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The Long Island Collision

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
September
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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New Yock, Sept. 2. The coroner's jury n tho case of the collision on the Long Island Railroad have rendered a verdict in substanco as follows ! That the eollision was produced by the carelessneas of R. J, Rac?, conductor of tho mail train, and Jamos White, enginecr of the express train ; that Louis C. Sands and Daniel F. Chase aro not oonsidering responsible ; ! censuriug Oliver Charlick, prosident of the railway company, for the careless, irregular innnner in whioh the traina are run, and considered him indireotly ponsible for the catastrophe. Two of the jnrtork fínd Daniel F. Chase, engineer of tho mail train, also guilty of carelossnoss. Another juror fiuds Louis C, Sanda, oonductor ot tho oxpress train, also guilty of carelcssncss. Tliroe other jurors find R. J. Race, conductor, and Daniel F. Chase, enginter of the mail train, guilty of carelessness and iuattention to their duties, and recomrnend that moro defltiite rules be adopted for running irregular trains. Sheriff Snideker, who was one of tho jury, deelined voting on the question oí the general management of the running of trains and accommodation of passengers, upon the ground that t is au improper question for the jury to determine. The only proper question being, was the road mismanaged tbat day, and, if so, by whoin ? Gr. C. McKee, another juror, ooncurred in this opinión. The wife of a phy.ician in the vicinity of Boston, who had beeome temporarily insano from illness, shot her husband and daughter last Thursday, and finished her horrid work by kdüng herself.

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