The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-31
Three Cars Thrown Down am
Embankment.
TWO PERSONS KILLED AND TEN WOUNDED.
Terrible Plunge of the
Engine and Train.
The Sinking of the Track the Cause
Names of the Killed and Wound
ed-Another Victim.
CAMBRIDGE, N. Y, March 80, 1873.

CAMBRIDGE, N. Y, March 80, 1873.
dreadful accident occurred last night at point
three miles north of this place on the Rutland
and Washington division Of the Rennselaer
and Saratoga Railroad, by which the con-
ductor and fireman of the train were in
stantly killed and ten passengers Injured. The
train was the 'Montreal sleeping train" which Left
New York about five O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
and passed this village at about twelve O'Clock at
night. The point at which the accident took place Isl
about three miles north of this village, few rods
beyond what is known as MoOre's Crossing.
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER
The accident was caused by the r0adbed being
undermined by the heavy rain OF yesterday and the
settling of the track the west side. Just at the
point at which the track was undermined Is ahigh1
embankment on the side, beyond which is deep
gorge The train consisted ofan engine, baggage car
passenger Car and sleeping coach. The engine
passed the bad spot in safety, bat the baggage
car Off the west side the other cars follow
ing The coupling between the engine and the
baggage car not giving way, the weight and force
OF the train must have caused the engine to
veer to the east, and thus 1t went over that side
breaking the couplings. Four persons we're on.
the engine-the engineer and fireman, and an en-
gineer and conductor of another train-two OF
whom we're instantly killed and another very
seriously, If not fatally, injured. Being Saturday
night train, only ABOUT twenty 1--WE pdssenSeTS WcIo
aboard most of whom were more or less injured.
The following is o
LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Fred Downs, Salem, N Y. conductor on the en-
CINE, neck broken; leaves wife.
Patrick Manahan, Rutland, w. fireman on en-
CINE; leaves wife and two children.
INJURED.
DR.. s. s. Fitch, New York city, passengers sc.
verely injured on head and back. His case Is con-
sidered doubtful.
Henry Conner, Rutland, VT, engineer Of train;
four ribs broken and otherwise injured. Case very
doubtful.
Robert wallace, baggage man; head and hand.
Will recover.
Marinus Fairchllds, salem, N. Y, passenger; very
bad cut on head and otherwise bruised
G. d. Germon, Lafayette, Ind, passenger; foot
and face hurt Not serious.
G. U. Gates, Saratoga, N. Y, passenger; pad cut
on head.
Joseph Houston, No. King street, New York.,
porter sleeping coach severe cut on head.
L. A. Haines Poultney, VT, passenger; very bad
cut on head.
Philip Lafaborc Plattsburg, N. Y, passenger
head and feet hurt. Not serious.
John w. Jurden, Saratoga, passenger; head Sc
verely injured.
John Ryan, who was on the engine, miraculousIy
escaped with little injury.
FEARFUL LEAP
The engine went down about fifty feet, turning
over two three times in It's course, and is total
wreck. The cars though they went down nearly
as steep an embankment on the opposite side, are
not In a very bad condition.
When Conductor Downs found he was lying
In the water and mud under the casing of the dome
OF the locomotive with his neck broken. Fireman
Manahan was found in the mud under the front OF
the locomotive, and IL was necessary to dig some
little time before his body could be got out. Man.
ahan was out oiling the valves when the accident
occurred.
Immediately after the accident messenger was
despatched to this village, and station agent q. r.
Hawley, Coroner Kennedy and corps OF physicians
and assistants went up.
THE WOUNDED CARED FOR.
The wounded were all removed to house near
by and their wounds properly dressed. Construc-
ton trains were after on the spot and tho
track repaired, so that the sleeping train due
here from Montreal at four o'clock passed down at
twelve O'Clock. Most Of the wounded have since
proceeded on their way. Mr. Fairchilds and the
engineer, Conner. we're conveyed to Salem for bet
ter accommodations, and DR.. s. 8. Fitch at his
request, brought to this village.
ANOTHER VICTIM.
One more will possibly be added to the list or
killed, as missing passenger is supposed to be
under the train. Several bags OF mail caught FIRE
from the stove In the baggage car and were
destroyed.