New-York tribune., 1874-07-20
DANGERS OF RAILW4Y TRAVEL.

COLLISION OF TWO EXPRESS TRAINS NEAR CANA
sERAGA, on THE ERIE RAILRoAD-oNE MAN
KILLED AND SEVERAL woUNDED-THE CARE
LEssNEss OF AN ENGINEER
CANAsERAGA, n. Y, July 19.-The NO. .
eastward train Conductor Goss and the NO WESTWARD
train Conductor Demare. both through express trains
came into collision the single track mile east OF Can
aseraga on the Hornelsyile Division OF the Erie Rail
road at O'Clock Saturday morning, while going at the
rate of from IS to 20 miles hour The westward tram
left NewYork with passengers on Friday evening o'h
engines and the baggage and smoking cars OF tue West
ward train were destroyed. The engine oil the east
ward train plunged through the engine ana the baggage
and smoking cars Of the westward train and smashed
the platform and the glass the front END or the ist
class car The latter was filed with women
and children, but all escaped without injury
The baggage car Of the eastward train had Its END ana
sde torn out, but the baggage was uulnJured. Ine
westward baggage destroyed ana the ha's SoaAcu
and torn number OF passengers III the smOAihe car
of the westward train were injured Nathaniel Van
Horn OF Phade phia South eastern Agent OF the Lie
Road had his left arm and leg broken ana was TOO
badly injured to be moved He is being cared for at
house near the road. Two other passengers IN the
smoking car had arms broken, and several suffered
severe cuts and bruises. The baggagemaster OF the
westward train, Robert Atkinson OF Jersey Cty was
killed This was his first trip over the road he having
taken the place o a discharged for missing his
train His body to Jersey City this afternoon
Fireman William Bergman had leg broken aud Brake
man f. Hoyle had a leg broken. r. e. Heryey OF Terre
Uaue President OF the Paris and Decatur Railway, had
mis- collar bone broken o. W. Barrett OF Chicago had
his arm crushed w. o. Hooper OF HOrnellsylle ana J
f. g. FitZgDDOns youth or about Is years, hai their
heads cut George GriswOld OF HOrnelsvlle and TlO'
stewart of Buffalo had their heads cut aud met with
the passenger coaches OF both trains except ihe
westward smokingcar, remained on the track Tie
hot
swept clear their tenders The top aud side hamper
of the westward Daggage-car was spnners, aud
fell on the east side OF the track The forward Hrscass
car OF westward traiu which fuI OF ladies' ana
children lett It's trucks swept everything above the
floor OF the snokngcar and only stopped at the wreck
tue engines where II remained exactly on tue moor Oh
the smUkiug-car which hardly injured, while the
body seats, and passengers OF tue smOkingcar and
portion the wreck OF the OaggaSecdr we're thrown on
fbe westward sid of the road The passengers were
transferred to the uuinjured cars on eIther side
Of the wreck, the westward bound passengers get
ung away at i-'2y 9'tuiuaI n saI1' 10 nrg.In
The two trains should have met at HOrnelsVllle. Con-
ductor Demare OF the westward express says lie
train had the right OF way aud unless they met on te
double track between Burns aud Hornesve he should
wait at Burns for the other train He then attended to
his ticket collections, aud thought no more OF tue
although new engineer on the road, was new on
that train. He Is slightly Injured. Demdre IS cOu-
ductor OF ten years experience; Inc ROAD curves
sharply TO the around hill at Burns, and trains
are invisible TO each other hundred yards apart Inc
crash OF the engines was the nrst warning TO te passeI
by spectators from Canesarga for the wrecked passen
gers, "a number or whom had their baggage ruined.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT On THE DETROIT. LANSING AND
LAKE MICHIGAN RoAD-sEyEN MEN KILLED AND
SEVERAL INJURED.
DETROIT, Mich, July ia serious accident
occurred near the Detroit Lansing and Lake
Michigan Railroad on Saturday. loaded gravel train
was backing up when burning tree fell across the rails
iust before the engine aud the OF throwing
nearly the whole train from the track. Six we're
killed outright, aud has since died Of injuries
ceiyed Fourteen or fifteen others seriously iu
iured.
ACCIDENT on THE NORTH COLUMBUS DUMMY ROAD
TEN PERSONS INJURED.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July ia car on the
North Columbus Dummy Railroad at z this morning,
containing 80 passengers was thrown from the track
into Gtcn IS feet Below. by striking two horses that
had wandey OH the track and became entanged Ia the
treseVork Of a bridge. Ten persons were Injured SIX
OF ITEM seriously. small colored boy VINO was steal
ing ride severely injured that he eau hardly