The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-11 00:00:00

Bplaces,
uses'
,hesreei
vtelis,e
the wrr uhr::,del, di t a had been depos i
Necker,
anditn teNtl, t, asteamboats
moored along the quay d' Orsay, which hid hetes employed in
conveying numbers to Parrs . urine the nglit. nit' ty;-eight of
the wounded were brought to the hospital Necker, seven of
whom expired in the course no Monday.
At. six o'clock this morning' the mutilated remains of 32
persons, men, women, and childr'en, were removed from the
station to the adjoining eemetry of Mont Parnasse, where I
saw them, and where they continued emiosed: under a shed.
and covered with a coarse cloth, during the entire 'day. *B"t
they were so mangled and disfigured that' it was ingress:hie' tt:
discover the vestige of human features, exce,'t in a young :0
of about eighteen years of age, the lower part of whose body
was entirely consumed. The number of the'.stelerers could
only be ascertained by that of the limbs or portions of limbs
found. Five others, who still retained some human idler',
and whose faces could lead to their recognition, were trans-
ported to the Morgue, where thousands of persons Were &Asti,
up in a queue. at three o'clock, waiting to be admittc to view
i the bodes. There was among them a lady, whose baely-naa
partly burned, but whose face was intact.. She was richly at•
tired, and still wore her bracelets.
The number of killed is variously estimated. ' EarlyAis .
morning the Prefect of Police sent a return to the Minister of
the Interior, in which it was set down at forty-two. Anctther,
report stated it to be seventy-eeven, and the parish priesa of
Sevres, who repaired to the spot immediately after the fatal
occurrence, and stopped there during the whole night, adminis-
tering the consolation of religion to the dying and ,avonndeat
computed the dead at no fewer than eighty. Amorig. theses,.
said to be several persons of distinction, including two derv: •
ties, but this I only mention on hearsay, for many who ceela
not procure vehicles to return to Paris, and were afraid to we;
tare home by the right-bank railroad, slept at Nersailles,'an"
had not returned to-day when their friends went to ikuire for
them. • ,
It is unnecessary to say that this event has produced a great '
sensation in Paris. It will, however, subside sooner here than
it would elsewhere, as death by violent means has been less rare
in Pat is than in other capitals; but it must necessarily dal(
the attention of the legislatures of all Europe to a subject which
has imperative claims on attention.
Several foreigners are said to have perished. Such may hi
the melancholy fact, but the statement would haveteen Incre
probable had the accident occurred on the other line (by the
riht bank of the Seine), as foreigners generally lodge or:re
sine in the northern quarters of Paris.
It was reported on the Bourse this afternoon that two Ell"
lishmen, and the son of a wealthy American resident. of,lll° '
capital, and a Deputy, named Quint tte, were among the dews.
One of my neighbours, an apothecary in the Rue Fermi, is
among the victims.
(From Galignani's Messenger.)
The Rive Gauche Versailles Railway was yesterday -evening
the scene of a deplorably fatal accident, by which many licer
have been lost, and a great number of persons dreading •
maimed. This sad catastrophe took place near Meudon, the
train whic'r experienced the accident being that which ,
started at half-past five o'clock. from Versaillet, and which'
being crowded to excess with persons returning to town from
the tete, rendered the event more calamitous than it would
have been at any ordinary period. Our informant is a gentle'
man who was a passenger by the train, and who was happill .
in one of the carriages which escaped the collision. He dr
scribes the velocity with which the train was proceeding sorra
minutes previous to the accident as extreme, so great as to ha"
suggested in his mind the idea that the 'slightest obstacle On
the road encountered,by the wheels of the engine at such a 010'
ment as . dangerous to excess. The thought had scarcely ' ec:
curred to Win, when a frightful shock to the entire traistV"
fearful crash, mingled with horrible shrieks fret* all the ear,:
riages in advance of that in which he sat, showed that se!:
dreadful accident had occurred, but the doors of the carrierk
being locked at the exterior, it was not till our informant ee"
the other passengers in the carriage, and in thotte.which' Were
placed behind it, were able to make their egress biy the Wio-
aonl. that the frightful extent of the..accident they had so nr°,.'
