The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-08-29
Another RaiIrrond Accident.

Another RRilrrOad Accident. ~
NEW YORK, August ga collision
occurred on the Long Island Railroad
this morning about 10 O'Clock, near ia
maica. The two engines, Gem. Grant
and Gen, Sherman, attached to the re-
gfneers on both trains escaped unin-
Ijured. Four or five persons were killed
and quite number wounded. The
water boy was badly crushed,
NEW YORK, August 2s,-The follow
ing particulars of the collision, on the
Long Island Railroad to-day are fur
nished by passengers at 5:45 A. NJ. The
Green Point train, which should not
leave the Jamaica Station until the
started from Jamaica ten minutes be-
fore time and met the other train at full
speed about a mile west of that village.
The signal of the approaching train
tEom Hunters point was heard by sew
eral passengers on the other train, md
a gentleman who was standing on the
platform. of the smoking car looked out
and saw the danger and leaped off
without sustaining any injury. The
Hunters Point train was under full
speed, rs the conductor doubtless felt
secure of his right of way, but the other
conductor, whose name we understand
is Sands had begun somewhat to slack
SAA SBSeu lpu Nus tfhlIlS dss me- WAS WGll
nware of the insecurity of his position,
Ihere was sufficient meindeed for all,
engineer, fireman and conductor, to
jump off, which they did, without seri-
GUS injury. The eastern bound train
was completely run down and crushed
to. pieces by the superior weight of the
other. The scene was so friChtfnl 10
those who escaped injury TINT some
tainted with terror at the, appalling
sight Men were hanging suspended
beneath the wreck by the liberated
tendon of their legs, both of which had
been torn AWAY in the collision. 9th
ers were suspended by the throat, across
which strong iron Tenders had been
crushed. Others were lying beneath
tons of the wrecked cars, running out
the few brief moments of life remaining
to them on earth. At first it seemed nS
though few could, have escaped from
the dreadful catastrophe. 1850
The shock WAS so great that the two
trains rebounded from each other two
or three hundred feet. The number of
passengers ON the train from the east
was so great that many We're standing
ON the platforms, and as the fronts OF
two or three of the cars were crushed.
most of these passengers were either
killed orwounded. One of the most as-
tonlsniug circumstances attending this
appalling murder is the fact that While
the smoking car of this trnih was
crowded with passengers, not one was
seriously injured then on tho next
car two men were killed, and I'M other
cars behind, more or less injury was
done. When our informantS loft. one
man was still lfanging by his crushed
legs between two ours, and the employ
ees of the road, although importuned
by the passengers to take measures for
his relief, SGT to work repairing the en-
gines. This man isSas still alive, and
the passengers were prevented from
Prying the cars apart bygsome of the
employees, who pretended that if one
car was lifted from the other, the lust
would tall upon itsside, and this reason
was given for their inattention to the
poor. dying man. The engineers and
tfrenien groupetl together soon utter the
accident, and as one of our informnnts
asserts, were choerfully congratuIating
each other on their own escape, and
even indulgfng in n little laughter over
some of the incidents. One OF them obs
served in n nonchaIent tone, aNow
suppose we shall have a hell of a time
made over this.n All this occurred
While the dead and dying were strewn
on the green grass around them. Thes5
stories come to us from the passengers,
but let us hope for the sake of human
nature that there is some exaggeration
in them. - - ,-4rIzs-,y