, 1866-06-08
THE RAILROAD COLLISION ON
STATE STREET,
Inquest on The Body Of Mr.. Heartt.--
The Eyidence---The Railroad
Company Censured.

en'pao@ p'Fee oi neshETaec on
ine pa' o. one o. our fAl"a9
Companies. and peIh1p. a wunt OF due care |
On The part Of ,heir employees, ha. been the causc
NJ mr. =, N, ..drt, c.1,,r,,f. ,,,rh ,,r ,,.,,~
1ee IN this city fof many mouths past We rrseeto
the collision 5esierdsy betHe~n The - Economy"
s,ntne, E,tro.a ,+,,r+ T., ~ -s.n,,"a ~, on,. "
~. - sv-Sa.. 's- =. 49, ~. n. ~. .n5 :"
oas oes OF properly 10 'he fife beoaHmsns. hut tn
bcry. Dan ueau1, The or4ver of the Eeooomy. 4
hsjef account Of sbe collItion u1, -1ycu ia onr
isqs Ns9sasn % ssy In e0aneeon Mia The de
The rccne Of The t1l.astr was at tho croas,ur of
the railroad trsck 90 State street. priHeen
Fife eplh and Sixteeuth strctts Ts7trs nsc con.
stantly "a a.sjnc and rps:+ing on this irsck drring
The ay, while nlcht enitch cng1ntt arr fcau MI
y 70 &c s:ep MOVING 70 ano no. Escfy pa,rengrT
as oReen nG ..
street. 1hete Il not = moment when danger may
not be sip!ehsndea from eouas unlocked tor eoll-
, ea.s or othfr vehicles on The et1cet such
tnoeA n aa1 na'e oxea oesnea % mose taan onss VIE.
m aae. 'sa sn p one in.,snee. as'e ee
man VIZ run err and s'iled. Ihc aitnn.t VI
iapSe en- s'rs@ w"na Il on a.. ns
prot.et ,he ei,l.sn:: DUR :hc d.y ss'esn.a
etntoneo ~ she eso. sts hesc sciesea sc tos tat
at.ain Z approaehins: 81 = ni=nt-:tFa,e = 70
say[A tnoet densFf = 10 Hc !catrd, INC Citizens
an 20 81 ase M esre s 2, q E TO- the
nc oper spe qnr ~ ;aa,
" 81 81 ;s ae
ell. T.. the RI surE for Eelre,1nE 10 .taton
Ihs dltas'et which occurred ,e,t.raar. j. oalT
mn Aggravated Instance: Of What occuts too ffr-
Hucu!y IL tnr vicinity Of raiiroaa e;o..ns long
NJ Of broken l'mfr and bruises might be e1sd 10
show that there 7ots ca'e1etsness nan1fesied "
she emp!oyeH Of ,hc rail ssys 1h-fr el.y ord!n
nncr Of long ttapdinE which prohibits .hel uuntn.
/ -
| exceeding foHr miles an nonE- Fery little s'tfr-
t.on trcna, 70 be ta!d TO .n!s q, might be aound.
Turni oecunenee. III. impressive % the 1.i1aay
cotnphn1t. 10 cnJon upon tAetT cp!oye. the st1tt<
tst obseFaner Of shl< Law.
THE COLLISION.
The particular. Of .bc collision MY he h.iray
fssainrf Ecopomy. staIaone, At llsGie-nIb
street wat called ou, v ,ts- aitf 10 a.si.t Ia
u.1e ~ n, n ,e nn H.; nau1 4ia .,s snS,s M
t11ve5 and lhr f,lr enctt ~. n-ccrcttIu~ ari.E.
y ons tst. rlS u, te.,ds w., ths tcfne Of sct'cn
sih ~ H. ~ s. u.x ~ .aa. Mpa'c =, ~
, wag al auy cuu. .tdesa5t. tr,snce. and on: :
hsv. b.en ccnsm1 ,i3iy;,:n;, ~ hcs, s.x s.n.i
. that m,sas es river. 4. tSv Econons
4 ncrrc5 ~. rr,l..r c,n.s.c, ~, ~ ,hs $780,!
1hnn1 X - ,Ms osn; ooe i oi ine ntrmen
. dIstinetty. and .,mo.t eimni,anrnntiv tr1.sr ~
' era.h wss heard. the tre engine was suddeni,
sn orasrtd for txtnty fecs nunr inc cross ftack
= and TIC drcmcu hurled from tne{r uo.itiuns aut
!: thrown Violently upon sne ground. Ja.t a. IL
!: ftnek. the leeozap,,xe No. st !
