New-York tribune., 1870-09-29
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
SMASH UP ON THE ERIE ROAD-LENTs CIRCUS
BADLY DAMAGED-0NE MAN KILLED-LosS
OF THE CIRCUs COMPANY 100000

SMASH UP ON THE ERIE R0AD-LENTS CIRCUS
BADLY DAMAGED-ONE MAN KILLED-L0ss
OF THE CIRCUS COMPANY S3O,OOO.
Another of the unfortunate calamitles that
have OF such occurrence lately on the ERIC
Railway occurred yesterday morning at Turner's Station
whereby life lost and many moro endangered
The details Of the accident briefly as follows At
500 q. m. yesterday, the Pacific lightning express
train left Jervis for this city, being three minutes
behind the regular timetable at the momentofstartng
and steadily losing time until when Turner's was on
the point Of being reached it was discovered that te
train was between and 20 minutes behind and at this
juncture when every effort being made to recover
what was lost agman appeared on the ROAD waving
red fag but TOO late to prevent the ex,
press train from crashing. into % the On special tba
track killing passenger, naming and bruising num-
Der of Others smashing two passenger cars SETTING nre
equipments OF the which consisted OF theatrical ana
circus properties belonging to L. b Lents circus $ TaSss
heated Journal (Which would otherwise have burned the
box had cooled.
The unfortunate man who was so suddenly deprived
OF life proved TO be the manager OF the circus troupe
Henry WhtbecD who mad jumped from the & platform do IN
number, OF their impending danger and, after being
vie horribly mntilated. presenting sickening sight
| when lifted from the scene OF the disaster.
formed at Middleton the evening previous when il was
thus overtaken, and owing to the utter destruction OF
OF the morning. performance was given at the former
place last evening The express locomotive was consid
Amended are the statements OF the engineer Mr.
Stephen Campbell, resident Of Tounley-ave, Hudson
We left Port Jervas at 20 M, being three minutes
behind time, and at Middleton was informed Ia Py tne
conductor that the circus ahead we had Deen
losing time all along until at Greye0urt we we're ~
minutes behind and the s@e at S ped as and wh
tied "down breakes," and did all conld 10
arrest the dsser but without out sHS The .ne crade
against me- 9asmnch as my train mad ten tca Gas
butmq cut q
fire. which shortly after exfnguished Inc olner
claimed by the engineer that he had started to avoid
the collision, which he probably dd, but. b4t haa a.a
struck; nv train was No 70, and my locomotive No 33;
hurt my train but the fireman ana my ser
as when 1 saw that no human power could could
do anything, 1 "haooed" to him TO look
out for himself" which he did, and jumped
a little before did, he was badly bruised and
cut aud so was did not jump until the trains were
about cars distance from each other My train was
which Frank spring Of Port Jeryis was conductor,
@ ana % % ess train Sa palmer and
the engineer John Mooney; was not going fast as 40
face presented number OF cuts, and both hands were
bound but he thought he would be ali right IN the morn
The statement of the fireman, Vim. Twiggs. varies
somewhat from the above, and is as follows: We left
after time and at the top OF oxford hill
late and passing Monroe came down, and on the first
| nag, when the engineer instantly Wnlsted
down brakes, and reversed the ,, engine agr
train drove the last three cars into each
other completely demoishin them, and shattering our
own locomotive, that her stack, headlights, pilots,
sandboxes, &C. gone that she went To the shop
heard there were others beside myself and the en-
gineer injured, severely and others slightly. As
soon the engineer heard us coming he moved his
train had got but cars distance when struck
His taain had nine believe the circus train had
been there sufficiently long to have sent nag-mah
nearer to US. The circus troupe went 10 Paterson.
There some talk of inhcting punishment on the flag
man.. Twiggs also presents marks OF Druises' lhe
remains Of Mr.. Whilbeck were taken To this city.
ACCIDENT ON THE MORRIS AND ESSEX RAILROAD.
On Tuesday night a train of 70 empty coal
cars westward bound the Morris and Essex Railroad
ran OFF track between Garret Rock and Stony road
The locomotive about $50 feet the ties dragging
q of the cars after it, all becoming heap OF ruins No
one was injured, wreckinS engine and gang OF men
was sent from Hoboken and the damage was repaired
The cause OF the accident "a misplaced switch.