The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-08-04


cautions of the company. Indeed, early
in the day it became rumored through the
city that an accident had befallen the
train, land anxious friends of passengers
fastened to the depot in pursuit of nfor-
nation. But they might as we'll have ap-
piled anywhere else for all the satisfaction
they obtained
SEEKING INFORMATION.
One gentleman, says the New York SIN,
inquired of the ticket seller in the depot
The ticket seller very crustily replied that
he knew nothing about any accident,
which was doubtless falsehood. The
gentleman then went up to the Superin-
tendcnts room and asked for Mr.. Toucey.
"Mr. Toucey is out of town." was saw
agely shot back at him.
"Can you tell me what was the extent of
the accident near Tarrytown this morning."
asked the gentleman.
"Didn't know there was any accident.
was the answer from the clerk, who hur-
riedly turned away to avoid the necessity
of telling any more lies.
The gentleman asked the doormcn. the
policemen, the telegraph operator, the
car man, and all other subor-
dinates and officials, only to receive from
each and all the same general denial. AS
he was convinced that there had been an
;ply fpt 10,
and started on the o'clock train for that
place. When the train got well in motion
he ventured to ask the conductor the fol-
lowing questions
INTERVIEWING ONE OF vANDEIBILT's CON
DUCToRs.
Passenger Conductor, what was the cx-
tent of that accident near Tarrytown, this
morning?
Conductor-Now, my friend. you ask me
too much (Which was the first truthful re.
ply the gentleman had received.) All
know about it is that n passenger train and
a freight train came in collision, and there
was smash.
Passenger-But what passenger tram wa.
it?
Conductor-Dont know anything about
it.
Passenger-But were there any live,
lost?
Conductor (hurrying away as if afraid h,
was being catechized too closely)-I don
know any more about it than you do.
And this was all the relief the manager
of the Hudson River and New York Cen
trail railroad would give, or permit thei
servants to give, to the anxiety of tn
friends of those who were passengers OIL
the unfortunate train.
The Saratoga train consisted of tire
Wagner drawing-room cars-the Mayflower
Mohawk and Cataract-one ordinary coacl
at the rear, and one baggage car between
the drawing room cars and the engine
Every seat iv the drawng-room cars wa
occupied, and applications for Others ha'
been refused. The ordinary passenger ca
was also well filled. The passengers wer
nearly all persons of leisure bound for Sara
toga and little summer recreation. TIL
train proceeded on its route at its customar.
rate of speed, about forty miles an houl
1t had passed Irvington, and the passenger
had settled down to the monctony of me
ton, when there came
SUDDEN RAsPING CRASH,
Il violent jostling of the train, cloud 0
dust, with splinters, broken glass, and othe
missiles flying thick about, chorus O
shrieks and screams, and then sudde
stoppage. The train was wrecked, an
nearly every passenger in it was more @
less injured, though happily no lives la
been sacrificed outright, and but few seriou
injuries inflicted.
The details of the accident present som
features similar to those attending the NOR
serious calamity at New Hamburger,
couple of years ago, though the plea of II
one to blame cannot he interposed so sue
cessfully in this case as in the former.
seems that from the point where this dis
aster occurred to the city there are tire
tracks. Incoming freight trains take til
middle track, leaving the two outside track
for passenger trains exclusively. A freigl
train, loaded with grain moving south
had just reached this point, and wa
switched over to the middle track as tn
express bound north came laundering along
Its track was clear, and it had no occasio
to apprehend trouble at this particula
point more than elsewhere. But the freigl
seems to have been running at an UNUSUAL
high rate of speed, whether because benin
time or not could not be ascertancd, an
in passing the switch it
JUMPED THE TRACK
and Immediately piled up into ba
wreck, portions of which fell over on t
the up track. The engine of the expires
had got by before this occurred, but tn
wreck struck the moving train directly b(
hind the tender. The whole side of til
baggage car was torn out, and the baggag
was scattered about promiscuously, nike
with the grain of the freight train. TIL
weight of the baggage car served in
measure as shield to ward off the bio,
from the following drawing-room cars
though they all sustained serious injury
The first car, the Mayfiower, received tn
greater force of the blow after the baggag
car. A portion of the frame of one of tn
freight cars penetrated this coach, scatter
ing glass and the splintered pannelng i
every direction. The stick itself struc
MIR. Ira ID. Warren, "a lawyer of New York
on the back of his head, inficting bat
but not necessarily fatal injury TIL
skull was not broken, though the seal
was badly torn. Mrs. Miller, who sat nea
her husband was struck with u splinte
which entered the cheek under the rigl
eye and passed out over the temple. He
wound is of very serious nature. All til
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