Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-08-28
a Train and Carriage coliiae

NOT ONE OF THE rARRlAQr orri-p,yr, ,,.
N'Au"HrER FULL PARTICULARS or ritp rp,n |
TioNs. ' '"Ei" 'oNHi'-
h., ". 'i,.' o' 'hfai'lph'l', history have latnlv
no' written Iii biood. E.ca ,!,,' ch,o,;c,o h,
oeen "i soiic fearful tragedy H., sIc~,n.n ~, 49,.
'''S'n hhiie, or the slaughter of some t,rr,hi,
Acc'"eht. The duty OF tta Ls.or,an ia ma ~,
pam. % III" Vi
Again to-iay must tho record ~ f, he,rtr,,,.,
oaam'ty be mad s--on, so sad and to,r,l,l, ;n,.a
that 1t rrIps,s all that have preceded II ,nr M,
oy1 Al The anguisi, OF the heart and the sorrov
OF community had ,llmrns,os, ns c,ou 4, nav.
men me c'oui of sorrow. envoioring Ike a usii
.s u.s. accident OF blood and de 9TH, would over
| s'Ae the mtny that havs hnny loweri., .t late
over the homes Of our Ph,ladeph,s
| ohoftiy hefoie o'clock last ev.uinr at the
.a'''oau station "t Taconv, some light IA les from
IN. city proper. nve persons wers
| INSTANTLY KILLED
| =. vi" ''''7"h VI an express tram with . family
'5e-""e All elderly sentem III. his two grand
lc"hieh, young g,ri who accompanied thou,
| an tho driver OF the vehicle These the five
Inelr nn'nes; Mr.. Reuben Deal, George Muloch,
Il rfeherger, Mary Snyder. and Porter Ustler.
WI pia' was about sixty-ive years OF age, ana
XIV y grocery store at the corner of Thirteenth
an. Monterey streets, hetween Race and Vine Sta.
:, ms Two grand children. George Muloch and
| n''a rrtb;iEer. wtrs aRSd respectively ten an,i
eleven years. Mry SNYDER, the companion OF
was 'he driver Of the carriage
ms party, with the exception OF the drivsr
e't the city yesterday norn,n, for the purposs
.lehlihY .ho tay at the summer Residence of NJ.
Edward Middleton, u we'll known iron Inorch ~
OF this city, with whom Mr.. Deal WAS connvcte,
hy marriage, located from the lac my railroAo
station only short distance.
Al TINS station, as mentioned, the fearful acci
dent occurred, and the train which ,e,nolishe tn,
c.rrage and wrought the death was the o'cloci
New York
EMPRESS TRAIN.
| IL WIS speeding on toward tn,s city, and than
y"rad by Tacony at the rate of forty miles ~
. hour.
In tho fields and the woods, among the flower
IN the gardens, Mr.. Dasi and his little pcn'ckrr
hal spent happy day. and mt Its close had colitc
tet his charg, around him for the purpose OF RI
turning to the city IN that very train. that fatal
n'riork exnreSs.
Mr.. Middlrtons family carriage wa
brought into rrluisltion for the purpose u
conveying the visitors to the railroad station
/, and an old and trusty driver in the employ u
p Mr.. Middleton, Porter Ostler, was de-gate
| to drivr the party. The road from Mr.. Mid
I dleton's house to the station strikes the raj
| read. and runs alongside Of it, about one hun
dred yards above the station, and At the sta
: tion the road crosses the railroad at rigl
II angles, and keeps on dOwnwards towards tn
II river. Porter Ostlrr was driving the carriag
G on that portion of the road that runs along>i,i
4 Of the railroad, and at this time the tral
= westward was
!. RAPIDLY APPROACHING.
The driver not being aware of Tue proximit
:, OF the train. or at least of the great rapi,lit
,, with which it was moving undertook to cro,
y the track at the station in advance of it, bu
: alas! the horse could not b. driven over Il
+ track fast enough to escape the locomotive, al
the terrible result was that the carriage ";
struck about the centre by the engine vii
such fearful force that the vehicle was sha
tered into thousand pieces, the fragmen
sent flying in all directions, and OF the occl
pants, two killed outright, the other three .
terribly wounded that in II very few miEut
- they too were
e. The horse was Just on the other side of Il
track when the collision occurred, and he b
:, came in>taEtaneo,lsly detached from Il
/ wagon, and trottcl quietly back to his stabl
y, The driver, being on the front seat, did II
=, get the full force nf the fearful crash. and "
g. saved from an instantaneous death, althou.
II hr was so badly injured that he died in abo
r. thr"eIuartcrS OF an hour afterwards, at I
= residence oi Mr.. Middleton, whittier h. "
n conveyed on il srltec.
A. The four others were horribly mangled al
~ crushed, and were hurled, together with L
lis fragments of the shattered carriage, away
in different directions before the fatal engine.
A number of ladies and gentlemen, mos
III, summer sojourners at Tacony, were seated
m front of the station ut the time of theaccidel
he and they we're all unwilling witnesses OF /
he sad affair. a. soon as the male spectators
zee covered FROM the temporary shock.