, 1869-11-10
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD AcCl"
DENT.
ME- PmsxcEzeEs Killed and Many
Others Wnundcd -AllcKcd Groha
CA ruIGAkHEsr-

NIX PM4kcEEeEa Killed ana MANY
others Enundcd ALLEGED iroAs
CAruieAsmcss.
F'rvr. thu son Ftdnrtsep Ts7vts, Oh. ~.
wrt,t,ssisy 1 M vas "a obscarc item from Wa a.ch.
eia,lGg TINT an accident hAd occurrcd. and turee
passelgers were hitled: onc OF them Named!
fsken place On the Eriu Railroad, Ia Nov York,
OF On The Now or e4ns ! Like footchsftsalu,
VIC shon have ffcn supplted win The hosnolo
ness Of toe superintendent, who hA1 neglected.
10 repair switch reported .hfee daEa ~ defoc-
tlve, aud tho cate!essnesa Of the enatneot Of one
e!gnAi full nile fsuuI lht point where be rushed
Lilo wrcc8ed train loaned With pA1enedrA.
For onraelrcA, Q hayu fcftalned IRON caln
unty uutll VIC could Etceise drts!ls Ut tne hsd
aiTsf, md then Ahoa c!rsstt where the blame asY.
Thr tFatn which, left Omaha II 10 l. u. Monday,
eats'.e., of 10 70 n.EgaES, ca's two pastsuRer
tue order IN which n q have mentioned tnem-iht
bsRaase carr In 'roDf. mud the Iuiimsu's IN
ns IT, 1t sr tas tFt III, Al sas eGa' ous a
ron,rR toward Wasatch t1tstAlcs eight aud
knif nItEes, lho forWa1u whrels Of
tue engine were thsnwn OF thf tack BY q Gcicc-
i've witch, Hh1eh had neen fcported three .says
previously to the My!tiuu Superintendent as out
ii uEJrt. Abh which had nOL been Tcpatfed A
utfpatch Was ,mmeaatelT rent back 70 Evanston
tot tpaEc engine 10 come ao.t haui the caTs on
the tFack. The eogILe cauc do sn ms'le fast 10
the rear end Il the rgRrnoas Pullman car, and
r.
SIC then cant on and moved back sou,c three
,artfs from the cA1a, WhtFa she stood Wheh tue
tu,'srntt uala came tounceFtrR sso~n, striking
ber, auo driving her Tito the mouonlesa train
AhtAU.
TLa em'grant train was runpln9 on her regular
scheuute ilme, halt hous behind the drst tIsn.
wbet the accideut occurred the conductor of tho
wrvcked sTatn s+nt back brakeman with red
nag to : point full hslf nile distant, aud wnerr
e;nees M Of ine spnroseh!uF tran Tne 81 Ssassman ss @
ss,s tnst he whred the 1sg for danger, hut the
app.osch,pg Train w. TOOK 20 20 notice Of u, and
rnile4 an hour, This fact IL not deulru br
the engineer or the emig1ant tram, but he says
that h- vnlstiesi GOWN hls brakes aud tbs mun did
nor PET them down. II IL merely an9usi tu Say
sE1t et g,pef eau rot get hts brakes put dQ4fl
our1ng the minute and haf that he IL raun1ag 4
sa ne a. be Tue e e9nat e. ~ .a 1ess
was too late. Tnree ninnfta afser1asd he
stpAshed Ito the aetacned engine, and crurd Of
.ouudets. d!inG and dead, were cEnsned an1ias
The detaehtti tss'uc zas dnren back agatott
tns 1sar Pu'u. es! nTEsa;S,nx Y PLATFORMS aod
rui,n.ans did lot "teeecope," bas III second
o1~.a 40 The ca5
1n@ luxuI7oas s'aae room In the ena ot tne superb
palace CIR was conplelet! maaoed.
Nc have mentioned the almost miraculous
c~csrc Of the gentlemen who itsped froai th6
platforms; NJ the salnc moment an ot1zer Of tho
navy, .ho vas one Of the occupants Of tue de.
srruyed ktAte-1oo1, wss IN tac act u coming out
upon The platform. he had opened ine dooF, ea1
the others leap, stopped for an lrstans .Iesolate;
the aue S.o shs ssioos d The a.a Ill
pal. fully nsa sed, bns noI esf'oasy in}orsA Fol-
+ sse IT, sr MA m q Taoa
III !. T1.uI, Of Pesa,um.. widow Of deceased
Afs E 4. Hos,op, ri Scw York, shoulder dis
M. eeorae i: 0u, as riie Of NJ. tlcorze K.