The New York herald., 1866-09-08

Three Baen Killed.
81. I0oo, Sept I. 1895
AHa'ghs train on tho iiaos Central Ra,ifosd ran Of
the track At ~ Johu's to-day, killing tho couduc,or
| engineer and brakeman Tho locomotive ana sey
erai cars wore badly smashed
Additional D~taMs Of the Disaster on che Ns~
! York Central Ksitroad--Nssacs ~ the Killed
ana Wounded-Iacideass.
from the Rochester Uniou Sept 6f
uns OF ,hcse dreadful accidents which shock who'll
sr.i na,r occurred last evening the Nov York s.n
boat Express train which ies AISsns $ ~ half s seyon
AN and was due here ct quarter pas. Ave The
as was composed OF nine passenger cars which coz
tanned sout four hundred passcugers AZ ususi after
,eans farpor the engineer got the ran up 10 speed
W 'sr,y m'ies per hour. and had rcacbsd place esed
,e sand Cut, Just east OF the high bridge oyer Atoms
Creek WHOM he discovered hat switch leading 20 tho
sa nsnk had been lot open for train which bad rua
au, to the westward Ths engineer Frank Mo.'cr. OF
nj ey a. once gave tho signal 10 pu, down The brakes
mo mo 'mmeol'o'y thereafter jumped from the engine
stopped
The locomotive ran on the track AZ the switch ana
poughed s way short distance la the sand and TUNED
upon rs side The tendnr followed The baggage car,
heavily laden, not mach injured, but turned over
Next 70 tho baggage a sleeping cor IN which
ihefc were considerable number of passpnsoss This
chr @ns but slightly injured and o. it, occupants
hurt
Tho smoking caue nex' beaiad tie sleeping car
ana ana bore was the sncno OF destruction. The eody Of
tbs car was driven from is trucks apl its passengers
instantly thrown from their seats upon ths icor 10 the
next instant the passenger car following driven
y 81 down I, tho bottom Of tho windows ant lodging
issH within. The conasal lenre wRs that nearly eYcry
passenger IN the smoking isss Injured
and some killed ontrigbL Sone the car
tnat run over the smoking car were also injured Tho
following six no, much brukou aud the pas
sengers suffered little injury
Tho scene that presented itself ths wrech tho
Passengers as they came ro the rear cars to look upon
u, was most horrible. The bodies Of OF the 1el1
were In positions where they could not be exircaied and
tie wounded wers more OF less confined IN the RUNS,
whie some cfawcd out scarcely knowing whehes thoy
were dead or alive In the OF time the unfortunate
passengers were extrcated although trequct than
an hour 70 lberas one mnn who was fss IN The wreck.
Llcius Miller, Of clyde, brakeman. who stood manfuy
a. hs post on he smoking car instantly crushed to
des', and his body 80 intrroe1rd thai all efforts
ovtrcatc Il without he aid Of locomotive king
implements were IN vain. He left tnela when
occupants OF The tram ieit The ground
Da.id y. somers Roseboom. Otsego county INJURIES
abon, the head and chest lived hui minute or two
after the accident; leaves wife and family. I1cius
Miller tsonemcs called Owen, brakeman; resided at
Seneca Falls wiih his mother Ms French, head crushed
fiat and chest injured Mr.. smith, Cioyersviie Fulton
county choked 10 death by being caught between wood
box and seat Of the car; left shoulder also brokoa
street IN this city internal injuries; abdomen crushed
tiackinan; leaves vito and one child. David
way TO pennsylyanis, inteI aay uJurei; was
rcd died on the cars after removal from wreck.
DASsERoUsLv ISJuRED
Cornelius Dempster, Bszeli Fallon county, both
and hip broken condition precerous, at the Backe,t
House.
ssaiors.r OR SILENTLY tsJussp
At the waveriey House, Oliver, Now York shoui.
der fractured lady residing in this city, iicsan.
dor street. severely bruised; removed las evening 10 her
residence Congress Hall--David Taylor and wife, Of
Jersey City, Mr Taylor has seyeral ribs broken; both
quite comfortable this morning. John C. wyman, Troy,
head bruised not seriously Brackct House Ms r.
G. Parker, Buffalo, slightly on head gone home. H.
steve % and WIFE Binsham.on, no! serious. Q : Chap
not dangerously. j. r. Gilbert, BROOKLYN, back
slightly. I. whordy. Kalamazoo, sic., flesh
wound on meek from car to chin, from splinter hand
cut injuries severe. A. De Forrest Ann Arbor, Mich,
side, slightly. William Re-, o,weso shoulder Noi
Nevit, slightly injured. hip and shoulder Mrs Esviu,
serious internal injuries An Seymour and wife L-ba-
iro slight sSoaa.r s Ir sons. cheaso 1e % .noade
ncs serionsy. Father res,dcJ st Bs,avls n o pa,ar-
Al the house OF Nj. OTIS, on Chatham sreet. Mr. J. A.
Chapman, Bcioit, Wis, wrist hurt; Mrs. Chapman hp,
ss''ts Sy Splinter Mrs. not rns%s .ssy ao.w n'is
oa, fl9rias, d., Os~esa . o9nay eye not .sri.
aud face bruised Ayers Hotel-Eb,neher Derby Cort-
Cortland ;Osn ss .e'. .S s n.Sd
yolsIy NJ, WIN, .omsT. ssd ssiid slightly iolarsd
Ss4i sss:. In.srnsi .esorsy A wn 1sSs. sas1s1 Or
'1 .ssy y s'si.ed sy ''s s' Angler T
Kansas hip bruised. At tho rosIdsnce Of
% ing. from Rome, Y s' ons lady %'' rs .evsSey W"~S
bruised. Miscellaneous -rhomas Graves Jordan, arm
bis i wife slightly on head Charles Foster snd james
Aspcl, brakcmen, coming up extra; al ghtly T. W.
swan, MEDINA head and shoulders. severely Mira
Swan, arm and hand broken; gone home. James
Gould, fireman, Palmyra, slightly Jss Elliott, New
Yo,. sshsy John fassy ,ondss ssa ~. not 10,
arm, slightly Andrew fracsy. New York, head
slightly. H. n. Harrington, 10 Maiden lane, New York
head, slightly VIM. Ryan, Rochester shoulder
elishty. C. =. Foster, Syracuse, bruised. Michael
Daley and non, Utica; head, slightly. W fe'snd
Rochester shoulder ". L. Sautrey, oneda shoulder;
wife, head, sighly. N. J. Mcdonald, caitoras,
slightly.
The switchman q BtsB, who osasod this dsssier BY
OF duly has not been heard from snc. The acc
dent " y ssid that no digging IN fsld not FAR
distant when the ideEt occurred aud uadersisndn
tho canse Of II he fed How tbis may no sry
positively The Coroner may hunt him np. u he il 10
be found and IL shall appear thai he " liable 70
aver iet him be brought 20 justice :
A coroner Jury s engaged investigating the matter