Ellsworth American., 1874-07-23
serious Railway AceidrnI-One Man Killed.
Other. Injured.


CAN>sERAGA. y. Y. Juh l.. Train. mum.
ber- :, eastward. aud :. westward. On the Eric
Esi.way. both through express trains czmr
in collision on sineic mite track, 4 mile east
Of tana~cragA ih- morning. whila going from
niicen To twenty miles an hour. The w--i
bound tram carried passenger, from New YORK
al o'clock Il>t evening.
Both engines ard the b4gssgr aud smoking
cars of the west houni train- were utterly de-
iroytd. number "f pa,,euser- IN 10. west
watd >moA'nS car were hurt. \ large fine
looking gentleman named Van Horn, from
Phi,aicph,A. ha, hI, lcf arm aud lex broken.
and scrm- 70 Be injured internally.
couple oi Other Passengers m the same ear
nave Their arms broken and number suffered
severe cut AGd 6rui,c'. The bAsslg,-ma,tcr
OF thc western train, named Atkins. wa. AiIcd.
hraAcmln On the same tram hal hi- ankle
broken. The hrcmen aai engineers c.rlt..d
with slight cut and bruises
The engine ot the eastward train plunged
through The engine, baggage and smoking Z ~.
OF The westward train. smashed the front u. al
form Ani sla>> in the front end OF the forward
br.t-rit-- car which wa- Fl led with Iadie. and
children. but all escaped without injury. The
baggage car of the eastward train had is end
,tdr burst out. but the baggage was unin-
ihr eastward ifain Rad h2ay1f y 4dc''r", Cd
The westward train should have " Aiied at
the next station cast OF CAnaser-sA. The west
ward conductor saws he hAi A new engineer tEi>
morning and he instructed him nj burn, to
pull UP 10 the next station and wait fsr thr
other train, instead Of which he plunged head.
The road curves sharply % the east around a
h.il and the trains are invisible 10 each other
hundred mlle- apart. The crash of the en-
gines wa- the first warning 10 the passengers.
Van Horn. who was badly injured i. an agent
Of the New York aud Erie Railroad. The
fireman on the eastward bound train Lad an
ankle broken and was hurt internally. All the
pass uEcr coaches oi both trains Tcnaitrd on
the track cXccp pt the westward smokius car.
Robert Atkinson j. the maine OF the baggage
man Killed. \ fireman Van Horn. Ia, a. aruu
and leg broken; Il. q. Henry OF Tcrr" lIIuie,
I're>lIcLt uf Ihr PITI- avi Dec t'ur Railway
had HI collar bpnc broken; -. ". Barrett II
Chicago hAd hi In arm confused; ". q.
Hooper of HurnellsyIlle hal hi, head cat ; j. RI
q. LsibJDa., agci i, had hi, had cut
George Gri,wold ut liornell,sile and Thomas
stewart Of Buffalo each had their heit cut and
severe cuntu>ion-. The boiler head u the
engine, were smashed into each oihc. Both
boilers remain on their tracks, but wee swept
clear Of the tenders. and all the top ald sidt
hamper OF the westward baggage wa-tori 10
splinter-, and fell on the east side Of lie tni.k
The forward trst-ciA>s car Of the westward
train. which was full OF ladies' and children.
icit II, trucks, swept every thing abTe he
floor OF the smoking ear. and only stCp,d at
the wreck OF the engines. where II tmaiged
exactly on the door OF the smoking II, whrh
Wa nearly intact. while the body, Eat, ati
passengers Of the smoking car and portDn
Of The wreck OF the baggage ear.werpiiled IN
ma>se on the westward side OF the ril. The
railroad company sent wagon lotbf trunk,
TO the wreck for the passengers whohsd lost
theirs, but large quantity OF baggage ruined.
The loss by lire al Galata. rr Con- /
,iantinople. Turkey, i, estimated =, ,OO0,- !
40
The space burnt over by tlr lst Chi +
ca-o lire i, about one-iiflh lirgeithn Bos- /
ton Common.
AT East Saginaw park. Mic, Thurs
day. Goldsmith Maid trotting file in
,: IL. il being the fastest time onTord.
The Indians continue trottissme:
several severe engagements betwa L. ).
cavalry and them are reported.
Another victim of Jesse Pomet, the
young child torturer of Boston, been
found buried in an ash heap in ,kir.
The cable steamers Faraday d Am
bassi.dor finished their work orsday
aud sailed for Nova Scotia.
Robert Bonner has contribute d 900
towards building boat house for Il Cul-
lege at Saratoga Lake.
President Grant has presen, sSena-
tor Jones with fifty rustic chalrs1nde at
the Soldiers Home at Togus.
Charles Bradlaugh has been eaged
a London correspondent by a Wy pa
per recently started in Fall Rivere eass. =
The Boston and Athletic q ball !
clubs started for England last. we where 2
they will play games together, with
cricket clubs in England. !,
A man fas been arrested n loadel- 7
phia on suspicion of being pa = the :
Ross child stealing affair. HeFH taken v
before the eldest son OF Ross, stSps not II
recognized. i,
The drummers of Boston AFFINITY,
of whom there are six thouss bre to
form mutual benefit society.
An Iowa paper predicts TN five
years every barrel Of western !. .till be
sent east in barrels OF paper. 4 from
the straw the wheat grew on.
In the Freshmen champaax cared
boatrace Saturday, lat Sarat0eAo miles
Princeton won in Is min. l2 II hspfter a :.
hard struggle with Yale. 1t "a II race re-
la the single sculll race " bf Yale ar
won, two miles, in ii min. Il -. co
"A yatch with nine prooi psiness 4
men of Toronto on board, - place 30,
on the llth to 60 to Niagayn as not en-
since been heard from. Sk opposed gr'
to be lost, with all on boald mU mu
LATER. The yatch Foar eh left
Toronto on the llth inst. W. persons cor
on hoard vas found Satuv yp;Ias po'
~, - Hr. 'o""' '"," ''oS lun
out irom Niagara, sunk. lily are bid
given up as lost. F fro
E VIII
A Massachusetts merch.he been ck'
in business forty-seven yea never ORA Or,
advertised, and never means |, CON- me
menced on capital Of $500 las run 1e
it up to eS05. III full
"A number Of American q e have dee
determined to hold celebrat North sss shs
umberland, Pa, on the lst nst, In Jul,
commemoration of the disco 4 oxy-