The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-08-29
RAILKOAD DTsAsrERs.

NEW YORK, August 70.
A collision occurred on the Long Island
Railroad this morning about ten o'clock,
near Jamaica. Two engines, General
Grant and General Sherman, attached 70
their respective trains, we're smashed Inc
two engineers on these trains escaped
Four or Il We persons were killed and quite
a number injured. - Waterbury was
badly crushed.
The following particulars are furnished
by passengers:
At 5:45 o'clock, A. N, the GreenPort
train. which should not have lett Jamaica
station until the Hunters Point train had
arrived, was started from Jamaica, (ten
minutes before the time,) and met the
other at full speed, about one mile west OF
there.
The signal of the approaching train
from Hunters Point was heard BY several
Messengers on the other train, and one
gentleman who was standing on the plat
form of the smoking car, looked out, saw
the danger, and leaped of, sustaining
no injury.
| Hunters Point train was under tull
.peed. as the conductor doubtless felt se-
cure of his right of way, but the other con
| ductor. whose name we understand Is
SANDS. had began somewhat 70 slaeken
the speed of his train, IS he was wen
aware of the insecurity Of his position.
There was sufficient time, indeed, for all
engineers, fremen and conductor to jump
off. which they did, without receiving
sny serious injury. The eastward bound
train was completely run down and
crushed to pieces by the superior weight
of the other. The scene was 60 hlghttul
to those who escaped injury, that some
tainted with terror st the appalling slgnL
Men we're hanging suspended beneath the
wreck Iby the lacersted tendons OF thelr
legs, both of which had been torn away
bY The collision, while others were sus-
ended by the throat.
Others were lying beneath tons o.
wrecked cars, moaning out the few briei
moments of life remaining TO them. Al
first it SCENT as if few could have escaped
from the dreadful catastrophe alive, but II
a few moments one and another OF the IN
fortunate victims craWled from the aWtu
! mass of broken timbers and crushed an
? diving human forms, Until it was apparen
, that not more than l5 immortal souls hA(
a been hurried into the presence of thei
3 Maker. Three of Hunters patent car
u | were LOTu " ploCOrJ VI -
a other, and on these the largest loss OF III
b occarred. The shock was so great that u
4 trains rebounded from each other zoo 0
Y 300 feet. The number of passengers o
= the train from the east was SO great tna
a many stood on the platforms, and IS ID
q fronts of two or three cars were crusne'
i most of these passengers were either kiiie
q or wounded.
Il One OF the most astonishing clTcuun
Il stances attending the murder Is the Is.
a that while the smoking car OF this trai
Q was crowded with passengers not one vi
,e seriously injured, though on the next G.
', two were killed, and in others behind
70 good deal of injury was done. When OF
" Informant left one man was still hangir
,e by his crushed legs between two cars, al
is the employees of the road, although 81
,e treated by passengers to take means for
m relief set to work repairing the engine
ed Thi, man was still alive, and the Passe
m gers we're prevented from prying the CO
i'd apart by some employees who pretend