The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-08
Collision on the Camden and
AntSoy Line.
Persons Killed, Three Missing
and Over Forty Wounded.
HEARTRENDNG SCENES--.A CAB on FIRE.
TUE LADIES MINIsTEalNG TO Tue WOUNDED.

Gross Negligence the Cause Of the
Accident,
&c, &C., DC.
The sad catalogue OF railway accidents which ws have
had lately to record has received another and terrible
addition Yesterday morning collision occurred on
the Camden and Amboy Railroad the immediate results
Of which were seen In the deaths Of nine passengers the
probable deaths Of three Others and in injuries some
Of them OF very serious nature to over forty more
From passengers who were in the train at the time Of
tho collision have received full particulars OF the
disaster
On Monday evening tho six O'Clock express left WASH
ington for New York Of the usual tne All went well
lntil half-past two o'clock yesterday morning, when
the train was passing through Bristol city. Here
ran int tho twelve o'clock from Kensngon New
York, which was two hours behind its time There
oil train in front OF the Kensngon train the lights
had all been placed In 'front.' and, through the gross
negligence Of those in charge, signal ghts
hibed In the The crash OF the collision felt
throughout the length and breadth OF the express ra
and the fireman killed the spot. The engineers
marvelously escaped Upon the Kensing,on train the
effect still disastrous. Tho engine struck tho
car shivering II at once into thousand Fragments
and passing to the second buried itself bodily
under Its roof The upper casing Of the engine
was torn OF by the shock, and the liberated
steam filled the compartment scaldng such Of the pas
scngers - were NOT thrown out by the collision The
third car was thrown the track completely block
ing up the way but the passengers happily escaped
with few bruisea Not the unfortunate passengers
In the other two The shreks and groans Of the
wounded and the dying rose from every part Of the
d5bi and every stop taken by those who to their
oixy1 cf T1aron
dead bodies extrcated and then fresh
horrors for the last but found 70 be Are
and all the passengers not yet extTcated Men
hither and thither panic stricken, and cries for
water were everywhere raised Providentialy there
was water close at hand, and the flames were
extngushed before they had obtained any great hold
Meanwhile the unipjured passengers and the railway
officials were energeticslly hboring to rescue the
wounded from tho ruins The ladies' Of tho city proved
themselves minstering angels indeed
Immediately learning Of tho accident they hurried
70 the scee and made coffee and served out brandy TO
the injured whom they tended with genuine womanly
care One lady-Mrs Thomss--whose name deserves
to be placed on record took two Of tho worst
wounded men inso hG own house, and one Of
them subsequently died there. Dr.. J. b Thompson, u
Washington, who In Of the trains At tho time q
the catastrophe, rendered invaluable assistance He
broke mp cigar boxes and made spanfs for the broken
inbs, and, aided by emo q the local surgeons who
arrived about hour after the accMcn - did every
thing fs the wounded that medical skill could suggest
Assistance had besn sent for from tho United States
General Hospital about two nes on bue did ar1vs
until too late 70 be Of any service All the injured had
BY thar time boon removed tho nsishborins tavsrns
and houses and their wounds had boon dressed.
As VII DO from the list suboined nearly all tho
sufferers soldiers, and fifteen twenty Of them
wcrc returned prisoners, who Just released from Libby
prison. became exposed to wosc dangers while peacefully
travelling In their native State Others New Hamp
shire soldiers from the 'front.' returning homo furouph
70 vote ut the approaching elections nearly nine
O'Clock In tho morning when tho limo cleared.
train then up from Trenton, and brought such OF
tho passengers able TO travel to New York.
Three dead bodies had then been recovered There
two soldiers missing and over forty persons injured.
RETURNED SOLDIERS STATEMENT.
was returning home TO Hartford thirty days fur
Tough, after being confined five months at Richmond
In the last OF the Kensington train The train
Ind very slowly all the way until got TO Phladcl
phia, for what reason do not know, and two
hours behind our time as passed through Bristol.
just dropping OF 10 sleep whom was awakened by
crosh First the roof OF the carriage came down my
head Then the floor seemed TO upheave and saw gap
through which plunged and escaped outside The next
moment the carriage shattered to pieces. As
could collect myself shouted for my mate who had
been sitting beside me- but could nothing Of him
nor did anything Of him TIL found hs dead body
in the ruins
II such panic stricken that one seemed
to know whore they Most Of the mon in my car
asleep when the accident occurred found was
injured in my head and spne and went into house 70
get my wounds dressed II was . beautiful moonlight
night and when got again could the extent or
the accident II was . sickonng sght-worse than any
have tho battlefield Tho cries terrible,
and almost every seeking for some comrade.
The names OF my company were called over, and two
were missing They had not been found when lsft
One Of them sat quite close 70 whom the accident
Cured Both the ladies' and the doctors very kind
to ua
Annexed is . list Of the names Of the killed aud
wounded
Corporal ". Morton, Second Connection, heavy
artillery
Thos. Taylor, Second Connecticut
VIM. Fuller, Ninety FIRST New York
Moses Goddard, Fifth Vermont
Asa Tower, Twenty-cighth Massachusetts,
Tim Liddy, sailor.
Vim. RagIn secoad Connecticut heavy artillery
Joseph Wild, fireman.
MISSING.
Peter Randall, Eighteenth Connecticut
Chas W. Hale Second Connecticut
J. h B. Hill, Second Connecticut.
ohn Rogers, wes Troy, N. Y, severe confusion oflef
Albert Eidridge, Providence r. L. can.usion Of leg
william ". Baldwin, Company A, Twenty seventh
Massachusetts living Ut wiamstown severely scaded-
william Z. fucker Company D. SIKH New Hampshire,
living at East Wakefield, severely injured In hand
G. Y. Remmell Company H. Second Massachusetts,
heavy artillery, injured In spine
VIM. Perry, Second Connecticut heavy artillery, resi-.
dent in Now York, slightly injured
Newton Reynolds, quarermssters sergeant, First New
Hampshire scslded
Frcdk Rayse Company @, Ninth New Hampshire, Nv.
ng at Chareston, N. H. bruised head.
Martin Rice, Company @, Eighty sixth New York, nv.
ing al Troy badly bruised in head and arm
serseant J. II Harmon, First Rhode Island, wing o.
Providence, hand smashed
Captain 3 :. Reed, Compaaye, SIXTY ninth Ohio, in
tnry 70 head.
James Kearney, Company G, rorty-thkd New York,
slightly injured
y Foster, Company A, Ninth Now Hsmshire, dis'oca-
ton OF ANGLE
Peter Mcclellan, Salem, New York, head and leg
bruised.