New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-17
vrAmrU. RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
emn.h-up on the shore Zinc Road.
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/ railroad accident, with fearful results, oc-
CURED tie Saore Line Railroad about II O'CLOCK ''
be train consisted Of six passenger cars containing
1T5 sck nud Woun0ed soldiers. wln were bcinb irans
f.rrod from the United States Knight Hospital III
I this city 70 Reedyile, Mass
The train. an exiAa one Ieit this cay ~ ir
When about four niles east Of the C0nbectcut hNei,
and while passing tsrough deep rock cut kn"wh US
"Hocly Ledge" a brokou rail threw The enilie u"ih
from the rack and dashed tao cars into tho so" rocA
One en- IN the middle OF the train thrown up and
across he iraek forming complete hich some lNTY
Zee; high The balance OF the train Was plea IN al o
recos and three Of hc cars were smashed to such m
eyton, hat IL wonld be- impossible ior spectator 10 g.
ccr,ai1 TIE number that IN the train, except by
Ic,IYt.,- he wheels.
lin, ofte unfortunate soldiers were taAeh H"H 'n0
lis i,nnsyiblc NJ this hour 20 learn their names
| Two of me nrnkomen, named Horace Beds ana hu,
gar Parsons were Instantly killed. Another named
Samuel H. Chtenden was 80 badly injured that he Gun
re. or twelve soldiers were seriously. and some
| twenty more slightly injured.
| Tho dead and wounded wcre conveyed back 70 New
Haven, and returned 10 the Government hospital.
Tie more fortunate were forwarded 70 telr destinA-
One oftle Killed. WIS l1mmel between \ car and Che
rocks In e.,l manner that II was night heoTo TIC
body coulG DO e1trcated. the cars being O perfect
Superintendent Calhoun has ordered the broken cara
70 te cuitca and the road VIII doubtless he closed by
IKE disaatcr I. is thought was csuscd by a brosen
rail- and which no human foresight could have
prevented. - o.. ,,.,
! The following are the names OF the h,iied by
the accident on the Sh,,cLqe Railroad at Rocky Neck
four miles east OF the Connecticut RIVER Saturday To-
/ Y. Phillips. 32i Massachusetts Regt.
Edward W. Dniton. 10Th NeW-liaml shire Reft
n. W Doyle, recently ilom the Cnestnn-si Hospital
u.
Horace Becbe, brakeman, Of NcW-iond'n' 'On"'o'
''ieDt.
Faear N. Parsons, brakeman, Of Berlin. Corneot'ot.
Thomas johnson Joih Massachusetts Reg.
Richard \. Young. veteran Reserve Corps.
Nontron,err tiroeo. "a Connecticut ARTILLERY
Richard Baxter Of Mass iohueetis regiment died on
tire conveying he wounded W this eitS' on S@iui
ilCx,ader T. McGrocor. Co I. Ist Mas.aohaae;ts
Aftllrry died The knight Hospital il iAis city ihs
morning
brought to the Bnight Hospital this city On eatui'
day evening": 49,, ,,-..,..... ...,.-o,, y,
Brooklyn o. H.; left thigh badly bruised.
Sergeant B. II. Matthews. ao;h Mas. Of farinclsh'
cbe1les ". By, Go. j, 5eth Mas. Of Bridgeport
MaItin +. Finkie Co. D. 57th Mass., Of Sheffield
Mes; lefi LEG broken md ann mashed.
Ceorsc r. Kewhall, Co. T. 10th Mass. Of Exeter.
" H.; sSull fractured aud LEFT leg badly bruised;
John Jackson Co X, 9th Mass Of Boston, leg am
putated this morning.
Daniel LAWYER, Is, Meas Cavalry skull fractured
recovery do ibtiul. -,
he'd an arm and leg broken and received intcrua
| injuries He cannot recover and was taken 10 Ne"
twenty-five others slightly injured, were taken Il
The ruins Of tie train wero burned to day Thrcc-
cars Of tine six were saved two Of them considerably
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