The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-01
THE / ATEST'
HORRIBLE RAILROAD MURDER.
Collision of Two Trains...Ftfteen
Persons Killed..Reckless Conduct
OF Engineers and Ftremen.
BY TELEGRAPH.s

New YORK, Aug. GA frightful collision
occurred on the Long Island and New York
Railroad to-day. The following particulars
have reached us. aH eec
At 7:45 A. M. the Greenpoint train, which
should not leave Jamaica Station unless the
Hunters Point train had arrived, started from
Jamaica ten minutes before time, and met the
other train at full speed about one mile west
Of that village. The signal of the approach
ing train from Hunters Point was heard by
several OF the passengers on the other train,
a1o one gentleman who was standing on the
pau0rm of the smoking car, looked ont and
INV INV une danger and leaped off without sustain
'ng any injury. a4ga71 aa
sRsed, a. me conductor doubtless felt sure of
whose name we understand is Sands. had be,
gun somewnat to slacken the speed of his
his train. " -0 -''' -
There was sufficient time indeed for all the
engineers. nremen and Conductors to lump of,
WM Ms,n 10y G,a h WITHOUT any serious injury.
down and crushed to pieces bv the. snner;or
weight Of the other. The scene vas IN fricht.
full to those who escaped iniurv thet sSrne
fainted with terror at the appalling Svht Men
were hanging suspended beneath tina Wrect hU
lacerated tendons of their legs, both Of wh;cRR
have bean torn away by the collision. Others
were suspended by the throat, across which
strong iron tenders have been crushed, Others
dying beneath tons Of the wrecked cars, and
moaning ont the few brief moments Of life re-
manning to them on earth. 8intf
At first it seemed a. Though few would have
escaped from the dreadful catastrophe alive,
but In few minutes another Of the unfortu.
nate victims would crawl from beneath the
awful mass Of broken timbers and crushed and
dying human forms, until it was apparent that
not more than fifteen immortal souls had been
hurried into the presence Of their Maker.
Three of the Hunterspoint cars were torn te
pieces and wedged into each other, and or
these the largest loss of life occurred.
The shock was 20 great that the trains re-
bounded from each 80 feet. ,,.-,a
The number Of passengers on the train from
the East was so great that many were stand
ing on the platforms, and az the fronts Of the
4reecars were crushed, most of these passen
gers were killed or wounded. 49,
The most astonishing circumstance attend
ing this appalling murder Is the fact that while
the smoking car of the train was crowded
with passengers, but one was seriously injured
In the next car two were killed. In other car
behind less injuries were done. When our in
formant LEFT man was still hanging BY hi
The engineers and fremen grouped together
soon after the accident and, as one of the in
formants asserts, were cheerfully congratulate
ing each other on their own escape, and even
INDUCING in laughter over some of the Incl
dents, saying there would be he'll Of q fusi
over this" & 80 5"N
Terrible accounts continue to arrive from the
wreck. But let Us hope, for the sake of hu
mainly, that there is some exaggeration in
them.
New York. Ang. 28.-The Post, in an ar
fvuax IN FINN
which have occurred since January 25th-al]
or nearly all the result of sheer carelessness.
NEW York, August 29.-An examination In
the matter of the Long Island Railroad acct
dent is going on now at Jamaica. The test.
mony 10 conflicting. AT os1,fs