New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-30

Little Silver. which, without being entirely lucid,
gave the Information that train No. was
off the track near that place. Superin-
tcntlent Randolph who has Office at
Long Branch. Immediately ordered a special tram
to be sent to the In a very short time tram
! Of two ears. under the care of himself ana IRAN
master Nienan. was moving toward Little Silver.
Wrccking cars were also telegraphed for; but the
station being AZ distance from the centres of social
aud business activity the of he accident prac-
tically remained unknown until the return of the
special train with the injured on board, hour or
so Ia.er. This fact prevented n panic of fear and
apprehension among the friends of the passengers
most of whom heard the news first from the hps Of
witnesses who had been spared.
The special train, which also carried several
physician 10 the scene, brought hack about fifty
| Of the passengers, most of whom
returned 10 their cottages and hotels. but remained
only long enough to exchange their bedraggled
! clothing FOR garments that were clean and dry. and
! then stared again for Ncw-YorE. At no time Of
the day or evening were there scenes OF
excitement particularly noticeable abou; the
stations OF the hotels. The gatherings
around the former were mostly Of men drawn there
by their employments Naturally, for while il
the evening the accident engrOsscd conversation at
The hotels and hunircds OF persons told with much
detail of harbrealth escapes through failure or
neglect to take the " brokers' train
II was noticeable that very few exaggerated
stores were told of the extent of the accident such
as there were came mostly from New-lork. John
! r. Raymond the comedian, found the West Ind
| Hotel full of stories Of injuries received By him
when he returned to il IN the evening; but as he
EaI taken the boat IN the morning, instead Of the
railway, he was not conscious OF having suffered
| by the accident. lie found occupation
for his fund of humor and good
nature all the evening n answering questions about
! his alleged broken limbs, an! lie soemniy as urcd
troop of httle g-ls who left the dance in tue par
lor to run after him. that he a ghost.
Among Mr. Raymoud's fellow-passengcrs or
tue boat in the morning was H. / Pad
dock. husband of Maggie Mitchell. He did
not return early in the evening, and
this fact. coupled with ignorance Of the route
which IL had chosen, gave rise 70 great concern IN
the cottage in Park-aye Maggie Mitchell herself
became greatly alarmed when the news OF the acct
dent first reached her. and she sent down to
every train from New-York during the after
noon for information from her husband Up
| TO > o'clock she had heard nothing. and was
in such state of nervous prostration that
she could not be seen by visitors. A TRIBUNE cor
respondent having mentioned the fact to Mr.. Ray
mond he sent her post-haste assurance that her
husband had not been on the train
WHAT DOCTOR SAW.
Dr. Thomas f. Chattel, who one Of the frat
plvsiclans at the scene Of the accident. said Dr.
Brown was going 10 breakfast when as he was
! sbout 70 cross the railroad. engine
came dashing up. ard the engineer, who knew
hun. told him of the accident, and requested him
10 tell other doctors and hasten to the scene. lie
came TO my house and We went TO the bridge.
There saw Mr. Sewell and Mr. Wallack with Mr..
| Garrison. As I was going up to him | was sum
moned 10 attend Nh Mitchell, while DR.. Green
went back to Long Branch with Mr. Garrison. The
accident seems to ne to have resulted from
carelessncss They have only lately built double
track over that bridge and have been putting in a
| switch 10 connect with the track running TO Mon
mouth Park. passenger told me he counted I'VE
rails which were only loosely spiked. l fear that
all the killed have not yet been found aud that
some are under the ears, few tried TO climb out Of
windows before the tram went over
| Charles Russell Hone sou-in-law of John Hoey.
| who was seated III the smoking car, gave the fol-
! lowing account: knew we were of from the
terrible iolting we received in going over the ties.
The physical Disco fort caused by this w4s not 80
great a. the mental anxiety as to what
was going 10 happen next. We perhaps
two hundred and fifty feet before the cars
toppled over and fell into the water The
conclusion was severe and people were thrown IN
every direction but there remarkably Little
confusion. 4 soon a. We could pick ourselves up
those who were unhurt climbed out of he windows
and reached the bridge by means of planks.
| The engineer deserves great credit for checking
the speed of the train 50 well. We were running
! at the rae OF about fifty miles an hour when we
left the rails and when the fell from the bridge
they were going rather slowly. That accounts for
| their not being p led upon one another" Mi
| Homes hand was slightly cut.
TALK WITH ARTHUR I. SWELL
Arthur !. SeweI. Lester Wallacks son-in-law,
was found standing on the last it lay Oh its
side in the river pointing out to his wife, who had
! returned with him from Long Branch, the scat he
| occupied when the accident occurred aud telling
her Of his narrow escape.
YES he id to a TRIBUNE core rpondent after
ward :. there is where | sat, and 1t is a marvel
| that am here to tell vOu about it. We were spin
ming along smoothly at the rate Of forty miles an
bour. sat in that seat there Garrison sat in the
one in front Of me- and Mr.. Galloway sat in the one
directly behind We were chatting together pleas
antlv when suddehly there was jar, then terrific
ioltiu,. scraping and crashing and knew we were
| off the track. brakeman yelled 10 us TO hang
70 the seats and keep cool a few more
iolts and ie1 Ks came. and in moment we tumbled
,pto the river with terrific crash. 1t was fright
full was thrown violently agains: the side OF the
car when il struck its side Oh the rIyeT-bed, and
when ratup / saw Garrison lying face DOWN
ward in the water which was two OF three feet
doeD. Iru,hed toward him with nv feet crashing
hronch the windows into the mud, raised
hin up and shouted for help The brake
nan. who. by the way acted nobly. called
out TO bold on till he could get help cnl flag the
train tb,t was following u.s. He returned m short
tin,, y, tin ropes aud helpers while Mr. Galloway
who like myself hal been thrown about and bruised
and Mr.. WaHack. who ha made his way into the
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