, 1869-09-14
ANOTHER RAILROAD HORROR.
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Iaeta III lhn Ira ni,la VI aaiifuai Al4AKAlct, At
lnrity lhshura lututr nIt ,rs ,4ll,tiso ln,tI.
rr' ar'h1d. n~tetEIlK tf lhu u,lAlnue1. nlc.aan,
ttnkGIl4An aInt ItaGIt,aLt hIt NJ HhuN HrEe Killed.
1Au tahaa ~hhh pE'nHl*'! EhAs ratt''+DH rah
nr' u tss kn"Hn enthusiastically, HmInv IL thu rs,l-
ttAEa at,} Ifnl1 AlH,Hl II. thE IItnb KID place VI
tl!s rAH!uAIh will 1ls lct!ss Itsp.. Afu ~: l,4l
il sttfesr. thai rh1rty alter u oHlxk fr.tn Of
ety roai ca1s, 'tFawn ~ lornlnnts'r :49* hit tr
At,mt VI lLts Jessts, HaA ts,~sc'!cA ut II at,w
r4ct auHR the delaware i'isIslnn. Inc ra'lHsy
luh. nIu.iK With Tue neta"aFn aht HUDSON anaI |
Oh lhr ure sle na,l The Delaware River On the
other, ~ it eF'ssss s'1e ranAl At ru'ht asuut
THREE nile. fEuu! PuIt ,Jtr.:.. Tilt iucutHotlt.
NAs oily rO frct fFo!n ths LEl!Er ~llrn thu tx
plos1on touk place. The uEel'o1 VAS swept blck-
rainrm: The dome WAS hIonn luto the alr, over
tho lofty trees. aud lanttti oa the tant IT the
rlvt1. uur-elga.h u II 1n4!r d.s,aui; large fra;-
mcnts q the to.Iet wefe hurled ac1pss The dwell
Ting b0uses 10 The Vicinity AID several fragments
| -'ruc! the ~all. u une house, tzeakltg some ol
/ tue Windows
! The headlight Of the locomotive Has only bca,
al au acutc uuglc; thc anokc.stack withstood the
shock mud Ee'na!ue.l erest " ever. and xh,e The
| sheet lion ens!ng of the large ryu'lrr containing
the nucs wss caIrlei ur. the t'oug renaAlnet w.tn
ull thu t,ueu unlls uri.i save tia. their support
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the wheels, lt fau sbout hUndsti feet after the
] r1nnaon occurE,t1, Nhcu II CANE 10 ason. This
shows that Il ~as running Ut nok mere toaa nTe
miles an hour. The back of the tender wAs lu1ecd
| !.own~arts, striking the car iolIoF1nS. ant
| slrrc Ut the cnss wcro thrown from Tie
track, One Of tns rails a: the POINT where
forming ecnn.ctrce. aid tie corresponding
rail- Has dIslodRcd from IL position H2d tho
have bvcu Piled up In !bcxtrlcaale co;ltnslont aul
had the explosion occurred half nile further On,
tasre is iii !!t;c @ loat o pooa @ q 81 tie 6l,dse 1oa
lave been carried away. The report was hrarl
al distance 0! i've n!ea, aud restmb!eL the dis
| charge of cAuEon. followed aJ q tumoung WHICH
styeIler4ted two oI three seron.lx
ThA locality Is called SpaeFuWlaah, aud there
cmp1oynacn. to uoous III men ii! these ,he+c Wee S.se
| aroused froM their seet, " The explosion, and
1heJ hurried 10 the scene after brief delay III
numerous that blaze Of light was thrown across
The RAILWAY ant the wreck wss revealed.
NE. James II. Alfrr7on. ouc OF the nttofneys for
tue railway company, wAa nHAkGnEd IN hts honsr,
about mile distant. MESSENGERS *err sent to
the depot Ut Port Jervit, nnd Ms. KetdiuEton. su-
pc1in,etairnt Of tbe delaware b,,.,,on, promptly
| answered thr Gait, hrlnriug with him t1uaA ot
enp!o,ea. When he arT1Te.l al tho scene be funnd
nut lees than IN rnen. besides Eev2ral wunicu auh
children, all III u stale of great excitement Anx-
lcty fur tt fat" of The engineer a1"l those who
mere With him, nc1yei every one to extraordinary
nnte il1sMas Oil The Wreck, other. eptr.u!atelf on
the lAic Of the missing tHen, whlc squads were
| cent OIL Rnu !AHTefHa III every ulFcct1uu+ 1he4e
were moi long in discovering tic Objects OF tEeIy
/ search.
ami tlit ftl RI IL II Stone fctlCc The bOf5 of one
uian was founl l5ltg Oh this fenae. AEi,.lter holy
WAS tounA mtg teei bcgonl The fence, whtlc u
;ltr, Tas ~ ,aesn "E @ at distance Of over .ao fee;
out Ike plate, and the SOLE ct his boots were
swept OF. THIS Wa recognized ~ the holy Of thc
ragiuatI, Judging from his 'ires..
