The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-01-12

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rq- RAILROAD CALAMITY AT ANDovER,
N,...-We have various accounts of the late
...,,;sa, n the Boston and Maine Railroad
,r., loving, written by the Rev. MIR. Fuller,
Manchester n. H., is the most Ineligible OF
o,ary that we have seen:
# ysss looking out of the window, when we
sr,, s5yfre shock. and the cars dragged for
S.y ss-9-is, the axle OF the front wheel being
t,.a. Perfectly conscious OF our situation.
I rsn,sr...sr thinking what was the mater. l
,.;ra4 through the whose my consciousness.
B. .u,;ler second, the coupling which joined
..-rq- with the other broke, and our car was
Ogirlss violently round, so as 10 reverse the
ends. and were swung down the rocky
.s.ra Vlr once, | had no hope OF escaping
IN shall never forget the breathless hor
,.-.l.s,a came over US during our fall. There
,s ,-... q shrek nGr an exclamation, till the
-,e-res- uf the car, after having turned over
,,.re "a the rocks, was arrested, and with u
violent concuss0n, having parted IN the mid
- and being broken into many thousand frag-
,.spts. | received personally few bruises
gvt hesn cuts, OF no particular moment ana
found .ny self amid q mass CT broken glass ana
snlGIerel GOD, and groaning men ran women,
:, lin uoi5mbs broken, and with heart 10 praise
t.ad far his spariBg mercy. had no need 10
ra, ont suv door or window, for the car was a
,ragmebtaiy ruin. The next moment man
covered with blood himself-a noble fellow
SAID. We are alive; let Us help others
ra.sed nom one righIfu! part OF the scene TO
aroGhe- nd the whole is before me now as a
iearfu! iol. Men came up on every side
,ripn.ng with blood, and few escaped some
CTS and bruises. BET re all were rescued, the
lop, covered with oil cloth, took fire from the
stove. and added to the general horror and sui
jating.
Two Incidents, among the many terrible
ones, are especially present to my memory
On tnr bank sat mother Mrs Stokes, of this
cllyi c.asping her little boy Of some three or
f1ar Years of age, he rs - res"' from
5asraIn which had str & Il spli--
tered fragments, an iva al $ &C g.
siderably burned zre, bul she .as le !
DING tears OF gratiil eyer her rescGs5 aid,
and rejoicing in his safety, unrnindF1t o h=f
own pain. But few steps from her | saw the
most appalling scene of all. There - as ono-
ther mother, whose agony passes beyond any
description. She could shed no tears. but,
overwhelmed with grief, uttered such affect
ing words as never can forget. 1t was Mrs.
Pierce, the lady of the President elect, and
near her, in that ruin of shivered wood and
iron. lay more terrible ruin, her only son,
one minute before so beautiful, so full of life
and hope. She was supported by her husband
aad Prot. Packard.
Gen. Pierce was himself bruised in the back
but not severely, and the wounds of the spirit
tar exceeded any bodily suffering yet while
GaanIv utfactoj he sho aJ aIl tho cpifpncsao.
sloE and nerve which only characteristics great
hearted and noble men, and which few would
manifest under similar circumstances. He
gave all neediul directions about the recovery
OF his little boy, still entangled in the wreck
about MIN, and then afforded all that comfort
and sympathy TO his partner in sorrow which
was appropriate to the time. She was con-
'eYed TO n house near, and there she gave vent
20 the griei winch rent her heart while he con-
sOied and comtorted | may not draw the veil
nom that picture. Sacred is the holy privacy
o, so1ow, aud the hearts of those who have
suffered can feel what my pen must not de.
scribe.
Soon we were able 10 convey the wounded
aud the dead TO the nearest house, which hap.
pened 10 be that connected with the poor farm
IL AndoVeT, where every possible kindness
aud attention were rendered. Go with me, Mr..
-dltor, 10 that house, and look with me awhile
On that scene Of suffering and sorrow. In one
i"oh were Gen. Pierce and his lady, in the
opposite apartment lay the mortal remains of
'HtiF i.Uile b0y-and oh so sud a sight! 4 he
bto", by which he was Instantly killed, struck
EiS loFehead, and was SO violent as to remove
ne upper portion Of the head, leaving part of
'lE oFa.n exposed. The face, with the exception
- oFulse about the right eye, still remained
uHlJured, but bathtd IN blood. Gen. Pierce
agd lady, meanwhile, retired to the house of
III the sume room was lady, Mrs. Newell,
vi iii!shorough, considerably bruised and her
iice cut. Her lltte daughter, twelve years of
~ 'ay near, with her foot so badly injured
'.i' amputatl0n will be Unnecessary. She bore
.'sf pans sweetly and patiently. In another
'eon nlf' hittredge. OF Pelham, lay with his
o'oAeI' and DIR. Childs, of Henniker, sat
t''G'y up though with fate covered with
u'ooo' Oilers much bruised had gone on in
- "a'h'",hich returned for us from La wrence.
very attention which could possibly be paid
~ nose injured was given at this house, where
80 VI Inc "ouased were carried. The ply
Aus were prompt in their seryices-calm,
".1O, and, so far as one not of the profession
val Juoge, judIcious, Alter the head of the
'i0ie boy had been tenderIy cared fnr bv the
y"yscians, and all possible done to restore
lie look Oi life, he was carried by us 10 the
Ao1Se where bis afflicted parents were. | shall
eve! forget the look of extreme nsin thar
c'-iid lace wore and vet there was something
stghed and tender impressed even by the
Ili hand OF death. He was not VET cold
zen ne was in the room of Mr.. Aiken's house
I'eSsed Just as he had been al the momen, of
,"s caiainuy. The form which mad left thai
-oGse but ltte more than an hour before, fnIl
- ,iie and happiness, " iih heart full of hone
''u o,ighi aspirations, was borne back TO those
20 mad parted from him-that heart now
-'b:a and sill-thnt form motionless, and
" Hni9s last growing rigid under the icy
t@-ch Of iealh''
~, = no, e about being made to construct Il
'a-" foa4 ii0n Fairfax Court House 10 a
''',tF HieEt ahd suitable point on the Orange
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