'c t:hics.o. gu,ttnston and on1nry N.1r,s
e uhich wn- hacking .r0m tnc Trofs t;en,fsl 70 Il
ID hnu.e tuYsra tnv vet, tmcr.tI uton The c1oss
y inr aLd before thu driver could ruil ut, or ps.
T. lie driver ~. s,,ck py thc tcudsr Of he ioce
= naut.r aud thrown = con.,derahle d,rtsner an
Sshs onnnr md o., T. .o3 ,ne 'oe
OF vrrc .,to hnried to tbe rrornd IND sescrcIS IL
2 ,nre1l Thomas Cooper 1hr engineer ch.i-io,,he
Q, t;oodr m rtpcnnst and tro p;hrr uorn e.ca,te
he n Tne hn1ss. s. y. rsn o,'T
I'd b4 81 as ,he
i. 49, ",e VIZ, sue 49, tte ~ ~ - " ,,s A,,.s,
I'd Fss.crsI nfon:. rho ~err near sse sscn: a. ii
;ni Aa em ns "a h ssa s1 70 r g.
ae could pot onc sn ,srs,ss b. woands !s n,ss,
NJ asc1n~sn'-. s,N nj. W bs ~, " ncss In !. T.
* h: 'stS @ Sss to- ~: an,S ca ~ r.
az .nn,, :. .uotnrr. III er,.d fo,t s.ct.s.
,es es home ii. e,he. afe.;sa ~sf:: eenss,s, i j
ID fully a'tsrdcd ~. 1tno!s!ao sra ssol' are ~
AZ @ -. ~ .f,,a ~ ~. % mat, n.n "o' ~e 'e''
a IRON hs pes!en s @ a.. :h1 h hssanoa, nom, ~ ~ Ia "a"
~ ;hr 'rscs "a: rnsms~a saas ihs aoeoaa'": ~, ~,
Il. h..e 'en .onnins ri ,s - ID pae M 10 s |.
o sa;.aaS to sSa sS IT, ss;a q tie Gosoaert M tas
MA, t,Caticr.
~ TIL: prlclsc ampuut Of damage eu-slaed by
FL I.rrrn1y rnn{n no. hr a,r,.t1 1irrd yf.trrlay
r. ~ eorrit. tzhy th1s ercd and will prnoxhy g
- - ;hc I,tpanraent cau>tdrrablc sum o drfras
- srp.iYk. I be original eo-f OF thc Economy '
@ aa {1.su9. Thr hotser wrrt lk ught FOR &5au rach
n u- t:us all there j0tstr are tf1.ln- COMPARED ~
tht trTrpai ahle !c+t tu-tatned u The deAsh Of
neaEtt lille NAs youuZ man Of crc4t Ffpn!~c. !
.,yr AS Warmly otiose q y al he inetner OF fhe
~, ;'af1n1t nt ~ho conrId d hal III" moi fe1
Ant LTAf N the ioree. Htt ~ eEaiA nna4t -
49,. Lin quite iavoSlc Nth tI. ana b.. carly dcss
- Il. br ~a. only t~snt*-fhtcc Fcass pld-!* t1act'
- monrned by x1dc circle II Trends and yean'
,t'n tue tSvrE-T.
AN Coroner Wagner held Eu aEQust on the bod,
~. .le dcce1rsd r.ttcrdss afternoon at III" rre'd.
- no. - Th1fd Avenue. %ryrxa racn,tr n Of
.s ftc drFaftncut rei- psc.<nt 81 the lnststtf Il
a'tet ard one or two gentlemen belonging to tho t..
+ q. Katroba Compsuy.
the .netnt<E ot the Eeouotuy, aho te.tltcd Ii
ttarce n follow: .
1know Tho dec'ased n&nhel sleastt- lie WA
I'm, pIo,,d n uIiyer OF the economy. apd tsr bcc
tbt employ Of the FIRE U<panmsnl fof about
Acsv. He pAs m e1pcficucru dri:ry. Abat
.icaco e'oek sre heard the aian Of rr> 1uu turned
.sn,-4 At aoce 10 so to Nc cane ota-to State Fl
Irss from lark, ht WY ot Sixteenth iii We t2T
t&ui" lhe Faairoea eso">tnK 1a-t ~ got On Q
THIS efoseipK the iende! ol the locomotive, uhtrs
al CT coming frntn The Eza atguek NJ. The bat:dt
1fth r.