The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-13 00:00:00

There are whole families killed, and we cannot ascertain
their names. _ _

We are informed by It. P. Toms, Elq. of this city,
who was also a passenger on the train at the time of the
collision, that no blame can be attached to the engineer
of the train, as ho had taken every precaution by telo-
graphing from ono station to another, by waiting for
trains to pass, and by the strictest orders to run very
slow, to avoid any accident. The censure, he thinks,
must rest solely with those in charge of the gravel train,
and with the watchman left to give notice when the last
train had passed, who, instead of attending- to his duty,
seems to have fallen asleep —at any rate he gave false
information to the engineer. Why the gravel train was
on the track at such a time is for those to explain who
have thus caused this fearful loss of life.
Mr. Terns informs us that when he left the scone of the
disaster, it had bees ascertained that 25 men, 11 women,
and 11 children had been killed, and 21. naen and 20 wo-
men and children badly injured—one-half probably fatally.
It was thought that as many as 15 dead bodies were still
buried in the ruins when he left. Our reporter is now on
the spot, and will furnish additional particulars, which we
shall publish in r.n extra. Our citizens will rejoice to
know that Mr. Tome, and a son of S. H. Holmes, Esq.,
who were on board, have escaped uninjured.
11 o'Clock.—There are about 50 dead and 35 wounded.
Some whole families are killed, and no trace can be found
of their names or residence. Everything is being done to
alleviate the suffering of the wounded. Physicians have
arrived on the ground from Chatham. G. V. Nutter, the
conductor, is doing everything in his power for the dis-
tressed.

HEALTH OF THE TROOPS BEFORE
SEBASTOPOL.

The French Minister of War has received from
Doctor Michel Levy, the medical inspector to the
army of the East, the following letter :
"Before Sebastopol, Oct. 27.
"Monsieur le Marechal, —The siege continues with
vigour; nevertheless, the daily number of the wounded is
not considerable ; it varies between 16 and 22, that of the
killed between 6 and 8. From the commencement of
the siege to the 23d of October, the total number of the
wounded, including the cases of simple contusions and
slight wounds that are the more numerous of the two,
amounts to 718; that of the killed to 93.
"On the 25th, 320 patients were draughted off to Con,
stantinople, and there remain up to this day 1,003 patients
in the ambulances ; out of this number, only 137 aro
wounded. Thus the medical service is more important,
even under the fire of the Sebastopol batteries, than the
service of the surgeon. I have visited those ill, each in suc-
cession, and I have ascertained:—That one-third only are of
a grave nature ; that the two remaining thirds are men in a
weak state, and perfectly certain of being cured in a short
time. The General-in-Chief has ordered .the requisite
measures for improving, as much as possible, the position
of our sick; the wounded Turks are tended in our ambu-
lance..
" I visit the ambulance at the trenches as often as possi-
ble. It is attended in turn by the health officers of the
various ambulances of the army. -This service, which is
not without danger, is a post of honour, and a bloody
school of military surgery. Our wounded, and those
operated upon, continue to exhibit a remarkable pro-
portion of cures, thanks to the attention they have
lavished on them, and -to the talent of the operators,
among whcm Messrs. Scrive, Thomas, Marmy, Geeury„
Secourgeon, Perier, Bourguillon, Colmaut, &c., are cifE.
tinguished.
" Never did army receive more prompt and methodical,
more complete and assiduous, attention from its phy-
sicians and surgeons. Before Sebastopol, as at Constan-
tinople, a group of talented men labour for the good of the
sick and wounded. Ambulances stationed on the table-
lands overlooking Sebastopol, amid the roar of artillery,
recall by their regularity and the good order prevailing in
and around, the best types of these flying establishments.
" Not one single case of cholera nor of lock-jaw has
taken place as yet among the wounded. The internal
maladies are cases of diarrhoea, of dysentery not very
violent, of slight intermittent fevers., and of gastric
Leers some of them being accompanied i ith cerebral-sy
toms ; the cold of the night has produced a few instances
of bronchitis. In the navy there have been from five to
six hundred scorbutic attacks, and those most severely
affected have been landed. There is nothing- of the sort
in the army and the daily distribution of fresh bread,
the very frequent distributions of fresh meet, remove all
further danger from this manifestation. The spirit of
the army is well calculated to keep scurvy at a dis-
tance. Notwithstanding the night daties in the trenches
and certain privations, -the soldier peceervea his ale-
crity. The General-in-Chief is indefatigable in evincing
his anxiety on their account, and the certainty of speedy
triumph is also an element in the preservation of health.
" I have the honour to be,
(Signed) " Dr. MICIIEL LEVY."