The New York herald., 1864-10-11
ACCIDENT GIN TIE NEW iiAVEy RsILR1iD.

Two Paascrgers DIn@crJua'y A:sd u
Number sssgatiy snJaiea iea--F'~ur Cass
San: sned UP, 81.
serious accident witch might have boon attended
with the results. occurred yesterday morning
on the New York and New Haven lailrond. between
seventyxth and seventy seventh streets 10 tho Fourth
avenue. Fortunately. however, no lives we're lost,
though persons received very dangerous wonGs
Tho particulars OF the aiir Owed in good deal
confusion and exag IN the morning. in ccnse
queoce OF number ot fdicu!rus and a'armino reports
having been c,rcoIa,cd bG the following may ne reued
upon the real facts and circumstances Of The
dent a .@'. .ai &+'
The regular haf past elk O'Clock morning mail sTai'
left No& Haven at the usual honf or ,nis city wtn so
or filed w,b pssseaaera. When arrived
abon, halfway between Seyenty.sixth AID Scventy-
seventh Streets sudden jerk experienced BY the
passensers and the mex. iSsau fcur d the
twisted of the track and impeed distance o. about
hundred feet where tray struck the ground with
such az 10 come a complete stand st The ast
that aevtea from the track struck By tac oae
,mmed,atcly behind IT. entirely urrooed Tho iorce
OF the blow great that the drst w1s tuloiNd
over on ils side and ,nasaet into thousand pieces
Seats raues windows, CUSHIONS whes, brakes and pas
sences mixed in QUO heap, and the only wonder
person IN the escaped alive ihe passengers
wera discovered with the d5is Of The 6fst car pied
over aud about them; but the aid sfsrded pem wns
so rpmpt and Amos shat The bGk of them
esca slight bruises aud con,osions. 1be three
other cara badly shattered aud rendered UNIT Tor
| auy further nse, except az Ere wood
Mr.. u. j. Armstrong, superintendent o' 'he n,rbt oe
pxrtmentof tire !oat Office was waking aero seventy.
seventh street, from tne Third avenue at me limo and
wi.nessed the whole accident Ee u did no, occupy
thar about Eve seconds He saw tho train COMING
down, pot.ccd the erk OIL the track towards inc wet
erly side saw hh smash into the one before IT,
he,psd cstrcsie the passengers from ihc rn ms
Tho engine d,a 20. break eoo rom tue train unt the
utan tiIa " niant
with the cars The engine or rather ensines-iof taere
OF them putting .hs tra'n-wcre stepped mme
d. .teiy before further damage could be done. Mr.
Armstrong states thni the police Afforded the aSst
prompt aseistsucs. The psssensefs mae their - out
windows Of the fifth sixth and seventh cars ana
who were wounded we're carefully attended by Drs
Gregory and Freeman. OF Yorkv'iie.
| regiment New YORK Volunteers, was standing on the
platform, o the fourth whom the accident happened
much vioenes tia, bis head was severely ractursd
bis and other parts Of tho body isarfuy brnsed
to the Twenty seveoth street depot, sod
thence 10 Bsilevu. Hospital. wnere his wounds were
| properly treated. It IL feared he cannot recover.
young medical stujent, pRmed James A. buckley.
OF Ar. Buckley, OF 70 surIiog aiip was found amned
some seats o. the yn S bead And ,'ie &c s,d
fonrih street, and Is believed he win recover with
proper care.
Nichols Co corner of Broadway and Leonard street
fourth with two OF bis sons lie was cut
the Ie temple down across the iacc and over 10
| the rignt ear, making a very ugly gasn.
Mr.. Geo. b. Nichols. one OF bis sous, wss wounded in
1
terrible shock. wneu he found himself stretched over
woman, with his father and brother on top OF him
Colonel rvench, oil Greenfield Connecticut, aud mem
| her OF General Buffers stai, sustained some slight
! scratches.
