Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-29
morse RAILROAD DISASTERS.
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Nrw YoRz. August ga collision occurred
on the Long Island Railroad this morning about
10 o'clock, near Jamaica. The two engines
General Grant and General Sherman, attached
to their respective trains, were smashed. The
engineers on both escaped uninjured Four or
FIVE persons were killed. and quite a number
injured. The water boy was badly crushed.
The following particulars of the collision on
the Long Island Railroad. o-day. are furnished
by the passengers.
Atl45 A. NJ, the Greenpont train. which
should not leave tie Jamaica station. unless the
Hunters Point train had arrived, was started
from Jamaica ten minutes before the time, and
met the other train at full speed, within a mile
west of that village. The signal of the approach
ing train from Hunters Point was heard by
several passengers on the other train; and one
gentleman, who was standing on the platform of
the striking car. looked out aud saw the danger
aud leaped of without sustaining any injury
The Hunters Point train was under full speed
"a the conductor doubtless felt secure OF his right
Of way, but the other conductor, whose name we
understand is Sands. had begun somewhat TO
slacken the speed OF his train. as he was we'll
aware OF the insecurity OF his position. There
was not sufficient time, indeed, for all the en-
gineeTs, hremen and conductors jumped Off
which they did without receiving serious injury
The eastward bound train Was completely run
down and crushed to pieces by the superior
weight OF the other The scene frightful
10 those 6ho escaped injury that some tainted
with terror the appalling sight Men were
hanging suspended beneath the wreck by the
acerated tendons of their legs, both of which
had been away ia collision Others were
suspended by their threats, across which, strong
iron Tenders had been crushed Others we're
lying beneath tons of wrecked cars and moaning
out their few brief moments OF life remaining 10
them At first it seemed as though but te~
could have escaped from the catastrophe alive,
but in "A few minutes one and another of the IN
fortunate victims crawled from beneath the
awful mass OF broken tmbers, crushed and
dying human forms, until il apparent that
not more than fifteen immortal souls had been
hurried into the presence OF their maker Three
of the Hunters Point cars were torn 10 pieces or
wedged into each other. and in these the largest
loss of life occurred
The number of passengers on the train from
the East great that many were standing
on the platforms. and the fronts of two or
three OF tho cars were crushed, most OF these
passengers were either killed or wounded. One
of the most astonishing circumstances attending
this appalling murder is the fact that while the
smoking car OF IT'S train was crowded with pas
sengets, not one was seriously injured, though
in the next, two were killed. On the cara behind
more or less injury was done When our infor-
mant left, a man was still hanging by his legs
between two cars, and the employees of the road,
although importuned by the passengerssto take
means for his relief, set to work repairing the
engines. This man was still alive, and the pas
sengers were prevented from prying the cars
apart BY some of the employees. who pretended
that il one car was lifted from the other, the last
would fall upon its aide, and this reason was given
for their own inattenton to this poor dying NOR
tai. The engineers and fremen grouped together
soon after the accident, and, as our informant
asserts. were ehesrfuly congratulating each
other their own escape. and even indelg ing
in little laugh over some of the incidents One
OF them observed. in low tone: We shall
have HI of time made over this" All this
occurred while the Dead and dying were strewn
on the green grass around them. These stories
come to US from passengers. but let us hope, for
the sake of human nature, there is some exag-
gerat0n III them.