The nfctnan u limbs we're greatly shattered an,l
!Ia1l oF The farc VIA h?own away. The brakeman
10 cut a,tl bruised tlat recognition WAS ha1e.
y possible. Tnc t'o'l1es wcrc plsced On q 4ud
conveyed to the tcpot At Port jcEFls 1heI,, tnry
wrEc cncsscta til rpoirH boxes. the natut IT r:AGh
victim being wrt.trn with pencil OIL the Id. Tile
top uf cacfl other 0utAric ltciacs waiting room.
inst % wc see ordinary fright, ~ that no person
human beings were lying there wrrb It s1ut for the
o,orn Of me S hho,s At ~ fi, H. racs au
I | SlIinpTc u thc a2ohLet( fAce4
, llUr1s passed hy after thesG buics were faani
aud tlc engineer WA It'll missing. Ever, nrll
qaslieu a,l fencr within ti1c dlrtanrc 0! half
: | nlc Was searched. hui Wthout s,Iccrks At
: o'clock line, to which large Eaiboats were at
tarhed. twelve inches apart, md lo which me'Rh.
dragged np An,i 'loru dlssanrc u half nH
several snra. Eight ncl"ck u7rlvra aah the Fl
element increased. superintendent 1tc'1a!1xtol
> called several ineh nstaul httu, ataIi cried nuE
: "Fifty dohta to thr nan ~n IlnttA thr engineer
E .s'!." AZ this announcement l"cn aturtY, brby
:, fellows atr1prtd for The "nrk Rnt1 as ihr. wen
' s1o*n 10 the canal the nnztrsJ of The 'pr'sa,or
). W. It tere. brat The, ur5ssea asa '''rarsc'
s* At oflcen minutes h.rnrr one Of :nc party
:, names! Cornelius CaAAey, ra!se't inr hrp. Fns!
: engineer wts nrnnn ~ 'he rHrfaee. This ~ss II
= | fee. Mon. the tesne o! tt.c eAr~ioD. Th~ cfow
J. tslt a. II tbr. could aliiAu'l tuaAry tnr s 'u'r
!, fntrRIlr I|rseFrratrr, Int tito 1t'rRHtnn tff Il
;. | t'AsAey tarhrtl nA reNHEs, AMI Ill RrknnTlrlE"
~ II. The tsr1y was removed to Furt .trr,'s IN
Il irpu:. Thc facc was not Its,err,-; III The c.,i
= trary, thu rauntcuancc WAS Il he wrrr trro.1n
- In tAr thRIlr III suEEtufF evening. Tfr lett Att
r. u lhr hrraEt was ptrrb with iH's which raE+c
r a.o%t through tae hohF. The left frt uni rlk;t
'e urn we're partially shattered,
n hAhkS nF THE tiLiEr.
II 1tussrll 1IatE1r. the engineer. lie was - 4ca
;, Of aac. IND was considered nne "l ltr mn
y rlrlrnt men on the Fa!rcal. whcre be hal sersc
y faithfully nld we'll Tor nEong time.
!. William l,owert. The nrenau, ras =: year.
II | uEe. atuf resided vi shnho!A
g George 1tnsencrans, the 1'raAeulnp. was also A
70 .iohu lsot;c'sn, The nasman, who prc*en!'., II
fhss' ,cS,s"e ,,nn,s1c. n VI W. Rso shy x,
Il. im l'ltlrr1y sc.srrt!a.. tir AMI "" ''fakr,n:
8 ~rtc arrriut co,npany With the engineer an! n
ri Without hc,nR 10 aoy waI responsible Tor III,
terrible !str.
e Tar eaaae Of thc cs'ao*!on. n. h.. "crn
ihc sa,'s''a't nf"cIa:.. onc theory a'yaacs'!,
wn. brought nut III sn1urwllat Ut II hu.1
| caused An Ittue etPAnsIDn OF fllr In
,r nus .h!a t. tao rii1y To t~ Ascms*'
- Tho prohamt3 IL that, like a!En'
rAtln-lout MI railroads and c!scwhrfr.N II y
pns caused ~ thc su,ien ruahinx of eu!d water Il
r1,s thc bo,Irf. In *urh rare thr wssrt cnnrs
Ing contact with thr Mighty hrhtc4l Mrth' steam
ats Penrrntrt too tnrhlly, nn1 thr iran - unr1"at
t4i. | tlr frRt +AtHbhtf khtuff u 1AAt INC .!tn
III. cntAr gradually th!uhcs In consequence Of
lot | rntruh!fr hhtntnafra EFe'I 10 r'rahihV u. =
niittntl ~ax s1nfn to un former Ii, cstgntl
. IA T'le enRlhtxr who Kayo this tcssir1on} otser
nFr ! thAl he FreaUnktENtesA WIKI the Supt{]ntcnd
,a.. several ttlrH III &hr H.A" uf thr locomotive,
the tho runuinR u Il whs attended Vita risk er
:.cd day, And that he 1t length objected to ride on
Bur thtse theories are EleFr eGhJttfurrt arr
for 10 The present case That the locomotive
VI: clhseed aDupg the best On the railway - esh1
IRE from The fut lnAt thc Aath11llci raa inc loa
Gus ffhho1. ah thry llAst tnL51ftst! lol INC cous
i 10 taon u G1ss-ela*s !i,eeusoslscs q; Es,4R'.