Mr. Msrquand, o. Southport. Conn.,, was also wounded
| Er. Lewis OF southport, had his faco cut badly.
Mr. Joseph Bar tram OF Back ko K Conn, had Or
| hss thum mbs broken and his ace severely caI
Mary UShea young girl about sixteen yslrs Of age,
,roa New Cauaan, Conn, had Que OF her arms broken
| aad her blaly bruised. Sho Sustained severe
shock aud vas conveyed Mrs. kon.r's house co,ner
ntyuinth street anf Fourth avenue where she
ars catnoripe Goodwo, from eohoos also had her
arm broken. she vas n company WIN tne former,
whom che was briugirg oo 10 Brooklyn She had
| baby in ner arms which escaped uohnrL
Mrs Tan, Of Norwaik, C.nn. was shshtiy injured 10
Ar u Scott of Philadelphia, was severely Injured in
Mr.. Chsrics Dsuchy, OF No. I7e west twenty sixth
street. s.id TO bs agent OF Brnum, badly wound
od the head and Ghost lie was taken to Bellevue
NJ Hoyt. the snpsriutsndent Of the Twenty seventh
etreet New Hsven Rirosd depot furnished our report
with the following additional names Of persoos sight
~ injured Shout the face hesd snd other parts OF the
Vim. X. cowap, Of D.Dbury, Conn.
! Thos Sarsey, OF 10 wiliougnby street, Brooklyn.
| H. G. Lewis, Of Brooklyn.
Oliver Buckley, OF southport, Conn.
| WIN iyne Of westport, Conn.
VIM. Clark, Of this city.
| Or. lsurch, OF Norwslk, Conn.
Mrs Brewster, OF NorwsK, was badly cut In the hsad
and hurt In teo spine
Geurgc Riley, OF Norwak, bruised and cut about
| The face, and one hand badly crushed
Aun and chsrd osborne, OF New Canaan (brother and
sister, vory severely injured each rocevins violent
! hurss IN the pssd
Mr. 5amde Eeswick, ot this city, CONSIDERABLE cut
and bruised in the hands and head but s danger
! onsly Injured.
Frank ketehum, &c Norris Ke,chua the banker and
Mr. Haws, merchant 0f th q city, In ~ the
| cars. Mr. and ars Goodwin sustained severe injuries
About tho head and face but tn usht tnsy not
! q fsry assaisf, ,us f9-Ilsc.er; sa :, .r.,.x
wounded but having isomsdia'ey g'ns nome, 70 I'M
The cause ot tho sccdskT IL vsrousy explained 40
corc!sg account owing TO ro.tuo sleeper
under the track ana dig u aothsr The track user
was de,ectye SIC Armstrong, the intelligent gentleman
above refctrod to- who witaessed tho occurrence. says
| there law Ia the IRON OF part OF tho raek he
syaipea wbero the track broke and found naS in the
about nine feet ong aud smashcd into four pisces
Tbe foosing 10 Superintendent ioyts aecsaot OF the
oocurreuce'-- - .-...-
sS,b street in moruing. The secitent wss CAUSED by
rAstarsd raii The snsins and usssge car aud three
psS.eussr care the rail but tho toprtb passen
gar cse ran OF H. aud trs tnres foll,winR bccprs
| dsmsgod Among tue in,Irsd seriously 10 I.
| Cuets, a solder, who was riding on the plat
| .orm Of Of tns when OF
| tue track. Ae has been taken to Bellevue Hospital,
| Toeo four other passengers, whose names do not
kn0w. sse siso seriously Injured No one killed and
| limbs we're b,oxen 10 my knowisdGc. rhere we're
about twelve Injured altogether, bus eono
others received s,,ne sht scrstcnoa.
numerous f'rcs NJ police unler Captains Hart ana
Hntchnson arved carly tbe scece o. tDs accident,
gets ~hch placed IN SAFETY % the sat'on houses
The broken cars removed from tbs track With AL