videntially escaped became known to them. The scene wbi'
presented itself was truly appalling. It appeared that th"t
engine had by some fatality got off the line and ran Hp againt
the embankment, when, from the alarming rapidity with
which the heavily-laden train was then running, six or sec"
of the carriages were literally dashed to pieces, and WO'
lying in a mass of fragments piled upon the engil
Numbers of the outside passengers had been thrown 0
by the shock, but of the unhappy sufferers who had takeit„„
their places in the interior, and who still survived, theL, ill'
was even more dreadful than those who hist been kiiin°'„ •
tor to make the calamity still more horrible, thelire of .P°
, ~_. 1„eli
engine almost instantly extended to the broken meovie•-_4:
was above it, and several of the sufferers were actuallOn,
to death on the spot. Our 'informant deserthes 'the 'brief;
of the victims (whom it was impossible to aid, and.nol""„r,
particularly of two unfortunate ladies, who were vainly:
ing to the last for water) as inexpressibly dreadful. The aitr
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tion inseperable from such a moment, and the confusion . , I
necessarily existed, rendered it impossible to obtainteny.ico , '
of the loss of' life, or other particulars relative to the suffeceoi
but these will doubtless reach us in the course of the day. r.:1,,,
entertain a hope—a faint one—that they may show this sec ,i,l 7,
to be less dreadful in its results than we have deieribed,'"'
almost from the lips of the gentleman to whom we owe ,t.ll
information. But we have rather under than over-stated:4l;6
desert's, in.', and his coolness and presence of roincUeset esi,
fear that his Darr itive will be more than borne out when. L1,,-.. ,
full details are made public. •
..
( From the Siecle ) .
The train was returning from Versailles at half-past be'eleflitiB'''.
iripelled by three locomotives, and consisted of from 15:0'
vraggons. Between Bellevue and Illeudon the first locornoti/
the Mathew Murray, a machine .with four. wheels, steff'::
suddenly, one of its axles having broken. The second 1. ,:!
motive drove against the Mathew Murray. crushed the
,ato
and actually drove over the first engine and croabed it to pi . ~,''
The fire of the Mathew Murray fell' in a reass`betweenahe r!
In In the mean time the train, conducted by the two reo"..t- '
ing iocomotives, proceeded on its course. The Wind blUst,P,
the fire against the under part of the waggons, which-Width"' '-,,'
freshly painted, they ignited. The scene then became lelt.t
the unfortunate trave tens confined' to the waggons, t e
of which were 'ocked, fell victims to the raging flames. -Tr.
bodies were et nveyed to Paris in the course of the ev'ein - :
and deposited in the waiting-room of the station-houses j;,
they presented a mere mass of calcined flesh and bones'
'formed and disfigured so as to be perfectly unclisti
Even their number could not be ascertained ; awns , Ifs'
wsoemree
eseary.saebvieenteorleeiartro.stat
opiniontto
the n thatum number
eerfe
wweeernedtewdel, ewes,
multitude remained at Aleutian, many wefe. ennveyeld t° re.
hospital Necker, and ethers were conveyed to.their 'oo°..
sidences. •Lr ale%
One of the employes of the Company had an arm .rfire.
broken. When the horrible event became known to thea", ;Al
rities, a battalion of the line and a company of the Uunleil-4
Guard were drawn up before the entrance of the radioed, al'
the gates closed. The Prefect of Police proceeded at midi"
to Ateudon tteccllect information relative to the cause el ~'•
sad calamity. It is said that the boiler of one of the loco'
tivee exploded, and that the stoker, whose boetyheiknoa Si, ,
been discovered, was blown sixty feet into the ,'
waggons were either completely burned or crushed to l'irga;a .'
The number of wounded is said to be not less theft 160 V"
killed thirty or forty.
(From the Commerce.) ,
I°
It was at the passage over the paved road, called - . , Chel • •
des Gardes, that the dreadful accident occurred. The,
was drawn by three locomotives, and the rapidity with WP i.'
they moved was such, that a few seconds before the ca '" ,' ;I
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the persons who saw the train pass expressed their fesies,,
.
an accident would happen. '.' ..., ' ,
It is believed that the first engine in crossing".o7 f.... ',..1
road was driven off the rails, and the shock weeran'Y i..t7 ''f
that the three first waggons were broken to pileaselif',' -:
sumed by the fire of the locomotive. The column-df 017.-
more than 20 yards high, and consumed all the Inifirt"',."
