Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-23
Serious Accident.

A Freight Train Smash Up at Southport
 Broken AxIe-Fatr Haven Brakeman |
 &illed-A Waiter at the Depot ESestaur- l
 ant Probably Injured Fatally.
 freight train out of New York yesterday | forenoon, Conductor Murdock, of New Ro- | chelle, in charge, the engineer being MT. NIinty, of New Haven, met with serious &C., cident at Southport. An axle broke on a car which was about the middle of the train and let the end of the car down into cattle guard, the other end tipping up at an angle of forty five degrees and throwing brakeman named Thomas Martin into the air fully ten feet as was observed by the engineer. Six cars next behind the one with the broken axle were badly wrecked, the two next behind piling on top of the one which was first damaged. The brakeman fell under the wreck and was no doubt instantly killed. He was found later to be terribly mangled, his skull fractured and his bowels protruding. There were six more cars in the rear which
 were not very badly damaged. The accident
 happened about ten o'clock. A young man
 16 or 17 years of age, named Amos Berdell,
 employed at Moseley's depot restaurant, was
 On the train and was conversizlg with a brake
 man named Searle at the time of the smash
 Both jumped, Searle alighting safely, while Berdell struck on his head, receiving 8 con- cussion of the brain. He was very seriously injured and was taken to a house near by and doctors summoned, but he was expected to survive but few hours. He lived with his parents on Portsea
 street in this city and is highly spoken of. l His father went down to the scene on the eight o'clock milk train. 4 wrecking train 1 was sent down from this city at noon and had not returned at midnight, the up track being badly blocked. Last night trains went around the wreck by the other track. The body of Martin brought to this city by a freight train at about four o'clock in the afternoon and was taken to the Blair under taking rooms. He boarded with his brother | ship carpenter, and came to this city not l long ago, leaving brakeman's position on I the Eastern road out of Boston.
 The Annual Shoot.
 Dr. Carver, the world famed marksman, has offered to give, free of charge, an exhi- | bitioa shoot at the annual target shoot of the 1 Second regiment at Quinnipiao range on next 1 Thursday. His generous offer will doubtless be accepted if suitable arrangements can be ' | made.
 So far nine company teams have been en. l tered for the shoot, and there will probably be another team made up from the field and | staff officers.
 The Death of John McClearnan. 1 On Saturday morning Coroner Bollmar
 further heard testimony regarding the deatf of young John McCiearnan, who was killed or Wednesday last. Frank W. Ross, the brake
 nan on the train, testified that he did not
 order the boy off the train. He said thai
 there were between twenty-five and thirty l boys the train and that that was not ar
 extraordinary large number. Three of those
 very boys rode down all the way to Harlem ! although they were put off at every station
 by the brakemen. This was the last witness l Coroner Bollman has not yet given his de
 cision in regard to the matter, but will do SC ] in day CT two.