The New York herald., 1877-10-06


seated near each other in the second car when The
and his wife with the other but the torrent OF water
swept away and her body Lost In The river.
This car caught rect aDout hundred yards
from The shore, where Il still remaina
There were seventeen passengers IN the rear car, all
OF whom escaped mainly through the cooiness OF the
brakeman. Joseph Allen, who assisted them out OF the
windows
The train hands and passengers, as nearly be
accounted idr, numbered th,rty-eight There are six
or seven missing No bodies have been recovered, and
several days may pass before the exact number OF
casualties rs known.
The river IL very high and violent At this point.
portion Of the wreck drited to Trenton this morning
Az Bulbs Island. eight miles from Milford, another
bridge vas partially carried away by . break In the
canal and had the 6rs been passed safety
In all probability the second would nave caught
the i.atsd train. Il IL now nscessary 10 transfer
passengers at Milford.
\ PAssIsasR's STATEMENT.
Mr. Conrad B. Bennett, salesman, OF Trenton, VINO
was passenger the iilfatcd train, arrived home
this morning at hapast ten o'clock. He was injured
In the right nand and knee, not seriously and he had
narrow escape from death. HERALD reporter
him at his residence in this city, whom he gave the tol
lowing account Of The calamity
The train, which was the Oswego sxpress lett Bel
videre At ten minutes alter soven o'clock. II beng
about half an hour behind time. proceeded direct
10 Pnipsburg, stopped tberv for passengers and
passed by Carpcniersviiie aud went 70 RickIcsviIs
whore IL stopped for passengers and TO take for
NE ocSmoas: & u ,nen pTGsesasa on =; way passing
scpgcrA IL Wis yet fully bali an hour behind titns
Jonathan Thornton, The engineer, was always noted
tor making up tme and tho tram was running At
high rate oi spesd when Il reached the cuivorL
The darkness Of the nignt ~as intense and the
storm ragged ieaifuy The engineer couid not see The
q
standing hign IL Was completely washed away, sx-
oil " lett 10 walk upon Ine engineer had
put on tue air brakes Avcn II he did the culvert
the tram Was goiug as He could not have stopped
the tram even u he had seen the culverl at reasop
DAsmrSo Down THE cuLvEar
The tram struck, and fearful crash was the
suit The train WAS composed oi three cars-thr bag
gage department aud smoking car one, aud .wo
;hs smoking car. When the car was In went down
all the lights were oxtngushed the ats were Uloxcn
inio splntcrs and We were all carried into tho
Tie baggage bedded IN the mod. broken in
two halves and turned upside down. The occupants
were hurled INTO the river. There wero i've meu aud
two newsDoys in IT. All escaped except pas
ssngers, VINO was u resident vi Phi deph,a
FLOATING DOWN THE sTkEAM
The car wus Ia was thrown Top OF the locouno-
tive breaking the wheels in tragmen,a II .hen con
tinued to 60 down the slream breaking evsrything
It's way. The volume Of watcr was immense aud
tuly norce-more so than ever the
ocean, No one could have stood up against II, even
u 1t vas only foot In dcptn. The car stopped In
v
winch was al. broken in sphnters ana
scattered over my legs. came near icing wsdged
used | would have boon. Tho sensation was simply
fearful All was darkness, and the passengers were
praying and shouting loudly. ! was the urst person
vino spoke. There were about seven passsn, ers
altogether In the car--one beng woman, Mrs
Huber o. Trsntoa, who was sitting alonxside
a gentleman from Philsdeiphia, VINO 10 missing
! believe ne was washed out into the river aud
drowned All had to cling 70 .ho seats The water
VA q or he Car nd car.
rled ont everything IN u MrA HUBER, lear, was
also carried out BY the water was .he arst TO get
extricating myself tried u raise . window, anu fall
ing, broKe ! and cut my hand
xsCAPING THROUGH WINDOW.
The water was over the window siis. ! got out
through o WINDOW and then reached tbs top Of the
s hs ,ms as large WIN r.a Clown anu }os
the car VIII ch came near falling upon me. considsr
that occurrence almost miracle. The nsn wanted to
ret rn Tor ropes but held him back and with his aid
crawied from The car 10 the shore, part o tns Imo
being subm srged in water BY the time reached the
shore peope surrounding counlry had arrived
the The beI rope detached from The last
car, which part ol tue way over the bank and
thrown 10 one OF the passengers WHO had CLIMBED TO
The too Of The car He tied Il around his SoIv AMI
drawn 10 The shore IN exhausted coudit.on. He
was q senool teacher who lives near Milford
HELP At HAan.
By this time ladders and ropes were brought into
reQustion BY The people, and one young man volun-
axe. He did SO aud dragged out Christopher huber
aud q Mr.. Brown, OF Pniladelphia bridge was made
the other passengers wero taken safely 10
the shors-rnors dead than alive Thoy were
in the car about two hours. A lantern was
paused to the young man and he reached the
car. but iound NO other person IN Il This let two
missng-Mrs. Huber, oil Trenton, and the gentleman
from Philadelphia. The car to the rear OF us--the
last one the trsn-was part OF the way over the
bans. II was nearly niled with ladies, all oi wnom
escaped wl.n few scratches they being more fright.
kindly cared Tor. The people who were on tho
and in Tue neignbornood dd everything possible Tor
and .,inrf rIt thnn
The nswsboys swan ous IN the river and we're
picked up boats the rennsy lvania SIDE The ac-
cdent took place NJ point about hall mile south OF
Milford. IL - IN the midst OF mountainous region
AMI 1T place which catches all the overflow OF water
OF the surrounding country Tue bridge over tue cul.
Que oi the beat on the railroad. never
O liner specimon OF work. was wet through, having
been most OF the time under water. Ny clothing was
torn to pieces and was covered with mud.
The locomotive went uown the stream upside down,
and u looked ss II u had been blown to pieces by a
powder charge. II could not have been more CON.
peiey wrecked. 1t was smashed TO atoma Jonath han
Thorn, the engineer, aud Thomas Reading, tue Con.
ductor are missing and, believe ihcy have oeen lost.
piece about the size Of half dollar was taken out
OF my knee aud my hand Is badly cut came
beng weaged lightly IN the wreck, but managed TO
clear away The broken iraginvnts Of the Car from
around me, which were carried away by the orcs Of
the wafer.
The railroad company cent out boats with men In
them TO scour the river Tor tho N sslug people, but
10 seven O'clock this morning their search was fruit
less Mr. Christopher Huber was injured iu his aide,
winch IL black ana UIue. Dr Wilson, vi Philadelphia
was seriously wounded in the head He Tho
smoking car. There was coat found IN The wreck
when had handkerchief ~ The pockets marked Nv.
). McEfoy." TINS IL supposed to be the name OF one
Of the missing
ACCIDENT ON THE WILMINGTON AND NORTHERN
RAILROAD.
WILMINGTON. Del, Oct, s, 1877
The accident to the passenger train going south
the Wilmington and Northern Railroad last nigns was
caused by the truck being washed away above Cos.es-
vile. The engine was set and the engineer named
Amos Peacock, killed. The fireman was badly scsdsd.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE IN AND NEAR PHTLA-
pgLpHIA-THousANrs or DOLLARS WORTH
OF DAMAGE.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8, 1871
The storm In this city last evening, which moro
violent tnan any which had visited q long tlmo,
did much damage than was ascertainaois At the
time To-day, IRON the police reports, Is known that
the Losses which will result from the hurricane will
Mira III OF nds dullara repiace