The New York herald., 1868-05-22
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE HUDSON RIVER
RAILROAD.

Two Boys Kilied-supposed to Have Fallen
From the Train While in Mo;ion-Inquest
and Verdict Of the Jury.
Yesterday morning while the Yonkers train (fIud-
son River Railroadl, due al the depot In Thrtieth
street at forty minutes past eight O'Clock, was run
ming from Fifty street. over the track In
Eleventh avenue, at the rate prescribed by law
namely, eight miles per hour-withn the limits of
the city, below the thoroughiare named two boys,
Alexander Miller and Clement +. Watson each about
fourteen years Of age he parents reside at 02s and
622 West Fiftysecond street), either while jumping
on or or the train named, near Forty ninth street.
fell under the wheels OF one of the cars and were
Instantly crushed to death. the boy Miller being
horribly mangled.
From the statement of witnesses and others pres
ent at the inquest held yesterday afternoon at Belle
vue Hospital by Coroner Flynn, it was made 10 APP
pear that accidents are not infrequent on this
particular section OF the road. The trains run
slowly both going out and returning to the depot at
Thirtieth street, and the boys residing on Eleventh
avenue and the ntersecting streets take advantage
oi this and, Notwithstanding the utmost vigilance
of the conductors and brakemen, Jump on and or
The platforms Of the cars but not always with i'm.
pnnliy, as the sudden and awful deaths OF the lads
Miller and Watson prove. The fathers of the de-
ceaseu, VINO were present at the investigation did
no5 appear 70 be desirous of holding the
lnaoa" I,.a M cVehpany or Its employees respon-
6lpie lor Ihe unimely taking or of their
children. They admitted that bows along The
nne OF tne roaa were IN the habit OF Jumping ON and
on the passing trains often times at the imminent
hazard Of life ana hnb but added thai the snead
was unequal, there being times when the engineers
ran their trains south OF gify-nnth street AT an ex
ceedingly dangerous rae, while at other times
they ran as moderately as the people on the avenue
The evidence taken In the presence OF the urv ana
the verdict rendered, are as iollows:-
Augustus Ackirt, sworn reside at b1T wes,
Twe fnfh ar fba ttna of
which the. .boJs Alexander Miller and Clement r. Wat.
son were killed was acting as conductor on the flud
az baggage the road; train left Yoniers at
eight O'clock this morning was gue In New YORK at
eave ans actra afs n NG ~ Sn runs
conductor On the train TO which am attache
knew nothing Of the accident; heard nothing
OF IL unit half an hour after IL had happened was
informed OF the death OF one OF the boys by the con
ulctor OF the quarter-past ten O'Clock train; was
standing between the two cars with the brakeman
at the time Of he accident; don't know that the boy
w%s run over ~ my train: my informant asked me
49, khsW anything about ~ that was the first
~ anom WI VI ~ saw nothing unusual on the avenue as
NC psse9 through it am positive that tue con.
,hs s, ., .e gqarterpast ten O'Clock trala was
'''s i,aas m,ss VINO No spoke 10 me OF the accident
propounded, stated that he knew nothing personsy
resides az 445 West Thutyihird street, Sc ,vaa ,,,n
ming at the usual rate OF speed about eight iles per
ty-fIrst streets. N "H" ihn
Patrick Mcguire, sworn said-l live in rlrtve,ontb
stIeeh DetWeen ienth anu Eleventh avenues; am a
nagman on the Hudson River Railroad bet,yeen
Forty-eighth aud Forty-ninth streets. was or ,vu
post nag In hand, at the junction OF Forty.ninfb
street al the time Of the accident; saw tho train
coming down; saw the snokestack and th.p dia
PLAYED my white lag 10 show that every thln,r waa
clear for the engineer TO come with bis tai,. the
white Dag b. The signal Of safety: was at IVY siatfpp
did not see the boys; when the train HAD passed I
saw what appeared TO me like a lump ON tie track>
~ was one OF the boys; a man who ran up to the
Dody called 10 De and told me Of IL: before The pas
sue VI the tram there was nothing on the track
WcDt up and looked at II; gave no alarm; there
Fcie pienty around the corpse; saw Dut enc DoJy