New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-18
TERRIBLE COLLISION on TIE EClE
RAILROAD.
DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
Sixsy-fCur Rebel and Uaaon
Soldiers kiAicd.
One Hundred and Twenty Wounded.
FULL PARTlCU L A r S.


feel unmOvcd when. smaller scale. some tearii
railroad catastrophe b!ags them 70 as iace TO face
or IA The quiet OF civil lie. Ono Of these tcrrto oaias-
Trophies the most terrible that has lalseEcd this
country Tor some years, took place Friday morning
last, when the grave again oQc-cd 20 receive q
hecs:omb Of human lfe offered at tie shrine o mana
ecrlal inefGciency and subordinate rcekicssness IL
appears that the 18th inst ba n Of 80 Rebel prs-
le Point Lookout under TIE charge 4 l25 Union
soldiers They safely arrived al NewYors on the 18th,
AID Jeff Jersey City RI g. on the morning of the
18th en- route for Eira y. y whittier they hid been
ordered to proceed. Al went vel and the corsoy
reached Port Jery.s in the best Of spirits st fct
Je1yi the double track cf tie Pie li.ro.d ends and
for the "a IS miles the road Is bat siDgie truck
to Lactarexcn Junction, with occGsio44 lengths Of
Gorbc rack where the nRtare OF the road permits.
Thruu bout the whole Of this distance ard or some
lies further en- the railroad up the valley OF the
Delaware ard is fnu OF sharp curves end awkward
turns, along h,h is often impossible for the engine
dgr 20 see more than fny sixty yards in Advance.
1t along this piece Of the road. about two miles
non Shohols and when tuning point Of one Of the
admitting hills tina. tie Tain OF eighteen emiga@t ears.
WITH lis freight Of nine hundred and fftycight souls.
running The rate Of twenty. rics hour met
coal train Of fifty cars with each load OF twelve tuns,
tia. came laundering down the incline from lacsa-
waxen When the trains cane IN sight Of each Other,
they could not have been much than one hundred
yards apart the drivers having time even to re-
verse their engines and jump or before death was upon
then tie driver Of the passenger train, named VIM.
ingram, and his fireman. named 1tte. being both
taken or the engine dead. as was the sicman of tie
coal engine named PHO. Prentss.
The shock was tremendous and rs results awfdl.
though fortunately neither Of the engines ci the line.
To tender OF The passenger engue turned mp on
end the wood for fuel being thrown in front and bury
ing tho driver and fireman before named Tic srSt ear
Of coarse was utterly destroyed being damned as a
spectator described into spacc lass than SIX
feet while 70 complete its demolition tic tender that
had been tipped end fell beck On lis roof 1t con-
tanned - men, some of whom were The platform at
the time ofthe collision. and from SIS week &c were taken
cat decd only one man escaping with his lie BY falling
between the pcc1rus q the esrtl lsee OF tire caIs
in all totaxkesiroyod end seven eight of them
so much broken to be entirely useless ond il
these cars thet the greatest loss OF life occuIedi foh
when the collision took place two Uii0n soldiers were
placed scnneIs at each door on the platforms OF
eaci car, which were also occupied by some Of tho
Rebels beguirg ;he way by conversation with tho
sontry. " the men ilus standing all were Immediately
Killed save one OF two
As possible the survivors set 60 work under
tho guidance Of the Captain in charge Of the body ex-
ircate the dying and wounded from their fearful posi-.
ton, and in Ito time, word sent to Shohola.
apprizing the authorities there Of the state Of things
who Immediately elegrGphcd for assistance TO Port
Jcrvis whence, in short time. Hugh Riddle esq,
District Superintendent arrived The Of disaster
in relief train with three surgeons % attend to tho
Injured. The scene IS described by those who escaped
u most appalling, the road blocked up With debris
bodies q those thrown from them covering the road al
every step the flying dust and binding smoke from the
Quencling ires the noise Of the escaping steam. and.
above al the fearful groens end heart rendipg cries Of
the injured and expiring will never be forgotten. Some
Of the uorpses were shockingly mutiated heads COM
plctcly crushed, bodies trausfSed impaed on tmbori
OF .lcn rods, or smashed between the coding beams
while ono was discovered dead sitting on the tor
Of the uptnrned tender. in grotesque and ehasllJ
mockory OF tie scene around him. ...
when the cies Of the last wounded had directed Oh,
searchers TO Ills place Of Imprisonment, and the last
corpse removed from It's temporary tomb IL found
taat she victims numbered 10 mon men and q Rebels
dead; while the wounded numbered about 100 some Of
them wounded moTtaly indeed four have since diod
aud number OF others cannot be expected 10 recover
r. j. RdgvaY. esq, Associate Judge Of Pike County
was the spot and after q consultation with Mr.
Riddle and the oflcer in command of tho mon Jury
was impanneled and an inquest held; after Which q
large trench dug by the soldiers and the railway
employees &c feet long feet wide and feet deep in
which the bodies inferred In boxes hasty
construcocoDe being allotted to four Rebels and one
to each Union soldier. The wounded were conveyed "a
soon possible to Shohola where they Nth every
attention and aid lat surgical skin could suggest and
tie limited accommodation permit from DIS. Appley,
HnIdenburg Cooper, DcboFn, Lawrence and Walsh,
assisted by number Of volunteers from the inhabants
ofthe noighborhood. pig
The ladies Of the vicinity also unweared in rem
da.pg those kind Offices which womaaly tenderne.
alone knows how to bestow. besides bringing soups
ieies and other decaces so grateful to the parched
and feyered patient The Of these good samari
tans 70 far as could ascertain-though If we do in.
Justice by emitting any that should be mentioned We
sincerely roget it-are Mesdsmes LOTUS Deborn Hal
bu.. KelsalL johnson. Bross, Harwood. Gardner.
Spring ard Misses Skinner, Bross and Hamilton. y
Tie line cleared on Friday night. and on Satur-
day morning early the officer in command proceeded
With the Test Of tie 70 Elmira taking with Linn
most Of The wounded seven or eight Of them eases r
quing ampGation, which could not be performed at.
Sbohola and the others ess severely injured
eOFing only twenty-five Of the worst cases at Skohola
Of which before stated four died On Saturday and
buried with TIE rest IN the trench 10 the wood boz
tween the road and tho river Owing TO this cireurn
stance have found It impossible 10 give any st Of
the casualties; bot Of those le at Shohola have Oh
aired the names Of an who were Sufficiently sensible
speak They are a. follows ~. ,..l
cCYPAyYs sEgvAsTs KILLED. 1s.l -
William In erpfLe driver q Il