New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-08
TERRIBLE RAILROAD DISASTER.
A PASSENGER TRAIN sMASHED.
Fix Persons Killed and Fifty Wounded.
NAMES OF THE SUFFERERS.

3.e 10th Ward who was returning from Washington
where he bad been participating in the Inauguration
ceremonies for thcfollowng statement Of sad disaster
Ion Monday night on the Camden and Amboy Railroad
The train which left Washington OF II o'clock on
Monday morning reached Philadelphia in safety at
"a. m. but too late to connect.
The passengers. therefore desined until about
midnight, whom they sent forward in the Owl
sran. with the not very cheering that the
'trans that read had been consderabl deranged AT
point south of Bristol the Trenton branch tie
xrsin up with a freight train, the locomotive of
shch bad given out and pushed 1t forward toward the
bristol switch This delay produced the disaster.
Just as the two trains at Bristol Bridge the
Washington express train along and crashed into
ahe rear Of the Owl train, crushing the two hindmos
cars, filed with furlouehed Union soldiers, 10 atoms
and wrecking the third in advance. But for curve
an the track at this point which placed the other six
out Of the direct line of the blow, it believed that
the whole train would have been involved in ruin
The scene which ensued terrible. Among the
debris Of the 100 civilians and soldiers
wounded, or sain and tlmid this suffering mnss Of
Humanity the locomotive emitting steam and Are,
"seadng and burning all who lay 10 its vicinity And
90 add TO the general terror the broken took ERE
ond threatened to involve the sufferers in common
destruction.
Happily this misfortune avcrted by the use Of
hose fortunately at hand, by which the fire c1tn
pushed. Those who ed injury promptly applied
themselves to the suffering. and speedily as
possible the wounded removed from danger and
glazed under the care Of citizens in the vicinity.
Below wo give other statements of survivors and a
Gst Of the killed and wounded:
STATEMENT OF Mr.. SHERMAN.
United States Marshal Robert Sherman Of Provi
henoe. Il. L. informs that be passenger the
Arain oft Was AZ e act
Amer crossing the bridge at Bristol Pa about q this
informing they into the train that left Philadelphia
1T midnight and which was engaged in helping along
freight train. and had not put out its signals.
Although The Washington train was going at moder-
re speed drove the entirely into the don
Eg one. and shivered both to pieces smashing tho
Six soldiers on the Philadelphia train were killed
almost instantly. and six mere were not expected 70
very badly and d .edSd The soldiers P Belonged
almost, II not entirely to New Hampshire regiment.
sS o ha ., inc % ,og rod %
bis back pressing him against the boiler and smoke
stack Of the locomotive for two hours until he by slow
degrees wasted to death. When he rescued he q
,&as still alive, but breathed only few minutes.
Mr.. Sherman says the citizens Of Bristol deserve
great credit for the readiness and energy they
Sn relieving the wounded. They did all in their power.
epd did it promptly aud eheerfully.
STATEMENT OF Mr.. HOLMES. %
Mr.. S. n. Holmes, Attorney, Of Syracuse, n. Y. a
gives the following account Of the accident The mail
Brain which left Washington at o'clock last night at y
eeoek in the morning overlook an train
at Bristol on the Camden and Amboy line. The latter
bad been preceded by freight train. which having
Broken down and becom, unmanageabe. 1t had been
70 psS Sonr %Ggn e the @ oob5s
fsor Of the accommodation train that the :
nail tram was dne but hoping to get forward with his
own. and the freight train did display the usual red II
bghts in token OF danger. The twotnins TINS together
eere moving slowly, when the mail train up. and "
brking the rear OF the accommodation train. the vi
hngne was forced nesry through 1t and stuck there
the two cars beyond being broken to pieces e
Civ fns fanf lie Oh ai hovtiy
Gne struck by shaft which ran entirely through
As body. Another soldier was crushed by a beam a
and firmly wedged By it against the stack Of the
Snsine and died in that fearful position The fear Of
Explosion made 1t necessary to let off steam and thus
By scadng added TO the horrors Of the scene
f3ere were sc badly wounded. most Of whom were left
pt Bristol The accommodation train was mostly 6Dcd
3y soldiers some OF whom had been lust released ron
(.poy Prison The appearance Of the broken cars ws
ipdesc ibable: they literally smashed to rewood
and the disabled engine Of the mail train remained
6rmly wedged in among the ruins.
LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED. c
C. r. Remick, I'd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery,
bruised. .,--, ,,.or- ,,,,,o,- h,u,sed
Joseph Fswthrob. LIST Provisional Cavalry Washing
ton, leg broken. .,,..o4..o... rs.vv Artillery e
80 John Tracy. eth Connecticut lee broken l.
y. Walton, Wilmington, Del, arm broken 49,. - O
forehead and bruised. T.. -, A, =
Ttomss MURRAY seth Massachusetts. leg tiuised
Horace page qth New Hampshire, leg broken. I
. Joseph Leland. 18th Now. Hampshire, leg broken.
j Frank Foster, 9th w-Hsmpshire badly mangied =
dead. o,c..,.u. 1ro.,. .x,i,orr
badly mapged. dead. 10
rim Ieddy, sailor steamer Hunciback. dead. j
Asa Drew 18th Massachusetts. badly mashed, DEAD
Joseph Wnds, Pennsy lsanis (greaseT) terribly man
Moses Goddard. 9Th Vermont badly bruised and cut {
William Ragin. I'd Connecticut Heavy Artillery l
G. A. James. 9th ew-Hmnpslire. scaided and hipt
ssrrt w II. Allen, "a Conn Heavy Art. cut badly
Qusrler Master sergt Newton, LIST. n. H.. cut and
Joseph Sutton, 9Th N H., badly cut. bruised and
ID Royce 9th N II bruised on the heal
Martin Rice Seth N. Y, badly bruised :,
sergt. John H. Avron. Battery q. lst X T., badly
bruised.
James Carney ADD Newly badly bruised
W. w. Fish, llth New Hampshire; bsdy bruised.
Jacob Eises Sd n j. Cavalry, badly bruised. 4
I'd Lieut. Aaron Yerdan, 97th n. y, badly bruised.
George Mcbride, g7th n. Y. badly braised.
Patrick Killeen. I'd N. Y. badly bruised.
WI Hall, 9th New Hampshire, legs bruised,
John Rogers. Citizen Wost Troy. left leg bruised.
Albert Eldridge. Citizen Providence L. L. leg
bruised n
w Tucker. 9th New. Hampshire. hand bruised.
Peter Metric, sailor. hand and leg bfcken
denry Stratman, 18th n. Y, head bruised
g. 4. Stewart Goth n. Y, back bruised. Il
g. A Jennis, 9th n. H., scalded; hip bruised |
LEROY Il Varpum, 3lst Me-. ankle off badly mhBgled.
Augustus Pratt, 65th United States Bait knee split
W. W. Baldwin, 27th MoSs.. scalded In bfast.
Peter Marsh, sailor. hunchback, badly scalded. !,
Alfred d. Jones. 37th Mass. injured. Il
Peter Randall Co. d. 18th Conn., missing.
Jahl b. Hill ID Conn. Heavy Art, missing