The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-11
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Accident on the Erie Rail-
Road.
Particulars of Sinking of
y. s. Steamship Oneida.
Burning of a Railroad
Bridge.
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Smash-uD on tho Erie RailFOad--One
Man Killed, and keVePal Persons
Seriously DjuPed-Trlbune's Ac-
count Of the Sinking or the U. s.
Steamship Oneida.
NEW York, March 10.-The Dem
ocrdt has the following account from
Elmira, of an accident on the Erie
Railroad. The 6:30 P. N. train, No.
3, from New York, last night, ran to
near Wellsburg, without accident.
At that point, this morning, the train
was suddenly thrown from the track,
caused by a broken wheel, and a
crash followed. The baggage car of
and the express car wholly demol-
ished. About four minutes after,
train No. 8, bound East, came along,
and collided with the wreck Of train
No. 3, and the locomotive, baggage,
and two passenger cars -ere thrown
from the track. The pe essengers on
this train escaped unhurt. When
the accident occurred to No. 3, many
of the passengers left the cars, and
thereby exposed themselves to dan
ger, which brought injury on them.
Had they remained in the cars, it is
believed they would have escaped
without material damage. In leaving
the cars, they got down on the east
ern track, on which came No. s. The
collision of this train with the
wreck, caused the injuries.
Misses Ellen and Grace Eaton,
daughters of Rev. j. @. Eaton, of
Des Moines. Iowa, had their legs bro
ken: a brakeman, Alex. Edwards,
was instantly killed.
Thei Tribune publishes Yokohoma
correspondence on the Oneida disaster.
The writer says the whistle of the
Oneida was blown and three guns
fired. The Captain of the Bombay
declares he neither saw or heard q
signal. Yet, the steward of the Bonn
bay, on his arrival at Yokohoma, as
serted that the Oneida had been rur
into and cut to the waters edge; bu
the worst of the story is the evidence
of British Lieutenant, that Captain
Eyre told him hehad cut the whole
quarter off a d-d Yankee frigate
and served her bloody we'll and right.
Captain Eyre's own evidence is to th'
effect that the collision was too Sigh
to be much regarded, and his pilo
told him that a spot of land was neal
them, and that there was NJ
danger, and that he Was a good ff
teen minutes looking after the il
fated ship. Statements of the Cap
tain's clerk, Crownienhield,ss AM
Master Yates, agreed that the Onei
da's whistle was blown fercely, ant
j. if the Bombay had stopped or sem
$ boats, nearly every man would hav
been saved. Yates says that as th
$ ship was fast sinking, Captain Will
/. liams, who was on the bridge, wa
asked to get on board, but refused
: saying: mo, | shall stay In my shil
!, if she goes down." Lieut.. Command
er Muldaeur, walked up and said
# ''Sir, the ship is going down" Il kno'
: it." said the Captain, But what ca
[ do; | have repeatedly asked fe
boats, but could not get them. a
r this moment the ship settled, he
. smoke stack came over and force
the cutters from the ships side, an
o then she went down stern first;
|. hauled the Captains clerk, Wllllaj
e CroWnenshield, on board, and made
great effort to save Lieut.. Commands
y Stewart, but he sunk just before
e reached him, saying as he went dowI
t For Gods sake, save me.n He vi
quite i'll at the time.
70 The trial of Judge Fullerton a
a tracts universal attention.
A. Private cable dispatches annount
additional failures in Liverpool an
d Manchester.
a, A bill was introduced In the Legi
of lature to. day by Senator Tweed, al
al thorizing the Common Council
New York and Brooklyn and the 81
~ pervisors of West Chester County
N, subscribe for stock or endorse Il
y bonds of the Pneumatic Transit Cor
is pany to the amount Of $4,000 f
i'd each mile completed, on conditic
that the Company construct line
r. sewers along the streets through viii,
in they pass.
be The trial of the murderer Char
hhs bers was postponed till April, on 4
,e- afidavits of counsel of the belief th
ey Chambers was not sane. and tn
Fd his mother died In an insane asylu
70 in Ireland, and that it was necessa
to obtain evidence ofimportanee.