The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-25

Company and either O: the above companies for
SUCH consolidation or division shall be void; noi
agent of the Hudson River Harlem or
New York Central Railroad Company enter
into any a e ~, win any stockhodr drectS
the price for carrying freight passengers through,
orto or from any point in this State; any stock
holder, director, officer, agent or other person
authorized making or c0nsenting to such an agree
ment shall De deemed guilty Of misdemeanOr, and
upon conviction thereof shah be punished by fine or
imprisonment, or both, In the discretion OF the court
SEQ. 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE or Ne,o forh, Office ort,e Secretary or Nate
have compared the preceding with the original law
on file in this oce, and do hereby certify that the
same is correct transcript thereiron, and Of the
whole Of said original law.
Given under my hand and seal OF Office at the city OF
Albany, tnis twenty-secOnd day OF April, In the
year one thousand eight hundred and siXty-eght.
d. WlLLERS, JR., Deputy Secretary Of State.
sUPEaINrRNDENTs REPORT ON THE ACCIDENT
OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT,
NEW YORK, April II, 1868. J
SIR regret to report very serious accident to
our Train No. II on the Delaware DIVISION between
Sh0hola ana Middaugh, at point known as Carr'S
Rock, wednesday morning last. 18th inst.
One OF the trucks OF the fourth coach from the rear
OF the train ran on by the breaking OF rail- and af-
ter going some distance the coupling bar OF the next
coach ahead was pulled from its fastenings, when
this coach went down the bank and pulled the three
following coaches sleeping cOaches) after II. The
coaches were all badly broken up and the debris OF the
hind one caught fire from the stove, resulting in burn
In all nineteen persons were killed outright and i've
Others have since died from their understanding
twentyfour deaths. About sixty others were In
iured-some slightly and some seriously-though 1t
Is hoped that no more deaths will result from injuries
received by the accident. Everything possible has
been done to alleviate the suferngs OF the wounded,
and SO far they have been forwarded 10 their homes
fast as the doctors pronounced them In safe c0nd
ton to undertake the journey. This morning there
were about remaining at Port Jervs But one OF
the burned bodies remains unrecognized, and that,
man, was buried at Port Jervis on Sunday.
The engineer and conductor OF the train report that
at the time of the accident they were running nom
twenty to twenty-five miles per hour and the reports
from Narrowsburg and Lackawaxen, the last two
telegraph offices OF the passing OF the train, go TO
confirm their statement The regular speed Of the
train by the time table Of that division is twenty
seven miles per hour
The loss BY the breaking up Of the coaches Is est
mated at $4,000.
In concluding this report would call your atten-
ton to the noble and disinterested action Of the
people OF Port !ervis who freely opened their houses
to the wounded, and they, as well as the employees OF
the company at that place, have since devoted
themselves with unremitting attention to kindly
nursing and supplying their various wants. Respect
fully yours, II. RIDDLE, General superintendent.