atesnooa by The new time card COZ
iiaed with catIe train curve ono and nalf mes
this side o. Cuvers station abo seven mies from TINS
| cav Tue passenger tram was twenty minutes behind
hut waiting tho requisite tino al Stockwe OBTAINED tho
und 'uoied r,,at the road, ana VAS movra at rapid
sarrina ne hey ond Cuveris station
the cattc trae observed, out 100 lsie 70 avert
Both trans hcavs,Y iadenone with coaches
yc huad-cd ci1h. souls and N osher with niue
freight ears ed vita catto Tue cngnecr,
GeoTce lamb Of INC cste tram had 20 erved the smoke
lust hoyond th. curve, and. re.
vcsins ts rc had par,iaiv checked The sesd o, the
trau before tho dread collision c stood n, his rost.
pale ~ narbe, anti, the trains were out low roas
| apa't, wnen he jumped for his he, nd, with the
fireman and brakeman, escaped unnnrt. John
THOUGHT, undcnbted right 10 tho r nd, was unsus
pcous Of danger the curve and did not SOC no oncr
r.in unt ,tetn .naieris cheek the end OF his
train. much less avert the disfIer lie had ey time
to reverse his engine aud jump for his e when the
massive locomotives and all teir precious reiSh: o.
human lie coidcd with loud crash and power which
shrok the earth. Hcad lights cowcstchcrs aud all inc
lighter works crushed like tiDder aud tho
Iron boilers recc;ved The full forcs of the collision All
over in tho iwnkiag u eye, and in less time
to read this paragraph twenty seven souls
| were swept into eternity.
N e ne s,a' T,a tho oar BE-
was nrs class sch belonging to tho Michisan Central
aud this tho fatal cur In hch death he'd high
rnws; aS q sc ecsc aVpu nna e hsnsr on
the trucks force OF the concuss0n droye 1t xe
so mmcaey behind ne Sarsape car
ned intact and parrowor, as We bavo ssid cnme
crushing through %. coach sweeping o. tue TOP na.
traI suep everything ,efore u. and scorcs single
passnge he frard part e'cnrei tnaanadeous deaa,
cn.eroi the coach IL jumped tho forward trucks,
which rested ard the end dropping about twelve
iochcs for want Of support gave tne baggage car an
tho osc pod passengers OF the III ated coach owe their
lives Had the baggage car COCA through on tao 81 mo
line upon which cntced not soui could have escaned
Thus Il Was that the forward passengers stanty
crushed 10 death. little farther back, aud tho oeva
top OF tho seats and hre a. taot heads crushed
like eCcshe,!S e farther, aud those only WI" we're
| standing struck down, whie bat step beyond.
pas cpgers cscapod with bu, scratch save from tho
| s.,iintcrs of the WRECK ,,
the compass o feet inside TINT fatal car was com
bruised xnd bIesdDg bodies of the dead ths
manned ana the dying The rea Velvet cn,nuns nsn
Of tae bades v ng aud dead. from The debris
! o the was full a. horror. :,
a puinbcr ~ tae od tightly wed1ed bs''Ucrn III
bottom ba1g1ss and The passe7Jer coach tsot N
b1oQa0e car had b be raissd by jack before hs
! c,nid be tos.n oat. The drilped wh boet hss
\ Sdu,tgsr rSr
Nd ladies were injured Conductor wright informs us
he "a. alandlng 10 the third and scarcely felt
hs ,"ece Of the cosou Indeed he h.d no idea that
sSytiog serious had occurred un,il DO went forward
-. ,eoyring Is the verdict OF tho Coroner's ''---
We tGs Jury ,wy,r4,..~, r.u sworn 81 Il T. niger
SOFT tnrouar o. Tppsckss County, November L. 1854
L 1ligep,Iy rJuife and tIne prescnfmcnt make how
and ID whft ilsnncr, and by whom. Bsnamin wnzns
ixre lice dosd came 10 his DEATH Ind that said Don
janp Whine TO his death by injuries received IN
consequences Of collsion Of two trains of tho
fsayctts and 'pdansyolis Railroad the afcsboon Of
Monday, October ~, 4. u. 1884 In rppeoaDoe county,
I.1i2aa
And the jury farther and that said collision Tho
AID dsobodcacc Of the rules and resu-
lalons and tune table of ssid railroad company, by
George famh engine driver OF the locomotive = Gin
ton
Ard We tne ury do iuIlhcr nnd that the OF
the Ie4,eta and Indianapolis Railroad Company are
highly IDLE gviag employ aent eugne
20 person rcicrt the evidence beO the
jury arcy said iamb TO haye beeus
WILLIAM X. ErIlS Foreman
II C. SNYDER. JAcuB p,hE,
j. W. JaM'-pN, J ]. ,iiufE,
| W. 4 CltAIN, W. I. GRFGugN,
n. n. a. liSYA1H, HENRY TAYLOR.
J. ~ FAILEi, u. sruDYBAkta,
N. Hull.
r. r. INGtRS0II, Coroisr