Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-08

THE HuDsoN RIVER RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Superintendent Toucey attributes the ac-
cident on the Hudson River Railroad, Fri
day, to a loose wheel on the freight trains
engine. 1t came near being a terrible
slaughter The first car Of the freight train
came in contact with baggage car of the
express train, which was passing at that
moment at the rate Of forty miles an hour.
1t crashed through the side Of the baggage
car tearing off all the upper part and driving
some Of the timbers through the front win
dows Of the front drawing room car. in the
first compartment of which were seven per-
sons. The freight car was thrown back by
the collision and returned only sufficiently
to Craze the remaining cars Of the train,
which consisted of four drawing-room cars
and one ordinary passenger car. The side of
the first car was scraped very closely, all
projections in the wood work being torn off
and windows broken entirely out. The heavy
plate glass was broken into fragments, many
of which were hurled into the car with
great violence, lnluring several Of the pas
Sengers. The remaining cars suffered lit
tie. and of the two hundred and fifty pas
sengers on the train none were hurt except
those in the first car. Conductor Martin of
the express train was on the platform with
large sum of money in his hand when the
collision occurred. lie grasped the rail to
save himself and the bills went fluttering
away in the wind. George, the colored
porter Of the drawing-rOOm car, had Just
lett the baggage ear and narrowly escaped
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren were with a party of
friends en- route to Saratoga. \ piece of
wood from the baggage ear was hurled
through the window, felled them to the
floor. striking Mrs. Warren over the right
eye and temple, brea king the bone. At a
late hour Friday night she was in a very
critical condition. Mr.. Warren received
scalp w5hnd. lie was knocked senseless
and knew nothing Of the affair until res
tored to consciousness. Congressman Smith
Ely was on the train but escaped injury.
John Nosburg, baggage-man from New
York to Buffalo, was going up in the ex-
press a deadhead to Albany, and was sit
ting in the baggage van. He received ter
rible injuries about the head, and was re-
moved on n stretcher to TIrrytOwn and
cared for at the hotel His death is mo-
mOntarlly expected. The brakeman OF the
freight train, name unknown, was also ia
tally injured. The engineer and fireman of
the freight train jumped from their engine
and saved their lives almost miraculously.
About thirty passengers of the Saratoga ex-
press train, all prominent New Workers,
were injured, a good many seriously, but |
not too badly to be removed by special cars
TO Saratoga. The scene was simply indescrib- |
able Manned men and women made the |
best of their way along the track to larry
town, from whence dispatches announcing |
their safety were sent in every direction. |
Two ladies were brought out of drawing |
room car, bleeding from wounds in the |
head and in a fainting condition. 1t was |
thought at first that these ladies had been |
killed, and the first rumOrs were very much |
exaggerated. The accident occurred in ex- |
actly the same way as the New Hamburg |
disaster, in which the brother of Vosburg, !
one of the victims OF Friday, was killed By |
jumping of baggage car. Twenty-seven |
freight cars have been wrecked, but it is
impossible to estimate the amount of dam
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