Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-07-29
Disaster on the Erie Railroad.
A tarrihln accident occllrre

"A terrible accident occurred few days ago,
on the Erie Railroad, at Mast Hope Station, lin
Pennsylvania. 4 freight train, which had been
on side track, started to get on the main track,
and the engine wason the switch, when an express
train came laundering by at full speed. The two
engines collided and the express engine was
thrown against the station house on the right.
Here it got tarncd around and ran off the track to
the left, facing cast. The tender ran off to the
right facing west The express car went straight
forward, down grade the baggage car was smashed
into the first passenger car, and the remainder OF
the train stopped, in various degrees Of collapse.
Soon the flames from the station house, which had
boon set on fire by the engine thrown against it,,
communicated with the nearest cars and in a short
time the whole train was burnt, except the three
rear sleeping cars.
Nine persons were killed, most of them by being
so tightywedgel in by fallen timbcrs that they
could not get ont Of the way Of the flames. OF
this number was Rev. B. B. 1aeck, Of New
York, who requested the bystandcrs to get an axe
and cut a hole through the side Of the car. They
attempted to do this but the axe was 50 uull as
to be of little use, and the fire made way so fast
that the heat became insupportable even to those
outside, and he was abandoned to his doom. Some
others were, however, relieved in this way.
The U. S. Income Tax.
- 1t is fact not generally known that the in
come tax for the year 1869 will be the Inst one col
lectcd, unless the operation Of the law should be
extended. The provision Of the act reads rs fol-
lows:
''rhe taxes on incomes herein imposed shall be
levied on the first day Of March, and be due and
payable on Or before the 3Otll day Of April in each
year, until and including the year 1870, and no
longer.
Trial of an Aerial Steamship.
- The following description of the trial of
invention Of a Mr. Marrirtt, is taken from San
Francisco paper:
'The Avitor may be briefly described as bal
loon of the form of very short and thick cigar,
its extreme length being ninetyve feet, its height
ten feet, and it's width at the centre about seven
feet A delicate framework of light and strong
wood passes longtudiually around it, and serves
to hold the guides for regulating its movement in
their places. At the after end of the frame the
rudder is placcd-an ingenious contrivance tor
UlCClliS lbs CuulSc VI
Ehe propclling power is furnished by.a very small
engine and boiler of the very lightest weight, and
certainly of no more effective force than could be
produced by turning crank BY man Of ordinary
strength. The engine and boiler-the latter filled
up with alcohpl-are in dangerous proximity to
the balloon itself, and are placed in q niche in its
bottom. From the engine by light shafts and
gearing, the power is transmitted to couple of
propeIers working in the frame first mentioned
and number oflines, bands, ribbons and network,
all Of the lightest MATERIAL serve to bind the frame
to the-balloon, and preserve its contour.
About one hundred guests witnessed the e'pubhc1
trial Of this aerial carriage on the 5th instant On
arriving at the scene the Avitor Works were found
with door open and the carriage just coming out
into the open air. The wind Was blowing quite
hard and coming in gusts; it was found that it
would be impossible to have satisfactory trial
out Of doors. The holding on to the guys and
framework in this wind caused the carriage to be
severely strained and finally it was taken back In
to the works. Steam was raised, and the carriage,
obcying its propellers raised itself several feet
from the floor, and started forward at rapid pace.
Persons having the guys in hand stopped it at the
end of the hail, and, turning it around it sailed
back. The carriage afterward mounted nearly to
the roof with 6rmness and steadiness equal to the
movements of an ocean steamer on smooth water
The guests chcered long and loudly, and many taT-
y danced with delight at the success The trip back
and forth was performed several times, with the
same success.