.
travellers who came within its focus. "
The excess of precaution taken by the Directors to :cl,:
fine the travellers to their carriages was fatal on this occa"-
Many of the victims would have been saved if they could ~ i i ,
have opened the doors of the carriages. The inhabitol*
/ .
Belleville and Meudon rendered every assistance in their' if,
,
to the unfortunate sufferers, but a sufficient supply of w- ! .
could nut be procured to extinguish the tire, which spread fi" let
appalling rapidity, and consumed the passengers before rs,'ci
could be afforded. . ' . , ~trz i
All the authorities of Meudun and of Lower Seerea"▪ al ;
gather with the surgeons and physicians of the neighb°
villages, tendered their aid. The Governor of the Csalie,'
Meudon, 111. Amanton, a veteran, who was mutilated at Lc' ~,see
was unceasing in his efforts to remove the wounded, and Irras.
them en asylum at the chateau. The avenue of Mendel. Ay
transformed into a perfect hospital, and the view of so Intel.,
human beings disfigured, burned, or bleeding, was truly ,i .
rific.
(From the National.) " 040
On going to examine into the cause of the accident-tht, of
engines were fourd; one resting upon the other ; the tend", rbl;.
one of them had been completely turned round, and in thYlet.,
rectly oppos to positi n ; a little on one side was a•waggo°°--,0
turned, and halt burnt; at a short distance some of the:sl%,
were cut asunder, and others driven deep into the earfla',',l .;
noise which preceded the accident was not that of the eilnaßtie.,
of a bursting boiler, nor were there any traces of violent 0V;
tare in the bodies of the engines ; but it was astonishingttAri,
that the sentry-box of one of the watchmen near at' Pa v•
showed all the appearance of having been blown up.. ---' ...0-,
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COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen rode out in an open carriage and four yestet ° 0
afternoon, Cot. Arbuthnot, Equerry in Waiting, attendA
horseback.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Cel°l'el
Wylde, rime out on horseback yesterday afternoon 10.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent *Lifted, her
jesty yestera. - • '4
The,r Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Royal were taking an airing yesterday, in a carriage and te yea.
The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, last e the
ing, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent'farl
Duchess of Buecleuch, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, the lira.
of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, and Mr. and the Hon'
Charles Bruce. ieg
The band of the 2d Life Guards were in attendance
dinner. •
dipper

The band of the 2d Life Guards attended daily after,- -
during her Majesty's stay at Claremont. Weltar.
His Serene Highness the Duke Bernard of Saxe be
attended by Captain Koch, arrived at Marlborough H°3s-„loelt
residence of the Queen Dowager, at hal!-past twelve o rent
on Monday night, having landed from Rotterdam. Nis
Highness took a carriage drive yesterday afternoon. se'
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, their Serene Iligiwe-a
the Duke Bernard and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar' the
Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and suite, honoured
Italian Opera with their presence }esterday evening. Igor
The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major Step oa
honoured Mrs. Dc Rothschild with his company at dinner al
Monday evening, at her residence in Piccadilly. His:III pi§
Highness afterwards honoured Lady Shaw Stewart wit or
company at the concert given by her Ladyship in Bel
square.
Lcrd Sandon, M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., 8 ja,
Deputation from Liverpool, on the subject of rice, had 50, the
terview with the Earl of Ripon yesterday, at the office of
Board of Trade.sa
had
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had
at
interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterdait
his official residence in Do ning-,treet. gr
Sir Matthew Wood, M.P., Mr. L}all, M.P., the Ci,_tY at'
membramcer, and a Deputation tit the subject of coals, nfocle-
interview yestei:day w the Earl of Ripon, at the I3oard the
Despatches from the Governor of Jamaica, and also froniejoif
Governors of the other West India Colonies, were rec
yesterday at the Colonial-office. 1/
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818 TH S. uthr
On the 9th inst., at Sandwell, the Countess of Dar
of a son. . 1,10
On the 9th inst., in Devonshire-street, Portland-piglet'
',aeon, of a son and heir. soort
On the 9th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mrs. W. F •
of a daughter.
DIED. 6 .•
At Lower Heyford Rectory, Anne, wife of the Rev' •
Faithful'.
On the 3d ult., at Madeira, Sir Alexander Wellesley Leiti"
Bart.
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the County of Aliddlesex,.Wcti,uczda)rs May 41'