STAGE DISASTER.
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Northampton, Dec. 27-A most distres- sing accident occurred about seven miles west of this place on Thursday evening last. The stage from Albany was overtur- ned in Westhampton, and the passengers and driver, ten in all, were thrown with violence among the rocks. Two were kil- led, two had a bone broken, four were sadly bruised, and two escaped unhurt. Mrs. Livingston, one of the wounded, with some difficulty reached the house of MT. Johas Brewer about twenty rods distant, & gave notice of the disaster. A son of MT. B. (Mr. B. was not at home, repaired im- mediately to the fatal spot, where one of the most horrid spectacles that can be ima- gined presented itself-two horses were ly- ing on the ground, the stage was dashed in pieces; among the fragments were two dy- ing men, or 4 persons severely wounded, and others less injured who had hardly re- covered from the shock. The young man, assisted by Mr. Spencer Bridgman who arrived soon after, placed those who were unable to walk, upon buffalo skin and up- on pieces of the stage, and drew them gen. tly to the house of Mir. Brewer. The peo- pie of the neighbourhood soon collected :; messengers were dispatched for surgeons j; and the wounded were distributed to seve- ral houses in the vicinity.