St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1865-08-31
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NV YoRK, August o. 8 !,
"A Mghtf0l collision took place on the
Long Islandsand New Y ork railroad day.
The following particulars have reached MS:
sAts7:45 "a. ~, the Grecnpoint train,
which should not leave Jamaica station un-
less the Hunters Point train. had arrived.
was started from Jamaica ten minutes be
fore time, and m / the olhcr train at full
speed, about mile west of that village.
The signal oftho approaching train, from
Hunters Point, was heard BY several Of
the passengers on the other train, and one
gentleman, who was standing on the plat
form on the smoking car, looked out and
saw the danger, and leaped off, without
sustaining any injury. The Hunters Point
trsiu was under full speed, as the conduo-
tor, doubtless, felt sure Of his right Of way;
but the other conductor, whose name, We
understood, is Sands, had begun somewhat
to slaoken the speed of his train, as he was
we'll aware Of the insecurity Of his trains
There was sufficient time, indeed, for oil,
engineers, 6remen and conductor, to jump
of, which they did, without receiving any
injury. 5@I, '.ls;* l&:'% .:t~, >.-I',ro~
The Eastern bound train was completely
run down and crushed TO pieces by the SUI
perior weight Of the other. The scene was
so frightful to those who escaped injury
that some faiuted with terror at tho appall-
ing sight. Men were hanging suspended
beneath the wreck, by laoerated tendonA Of
their legs, both of which had been torn
away by the collision. Others were sus-
pended by the throat, against which strong
iron tenders had been crushed :; others
were dying beneath tons of tho wrecked
cars, and moaning out the few brief mo-
ments Of lite remaining to them on earth
At first it seemed as though rev would have
escaped from the dreadful cat astr ophe alive,
but in few minutes another Of the TN
fortunate victims would crawl from beneath
theawful mass Of broken::' imbers and crush
ell and dying human forms until it was np
parent that not more than Is immortal
souls had been hurried into the presence of
their maker. @s -. ..:-
Three Of the Hunters point cars were
to pieces, and wedged into each other, and
on these the largest less If life occurred.
The shock was 80 great that the trains re-
bounded from each other 80 feet. The num-
Der of passengers on the trsin from the
east Was so great that many were standing
on the PLATFORM, and as the fronts of the
three cars We're crushed, most Of these per-
sons were killed or wounded.
The most astonishing circumstance at
tendcding this appalling murder is the fact
that while the smoking car of the train was
crowded with passengers, but one was Sc
riously injured. In the next car two were
killed and in the other cars behind less in
jurles were done.~ >'--
When our informant left, man was still
hanging by his crushed legs. The engin-
GERS and firemen were grouped together
soon after the accident, and a. one Of the
informants asserts. were cheerfully con-:
graduating each other on>their own escape,
and even INDUCING iu laughter over some
Of the incidents, saying there would b. q
hell ola fuss over this. Terrible accounts
continue to arrive from the wreck, but let
us hope for The sake Of humanity that there
is some exageration in them.
NEW Yoax, Aug. -.
An examination in the matter of the
Long Island Railroad accident is going on
now at Jamaica. The testimony is somc-
what conflicting, but shows the most mex
cusable neglect and carelessness on the
part Of the railroad employees. The even
ing Post in m article on railroad accidents,
notes "a which have occurred since january
18th, all OF nearly MI the results Of sheer
Circles snesS e. ."-