, 1869-04-27

Terrible Accident to n Passenger
Train ON alsc Long Island HALL
rond-SIx Persons Instantly Killed
und Eleven Others Wounded.
From the St.e Tork 7Im<t, april -
Another terrible railroaA disaster, involving tho
"s o sS aa Wa Of
md 8 half from Jamaica on the Long Island Rail
road, yesterday morning. The trnn which left
a. Of ce ~ @
ger cars and one baEgage car, when near
Willow Station. east d Jamaica, running at
Hna. was rsesI1ed = goo2 spe s xas suddenly
I.aEs that Tall 1r0kc tn three places aul threw
thu car fron the track, ansl that the Inter- as
i struck he ies, tutnsd ove, On ~ s,de. when
side next the ground. leaving the passengers to
fail through to the track, while the wreck was
dragged over their bodies for some distance. al
once the scene 1sas one Of tndescrible horror. The
dttri. Of the smashed car, the bodies OF the dead
and dying and OF those more or less seriously In
1uretl, were sfrewn along the trick, presenting a
OF the MouInfu1 walls Of the wounded, who. as
get, were .nsensble to the position they occupied.
Immediately the passenseEs u the Other cars,
their wounded fel1ow-paReenEcts, and busted
themselves IN aiding the railroad officials.
They found that Mr. v. c. Rusho,urc, President
Shunahan, contractor Of the South Side Railroad:
hrs Matilda Pgsy. s!sier-tn4aw Of Nj. Rusnmore;;
asT eS D oss aS IN nfant ,ns
Killed; aad that john White, the conductor; Mr.
Cra1s freight agent At Hunters e5f. Point Ar 4
III, hls vas aud TWO children, weTe
.s5oqs!y Injured: has Ara sons,s1 ,slaEnYs 50
" n aeT Was
near the scsEc Of disaster, and number Of others,
a. soon ns ttey we're gut Into conution for rcmoy-
II, we're conveyed to Jamaica where the railroad
rrrD 11 r01tH for fhp}f nf
Rcmsens Hotel Mr: Craig vas converted TO his
hu1ne at Hunters Point 1t is stated that the
was a new one, ind sound eren rhere. 1t bfoke
short on, about three feet from one Of the rotls
Al examination Of the ground showed that the
road was in N aprarens good condition, although
wished Uf course the roadl,ed was torn up AMI
displaced The onls possible theor5 get suggested
orr. it The fractured iron seems perfectly clean
a1 strong, and no defect in 1t Is observable. The
engineer claims that he was running Ut the rate OF
tN e1fy miles an hour, on that the trocE looked In
cNcelaent condition On the contrary some OF the
passengers state that the train was running At a
fearful rate Of speed jumping almost-as u to
The appearance Of the bodies when e1ticatetl
from the ruins ~ns CHASTITY In the extreme. Nj.
Kt.shmore was cut almost completely In two,
The trunk falling With the face upon the back,
grnund, the efu1l inaenie.l and crushed In n,any
places, the eye gashed. and The fate brusei hoE-
rt'f N!S tiny Was perhaps tae uosh !!kaaAts
dtsrgurei corpse Of MI. The body Wa eon-
rlerely dlsempoweIel, the heart awfulls tom,
thc skull cloven IN two through the nose, and the
eknl1-cap scooped on and hanging BY the scalp.
the eyes torn, and the face hlack With dirt and
gore ground In together. Dr. Pray was also ter
r1bls Eashe.i and bruises; the face WAS especially
expressive OF the most intense agony Of death
The little GIRL Jennie Adams, loF uuscaHeu, white
as Ills, md WITH smile none The less s~eot. ~
though she had hut Just been kissed to sleep The
cause OF her death was q hlow upon the temple,
which WAS hardly d!scern8hlc- George Van No8-
trant, the brakeman, Was much dtsdgured and
horribly UAnEicu-